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733667-001-003

Foia Release Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
The document discusses the analysis of the Japan Air Lines (JAL) Flight 1628 UFO incident that occurred on November 17, 1986. The pilot, Captain Kenju Terauchi, reported seeing a UFO while flying over Alaska, which was later attributed to misidentification of celestial bodies, particularly the planet Jupiter. The analysis includes insights from FAA data and …
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733667-001-020-0008

News Article Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document details a UFO sighting reported by Japan Air Lines Flight 1628, where the crew observed two unidentified flying objects that exhibited unusual flight patterns and characteristics, leading to significant media attention and speculation.
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23857122-1175-475571-0005

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…RT NO, \) { » yy K yi / -$2 PAGE OF PAGES 15 May 1952 STATEMENT At 2200 hours on 8 itey 1952 while ste@ring due north to Misawa Air Base, I observed a flash of light at eyelevel. The light lasted for approximately 3-5 ovteuis starting with a broad greenish#blue streak and ending in a puff of orange- red flame. The light first appeared at approximately 030° t…
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333336615

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…nd offered a signed statement which is attached herein. Mr. Kinch related the following description: The object was blue or purple in color, appeared more of a light then a solid object, he was unable to estimate size or any aerodynamic features. Object apparently was traveling at a very high rate of speed, and registered no sound. Mr. Kinch advised the obje…
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733667-001-025-0002

Pilot Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
An alert report detailing a sighting by the crew of Japan Airlines Flight 1628 of an unidentified object while en route to Tokyo. The object was reported to have light patterns similar to those of a B747 and was tracked for over 350 miles.
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23857122-0457-180273-0106

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
…l phenomena, primarily focusing on the possibility of misidentified weather balloons. It evaluates the likelihood of these objects being balloons based on wind patterns, release times, and radar reports.
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40027753-001-0031

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
…omenon of unidentified flying objects (UFOs), detailing their characteristics, historical sightings, and investigations conducted by the U.S. Air Force. It highlights the challenges in evaluating UFO reports and categorizes many sightings as natural phenomena or misinterpretations.
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733667-001-011-0121

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
This document discusses various aspects of radiometric distortion and noise in imaging systems, focusing on definitions and characteristics of different types of noise and their impact on image quality.
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733667-001-011-0019

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 70% Original ↗
The document contains a conversation regarding observations of unidentified aerial phenomena, focusing on descriptions of lights, flames, and exhaust associated with a potential spacecraft. The dialogue suggests advanced technology and includes references to a 'mothership' and interactions with lights in the sky.
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23857122-0261-64425-0007

Military Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
A pilot's report from 1949 details an encounter with an unidentified light during a weather reconnaissance mission over Shemya Air Force Base. The light was observed to move at high speed and did not resemble a meteor.
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23857122-1259-487587-0007

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…ATION’’ ers. AIR PEE ICENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. Ws7th acew Squadron, Duncanville IVRe {-—b / Cc Casa PAGE 7 OF ‘ PAGES "T first saw the light at 0105 CST north of the tower The only color visible at this time was red. I didn't pay any attention % Lt, thanking 2 might be an airplane. looking back again I noticed the light had moved sou…
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23857122-1278-492335-0005

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…F-h92335 | Joe aes, if mn ~ Cc 7 August 1952 At approximately 0815Z, 3 August 1952, while returning to Adrian, Michigan, in my car, I notices a brilliant white light or object flash past travelling in the same direction as Ie I was heading east on the Manitou Beach road, approximately one (1) mile from Junction 223 at Rome Center, Michigan. The light or obje…
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23857122-1278-492335-0013

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INCL #1 AF-492335 7 August 1952 At approximately 0815Z, 3 August 1952, while returning to Adrian, Michigan, in my car, I notices a brilliant white light or object flash past travelling in the same direction as Ie I was heading east on the Manitou Beach road, approximately one (1) mile from Junction 223 at Rome Center, Michigan. The light or object was south …
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23857122-1310-496480-0008

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…sold e An additional chart covers the Hawaiian Islands. These charts are designed primarily for piloting, which is also known as contact flying. They contain a LIGHT SIGNAL PROCEDURES FOR AIRPORT TRAFFIC CONTROL The following procedures are used by airport traffic control towers in the control of aircraft not equipped with radio. These same procedures will b…
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23857122-1395-526479-0002

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…INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) a 4 REPORT NO, nd FPightereInterceptor Squadron McGuire APB, Trenton,NJ TR=2=538 PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES 1 A TAR at app light white, edges to det lo phy CGuvers SS) O mil i % } appear ‘aa higher Cd overta Visibi a) oO ae oe AvLLVS was ob fat Dg T Ae fit aa A hT alesamw a P+ + 14 cek y+ ; aaAs a at Trenton, Neds Taking …
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23857122-1496-541375-0009

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… of Anchorage over the mouth of Turnagain Arm, (GEOREF Position BLQB 5510) flying on an approximate heading of At that time an object, described as a round red light approximately the size of a wing navigation light of was observed at a ten o'clock position feet and the light was estimated to be horizon at this point. The object was ceeding on the same cours…
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23857122-1634-559639-0005

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… at Cordell Hall, Oklahoma A & M Campus, Stillwater, Oklahoma, where he will remain until 23 July 1953. le As close as I could say it was elliptical; dim white light compared with a ceiling light or the light a search light would throw on the bottom of a cloud. It was moving. It i ible that it could have been a search light; however, it moved back and “th in…
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23857122-1634-559639-0006

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…oma, telephone no. 3076. Mr. Iba is temporarily residing at Cordell Hall, Oklahoma A & M Campus, Stillwater, Oklahamae le What I saw looked like two (2) search light flashes that varied back and forth, one hitting right on top of the other. They would flash back and forth and then center on onee It looked like the beam came from the ground, You could see par…
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23857122-1652-564182-0003

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… church activity at the Ridgecrest Baptist Church and was locking the front door of the church in preparation to leaving when he observed a blue, hazy, glowing light northeast from the front of the church which faces in a westerly direction. The blue, hazy light had no definite outline and appeared to be travelling in a southwesterly direc- tion. It changed …