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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.
.r / TIME RECORD OF 0 VISIT 0 COHFEREHCE OR [i) TELEPHONE CALL 1 :00 pr NAM E ( •) OF PERSON(•) CONTACTED OR IN CONFERENCE AND LOCATION Mr. Phillip Klass, Writ er/Journalist, 404 "N" Street, NW, Wash. DC H'l()()?/. -"' -- SU B J ECT JAL 16 28, UFO and his article of January 30, 1987 re UFO FAA report. D I GEST I called Mr . Klass to see if he wanted to be on our mailing list to receive the FAA materials re the above JAL flight, which we will be releasing to the media on March 5th .• and to find out the source of the "complete transcript" that he quoted in the article, implying it was the complete FAA transcript, controller to pilots, ARTCC. He said yes he would like the opportunity to obtain additional materials. He also said when I asked him, that he would not reveal the source of his being able to read the transcript. 0 When I finally had a chance to see a transcript I thought the controllers did a fine job." "I had a chance to see a transcript, a certified trans cript. " (He also made reference to the UAL flight). His conversation was on th e telephone speaker-phone and was also overheard by the AAL-5 staff Writer/Editor, Ms. Gloria Moody. CO N CLUSION, A C TION T"KEN . O R REOUIRED AAL-5 is documenting the available sources for possible followup re Agency policy. DATE Tl TLE < ~';?"~~Feb. 19, 1987 Public Aff airs Officer FAA. Form 1360-33 14 - 75 1 FORMERLY F"" FORM 15 22 1" U 5 GOVERNMENT PRINTIN G OFFICE 197 7-77 2 - 0 I 9
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