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733667-001-011-0046

Pilot Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
…garding the sighting of unidentified flying objects while piloting Japan Airlines Flight 1628 over Alaska on November 17, 1986. The account describes extremely bright lights and a silhouette of a gigantic spaceship, leading to a request for a change in flight course.
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23857122-1209-480825-0001

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
… 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 only a few ssconds then disappear and be replaced by light displaced laterally and verti~ cally. There were never more than four visible at once…
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20060527F 001 007 2023

Cia Document Top Secret Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document is a top-secret memorandum concerning the exemption of the United States Air Force's operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada, from public disclosure requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). It discusses the implications of classified information related to environmental inspections and the need to protect nationa…
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9507055 — Page 2023

Foia Release Unclassified Released Jun 15, 2026 Credibility 70% Original ↗
2006-0527-F FOI /A. MARKER Document ID: 9507055 I1 Row: 44 Position: 3 This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the Clinton Presidential Library Staff. Section: 6 Shelf: i Stack: v Original OA/ID Number: 605 FROM: PRESIDENT KEYWORDS: PD PERSONS: SUBJECT:PD 95 45 CONCERNING AIR FORCE OPERATIONS AT GROOM LAKE ACTION: PRES SGD P…
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733667-02-001-0008

News Article Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
A Japan Airlines pilot's UFO sighting was attributed to the bright visibility of Jupiter and possibly Mars, according to investigator Philip J. Klass. The pilot's claims were contradicted by FAA communications, which indicated he lost sight of the object after a turn. Klass noted that the pilot did not mention the celestial bodies that were clearly visible a…
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733667-002-006

News Article Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
The document details a public inquiry into a Japan Air Lines pilot's UFO sighting over Alaska, including the FAA's response and the materials available for purchase related to the incident.
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20060483F 001 004 2023

Foia Release Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document is a letter from Dr. Steven M. Greer, Director of the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI), to President Clinton regarding the planned disclosure of information related to UFOs and extraterrestrial intelligence. It discusses the need for government cooperation in facilitating public testimony from witnesses and the impl…
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197878 [Steven Greer] — Page 2023

Foia Release Unclassified Released Jun 15, 2026 Credibility 70% Original ↗
FOIA Number: 2006-0483-F FOIA MAR This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library Staff. Collection/Record Group: Clinton Presidential Records Subgroup/Office of Origin: Scheduling Office Series/Staff Member: Subseries: OA/1D Number: Folder ID: Folder Title: [Stephen Greer] Stack: s 7657 R…
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23857122-1278-492335-0002

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…152, 3 August 1952, vassals ioesestge., returning to ADRIAN, MICHIGAN, from MANITOU BEACH along the MANITOU BEACH ROAV in his car when he observed a brilliant, white light flash past in the same direction as he was goings AIRMAN j was heading east and was about one (1) mile from the junction of high- | way 223 aewMOMS CENTER, MICHIGAN. The light or object wa…
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23857122-1278-492335-0010

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…2, AIRMAN THIRD CLASS GARY L. DAMON.was returning to ADRIAN, MICHIGAN, from MANITOU BEACH along the MANITOU BEACH ROAD in his car when he observed a brilliant, white light flash past in the same direction as he was goings AIRMAN DAMON was heading east and was about one (1) mile from the junction of high- way 223 at ROME CENTER, MICHIGAN. The light or object …
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23857122-1472-539243-0011

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
… in shape, four (4) or five (5) times lerger than any star visible at that time. The light was dark red in color and it seemed to lose some of its intensity in brightness befor it disappeared below the crest of the hill. It was not pos- sible for me to determine whether the light was traveling West and therefore disatmeared below the crest of the hill, or if…
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23857122-1175-475571-0006

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…ashing light which was on the surface out at the one o'clock position. I was watching this, trying to see if it had any code sequence when I saw this streak of bright light in the air and at our altitude (7000 ft), which was out at the same angle that I had been looking (1 o'clock). It was traveling in a path of a falling arc, slightly toward us, moving in a…
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23857122-1485-540328-0005

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…at King Salmon, Alaska make the foliowing statement. : ‘During the eveining of 6 February 1953 at approx. 10:00 P.M. Alaskan standard time I observed a strange bright light in the sky © | west of my homs. The light was a Red—Orange when I first observed 14 | and changed to white and back to Red-Orange several times.-. The light was about the size of the obst…
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333335409

Military Report Confidential Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
On February 10, 1950, while flying at 9000 feet altitude northeast of Atka Island, two USAF officers reported sighting a red and white object resembling a flare that burst and fell free, illuminating their aircraft momentarily before disappearing into the undercast.
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333336012

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…ost weather bellon aid of a-theodite, At 1350 ¥ MST he sighted a solid whits, oblong object at Lon of 157.2° and elevation of 53,3°, : A ee o95ject was a solid white Schr sro in shave and appeared to be-:covered - ali thin,;white miste . The size of th e object was 1 minute of are, sey mate ime appeared 28 a seseading straight up: then leveled out in a long …
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20060527F 001 012 2023

Foia Release Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document is an administrative marker from the Clinton Presidential Library regarding a Presidential Determination on classified information concerning the Air Force's operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada. It outlines the exemption from public disclosure requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) for classified information…
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Scanned: Case Number 252440 — Page 2023

Foia Release Unclassified Released Jun 15, 2026 Credibility 70% Original ↗
…ument Number: Stack:Section:Row: Shelf: Position: 93S33 2 Folder Title: AF administrative marker by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library Staff. K)Ix THE WHITE HOUSE WASH I NGTON February 4, 1998 Once again, thank you Eor contacting the White Ho
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9606505 — Page 2023

Foia Release Unclassified Released Jun 15, 2026 Credibility 70% Original ↗
2006-0527-F FOI MARKER Document ID: 9606505 Row: 45 Shelf: 10 Stack: v A A Position: 2 This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the Clinton Presidential Library Staff. Section: i Original OA/ID Number: 1123 'A 1 r * FROM: PRESIDENT ENVIRONMENT PERSONS: SUBJECT: ACTION: PRES SOD PD 96-54 DUE DATE: 28 SEP 96STATUS: C STAFF OFFI…
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733667-001-003-0033

Foia Release Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
…sighting reported by the crew of a Japan Airlines (JAL) 747 while flying over northeastern Alaska. The report includes details about the crew's observations of lights in the sky, the involvement of other aircraft in the area, and a hypothesis suggesting that the lights may have been reflections caused by moonlight on ice crystal clouds.
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23857122-1266-487903-0004

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
… off from WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT, WASHINGTON D.C. The aircraft was on the parking ramp heading 020°, CAPTAIN PIERMAN looked up and observed a clear bluish white light travel from 190° to 010° at a 30° angle above the horizon in horizontal flicht until it disappeared in the distance. CAPTAIN. PIERMAN stated that he had to turn his head slowly through a 5…