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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.
us. Department Northwest Mountain Region 1601 Lind Avenue Southwest of Tronsportotlon omce of the Regional Administrator Renton. Wash ington 98057 Federcl Aviation Administration SEP 04 2009 CERTIFIED MA IL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Mr. John G~newald , Jr. Dear Mr. Greenewald : Subject: Freedom oflnfollDation Aet (FOlA) Request 2009-006061 WS This is a Northwest Mountain Region, Air Traffic Organization (ATO), Western Service Area. partial no-records response to your FOIA request of July 28. 2009, made under the provisions of Title 5 United Stales Code, Section 552. You requested a copy of records regarding "a UFO sighting involving Flight JL 1628 on Novcmber 17, 1986" and your previous FOIA request numbered 2001 -005317AL. Your request was also assigned to the Alaskan Region for a separate response concerning the previous FOIA request. A search for records wa<; conducted at thc Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center, the Anchorage Airport Tmffic Control Tower, the Anchordge Terminal Radar Approach Control facility, and the Alaska Flight Services Informat ion Area Group on August 4. 2009. The search revealed no records, documents. or files pertaining to your specifk request. To the extent any records existed, they have been destroyed in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration Order 1350.15C, Records Organi7.ation, Transfer and Destruction Standards. We arc enclosing two pages of a document entitled "ASIAS Brief Report." ASIAS is an acronym for Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Shari ng. This document was located in the Western Service Center's electronic files. This is the only responsive document located. Under Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 7.42(i), Payment of Fees, there are no fees associated with thi s request because the cost of processing it is less than SIO.OO. For this remson, wc are not addressing your request for fcc waiver. We are sorry but we are unable to provide the records to you electronically. We must provide a final letter, along with any responsive materials by certified mail.
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