On November 17, 1986, Japan Airlines cargo flight 1628, piloted by veteran Captain Kenji Terauchi, encountered unidentified objects over Alaska for 50 minutes. Terauchi described two smaller craft and a massive 'mothership' the size of an aircraft carrier. FAA radar intermittently confirmed an object near the aircraft. FAA Division Chief John Callahan later revealed the CIA ordered all radar data and recordings to be turned over and told staff the event 'never happened.' Terauchi was grounded by JAL after speaking publicly. Skeptics attributed the sighting to Jupiter and Mars, though this fails to explain the radar returns and the multiple crew members who saw the objects.
A JAL cargo pilot reported a massive UFO over Alaska in 1986 — the FAA confirmed radar contact then suppressed the case
“It was a very big one — two to three times bigger than an aircraft carrier. I am certain it was not any kind of aircraft I have ever seen. The FAA confirmed something was on their radar.”
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“The radar returns were likely caused by weather phenomena. Captain Terauchi probably mistook the planets Jupiter and Mars for unidentified objects.”
— FAA / Philip Klass (skeptic) · Mar 1987
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“The radar returns were likely caused by weather phenomena. Captain Terauchi probably mistook the planets Jupiter and Mars for unidentified objects.”
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