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ATC personnel statements Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 17 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 7 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 9, 1987 The following is a report concerning…
- p. 8 r PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 9, 1987 The following is a report…
- p. 15 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 9, 1987 The following is a report concerning…
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Compilation: ATC transcripts, flight path, statements Hearing transcript

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 14 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 10 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 11, 1987 The following is a report concerning…
- p. 13 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 11, 1987 The following is a report concerning…
- p. 14 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION Am:rnISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 11, 1987 The following is a report…
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Chronology of events Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 5 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story

…Unidentified Traffic Sighting by Japan Airlines From: Air Traffic Manager, Anchorage ARTCC, ZAN-1 To: Manager, Air Traffic…
FAA news releases Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 10 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 5 …to the FAA Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center, the sighting of unidentified air traffic on their onboard weather radar…
- p. 8 …to the FAA Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center, the sighting of unidentified air traffic on their onboard weather radar…
- p. 10 …radar images, * Voice recordings on cassette of Pilot & Air Route Traffic Control Center, FAA interviews of Pilot and Crew, and…
- 2 more pages mention it
Records statement and package contents Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 9 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 4 …Sincerely, ~~~ Paul Steucke Public Affairs Officer ~ l " U. ..... ,, ~~ =- -\'i)fb --._ .= - ,/ 150 Years of Air Traffic Control Excellence ~ ,.,. ~ 6 < F - A…
- p. 7 …Cassette tape of communications between Air Traffic Control and JAL Flight 1628. 1 hour 30 minutes. (Same data as 23…
- p. 8 …1 page (map) Personnel statements. (Statements by seven air traffic control specialists at Anchorage Center.) (8 pages) FAA Form 7230…
Selected voice transcripts Hearing transcript

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 10 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 3 …Air Lines flight #1628 R15 = Controller position, Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center D15 = Controller positian, Anchorage Air Route Traffic…
- p. 10 …Airway route Internal Navigation System (Anchorage) Air Route Traffic Control Center (Enroute traffic) PVD Plan View Display (Radar Screen) ROCC…
Defense Intelligence Reference Document Cognitive Limits On Simultaneous Control Of Multiple Unmanned Spacecraft Report

Defense Intelligence Agency· 31 pages · DIA reading room · 0 stories
- p. 4 …Studies in Cognitive Workload for Air Traffic Controllers ..................... 8 Modeling the Air Traffic Control Task ............................................................... 15 Chapter 4: Studies in…
- p. 13 …Images of air traffic controller environment and displays are shown in Figure 3.h Errors in flight control are called…
- p. 30 …Panel on Human Factors in Air Traffic Control Automation. Flight to the future: human factors in air traffic control. (National…
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AAWSAP DIRD, Cognitive Limits on Simultaneous Control of Multiple Unmanned Spacecraft, December 2010 Official release

U.S. Department of War· 2010-12-15· 31 pages · PURSUE release (war.gov) · 0 stories
- p. 4 …Studies in Cognitive Workload for Air Traffic Controllers ..................... 8 Modeling the Air Traffic Control Task ............................................................... 15 Chapter 4: Studies in…
- p. 13 …Images of air traffic controller environment and displays are shown in Figure 3.h Errors in flight control are called…
- p. 30 …Panel on Human Factors in Air Traffic Control Automation . Flight to the future: human factors in air traffic control. (National…
- 9 more pages mention it
Compilation: transcript, interview, statement, news release Hearing transcript

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 9 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 3 …Agencies Making Transmissions Abbreviation Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center ZAN Alaska Airlines Flight 53 AS53 I HEREBY CERTIFY that…
- p. 7 …by the Federal Aviation Administration at the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), Anchorage, Alaska. I have reviewed recorded…
- p. 8 …The Captain asked the FAA air traffic controller in Anchorage if there was "any traffic in this-ah-area, do…
Media contacts to the FAA Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 44 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 12 …Steucke sa id FAA is satisfied that the safety of the air traffic control system was not compromised by the…
- p. 32 …The Air Force Military Defense system was alerted by the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center when the JAL pilot…
- p. 33 …PAUL STEUCKE, FAA, (907)271-5296 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center The following is…
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Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00243 Official release

