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A Japan Air Lines pilot, Kenju Terauchi, recounts a UFO sighting during a flight over Alaska, describing two unidentified objects emitting amber light and exhibiting advanced movement capabilities.

… FAA is responding to significant public interest in a UFO sighting reported by a Japan Airlines pilot in November 1986. The agency is offering a comprehensive package of information about the incident for a fee, including tapes, drawings, and radar data.

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… by four (4) seconds. The object appeared fire red in color, with no visible contrail or exhaust trail. The observer stated the object traveled faster than any jet he had ever seen. No jet aircreft were known to be in the area at the time of this observation. There was no radar contact with this object. No other observations of this object are known to have …

…Pilot, and S/Set. T. Dendy, AF 14176517, Engineer, coneurred in the above account of the sightings It. Weed further stated that the object was definitely not a jet aircraft. He stated that he has seen jet type aircraft operating at night,-and, further, that he has also seen jets operating with afterburners during periods of darkness. He and the crew were ver…

…Pilot, and S/Sgt. T. Dendy, AF 14176517, Engineer, concurred in the above account of the sightings lt. Weed further stated that the object was definitely not a jet aircraft. He stated that he has seen jet type aircraft operating at night,-and, further, that he has also seen jets operating with afterburners during periods of darkness. He and the crew were ver…

…s in length with fuzzy edges. This object was observed between 150 and 1559 hours CST. The speed of the object varied from stationary to as fast or faster than jet aircraft. After it disappeared the area where it appeared was kept under surveillance for a period of about 5 mimtes. No further returns were observed. No aircraft were in the vicinity, and no oth…

…NSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT. 50 U. S.C. — 31 AND 32, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE…

…light toward Love Field." Through a pair of 7x50-power binoculars Mr. Fechenbach said the object appeared to have "Delta-type" wings (swept back like on modern jet planes) and "that it seemed to bover east and northeast of the field." a a dé estimated its closest approach at about 50 miles away and 2,000 feet high, The Love Field tower also reported a relay …

…e position of the smaller ligcht to the larger one, the odject wouda | be of considerable length. It moved too fast for a blimp and emitted too much light fora jet. Moreover, | a full moon was out which at that distance would have made a jet or conventional motor type plan all but invisible. Neither the large nor small light blinked and no sound was heard. .…

… the position of the smaller light to the larger one, the object would be of considerable length. It moved too fast for a blimp and emitted too much light fora jet. Moreover, a full moon was out which at that distance would have made a jet or conventional motor type plan all but invisible. Neither the large nor small light blinked and no sound was heard, I w…

… an accurate estimate of the distance was impossible. 2. AIRMEN STEINBERG and VIERRA said that the light travelled to a position which appeared to be over the "JET BAR" located on Highway M-29, at the north- eastern end of SELFRIDGE AIR FORCE BASE, in less than two (2) minutes and hung motionless in the sky for a few seconds. The light then headed east and d…

…very high altitude, so high that the object was compared to the flat head of a pin held two feet from the eye. Speed was estimated at four times the speed of a jet aircraft with accompanying sound similar to the USAF F-86 jet at high altitude. There was no change in sound tone or volume during maneuvers. Umusual maneuvers made by the object were; (1) - Three…

…seemed to slew down to a stop but that he seriously doubted it). The 360° turns were said to be very tight turns, about one-eighth (1/8th) of area required for jet aircraft. None observed. Not reported. One (1) Object rose vertically and disappeared from view to the northwest, The glinting did not change during the maneuvers. Between 1545 hrs and 1600 hrs, 1…

…igh altitude, so high that the object ~~ was compared to the flat head of a pin held two feet from the eye, Speed was if estimated at four times the speed of a jet. aircraft with accompanying sound similar to the USAF F-86 jet at high altitude.’ There was no change in sound tone or volume during maneuverss, Unusual maneuvers made ‘by the object were; (1) - T…

…a itep ‘but that he oa ee seriously. deubted it). The 360° turns were said Uk ko de very. tight turns, about one-eighth Se agb. : ees gee ‘of area required for jet sircraft. | See = Trails or Exhaust: None obparved. Propulsion System: Not reported. Number: ef, Objects: .. Qne (1) Manner of Disappearance: Object rose vertically and disappeared from view to th…

…dron, observed a Single unidentified flying object, delta shaped, and approximately fifteen (15) feet in diameter, bdluish white color, Trail appeared in pulse+jet fashion, white pulses being much smaller than the object. The object resembled a flaming-rag thrown into the air, The pulses extended to the rear four (4) times the length of the object, The objec…

…ENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U. S.C.— 31 AND 32, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENC…

…is point. The object was ceeding on the same course as to be 300 knots. When it was left wing of an aircraft, was by radio, the Elmendorf tower the object as a jet aircraft. the C-47 realized an aircraft approximately five miles distant, from the C-~47, The C-47 was flying at 2000 at 1000 feet. The light was below the estimated to be west of Fire Island 2nd …

…s a constant red color and was about the size of a running light of an aircraft when seen from this estimated distance, Captain Cramer then believed it to be a jet aircraft, However, as they continued on course, the object reversed its flight in the vicinity of GEOREF Position BLQB 3030 and returned at approximately the same speed and altitude to its origina…