Evidence Explorer

This document contains various communications regarding the Japan Airlines UFO sighting from November 17, 1986, including requests for information and materials related to the incident from multiple individuals and organizations.

This document is a correspondence from the US Department of Transportation regarding an inquiry about the Japan Air Lines sighting of unidentified air traffic on November 17, 1986. It provides information on how to obtain the report related to the sighting.

This document outlines the procedures for analyzing UAP sightings, including data collection, statistical analysis, and consultations with various scientific and technical experts to determine the nature of reported incidents.

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.

The Swedish Defense Staff has found no proof of unidentified flying objects or missiles over Sweden, despite extensive investigations into reported sightings, which were attributed to astronomical phenomena.

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.

…a fragmented analysis related to aerodynamic characteristics and potential upper limits of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). It discusses various aspects of flight dynamics and references potential models for understanding UAP behavior.

…evaluates the possibility of them being weather balloons. Multiple observations indicate that the objects were likely not balloons due to timing, altitude, and flight patterns inconsistent with balloon behavior.

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…ry orbit to the other. These are 3.1, 7.9, and 10.7 miles per second, respectively, wlving a tctal required performance of 20.8 miles per. second for a one-way flight. Barring a suicide mission, the vehicle would have to land and replenish or else carry a 100% reserve for the trip home. Let us assume the Martians have developed a nuclear, hydroren- propelled…

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…was this craft performing? ANSWER ; The craft came in at approximately twenty degrees to my right from directly overhead, I sighted it and followed the line of flight for approximately two to three seconds, It came in from a northwesterly direction on a long, shal- low bank, At the time I saw it, it seemed to reach the apex of the bank and turn in a southwes…