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JAL flight 1628 and the FAA

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In November 1986 the crew of a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 cargo flight reported luminous objects following them for nearly an hour over Alaska. Air traffic control and a military radar confirmed echoes. The FAA first confirmed the incident and then spoke of spurious echoes; the case is still cited in studies of pilot sightings.

In the major cases

• Japan Airlines Flight 1628 (1986)

See also

• Radar-visual (RV)
• Pilot sightings
• Mothership
• FOIA (freedom of information)

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