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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.
TIME D"TE RECORD OF D VI SIT 0 COHFEREH CE OR ~ TELE PHOHE CALL 10:00 am 2/20/87 . \ ._..a.ME(&) OF P ERSO N(•J CONT-' C TED O R IN C ONFEREN CE .a.N D LOC ATI ON ROUTING S YM B OL II' t.1ffir) ml " Thi s occur ed , he thou ght in la t e Jan or earlv Feb. Re sai rl t-'hc --t-,,.,..; ..,, •• ...,C' "thi ck , contained the transcript, color photos of the radar screen, interview of Cap t ain . controller saatrwents .Terauch1,/some maps an o er m~terial." He also said that Mr. Callahan told him abou t th e Cl 30 (SAC Military flight) and the Alaska Airlines sighting of unid entifi ed air t r af f ic . - CO NCLUS I O N , A CTI ON T.a.K E N . O R REO UIR E D AAL-5 is inv estiga ting this unauthor i zed disclosure of material. I. DATE TI TL E . -'p·1 0~2/20 / 87 Pub lic Affairs Officer IP'. '· -
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