UFO News Article: “Giant boomerang among 8 UFOs sighted in N.C.”

13 January 1987
(Sun-Journal, New Bern, North Carolina)

Source: NewspaperArchive.com

Quote from the article (the part that focuses on the 1986 North Carolina boomerang UFO case) (the whole article will be presented later):

“The boomerang-shaped object as big as two football fields made no sound as it cruised over Alfred and Elizabeth Edwards of Hempstead, but Elizabeth Edwards says it gave her ‘the most terrifying feeling I’ve ever had in my life.’

‘It felt like my body was vibrating, but I think it was fright,’ she said of the experience Jan. 9, 1986. ‘It scared me so bad I cried. It left me with a very uneasy feeling, a very humbling feeling. I did not want to see anything like that again. But three or four days later, I would have given anything to see it again.’

The experience was one of eight apparent UFO sightings reported in North Carolina in 1986 to Lincolnton resident George Fawcett, assistant state director for the Mutual UFO Network.

Fawcett, who investigates and compiles sightings of unidentified flying objects, said the number is about the same as the year before.

‘But these are significant reports. We have electromagnetic interference, animal reactions, multiple witnesses and people who have agreed to use their names,’ he said. ‘This is the best I’ve seen in about two and a half years. They (the witnesses) don’t seem to express the fear of ridicule.’

Elizabeth Edwards, a 53-year-old housewife, said she and her husband, a 52-year-old construction worker, were returning home from dinner in Wilmington at about 7:45 p.m. when they saw lights about 400 feet up in the sky along U.S. 17.

‘It just came over real slow, he estimated about 15 or 20 mph,’ Elizabeth Edwards said. ‘I believe it was the most terrifying feeling I’ve ever had in my life. … I caught myself trying to hide from the lights behind him (Alfred Edwards). I begged him to get back in the car … but it was like he was mesmerized.’

Elizabeth Edwards said she called the Wilmington Airport, which reported there was no plane in the area and that nothing showed on radar. Airport officials suggested she call a UFO study center in Washington state, which contacted Fawcett.

‘I was kind of like other people,’ said Elizabeth Edwards. ‘I did try to keep an open mind, but I still had a little doubt. I thought maybe what they saw could be explained. But not anymore. … Believe you me, they are there, whatever they are.’ ”

https://newspaperarchive.com/new-bern-sun-journal-jan-13-1987-p-14/

Wikipedia article: “Wilmington, North Carolina”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina

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UFO News Article: “Flying object sighting unexplained”

9 January 1987

(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pennsylvania)

The article reports on the 31 August 1986 New Stanton (10-mile area between New Stanton and Connellsville, Pennsylvania) UFO incident. The UFO landed on a hillside.

Twenty witnesses sighted a low flying, cylindrical shaped, metallic UFO with multiple yellow-green lights.

Quote from the article:

“ ‘It’s a good one,’ (Stan) Gordon said of the Aug. 31 sighting. ‘Many people saw it move low over their cars. We have a signed statement from an FAA (Federal Aviation Administration (not Agency)) traffic controller with 16 years experience who saw it and said it wasn’t any type of conventional aircraft.’

Motorists in the New Stanton area first believed the low-flying object was an aircraft in trouble and as they came around a bend, found a hillside on fire. Several people stopped their cars and climbed the embankment where all they found were two rings of fire, Gordon said.”

The article also mentions two other 1986 Pennsylvania UFO incidents that involve cylindrical shaped UFOs:

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19870109&id=Tc9RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9m0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7122,2097092

Quote from “The 1986 UFO Chronology” (nicap.org):

“Aug. 31, 1986; Stanton, PA                  
9:00 PM. Object seen landing, flames, burnt traces. 
(Ref. 3, Phillips)”

Satellite photo of New Stanton, Pennsylvania (tageo.com)

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UFO Article (Blog):

“RAAF Mirage jet intercepts UAP – 1986”

by Keith Basterfield, 15 February 2013

(UFOs – scientific research, Campbelltown,

New South Wales, Australia)

Keith Basterfield writes about a newly released RAAF UAP file (File series A9755, control symbol 6, titled “Headquarters RAAF Base Williamtown [Unusual Aerial Sightings] [UAS] UFO – Unidentified Flying Objects”):

http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com/2013/02/raaf-mirage-jet-intercepts-uap-1986.html

The file’s date range is 11 January 1984 to 11 December 1986.

