USAF C-17 Crew Alaskan UAP Report 1994

On June 17, 1994, a USAF C-17A Globemaster III crew on a training mission from Elmendorf Air Force Base encountered an unidentified metallic disc-shaped craft at 35,000 feet over the Alaskan interior. The disc paced the C-17 at the same altitude and speed for approximately 7 minutes. Crew members observed the object clearly through the C-17's large cockpit windows. The disc then departed vertically at extreme speed. Elmendorf approach radar confirmed a contact in the corresponding position. The crew filed an incident report to Pacific Air Forces Command. As one of the earliest documented C-17 UAP encounters, the Elmendorf case established that Air Mobility Command large transport aircraft were encountering UAP phenomena at high altitude, not just tactical fighter aircrews. The C-17's large cockpit windows and multi-crew configuration provided multiple independent observers in the same aircraft. The encounter was handled through the standard Pacific Air Forces incident reporting chain.