unexplained-events: Japan Airlines Flight 1628 UFO IncidentOn November 17, 1986, the Japanese crew o
unexplained-events: Japan Airlines Flight 1628 UFO IncidentOn November 17, 1986, the Japanese crew of a JAL Boeing 747 cargo freighter witnessed three unidentified objects after sunset, while flying over eastern Alaska. The first two of the objects were observed by all three crew members: Captain Kenju Terauchi (ex-fighter pilot with 10,000+ hours flight experience), in the cockpit’s left-hand seat; Takanori Tamefuji (co-pilot) in the right-hand seat; and Yoshio Tsukub (flight engineer).The first two objects (top pic; based on Terauchi’s illustrations) were square shaped and “shooting off lights”. Terauchi said they also displayed a “disregard for inertia” and : “The thing was flying as if there was no such thing as gravity. It sped up, then stopped, then flew at our speed, in our direction, so that to us it [appeared to be] standing still. The next instant it changed course. … In other words, the flying object had overcome gravity.” The crew notified air traffic control, who could not locate any traffic in the confirmed location. (link to excerpt of communication with Anchorage ARTC Center in source below)The third object (bottom pic) appeared shortly after the first two objects disappeared. It looked like a giant space ship and was twice the size of an aircraft carrier. The object followed the plane for 14km. The crew informed air control once again, and nothing was registered in that location. They offered military intervention, but after a few minutes the object disappeared.Captain Terauchi cited in the official Federal Aviation Administration report that the object was a UFO. The FAA, CIA, FBI, and President Reagan’s Scientific Study Team were all notified of this incident and there was a three month long investigation. The final conclusion was that there was not enough material to confirm that there was something there, but there was enough evidence that it couldn’t be denied.The sighting received special attention from the media,as a supposed instance of the tracking of UFOs on both ground and airborne radar, while being observed by experienced airline pilots, with subsequent confirmation by an FAA Division Chief.SOURCE -- source link