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.· 2023· 1 pages · National Archives · 0 stories

…No air traffic in the area. ZDV reported they had no traffic in the area either. TY, AWO…
Flight path chart Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 7 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 2 …Keller, Automation Specialist and Wylie, Quality Assurance Special Route Traffic Control Cen Anthony M. Wylie, Quality Assurance Specialist Anchorage Air…
Package compiled for FAA managers Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 122 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 85 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 9, 1987 The following is a report concerning…
- p. 87 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 9, 1987 The following is a report concerning…
- p. 105 …1 page (map) Personnel statements. (Statements by seven air traffic control specialists at Anchorage Center.) (8 pages) FAA Form 7230…
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Full ATC communications transcript Hearing transcript

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 25 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 2 …Gates Air Traffic Manager, ANC ARTCC Reply to Attn . of : Anchorage ARTCC 5400 Davis Hwy. Anchorage, Alaska January 9, 1987…
- p. 25 …Airway route Internal Navigation System (Anchorage) Air Route Traffic Control Center (Enroute traffic) PVD Plan View Display (Radar Screen) ROCC…
A8-2 Information, Collection of, 1959: 291645977 Official release

· 6 pages · National Archives · 0 stories
- p. 4 …EDMERMAN, Air Traffic Control Officer, U. S. Naval Air Station, Point Mugu, California. b. Possible cause of the sighting is…
- p. 6 …ZIDHERMAN, Air Traffic Control Officer, U. S. Naval Air Station, Point Mugu, California. b. Possible cause of the sighting is…
Anchorage daily facility log, FAA Form 7230-4 Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 4 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story

…No known traffic identified.</td></tr><tr><td>0233</td><td colspan="5">JL1628's traffic apparently pacing…
News clippings Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 51 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 12 …Steucke said the pilot called the air traffic control center and asked if there was any reported traffic in the…
- p. 20 …A track Is* what air traffic controllers call the radar image of an aircraft. In previous news ^eases^ the Federal…
- p. 28 …Since Anchorage air controllers had registered a radar targefhear flight ' 1628, they called for a backup radar check from the…
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Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00628 Official release

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.· 2023· 1 pages · National Archives · 0 stories

Date: 5/18/2024 1:50:00 AM (-05 CDT) Title: SKW3260 UFO-UAP ACTIVITY 05-18-2024…
Correspondence between the FAA Administrator and the Air Force Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 7 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 3 …ARTCC controller advised him that there was no known air traffic, but did report intermittent radar targets. (Subsequent regeneration of…
Airprox Report 2013085 Report

UK Airprox Board· 5 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 4 …SUMMARY OF THE BOARD’S DISCUSSIONS Information available included reports from the pilots and air traffic controllers involved, radar recordings…
Blue Book radar pages 965-966 Document

NICAP (Barry Greenwood)· 2 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 2 …After being notified by Air Traffic Control at National Air Port, 5/8pt Don Wilson, Tower Operator at Bolling Air…
Brownwood/Brady Military Operating Areas brochure Document

North Central Texas Council of Governments· 3 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 1 …NAS Fort Worth JRB Air Traffic Control provides traffic control services to all aircra operating in the airspace surrounding the…
- p. 2 …air corridors, mutually developed by the FAA and the Department of Defense, for low-altitude, high-speed military flight traffic…
FAA replies to 2001 FOIA requests and ASIAS report Report

FAA via The Black Vault· 7 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 4 …A search for records wa<; conducted at thc Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center, the Anchorage Airport Tmffic Control Tower…
Klass and Haines inquiries and FAA responses Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 41 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 10 …fli gh t crew and the controllers at t he Anchorage Air Route Traffic Com:,rol Center. When I asked…
- p. 15 …The Air Traffic Division has given a complete air traffic package to the Director of Air Traffic Evaluations and Analysis…
- p. 23 …Also, the transcription of communication between the air traffic controller and the pilot shows that the controller (after JAL 1628…
- 2 more pages mention it
SIGN Interrogates Witnesses, combined PDF Document

