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JAL Flight 1628 — Massive Object Over Alaska
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CONFIDENTIALFAA-003 · 1986-11-17
JAL Flight 1628 — Massive Object Over Alaska
◎Alaska Airspace, near Anchorage, USA
JAL Boeing 747 Captain Kenjyu Terauchi reported two unidentified objects flanking his aircraft for 50 minutes over Alaska, followed by a massive object he described as 'twice the size of an aircraft carrier' which appeared ahead of the plane. FAA Anchorage center and Elmendorf AFB radar confirmed returns. The FAA opened a formal investigation.
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