Klass and Haines inquiries and FAA responses

This FAA file, released through The Black Vault, collects correspondence and memos about the Japan Air Lines flight 1628 UFO report over Alaska on November 17, 1986. It includes Philip J. Klass's 1987 Skeptical Inquirer article, which attributes the sighting to Jupiter, Mars and moonlit ice clouds, and FAA Alaskan Region public affairs memos on the premature release of investigation material. It also contains Richard F. Haines's request for the case file and Paul Steucke's reply explaining the radar returns as uncorrelated targets.

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US Departmenl
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Federal Aviation
Administration
I NFORMATION: Release of Accident Investi-
gation Ma terial, data, information - JL #1628;
you r memo of 2/2/87
Manag er, Flight Standards Division, AAL-200
Date .
Rep ly to
Att n of Beckner:5520
To Public Affairs Officer, AAL-5
This division has not released any informa tion, transcripts, or other
materials relating to the investigation of Japan Airlines Flight #1628
of November 17, 1986 to anyone, except your office.
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