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Capt. Terauchi's handwritten Japanese statement with sketches

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault · 19 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This handwritten Japanese statement with sketches, released by the FAA and republished by The Black Vault, is Captain Terauchi's first-hand account of Japan Air Lines cargo flight JL1628 on 17 November 1986. It tells how the Boeing 747 left Keflavik, Iceland, on a special wine cargo flight and, over Alaska, was accompanied for about 50 minutes by two small spaceships and one huge mothership. It describes the lights, the onboard weather radar return, Anchorage Center's exchanges and a United Airlines flight's attempt to see the object.

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最初15灯火已凳见

ヘアーフリッ…,プールようが

長方开片のスタイルとして…る

僢平の灯火にポリシー上つた

母船のシルエット 航空母艦晋のサイズ

淡白色のライト

とでの角度ドリ見ても我々に見えるライトの

向隔は同じであった。とでの角度からも

左右のライトは見た。

デジタル WX レ-ダーで 補足した時の図

$$
\mathrm {レ ン ジ} 2 0 \mathrm {m m} ^ {2}
$$

$$
\mathrm {元 儿卜} 0 ^ {\circ}
$$

7〜8マイルに

9-7マイル

緑色の円

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