NICAP / USAF· 7 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 5 …Jensen was on duty since 1600 hours October 1, 1946, in the traffic control tower as traffic controller. There was…
- p. 7 …Assistant airport traffic controller, Fargo Airport. MARITAL STATUS: Married, no children. EDUCATION: High School graduate. Military History of Person Interrogated…
Simulated radar data, colour photos Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 19 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 10 …Hank Elias, the Alaska air- traffic manager, felt bad for the captain. A pilot is always seeing things in the…
- p. 11 …You're not supposed to have unknowns in air traffic control M>y~ . 1987 . ... •J There isn't much room…
- p. 15 …this one was that tlie safety of the air traffic control system had not been com- promised - case closed. EPILOGUE…
- 2 more pages mention it
First Officer Tamefuji interview, Peter Beckner, 5 Jan 1987 Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 24 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 17 …Mimoto Oh, maybe Air Traffic Control did not understand my English, so P. Beckner S. Mimoto • he was polite and…
FAA Form 8020-5 aircraft incident record Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 4 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 3 AIR TRAFFIC G. Anchorage, ATCC Keflavik, Iceland 11/17/86 YES NO ON BOARD N/A 2. FLIGHT PLAN/CLEARANCE…
English translation of Terauchi statement (Meeting the Future) Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 14 pages · Cited by the stories · 2 stories
- p. 5 …to- upper air, and the air current was steady and conditions were quite pleasant. Perhaps the controllers were concerned that…
- p. 7 …Personal statement concerning JAL Flight 1628 sighting of unidentified air traffic, Nov. 17, 1986. Written by Capt. Kenju Terauchi; translated…
UFO Global Grid Theory FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2002-06-10· 3 pages · CIA reading room · 0 stories
- p. 1 …UFO's had been detected on the Auckland Air Traffic Control radar scope on 14 January 1968 at 2335 hours…
A Preliminary Study of Unidentified Targets Observed on Air Traffic Control Radars Document link only

CAA Technical Development Report No. 180 (via CUFON) · Cited by the stories · 1 story
Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00582 Official release

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.· 2023· 1 pages · National Archives · 0 stories

Date: 12/2/2023 4:04:00 AM (-07 MST) Title: GREAT FALLS, MT UFO-UAP ACTIVITY 12…
U-2s, UFOs, and Operation Blue Book FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2004-06-28· 2 pages · CIA reading room · 0 stories
- p. 1 …Consequently, once U-2s started flying at altitudes above 60,000 feet, air-traffic controllers began receiving increasing numbers of…
- p. 2 Not only did the airline pilots report their sightings to air-traffic controllers, but they and ground-based observers also…
Project Sign file, combined PDF Document

NICAP / USAF· 38 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 4 …Dakota Air port 11. Name of observer Manuel E Johnson 5. Occupation of observer Assistant Air port Traffic controller 6…
- p. 8 …Jensen was on duty since 1000 hours October 1, 1948, in the traffic control tower as traffic controller. There was…
- p. 25 …Traffic Control Tower Hector Airport - Box 1755 1.0.4 Fargo, North Dakota " October 1, 1948 178th Fighter Squadron Air…
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Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00031 Official release

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.· 2023· 1 pages · National Archives · 0 stories

SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT Callsign: Aircraft: Tail Number: Operator: Origin: Destination: New Destination: HOU Operator Type: Paged: NO PRIMARY…
AARO Congressional Open Hearing final 2.0 Hearing transcript

Office of the Secretary of Defense· 2023-04-18· 5 pages · OSD reading room · 0 stories

…Director, AARO UNCLA SSIFIED UNCLA SSIFIED REPORTED-UAP ALTITUDES TYPICALLY-REPORTED UAP CHARACTERISTICS Mt Everest Commercial Air Traffic…
New Air Defense Structure, Direction Viewed FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1993-05-01· 9 pages · CIA reading room · 0 stories
- p. 3 …to strictly heed the air traffic rules, and their compliance is monitored by an appropriate control system. It is a…
- p. 7 …43. -Controlling air traffic, chiefly to ensure adherence to rules and standards, and coordinating military air traffic with civilian air…
Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00555 Official release

