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This FAA file, released through the National Archives and The Black Vault, collects 1987 newspaper clippings about Japan Air Lines Flight 1628. Capt. Kenju Terauchi reported that lights and a huge walnut-shaped object followed his 747 cargo jet over Alaska on November 17, 1986. The articles quote FAA spokesman Paul Steucke saying the radar returns were a split image and military clutter, and report Philip Klass's explanation that Terauchi saw Jupiter and Mars. Terauchi's second sighting in January was attributed to village lights reflecting off ice crystals.

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  • p. 13 FAA can't explain lights in the north The Associated Press The Federal Aviation Ad* ministration…
  • p. 15 …Terauchi, a 47-ye8r-old pi lot with 20 years of experi ence, told United Press…
  • p. 16 …Terauchi, a veteran pilot ferrying JAL Flight 1628 from Iceland to Japan, told United Press International…
  • p. 20 …to an Andiorage refueling spot. - Terauchi told United Press kitexnaticnal that he saw two brightly lit…
  • p. 36 …who saA in statements released at the press conference they thought they picked up one of…
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  • p. 44 …that the story was leaked to the press. The Federal AviationAdminis tration (FAA) and the U…
  • p. 49 UFO follows plane across Arctic Circle, crew claims by United Press International ANCHORAGE, Alaska — : The crew…
  • p. 51 …Terauchi, a 47-year-old pi lot with 20 years of experi ence, told United Press…
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