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JAL 1628 Encounter

A 747 cargo pilot. 50 minutes of close encounter. Confirmed by FAA radar. The object was "twice the size of an aircraft carrier." He was punished for telling the truth.
**Japan Airlines Flight 1628 - November 17, 1986 - Alaska Airspace**
This case has everything: experienced pilot, radar confirmation, FAA investigation, declassified documents, and a cover-up that destroyed a man's career.
**The Pilot**:
**Captain Kenju Terauchi**
- Japan Airlines senior captain
- 29 years of flying experience
- Over 10,000 flight hours
- