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“Japan Air Lines Flight 1628”

Stories2

The CAAC Boeing 747 Encounter: Captain Wang Shuting's Light Over China

June 11, 1985 · Airspace over Gansu Province (near Lanzhou) or Inner Mongolia, China (unresolved)

UAP · Orb / light · 8 sources

14Thinly documented

Japan Air Lines Flight 1628: The Alaska Mothership

November 17, 1986 · Interior Alaska, between Fort Yukon, Fairbanks and Talkeetna

UAP · Other · 77 sources

55Partially documented

Names2

The National Archives Organisation · 12 stories
Kew is home to the files.
CIA Organisation · 9 stories
The Central Intelligence Agency comes up again and again in these cases.

Documents21 · see all

Selected voice transcripts Hearing transcript

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 10 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 3 …1628 = Japan Air Lines flight #1628 R15 = Controller position, Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center D15 = Controller positian, Anchorage Air…
- p. 5 …on the sixty one line. Approach. Look at your radar. We got a Japan Air one six two eight, ah…
Records statement and package contents Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 9 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 2 …i· I t1 ~. ; 1 We have received your inquiry about the Japan Air Lines sighting of unidentified air traffic on…
- p. 9 …11/17/86 unidentified object sighting by Japan Air Lines flight 1628. (5 pages) PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN THE ENTIRE…
ATC personnel statements Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 17 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 5 …Air Route Traffic Control Center January 9, 1986 The following is a report concerning the incident to Japan Airlines Flight…
- p. 13 …Air Route Traffic Control Center January 9, 1986 The following is a report concerning the incident to Japan Airlines Flight…
FAA news releases Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 10 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 2 …Internati anal Airport, with the flight crew of Japan Air Lines f Ii ght 1628, enroute from Europe and I…
Package compiled for FAA managers Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 122 pages· 5 pages mention it
- p. 5 …Japan Air Lines flight #1628 Rl.5 = Controller positicn, Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center Dl5 = Controller positicn, Anchorage Air…
- p. 7 …Approach center (Fairbanks FAA tower) on the sixty one line. Approach. Look at your radar. We got a Japan Air…
Media contacts to the FAA Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 44 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 34 …COPY OF DRAWING MADE BY CAPTAIN KENJYU TERAUCHI, JAPAN AIR LINES , NOVEMBER 17, 1986, FOR FAA I NVESTI GATOR, ANCHORAGE…
- p. 35 …International Airport, with the flight crew of Japan Air Lines f 1 i ght 1628, enroute from Europe and I…