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This document contains a comprehensive air traffic package related to the unidentified traffic sighting by Japan Airlines Flight 1628 on November 17, 1986. It includes transcripts of interviews with crew members, communication records with air traffic control, and radar tracking data.

This document contains correspondence between U.S. Congress members and NASA regarding inquiries about UFOs and Mars photographs. It includes letters from Senator Olympia Snowe and Senator Charles Grassley, addressing public concerns about UFO sightings and the authenticity of NASA's Mars images.

2006-0527-F FOI MARKER Document ID: 9507055 Row: 46 A A Position: 2 Section: 2 This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the Clinton Presidential Library Staff. Stack: v Shelf: 8 Original OA/ID Number: 2318 f ■ NSC/RMO PROFILE FROM: PRESIDENT PD KEYWORDS: PERSONS: PD 95 45 CONCERNING AIR FORCE OPERATIONS AT GROOM LAKE SUBJECT:…

2006-0527-F FOI MARKER Document ID: 9606505 'A1 Shelf: 6 Stack: v Row: 46 A Section: 3 Position: 2 This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the Clinton Presidential Library Staff. Original OA/ID Number: 2345 1■» •* * CHRON FILE FROM: PRESIDENT ENVIRONMENT PERSONS: SUBJECT: DUE DATE: 28 SEP 96 STATUS: C ACTION: PRES SGD PD 96-…

…0471 Row: 46 A A Section: 5 Stack: v This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the Clinton Presidential Library Staff. Shelf: 8 Position: i Original OA/ID Number: 3220 WON HIE TO: PRESIDENT DEFENSE POLICY KEYWORDS: PERSONS: SUBJECT: STATUS: C DUE DATE: 28 JAN 97 ACTION: PRESIDENT SGD PER WH EXEC CLERK LOGREF: STAFF OFFICER: BA…

2006-0527-F FOI MARKER Document ID: 9806405 Row: 47 Shelf: 2 Position: 2 Stack: v 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: 3269 f* » CHRON FILE FROM: PRESIDENT ACCESS KEYWORDS: PERSONS: SUBJECT: DUE DATE: 23 SEP 98 STATUS: C ACTION: PRESIDENT SGD PD 98-…

This document is a correspondence from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding the inquiry about the Japan Airlines Flight 1628 sighting of unidentified air traffic on November 17, 1986. It provides information on how to order the investigation materials related to the sighting.

This document contains a transcription of communications between Japan Airlines Flight 1628 and Anchorage Air Traffic Control regarding an unidentified object observed during the flight on November 18, 1986.

This document is a personnel statement from Samuel J. Rich, an Air Traffic Control Specialist at the Anchorage ARTCC, detailing an incident involving aircraft JL 1628 on November 18, 1986. The pilot reported seeing an unidentified large aircraft with yellow and white lights, which was confirmed by radar but had no known military traffic in the area.

This document contains a transcription of communications between Japan Airlines Flight 1628 and Anchorage Air Traffic Control regarding an unidentified object observed during the flight on November 18, 1986.

…script of radio communications between aircraft, specifically involving Japan Airlines flight 1628 and United Airlines flight 69. The communication details the position of traffic and requests for the Japan Airlines flight to turn on its landing lights.

This document is a personnel statement from Samuel J. Rich, an Air Traffic Control Specialist at the Anchorage ARTCC, detailing an incident involving aircraft JL 1628 on November 18, 1986, where the pilot reported seeing an unidentified large aircraft with yellow and white lights.

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…efore returning to Misawa Air Base. The <ic% had goed radio contaet with Radar Site #18 during the entire period ani: contimal- RS kept them informed as°to his position. However, the radar site was unable to track: : #=8O or to pick up the unidentified object. ad had the other aircraft in ~ i during .the entire period hence there was no possibility of having…

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…TION REPORT ae "suena Fighter Wing Lk- 3 IS a 2 3 While performing the duties of an Aircraft Landing Control Technicians; in specific the operation of the Plan Position Indicator portion of ground radar set AN/NPM-1 on the 23rd of January 1953 at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Austin, Texas. T/Set Gerald V. Kelley observed radar returns of an unusual nature under…

…ATION REPORT : | SE ae Fighter Wing Cae Xs “Od . 3 While performing the duties of an Aircraft Landing Control Technician; in specific the operation of the Plan Position Indicator portion of ground radar set. AN/ANPM-1 on the 23rd of January 1953 at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Austin, Texas. observed radar returns of an wnusual nature under the ollowing circums…

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…s goings AIRMAN { was heading east and was about one (1) mile from the junction of high- way 223 at“ OMS CENTER, MICHIGAN. The light or object was south of his position, | about three hundred (300) feet from the road and appsared to be approximately twenty { (20) feet in diameter travelling at an altitude of twenty-five (25) to thirty (30) | feet parallel to…

…bove horizon five (5) miles distant. Dove to about 100-200 feet above river at 50-100 yards from observers, then climbed out of sight. Object was in horizontal position at all times. Time of sighting: 02/0345 2 JAN 1953. Manner of observation: Visual. Location of observer during sighting: From automobile, then outside of vehicle when object appeared to be 50…