Evidence Explorer

This document contains various requests for information regarding a UFO sighting by a Japan Air Lines pilot, Captain Kenjyu Terauchi, reported on November 17, 1986. Multiple individuals express interest in obtaining FAA summaries and related materials about the incident, highlighting public curiosity and demand for transparency on UFO sightings.

…lty is due chiefly to the inability to judge distance or speed of a point | source of light. Sugcestione Suggestion works in various ways Sensational radio and newspaper reports lead a few people to imagine they aro seeing things they are not seeing. The effeat on most people is to dampen their critical judgment. Under such oonditions we are more likely to o…

The document appears to be a fragmented and incoherent text discussing various themes including UFOs, biblical references, and the Mormon faith. It mentions a connection between King David and UFO technology, suggesting a narrative that intertwines religious figures with extraterrestrial phenomena.

…alloons and was not recovered, and so might be suspected of being the muse of these reports. However, although not recovered, this flight was terminated in the New Mexico Tularosa Valley only a few miles northwest of Alamogordo. That the balloons were downed was determined both by airplane spotting and by radio direotion finding upon the balloon telemetvring…

…volving 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.

…ead aircraft and re~ = jscined in thet position during the orbiting turn to the left from 45°to 260°, at which .} tuoint the object. accelerated. and took up a new heading of 330° and broke away at an es- oy: l:tmated speed of. 600 mph. soot, a RO ree ae Fae! ( ig Pa ag rape = eee ee ae : i y Sfaraeee mee i “-"s. There was no evidence of exhaust as there was…

The document discusses the analysis of 221 incidents related to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) and their potential explanations, including balloons, meteors, and astronomical phenomena. It highlights discrepancies between different analyses and the challenges in determining the nature of these sightings.

…o identify it.as a 7th Fighter Bomber Squadron aircraft by the color of the ship's nose, he suddenly noticed that it seemd to ‘be towing a target. However, he knew that their squadron was not firing aerial gunnery that day. The pilot was rapidly | elosing in on the lead ship and to avoid hitting the supposed target, he gained alti- tude and siid over to the …

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TRUE COPY On the 17th of December, 1952 at 0757 hours at the campus of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York - the following aerial phenomenon was observed: a . Light resembling a jet exhaust, greenish—blue with an orange-red trail was moving in a westerly direction at a very high speed. It appeared to traverse 30 degrees of arc in approximately two seconds. …

TRUE COPY HAROLD B. SMITH 640 Melville Street Rochester 9, New York November 29, 1952 OFFICER IN CHARGE OF FLARES SAMPSON ATR BASE SAMPSON, N. Y. on ¢ Dear Sir: It would please me very much if you would tell me if a very large number of Tlares were dropped near Sampson, Sunday evening, November 23, 1952. Here is why: On that evening at 5 pm, the writer, Haro…

127 Blair Street Ithaca, New York May 15, 1952 To Whom It May Concern: his is to comply with a request made in the April 7th issue of Life Magazine in an article relative to Flying Saucers, etc. which asked that any persons seeing such oddities notify their nearest Air Force installation - which, in this case, is yours. On the evening of Thursday, April 3, m…

…e observers do not recall the exact date of the sighting, only that it was in August. They did not report it to any authorities as they were convinced it was a new, secret, experimental military craft from either Edwards AFB or the Navy station at Inyokern. f, Observers seem to be steady, dependable people; claim to be almost teetotallers; tell their story m…

er if We UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SECTION . ARMED FORCES PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE “. Room 1408 Federal Building | , | Los Angeles 12, California ' — MAdison 7411 »TrG j2i148 if oe; See, 7 SES | ee ° 4a ‘eA QO / A aie 4 August 1952 j : 4 SUBJECT: (Unclassified) Reporting of Information on ' Unidentified Flying Objects i ae Wad bee { | (0 ; LAL A 7 f | na TO: …

CS AF FOR™.112—PART | art —- 1; | (CLASSIF ICATION) APPROVEG@MOUNE 1948 =< © oe aw x COUNTRY | We Wen: REPORT NO. (LEAVE rg: 7 United States* | \ TR-1-53W ) SLIRAT an oe —= Alk —_AIR-INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REP ~: eee ———$——————— SUBJECT Unidentified Flying Object Report ( FLYOBRPT ) span Rapid FROM (Agency) Director of Intelligence ; Hq, WADF | sonoma Vall…

…DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR THRU: Commanding General, Fourteenth Air Force, Robins AFB, Georgia THRU: Commanding General, Continental Air Command, Mitchel. AFB, New York W: Director of Inteliizencs., Headquarters, USAF, Washington Ey we Oe TO: Chief, Air Technical Intelligence Center, ATTN: ATIAA~2c, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohie _ NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS I…

… DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR THRU: Commanding General, Fourteenth Air Force, Robins AFB, Georgia THRU: Commanding General, Continental Air Command, Mitchel AFB, New York TO: Director of Intelilirencs., Headquarters, USAF, Washington cos ie. Ge TO: Chief, Air Technical Intelligence Center, ATIN: ATIAA=2c,Wright-—Patterson AFB, Ohie _NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAIN…

…kserate ee 5. Years as Hated Crew Member.cececcceseee lO Years a Years in BOPVEGe. is tedd hae caked eebaseasuke Years 8. Were Binoculars BOOMS. kd 6 6 bk R OO New ERO 9. Were Pictures TORO Gs 66 bob ds Khaw en esne III. RELIABILITY OF SOURCE: true, accurate statement. IV. INTERVIEWER: A/2e. Jack L. Majors V. REMARKS: Source received no briefing prior to dep…

…ST, 26 January 1953. Length of Observation: 45 minutes (intermittently). (3) Radar Scope (One PPI), (4) Operations building, 769th AC&W Sq, Continental Divide, New Mexico. (5) Observers reliability considered excellent, (6) Weather: High thin overcast, lower scattered clouds. Winds from 270° at 30 knots at }0-30,000 feet MSL, Inversion existed at 18,000 feet…