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Japan Air Lines Flight 1628: The Alaska Mothership

November 17, 1986 · Interior Alaska, between Fort Yukon, Fairbanks and Talkeetna

United States

UAP · Other · 77 sources

55Partially documented

Eielson AFB Tower and RAPCON Radar Orange Object

July 11, 1968 · Eielson Air Force Base, near Fairbanks, Alaska

United States

UAP · Orb / light · 13 sources

48Partially documented

Bishop Michaud's "torpedo-shaped" fireball, Burlington, Vermont

July 2, 1907 · Corner of Church Street and College Street, Burlington, Vermont

United States

UAP · Cigar · 20 sources

34Partially documented

Documents58 · see all

Simulated radar data with captions Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 6 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 2 …Fort Yukon is at the top center and Fairbanks is at th e lo wer center . /
- p. 5 SIMULATION #4 #4 Is the plotted positions after JL1628 has passed Fairbanks and makes a 360 turn. The pilot made…
ATC personnel statements Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 17 pages· 14 pages mention it
- p. 8 …report concerning the incident to aircraft JL1628 north of Fairbanks, Alaska, on November 18, 1986 at 0218 GMT. My name…
- p. 16 …report concerning the incident to aircraft JL1628 north of Fairbanks, Alaska, on November 18, 1986 at 0218 GMT. My name…
Chronology of events Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 5 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 4 …The aircraft was now in the vicinity of Fairbanks and ZAN contacted Fairbanks Approach Control asking if they had any…
Selected voice transcripts Hearing transcript

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 10 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 4 …Are you (Fairbanks FAA tc:Mer) pickin up a primary target right with that aircraft? Ah, no. It's (the…
- p. 5 …0237:32 Dl5 Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, understand your traffic is over Fairbanks at this time. Affirmative - - ah…
Full ATC communications transcript Hearing transcript

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 25 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 11 …west of ah Fairbanks Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy understand your traffic is over Fairbanks at this time Affirmative…
- p. 21 …sixty nine heavy cleared direct Fairbanks descend at pilot discretion maintain one zero thousand Fairbanks altimeter three zero two two…
English translation of Terauchi statement (Meeting the Future) Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 14 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 10 …Military Eielson Air Force Base and Fairbanks. The lights were still following us at exactly the same distance; however, it…
- p. 13 …About the same time a United Airline passenger aircraft which left Anchorage to Fairbanks flew into the same air zone…

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