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733667-02-001-0029

News Article Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
The document discusses a confirmed FAA sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) by pilot Kenjyu Terauchi during a Japan Airlines flight over Alaska. The sighting involved a large craft accompanied by two smaller objects, which displayed bright lights and were tracked on radar, although later investigations could not confirm radar echoes.
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23857122-0457-180273-0350

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Incident Noe 37 -—- ly; October 1947, 1200 hours, eleven miles North, N. &. of Cave Creek, Arizonae Two mine operators observed one object at S000 to 10,000 ft altitude, travel- ing 350 MPH S.E. in a straight line for a period of 45-60 seconds. The object © was red against the sky, and black against a cloud. It appeared to be three feet in diameter from poin…
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23857122-0457-180273-0379

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…s a great many miles away. Nevortheless each believed it to be relatively near his own location. € Ineident No, 172. A National Guard Pilot returning to Pargo, North Dakota, ina Fe5l a at approximately 2100 hours saw a small lirht in the air below hin, He was then in the traffie pattern, He dived on the light. The light gained altitude, The pilot "chased" it…
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733667-02-001-0043

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The document discusses a UFO sighting by Captain Kenju Terauchi of Japan Air Lines on November 17, 1986, during a flight over Alaska. The incident involved unusual lights and a large object that the captain believed to be of extraterrestrial origin. Despite FAA and military investigations labeling the radar evidence as artifacts, the case has revived public …
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23857122-0457-180273-0394

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… compass point be given. If the angular course is associated with objects on the horizon, with roads, with the sur (if the time of day is also noted) or by the north star, the orientation can be rechecked at any later time. c. The time required for the object to traverse the observed course. This is probably the most difficult estimate to make. Timing with a…
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733667-02-001-0049

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A Japanese pilot reported being followed by a large unidentified flying object (UFO) while flying over Alaska. The incident involved three lights that followed his Boeing 747 cargo jet for nearly an hour, leading to an investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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23857122-0463-187325-0002

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… pee pee ae on a) | FIRST SIGHTING oe Hs | : {5 SECONDS | (Os ee aes “LOST SIGHT FOR IO'SECONDS = = sia (1) RELATIVE POSITION FIRST SIGHTING. “PILOT co HEADING NORTH 360° AT 30,000 FT AND SIGHTED OBJECT — o.. 7 MILES TO HIS” LEFT AT 10,000 FT HEADING | le | | ne PILOT ON “360° HEADING AT 30,000 FT AS OBJECT PASSED: IN FRONT OF A/C IN A TURN TO THE LEFT. AND …
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23857122-0985-434443-0001

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…sh glow end having a red and yellow tail of fire and sparks. Object emitted two or three smaller balls of fire which burned out. It traveled a straight South - North course West of Temple, Texas, at about 030 degrees heading and disappeared behind clouds. Speed estimated from 500 to 6,000 MPH. Altitude estimated 10,000 to 150,000 feet, flat trajectory. Sound…
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733667-002-002-0015

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The document outlines the structure, mission, and activities of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), an international organization dedicated to the scientific study of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Founded in 1969, MUFON operates through a grassroots model with local leadership and a board of experts from various scientific fields. It emphasizes the importa…
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23857122-0985-434443-0038

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…sh glow and having a red and yellow tail of fire and sparks. Object emitted two or three smaller balls of fire-which burned out. It traveled a straight South - North course West of Temple, Texas, aS about 030 degrees heading and disappeared behind clouds. Speed ' estimated from 500 to 6,000 MPH. Altitude estimated 10,000 to 150,000 Paet, flat trajectory. Sou…
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733667-002-003

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This document contains correspondence related to the Japan Air Lines (JAL) UFO sighting incident reported by Captain Kenju Terauchi on November 17, 1986. It includes requests for information from various individuals and organizations seeking details about the sighting and related FAA documentation.
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23857122-0985-434443-0040

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…t could have been a meteor. /3/ 3 April 1952 On the night of 2 April 1952 at approximately 2045 hours i saw an ob jest in the sky coming from the south headins North, ‘This object appeared to me as follows: ; f. a, it apveared to be a ball of firs shooting red flaze from its tail oS rf section. als ApaSs4a3 # 5, it was traveling at a high rate of speed. c.. …
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733667-002-010

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This document contains a series of requests for information regarding a UFO sighting involving a Japan Airlines flight in 1986. Various individuals are inquiring about literature, reports, and recordings related to the incident, as mentioned in a news broadcast by Paul Harvey.
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23857122-1209-480825-0001

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…ty was poor due to light rain, no stars were visible. An out- line of South Hill on the east side of Canandaigua Lake could be seen. Above South Hill, slightly northeast of Canandaigua Lake (directly toward Sampson AFB or north of Sampson, a distance of approximately 25 miles) four stationary extremely bright white lights were sighted. Each light would last …
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23857122-1209-480826-0002

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…s been engaged actively in aeronautics for 12 years, part of which was with the AAF, and a friend who is a school teacher and I were traveling in an automobile north along the west shore of Cayuga Lake when at a point about 7 miles from the city of Ithaca at 9:10 PM we saw a "Fireball" cross Cayuga Lake in an arc traveling very rapidly from Northeast to Nort…
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23857122-1209-480826-0004

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…s been engaged actively in aeronautics for 12 years, part of which was with the AAF, and a friend who is a school teacher and I were traveling in an automobile north along the west shore of Cayuga Lake when at a point about 7 miles from the city of Ithaca at 9:10 PM we saw a "Fireball" cross Cayuga Lake in an arc traveling very rapidly from Northeast to Nort…
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23857122-1221-481980-0002

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…operty which I was clearing for a house to be built. This property is located on the south side of Ctter Creek on Ctter Point. Otter Point is almost four miles north of Eau Gallie, Florida, This prop- erty is on US Highway 1, east side and west bank of the Indian River, , QUESTION: What was the distance, direction, and altitude of the craft? ... - ANSWER; I …
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23857122-1221-481980-0018

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…operty which I was clearing for a house to be built. This property is located on the south side of Otter Creek on Otter Point. Otter Point is almost four miles north of Hau Gallie, Florida. This prop- erty is on US Highway 1, east side and west bank of the Indian River, QUESTION; What was the distance, direction, and altitude of the craft? ANSWER ; I had wal…
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23857122-1310-496480-0007

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<< @ Te AROOSTOOK — (x10 ELEVATIONS IN FEET os pre Re x10) Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 33° and 45° ~—- Scale 1:500,000 a a 21° W, =, 15’ IE 45’ Y 38 WY === : 30 ; 7 a \ al 157 To Mont Joli 23°W 68°H 45! 30’ ag 15! 67°J 24 W | [ K : x ~ y 45 30’ 15/ 66° K t ie i oe : 7 y =—s - 2 I (77 \ fb wR as \ ; a ( [ —— ~ 2 \ ( - i : : tt / <q v…
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23857122-1315-497716-0005

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…rracks T-347 facing the lake. I noticed a light due west coming east and brought it to Steinberg's atten- tion who verified the object. It was as bright as the North Star and it zig-zagged slightly to the left and right as it continued to come east. It paused for several seconds and then headed back on a northwest course and disappeared over the horizon in t…