5 January 1987 (The Lewiston
Journal, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine)
The Lewiston Journal reports on the 17 November 1986 Japan Airlines (JAL) Flight
1628 UFO incident over North East Alaska:
The UFO incident was witnessed
by Captain Kenju (or Kenji) Terauchi, his co-pilot and a third crew member.
The UFO incident occurred on 17 November 1986, at 5:19 p.m. (18 November, at 2:19 UTC), according to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) document (files.afu.se).
The UFO incident occurred on 17 November 1986, at 5:19 p.m. (18 November, at 2:19 UTC), according to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) document (files.afu.se).
Quote from the article:
“Because of public interest in
the case, the agency interviewed the pilot, Kenju Terauchi, a second time
Friday, said Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) spokesman Paul Steucke.
Terauchi told investigators three
lights started following his Boeing 747 cargo jet Nov. 17 just after it crossed
into Alaska from Canada, and stayed with him for 55 minutes.
He said two of the lights were about
eight feet across, while the third appeared to be part of a darkened globe with
a diameter of perhaps two aircraft carriers placed end-to-end, Steucke said.
The pilot said the large
unidentified flying object registered on his cockpit weather radar. But images
on military radar screens at the time were dismissed as ‘clutter,’ and a blip
that showed up on FAA screens were considered a coincidental ‘split image’ of
the aircraft, Steucke said.”
The article continues on page 5
(Google News).
Related posts:
Captain Kenju (or Kenji) Terauchi, Japan Airlines,
with a drawing of one of the 3 UFOs
(4.bp.blogspot.com photo)
