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This document details a meeting between FAA agents and personnel regarding an incident involving American Airlines and Japan Airlines on November 18. It includes a statement from Agent Mickle and visual aids provided by the JAL Captain.

…ailing operations and communications related to the JL1628 incident on November 17, 1986. It includes timestamps and remarks about the incident, including data reduction requests and notifications to Washington D.C.

…the Anchorage ARTCC, detailing the incident involving Japan Airlines Flight 1628 on November 18, 1986. The report outlines the communication between the flight and air traffic control regarding unidentified traffic.

This document is a record of facility operations from the Anchorage ARTCC on November 17, 1986, detailing various air traffic control activities, including an incident involving an unknown target observed by flight JL1628.

A cargo aircraft captain reported seeing irregular pulsating lights that he believed to be a UFO while flying over Alaska. The FAA concluded that the lights were likely caused by atmospheric conditions.

…plane that reported being followed by an unidentified flying object (UFO) while flying over Alaska. Air traffic controllers tracked an image on radar that appeared to follow the aircraft, leading to an FAA investigation.

…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.

…ct (UFO) sighting over Alaska reported by a Japan Airlines cargo crew on November 17, 1986. The FAA has reopened its inquiry into the incident, collecting data and interviewing witnesses to identify the object.

This document discusses the need for scientifically and technically skilled personnel to conduct interrogations and investigations related to flying saucer incidents, emphasizing the importance of collaboration between interrogators and technical specialists.

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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…

APPENDIX I In the following section of this report, each remaining unexplained incident is considered separately. It is not the intent to generally discredit the character of observers, but each case has undesirable elements, and these cannot be disregarded. The numerical designation is merely the categorical order of the.dncident in the project files. Incid…

… streamers may jump gaps such as between pipes within the house, thus causing a brizcht flash of limited extent. After- image is generally formed on the retina and movements of eye produce apparent movements of the illuminated rection.) A cloud-to-ground lightning stroke with an associate, horizontally-directed, moving potential wave may possibly produce a t…

…e ruled out as impossible. ce Incident No. 7 compares somewhat in time with balloon Launching No. 10 of 5 July 1947. However, balloon No. 10 although not recovored Was known to have been downed northeast of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was not recovered due to impassability of terrain. Incident No. 113 is a reasonable description of the 20 ft. plastic balloon…

…space overdrives, teleports, simulators, energy beams and so on. Conceivably, among the myriads of stellar Systems in the Galaxy, one or more races have discovered methods of travel that would be fantastic by our standards. Yet the larger the volume 6f space that must be included in order to strengthen this possibility, the lower will be the changé that the …

…ome discussion of characteristics of space ships is necessary. To handle the simple case first, a trip from Mars to Earth should be feasible using a rocket-powered vehicle. Onee here, the rocket would probably use more fuel in slowing down for a landing . than it did in initial takeoff, due to Earth's higher gravitational force. A rough estimate of one-way p…

… may not be randomly distributed at all. The Sun has nine planets, arranged in a fairly regular progression of orbits (see reference 1, Appendix I) trat lends credence to theories that many stars have planets. Of the nine planets, (one, the “arth) is completely suitable for life. Two more (in adjacent orbits) are near misses: Mars has extremely rigorous livi…

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…EPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Fort Worth, Texas Headquarters Eighth Air Force DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION ef April 1950 9 = 21 April 1950 F-5 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE Ira M. Maxey, and Major Dalton Smith Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 April 1950 REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous ist etc., as applicable) Letter, SAC 31 January 195…

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