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Matching “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force” across titles, summaries, and full OCR text.

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733667-001-024-0004

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This document details two incidents of unidentified air traffic sightings reported by flight crews of Alaska Airlines and Japan Airlines in January 1987. Both sightings involved unusual radar targets that could not be visually confirmed by the pilots.
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UAP BLUF attachment release in full

Foia Release Unclassified Released Jun 15, 2026 Credibility 70% Original ↗
…g: ☐Information Meeting ☒Decision/Alignment Meeting ☐Other ________________ 2. Subject of the briefing: Updating flyover reporting guidance for SIDs to include Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon (UAP)and potential impacts to Enhanced Weapons Rule reporting requirements 3. Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF): Provide DSO Director and Deputy Director with an overview o…
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733667-002-006-0073

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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.
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733667-001-011-0093

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This document details an interview conducted with the crew of Japan Airlines Flight 1628 regarding their sighting of unidentified air traffic on November 17, 1986. The captain reported visual and radar observations of an object with distinct lights and movements, which maintained proximity to the aircraft for an extended period.
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23857122-0457-180273-0006

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This document is a technical intelligence report detailing the methods and results of investigations into unidentified flying objects (UFOs) up to January 1949. It outlines the project scope, encountered problems, and procedures followed in the evaluation of UFO sighting reports.
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23857122-0457-180273-0376

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…it waild be easy to fail to recognize then. Conclusions € it is concluded by the writer that there are sufficient psychological explanations for the reports of unidentified flying objeots to provide plausible explanations for reports not otherwise explainable. These errorg in identifying real stimli result chiefly from inability to estimate speed, distance a…
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733667-002-002-0009

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This document discusses a UFO sighting involving a Japanese Air Lines cargo plane on November 17, 1986, where the pilot reported being followed by an unidentified object. Air traffic controllers tracked a radar image that coincided with the pilot's report. The document also includes differing opinions on the sighting, suggesting it could be a natural phenome…
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333336149

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…e significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 112—Part II.) I. CONTENTS: Visual observation of unidentified flying activity in vicinity of Potsdam. IT, SOURCE: A, General: BOWOs. pic icode a kihe Web se Ove aeehen ar OOLk, C.N, HONK sg vaeen ce ate web e.0e ek bee se eR Us Serial Cee eee ees ee…
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733667-002-010

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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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333336476

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< = _AF FORM 112—PART a APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 oF COUNTRY ~ U.S.As SUBJECT FLYOBRPT , ass of Unidentified Flying Objects_ AREA REPORTED ON FROM. (Agency) Lake Huron and Northeast Michigan _1/5k4th AC&W Squadron, Port Austin, Michigan DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 27 February 1953 17 February 1953 _ . L-5 Bes ag era Ae ty she St PREPARED BY (Off…
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23857122-1524-543167-0002

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…arted RHEIN/MAIN at approximately 0945Z and arrived TEMPELHOF at 11352, 23 January 1953. Altitude was 3,000 feet, Visibility three (3) miles with 4 clouds. II. Unidentified Flying Activity in S$ (Frankfurt = Berlin) Corridor. One (1) unidentified black colored conventional single-in-line engine fighter type Aircraft, identified as a YAK-9 was flying a NW cou…
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40027753-001-0060

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This document contains a photograph from the case files of Project 2 related to Unidentified Flying Objects, specifically case file 1501 from 1957, made available for public research by the National Archives.
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733667-001-007-0013

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This document details a personal statement by Capt. Kenju Terauchi regarding the sighting of unidentified air traffic during JAL Flight 1628 on November 17, 1986, approximately 75 miles north of Talkeetna, Alaska.
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733667-001-031-0028

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This document details the sighting of an unidentified aircraft by JAL Flight #1628 on November 17, 1986, during its route from Reykjavik to Tokyo.
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733667-002-007-0035

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A request for reports regarding a Japanese Airline encounter with an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) dated March 5, 1987, from a resident of Newberg, Oregon.
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733667-002-009-0018

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A request for information and photographic material regarding an unidentified flying object reported by Japanese Airlines, sent to the FAA by Tyler Junior College in 1987.
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733667-002-010-0004

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This document appears to be a communication regarding a Japanese airline's encounter with an unidentified flying object (UFO). The sender is requesting details on how to obtain further information about the incident.
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23857122-0457-180273-0103

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This document discusses considerations affecting the interpretation of reports on Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), highlighting the complexities and challenges in analyzing such reports.
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237UAP00004

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A pilot reported observing an unidentified white object while flying, which did not have navigational lights. The incident occurred on October 19, 2007, and was documented in a Skywatch Incident Report.
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237UAP00017

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A Skywatch Incident Report detailing a sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) by the pilot of United Airlines flight UAL976 on August 19, 2012, near GAI.