UAP Oracle — Case File CF-028
Japan Airlines Flight 1628 Encounter
📅 November 17, 1986📍 Alaskan airspace — en route Anchorage
PILOT SIGHTING + RADAR CONFIRMATION
VERDICT: SOLID
3 Crew Members + FAA Radar
Witnesses
FAA Investigation + ARTCC Radar
Documentation
Walnut-Shaped Craft 4x 747 Size
Evidence Quality
Japan Airlines cargo captain Kenjyu Terauchi and his crew tracked a massive unidentified craft for nearly 50 minutes in Alaskan airspace. Terauchi estimated the craft’s size at 4 times that of a Boeing 747 — describing a walnut-shaped main body with two smaller craft. FAA radar confirmed an intermittent return accompanying the JAL aircraft. The FAA investigation was unusual: the official conclusion was essentially inconclusive, while internally the encounter was treated as significant. Terauchi was subsequently grounded — a career action that served as a warning to other pilots.
Consensus Narrative
The FAA investigated and produced inconclusive results. The most commonly cited debunking explanation is that Terauchi misidentified Jupiter and Mars (bright in the sky that night) as the craft. This explanation has been rejected by Terauchi and does not account for the large object tracked on radar or the two smaller craft he described as maneuvering around the airliner.
Documentary Record
FAA radar confirmed an intermittent return accompanying JAL 1628 — an independent sensor confirmation beyond pilot testimony. The radar return’s behaviour was inconsistent with any conventional aircraft. Captain Terauchi subsequently drew detailed sketches of the craft. His grounding after reporting — rather than any commendation for reporting a safety hazard — is the institutional response that tells the real story. Airlines and aviation authorities do not ground experienced captains for hallucinating.
⚡ Clues Often Missed
▶Captain Terauchi was subsequently grounded by JAL — a career action following a safety report rather than a commendation. This institutional response is itself evidence that his report contained information that needed to be suppressed.
▶FAA radar confirmed an intermittent return accompanying the aircraft. Jupiter does not show on FAA radar.
▶The encounter lasted nearly 50 minutes — a duration that removes all fleeting-misidentification explanations. Nearly an hour of consistent observation by experienced aviators of a craft 4 times the size of a 747.
▶Terauchi submitted detailed sketches immediately after landing. The consistency between his sketches and his verbal testimony is characteristic of genuine eyewitness recall rather than fabrication.
🔍 Open Threads
◉The full FAA investigation file: has it been released under FOIA, and does it contain classified sections?
◉What happened to Terauchi’s career after being grounded? Was he ever reinstated and did he ever modify his account?
◉The radar return: what was the ARTCC controller’s assessment in real time? Their contemporaneous notes would be the most valuable corroborating evidence.
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