1986
HALL II · November 17, 1986
Japan Air Lines Flight 1628
A 747 cargo flight over Alaska
Eastern Alaska, near Fort Yukon
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On a paris-to-tokyo cargo run, the crew of JAL 1628 reported being paced for nearly fifty minutes by two small craft and one larger 'walnut-shaped' object that the captain estimated to be the size of an aircraft carrier. Anchorage ARTCC observed an unidentified return on civilian radar; military radar at Elmendorf AFB produced ambiguous returns. The FAA investigation was led by Division Chief John Callahan, whose unedited radar data and crew interviews remain in the public record.
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