33. Japan Airlines Flight 1628

On November 17, 1986, Japan Airlines flight 1628 was en route from Iceland to Alaska on a seemingly normal flight until they started seeing strange objects. Air traffic control even picked something up on their radar scopes in that same area where the sighting occurred, but there were not any military or civilian planes working in that location. So, what were these strange objects?

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Other Episode Sources:

• The Government UFO Files: The Conspiracy of Coverup by Kevin D. Randle

• https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/ufos/jal1628/733667-001-015.pdf

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/01/02/ufo-sighting-confirmed-by-faa-air-force-radar/c186c4b7-54ed-459e-b94d-eeeff7b3322e/

• https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/ufo-case-japanese-airlines-jal1628-november-17-1986/

• https://apnews.com/article/275967ae96c4e21dad2fb5eda04bcb37

• https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2014/11/p19.pdf

• https://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65084

• https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/ufos/jal1628/733667-001-005.pdf

• https://www.space.com/ufo-sightings-pentagon-task-force.html

• https://www.faa.gov/documentlibrary/media/advisory_circular/ac_120-85a.pdf

• https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/12/31/A-veteran-pilot-whose-UFO-sighting-was-confirmed-on/2755536389200/

• https://www.anchoragepress.com/news/they-really-do-want-to-believe-alaskas-enduring-place-in-the-literature-of-ufo-sightings/article_e23ef1e8-ec38-52a5-8825-7ecbd731c747.html

• http://www.ufoevidence.org/Cases/CaseSubarticle.asp?ID=288

• https://www.anchoragepress.com/news/unfriendly-skies-the-extraordinary-flight-of-jal-alaska-s-best/article_8e2d3270-f9d5-11e9-b9db-7ba9229138ae.html