Documents / Report
This compilation, released through The Black Vault, holds Federal Aviation Administration replies to John Greenewald, Jr.'s FOIA requests about the November 17, 1986 sighting involving flight JL1628. A June 2001 Alaskan Region letter offered about 107 pages outside FOIA and warned they would be destroyed. Letters from August and September 2009 say the records were destroyed under FAA Order 1350.15C. The only record found was a two-page ASIAS Brief Report noting unidentified traffic seen on radar by the crew and ATC near Fort Yukon.
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U. S. JJcpartmenI Alaskan Region 222 W . 7th Avenue ;;<14
of Transportation Anchorage, Alaska
PH : (907) 271·5269 9951 3· 7587
Federal Avl Jo tiOD FAX: (907) 17 [·2800
AdmJDiSlntion
June 27, 2001
Mr. John Greenewald, Jr.
Re: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request No . 2001-005317AL
Dear Mr. Greenwald:
On June 5, 2001 , I contacted you b y telephone and di scussed the fees for search, review, and
duplication of documents pertaining to your May 9, 2001 , request for UFO sightings in or around
Alaska between 1981 and 1988. We have dctcnnined that you would be considered a commercial
requester and would be charged for all search, review, and duplication of the records. I advised yo u
that approximately 107 pages of documents could be made available to you outside of the FOlA
without fees. These documents do not include radar tracking data and simulated radar data for
JL1628. It was agreed that you would withdraw your request by either fax (907-271-2800) or
F.-Mail (jean.MahoneV@faa.goY).and l wouldforward(he 107 pages (0 you on receipt of your
withdrawal.
As of this date, I have not Teceived your withdrawal. If I have not heard from you by July 12, 2001,
we will consider your request cancelled. In addition, all documents pertaining to this UFO citing
will be destroyed in 30 days from the date of this letter.
Sincerely,
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Jean R. Mahoney
FAA Alaskan Region FOIA Coordinator Report, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 7 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.