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733667-02-001-0023

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document discusses an incident involving Japan Airlines Flight 1628, where the pilot reported seeing three unidentified lights in the sky while flying over Alaska. The FAA has stepped up its investigation into the sighting, which included a large darkened globe and smaller lights that changed angles. The pilot, Kenji Terauchi, reported the lights to air…
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733667-02-001-0030

News Article Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
An article from the Anchorage Times discusses a UFO sighting by a Japan Air Lines pilot, who mistook the planet Jupiter for an unidentified flying object. The article explores the psychological aspects of UFO sightings and the tendency of individuals to interpret celestial bodies as extraterrestrial phenomena.
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733667-02-001-0039

News Article Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
This document discusses the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) investigation into a UFO sighting reported by a Japan Air Lines pilot over the Arctic Ocean in November 1986. Despite the FAA's conclusion that the radar blips were likely 'split-radar returns' and not an actual UFO, there has been significant public interest in the reports, leading to the F…
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733667-002-005

Foia Release Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
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.
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733667-002-010

Foia Release Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
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.
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23857122-1022-446840-0002

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
a fue 8 AF FORM 112—PART II APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 ws REST RICTER | / (CLASSIFICATION) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT (3) Visual observation. center of installation. as an aerial observer, COMMENTS of Preparing Officer: FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. 34th Air Division (Defense) TR=a24—52W oe i 2 ae (1) Shape: Round. Size: About the size of a large jet exhaust. …
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23857122-1475-539504-0001

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…here was no manuever or loss of altitude in its 90 degree azimuth, The object approached from 130 degrees and proceeded in a straight and level flight, (2) The observation was made visually from the ground at 0600 hours Central Standard Time and persisted for twelve (12) seconds when it suddenly disappeared, (3) The observation was made during the preflight …
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23857122-1477-539712-0003

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…ers could accurately desoribe what they had seen; all of them, however, stated that it was the first object of this nature that they had ever seene The time of observation, azimuth and elevation of the object were approximately the same for all observers. Only two ebservers follwwed the object through a long traverse, The other two saw only a portion of the …
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23857122-1477-539712-0005

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…ers could accurately deseribe what they had seen; all or them, however, stated that it was the first object of this nature that they had ever seeng The time of observation, azimuth and elevation of the object were epproxinately the same for all observerse Only two observers followed the object through a long traverse. The other two saw only a portion of the …
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333336399

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
Declassification Authority: NND 57565 “=, ~ RES--RIC-TED AF FORM 112 ; (CLASSIFICATION) APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 COUNTRY , REPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANK) __ United States” TR-1-53 OO. AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION R RT SUBJECT \* i FLYOBR ja al AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Age - ieapte yen ae 2500th Air Base Wing New York and Pennsylvania Mitchel A DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INF…
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333336502

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
AF FORM 112 APPROVED 1 JUNE 1248 COUNTRY @ (1) Vem esis (13 CRE] (CLASSIFICATION) REPORT NO. (LEAVE om eee { ry > ce) Mer T =. OP” , AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT (*) Re DOr: VV AREA REPORTED ON = . ) s2eWweenaw oO WOU GS Lich FROM (Agency) wr (Oo) 7 ~ Mi chi =5¢ ee } ( J U ae j ne bees AE oe | VODUN AYvocH ed OF REPORT ( Gs f ) Ot) PREPARED BY…
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UAP D011 DFBI Correspondence Referral 1949

Fbi Memo Unclassified Released — Credibility 70% Original ↗
A correspondence from Rev. Charles C. Barnes to J. Edgar Hoover detailing an observation of four beams in the sky that converged in the Cascade Mountains, potentially indicating a scientific experiment or UAP activity.
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ufo14

Fbi Memo Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
This document discusses the investigation of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) reported by Joseph Perry, who claimed to have photographed a flying saucer against the moon. The FBI communicated with Perry regarding the photographs he submitted and the subsequent inquiries made by the press and other agencies.
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40027753

Foia Release Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document provides a comprehensive overview of Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's program for investigating UFO sightings from 1947 to 1969. It details the types of records available, the categorization of sightings, and the conclusions drawn from the investigations.
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23857122-1175-475582-0001

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…significance in final one-sentence parag 41) S26 raph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin tert of report on AF Form 112—Part II.) At 0401351, March 1952, the Pilot and crew of a C~5i, type aircraft of the 53rd Troop Carrier Squadron, (H), APO 75, sighted an unidentified flying object. The C-5h was returning to Ashiya Air Base (33° 53" N — 130° 40' &), and …
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333335980

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…rt. Give significance in final one-senience paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 112—Part II.) At 0401351, March 1952, the Pilot and crew of a C-54 type aircraft of the 53rd Troop Carrier Squadron, (H), APO 75, sighted an unidentified flying object. The C-54 was returning to Ashiya Air Base (33° 53" N - 130° 40' &), and w…
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733667-001-024

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document details the FAA's investigation into the reported UFO sighting by Japan Airlines flight 1628 on November 17, 1986. The investigation included interviews with the flight crew and analysis of radar data, which suggested that the sighting was likely a split radar return rather than an unidentified aircraft.
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23857122-1381-512021-0004

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…ately 5~7 seconds. (4) From Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. (5) Observers reliability considered excellent. Observers were C. D. Chapman, former Air Force pilot and John ©, Tarlton. (6) WX Albuquerque; broken clouds 30~-35,000 ft. MSL, visibility 40 miles, (7), (8), (9) and (10) All negative. Negative. Coe GLEN D PARRISH Ist Lt., USAF Director of Intell…
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333336464

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
« AF FORM PY—PART | 1 ELASSIFICATION) APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948: aA | [a a ee Kz ar 3 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION RES OR er ‘SUBJECT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS AREA REPORTED ON ii FROM (Agency) ASHTYA AIR BASE, KYUSHU, JAPAN 4834 Troop Carrier Wing (M), APO 75 DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 14 March 1953 7 March 1953 i os oe PREPARED BY (Officer)…
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ufo7

Police Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document is a police report detailing multiple sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in Portland, Oregon, in September 1967. Officers observed a bright, metallic object in the sky, described as elliptical and traveling at high speeds. Witnesses included police officers and civilians, and the report notes the credibility of the witnesses.