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.· 2023· 1 pages · National Archives · 0 stories

…LOUISVILLE, KY/UFO-UAP ACTIVITY/1745E/INDIANAPOLIS ARTCC ADVISED AIR TRANSPORT INTL 3443, B763, LAL - RFD, REPORTED AN…
Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00564 Official release

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.· 2023· 1 pages · National Archives · 0 stories

…ST PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER, FL/UFO-UAP ACTIVITY/0649C/MIAMI ARTCC ADVISED AIR TRANSPORT 3331, B763, LAL - SBD, REPORTED…
Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00612 Official release

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.· 2023· 1 pages · National Archives · 0 stories

…CHICAGO-ROCKFORD, IL/UFO-UAP ACTIVITY/0450C/SALT LAKE CITY ARTCC ADVISED AIR TRANSPORT 3498, B763, SMF - RFD…
Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00572 Official release

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.· 2023· 1 pages · National Archives · 0 stories

…LOS ANGELES, CA/UFO-UAP ACTIVITY/0308P/LOS ANGELES ARTCC ADVISED OMNI AIR 1169, B762, HNL - AFW, REPORTED…
Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00504 Official release

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.· 2023· 1 pages · National Archives · 0 stories

…ELKINS, WV/UFO-UAP ACTIVITY/LATE REPORT-0001E/WASHINGTON ARTCC ADVISED AIR CANADA 1091, A333, MCO - TORONTO, CANADA…
Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00606 Official release

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.· 2023· 1 pages · National Archives · 0 stories

Date: 2/4/2024 4:00:00 AM (-05 EST) Title: WASHINGTON, DC UFO-UAP ACTIVITY 02-04…
342 HS1-416511228 319.1 Flying Discs 1949 Official release

U.S. Department of War· 1950-01-09· 143 pages · PURSUE release (war.gov) · 0 stories
- p. 11 …Names, occupations, and addresses of witnesses: (1) Ben Frieman, ARTC Controller, Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center, P.0. Box…
- p. 12 …Frieman, an Air Route Traffic Controller, was on duty at the Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center at the Seattle…
- p. 32 …Service Center received the following information from Cincinnati Air Route Traffic Control Center: At 21:08, Mr Neinkirchen of 2419…
- 6 more pages mention it
Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00570 Official release

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.· 2023· 1 pages · National Archives · 0 stories

Date: 11/8/2023 8:55:00 PM (-06 CST) Title: WALNUT RIDGE, AR UFO-UAP ACTIVITY 11…
Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00405 Official release

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.· 2023· 1 pages · National Archives · 0 stories

Date: 8/7/2022 1:30:00 AM (-05 CDT) Title: AAL2561 MISCELLANEOUS 08-07-2022 Latitude: 34…
Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00566 Official release

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.· 2023· 1 pages · National Archives · 0 stories

Date: 10/28/2023 4:43:00 AM (-04 EDT) Title: UAL541 UFO-UAP ACTIVITY 10-28-2023…
Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00622 Official release

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.· 2023· 1 pages · National Archives · 0 stories

Date: 3/20/2024 11:10:00 PM (-04 EDT) Title: N231TJ UFO-UAP ACTIVITY 03-20-2024…
Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00635 Official release

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.· 2023· 1 pages · National Archives · 0 stories

Date: 8/21/2024 11:15:00 PM (-05 CDT) Title: ENY3680 UFO-UAP ACTIVITY 08-21-2024…
Project Blue Book Case Files on Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs): 595553 Official release

Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. Air Materiel Command. Intelligence Department. Technical Intelligence Division.· 1947· 2 pages · National Archives · 1 story
- p. 1 …BARNES, SENIOR AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROLLER FOR THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION, WAS IN CHARGE OF THE NATIONAL AIRPORT, WASHINGTON, D…