Dear friends, i share this one, of course discussed before, for a reason:
IF this sighting was real, well we can't call it swamp gas. Something INTELLIGENT crossed alaska's skies that day: but what?
The JAL Flight 1628 UFO incident
In November, 1986, a Japanese crew of a jumbo freighter aircraft witnessed three unidentified objects while flying over Alaska, USA. This sighting
gained international attention when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it was going to officially investigate this sighting
because the Air Route Traffic Control Center in Anchorage, Alaska, had reported that the UFO had been detected on radar. Captain Terauchi was featured
on numerous radio and TV programs and in People Magazine. Within a few months of these events he was grounded, apparently for his indiscretion of
reporting a UFO, even though he was a senior captain with an excellent flying record. Several years later he was reinstated. The UFOs in this case
were tracked on both ground and airborne radar, witnessed by experienced airline pilots, and confirmed by a FAA Division Chief.
According to Captain Kenju Terauchi, First Officer Takanori Tamefuji and Flight Engineer Yoshio Tsukuda, two small lights and one huge lighted object
were in sight on their radar for more than a half hour.
They watched as they flew 350 miles (550 km.) southward across Alaska
from Ft. Yukon toward Anchorage.
Captain Terauchi, a veteran of 29 years flying, said "It was a very big one or two times bigger than an aircraft carrier." He changed altitude and
made turns, with FAA permission, in an effort to identify the objects which continued to follow him. He said the objects moved quickly and stopped
suddenly. At one time, the light from the large object was so bright that it lit the airplane's cockpit and Captain Terauchi said he could feel heat
from it on his face. He added that he had been watching the UFO for six minutes before notifying anyone on the ground; this would make the start of
the sighting about 6:13 p.m.
The FAA at first confirmed the claims that several of its radar traffic controllers tracked the 747 and the large object, and that U.S. Air Force
radar did as well. Later official statements hedged on this, and tried to attribute the radar targets to weather effects. At the end, however, an FAA
spokesman stated, "We are accepting the descriptions of the crew, but are unable to support what they saw."
The summary of the communication between JAL Captain Terauchi and ground controllers was published by the Federal Aviation Administration:
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6:19 PM local time: The pilot of JL1628 requested traffic information from the ZAN (FAA Air Route Traffic Control Center, Anchorage) Sector 15
controller.
6:26 PM: ZAN contacted the Military Regional Operations Control Center (ROCC), and asked if they were receiving any radar returns near the position of
JL1628. The ROCC advised that they were receiving a primary radar return in JL1628's 10 o'clock (left-front) position at 8 miles.
6:27 PM: The ROCC contacted ZAN to advise they were no longer receiving any radar returns in the vicinity of JL1628.
6:31 PM: JL1628 advised that the 'plane' was 'quite big,' at which time the ZAN controller approved any course deviations needed to avoid the
traffic.
6:32 PM: JL1628 requested and received a descent from FL350 to FL310 (flight level 350 and 310, meaning altitude of 35,000 and 31,000 feet, or 10,500
m. and 9,500 m.). When asked if the traffic was descending also, the pilot stated it was descending 'in formation.'
6:35 PM: JL1628 requested and received a heading change to two one zero (210 degrees, or southwest). The aircraft was now in the vicinity of Fairbanks
and ZAN contacted Fairbanks Approach Control asking if they had any radar returns near JL1628's position. The Fairbanks Controller advised they did
not.
6:36 PM: JL1628 was issued a 360 degree turn and asked to inform ZAN if the traffic stayed with them.
6:38 PM: The ROCC called ZAN advising they had confirmed a 'flight of two' in JL1628's position. They advised they had some 'other equipment
watching this,' and one was a primary target only.
6:39 PM: JL1628 told ZAN they no longer had the traffic in sight.
6:42 PM: The ROCC advised it looked as though the traffic had dropped back and to the right of JL1628, however, they were no longer tracking it.
6:44 PM: JL1628 advised the traffic was now at 9 o'clock (left).
6:45 PM: ZAN issued a 10 degree turn to a northbound United Airlines flight, after pilot concurrence, in an attempt to confirm the traffic.
6:48 PM: JL1628 told ZAN the traffic was now at 7 o'clock (left rear), 8 miles.
6:50 PM: The northbound United flight advised they had the Japan Airlines flight in sight, against a light background, and could not see any other
traffic.
6:53 PM: JL1628 advised that they no longer had contact with the traffic
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AFTER the plane levelled out he observed "lights that looked like aircraft lights, 30 degrees left front, 2,000 feet below us, moving exactly in the
same direction and with the same
speed we were." At that time the airplane was flying at about 525 kts (nautical miles per hour) ground speed (972 km/hr or 605 mph) according to
the tracking data (3). Subsequently the speed decreased to about 500 kts.
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Alaska's 1986 UFO sighting still rouses curiosity
KTUU Channel 2 News (Alaska), November 8, 2002
Disclosure Project: Testimony of John Callahan, Former FAA Division Chief
Disclosure Project Briefing Document - Executive Summary
FAA investigates JAL Flight 1628 UFO Sighting
Associated Press, 1986
Statement of Captain Terauchi, Pilot of JAL Flight 1628
UFO FILES: Black Box UFO Secrets (.PDF)
Wednesday, 11th August, 2006
Video: John Callahan, Former FAA Division Chief, dicusses JAL Flight 1628
UFO Symposium at The George Washington University, 2002
This is a rendering from the description that Capt. Terauchi gave to the FAA. It was first published by the International UFO Reporter in the
March/April 1987 issue Volume 12, number 12. The relative size of Capt. Terauchi's Boeing 747 can be seen at the bottom right of the
satellite
Courtesy: John Lear
Here is Capt. Terauchi's actual drawing showing the shape of the craft and the relative size of his Boeing 747
Courtesy: John Lear
Courtesy: Bruce Maccabee
Courtesy: JeromeProphet
UFO Files: Black Box UFO Secrets Revealed ( part 1 of 5 )
The relevant part starts at min. 2:00
UFO Files: Black Box UFO Secrets Revealed ( part 2 of 5 )
UFO Files: Black Box UFO Secrets Revealed ( part 3 of 5 )
UFO Files: Black Box UFO Secrets Revealed ( part 4 of 5 )
UFO Files: Black Box UFO Secrets Revealed ( part 5 of 5 )
THE FANTASTIC FLIGHT OF JAL1628
Complete report by Bruce Maccabee
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jeromeprophet.blogspot.com...
www.ufoevidence.org...
www.ufocasebook.com...
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