Source: NICAP.org
Text by NICAP.org:
“In the late afternoon, Japan Air Lines flight1628, a Boeing 747 with a
crew of three, was nearing the end of a trip from Iceland
to Anchorage , Alaska . The jet, carrying a cargo of French
wine, was flying at 35,000
feet through darkening skies, a red glow from the
setting sun lighting one horizon and a full moon rising above the other. 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. Audiotapes of the transmissions and AF radar confirmation were presented
on the History Channel's ‘Black Box UFOs’ in August of 2006.”
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).
“In the late afternoon, Japan Air Lines flight
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).
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