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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Federal Aviation
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Subiect INFORMATION: Rele a se of ace ident investigation
material, data, i nformation - JL #1628
Date MAR - 2 1987
From Deputy Direct or, AAL- 2
To Public Affairs Officer, AAL- 5
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