Wikipedia article: “RAAF Base Williamtown”:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAAF_Base_Williamtown

The official badge of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 
(wikimedia.org image)

UFO Found in NASA Footage Filmed
during the Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster,
28 January 1986, 4:39 p.m. UTC

This UFO footage comes from the documentary film,
‘The Shuttle’ by Discovery Channel.

The UFO can be seen at 27 seconds into the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U39ms709IIw

The footage shown in slow motion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8-KrQcKUg8

The above UFO footage is corroborated by the documentary film, which is found on YouTube. The quality of this video is far inferior to the above video, but if you freeze-frame the footage at 1:23 minutes into the video, you’ll be able to see the UFO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xffMXKC_qXk

The name of this NASA mission was STS-51-L.

UFO News Article: “Cargo pilot discusses encounter with UFO”

1 January 1987

(The Bulletin, Bend, Oregon)

The article reports on the Japan Airlines cargo jet Flight 1628 UFO incident that occurred over North East Alaska on 17 November 1986:

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1243&dat=19870101&id=nvgoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FYcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6731,6229597

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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UFO News Article: “Washington to get UFO tapes”

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:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1899&dat=19870105&id=9LwgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rmkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5973,250133

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).

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).

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Captain Kenju (or Kenji) Terauchi, Japan Airlines, 
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UFO News Article:
“Investigators reopen probe of apparent UFO sighting”,
5 January 1987 (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Canada)

Saskatoon Star-Phoenix reports on the Federal Aviation Administration’s investigation into the famous Japan Airlines Flight 1628 UFO encounter over North East Alaska on 17 November 1986:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n0JgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7XANAAAAIBAJ&pg=4417,635499

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).

Wikipedia article: “Japan Air Lines flight 1628 incident”:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Air_Lines_flight_1628_incident

Captain Kenju (or Kenji) Terauchi, Japan Airlines,

with a drawing of one of the 3 UFOs

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UFO News Article:
“Eight UFOs Reported Across North Carolina In 1986”,
12 January 1987
(The Dispatch, Lexington, North Carolina)

The Dispatch reports on the UFO research work of George D. Fawcett:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gY4bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3VEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5239,1100747

NOTE: The newspaper date is 12 January 1987.








Map of North Carolina
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UFO Journal Article: “UFO LANDS ON SPANISH AIR FORCE TARGET RANGE - WHAT’S MORE, THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT ADMITTED IT.”

By Gordon Creighton, Vol. 24, No. 5, 1979

(Flying Saucer Review, London, UK)

Source: ignaciodarnaude.com

Gordon Creighton reports on the 2 January 1975 Bardenas Reales Air-to-Ground Range, Spain, UFO incident.

The Bardenas Reales Air-to-Ground Range is a Spanish Air Force target range. The target range has also been used by the U.S. Air Force.

http://www.ignaciodarnaude.com/avistamientos_ovnis/Creighton,Landings%201975,Air%20Force%20Base,Spain,FSR79V24N5.pdf

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A U.S. Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4E-61-MC Phantom II (s/n 74-1630) from the 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron, 52nd Tactical Wing, releasing 18 Mark 82 227 kg bombs over the Bardenas Reales Gunnery Range, Spain, on 25 March 1986
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UFO Article: “LOW KLASS: A Rejoinder”

By Dr. Bob Jacobs (NICAP.org)

Dr. Robert M. Jacobs reports on UFO debunker Philip J. Klass’ reaction to his article, “Deliberate Deception: The Big Sur UFO Filming” (featured by the January 1989 issue of The MUFON UFO Journal):

http://www.nicap.org/reports/bigsurrej.htm

Klass retired in 1986 as Senior Avionics Editor of the U.S. weekly magazine, Aviation Week & Space Technology.

Lieutenant Robert M. Jacobs,
U.S. Air Force (Ret.)