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This FAA Alaskan Region file, released through The Black Vault, collects public affairs material on the November 17, 1986 sighting by the crew of Japan Airlines flight 1628. It includes a 1987 Alaska PRSA Aurora Award entry and Paul Steucke's January 5, 1987 memo, which planned a single release of all data at a March 5, 1987 press conference. It also contains UFO group contact sheets, a Phenomena Research Report newsletter and Anchorage Times clippings, including one attributing a flash over Alaska to Soviet rocket fuel.

6/18/81--FIVE MILES SOUTH OF NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT-- : 6 PM: While flying
eas oun a ee e pi o an passenger o a ama a rcraft watched
in amazement as an egg-shaped object--made of highly polished metal--passed
off of their left side at a distan ce of about one-half mile at the same
altitude. The pilot made a sharp turn to the left in a futile attempt to
follow the object which appeared to be moving in excess of 300 knots. The
object was estimated to be 15 to 20 feet in diameter and was visible for
about 20 seconds.
6/ 6/81--NEAR KANSAS CITY MISSOURI-- :0 PM: A black object like two soup
wit in a wings length of a small
Estimated to be about three feet in diameter
plane, the object was headed due east and
/21/81--1 0 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOVE CREEK COLORAD0--8:10 PM: A large
g owing o Ject, mov ng in e ve ght, was o served y the three man crew
of a United Air Lines flight traveling from Los Angeles to Denver, Colorado.
The object moved abeam of the airliner heading southwest at an estimated
speed of 5000 mph. An American Airlines airliner located 40 miles behind
the United flight reported the object and said it had reversed course and
was headi ng northeast.
/ 0/81--20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHILADELPHIA The
pi ot o a eac aircra t, f ying at 000 ee , reporte at s 2 o'clock
position what looked like a "rocket ship." The object was climbing from the
southeast to northwest, accelerating at extremely high speed with a long
blue flame coming out the aft end. At 11:45 PM the pilot and first officer
of a Flying Tiger airliner--flying 100 miles northwest of Sparta, Penn., at
37,000 feet and inbound to Kennedy International Airport--observed a bullet-
she.ped object moving at about 1200 miles per hour. At the same time a United
Air Lines DC-8 located 100 miles west of Sparta reported seeing a long
glowing object streaking across the sky. The object was not tracked on
radar.
ii/ /80--NEAR OZONA TEXAS--6: 0 PM: A small aircraft had just ta.ken off and
was a out 000 o t e groun when the pilot spotted a glowing object
coming rrom the direction or Sonora at a ver y high rate or speed. It ~&s
long in shape and pointed on both ends. About six miles out of Ozona the
object seperated into two parts and the back section moved into a position
directly under the rront section and the two objects passed the plane. They
were both the Sli111e intensity of light. As the pilot watched the objects
move over Ozona their glow disappeared. Instantly the airplane engine
stopped and its lights went out. A few seconds later the glow around the
objects reappeared. The plane's engine started by itself and its lights
came on. Both objects then dropped to a lower altitude and moved away
toward the Mexican border. Five additional witnesses on the ground also
observed the objects. Later that same evening what could have been the same
object was observed in the middle of U.S. Highway 87, southeast of Sterling,
Texas and about 7$ miles north of Ozona. The object was on the highway and
lunged upward to avoid being hit by a car occupied by two women.
9/27/80--NEAR POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA--3 PM: The pilot of a small airplane
observed whit appeared to be two aircraft approaching head-on. As they
neared his plane he could make out two objects shaped like hamburger buns
which were moving side-by-side. 'When they got to within 200 feet of his
aircraft they began to circle his plane without banking. The objects were
yellow in color, about 10 feet in diameter, and remained about 200 feet
distant. The two objects circled the small airplane about 50 times in five
minutes, then broke away to the north. The ob jects were not detected by
radar.
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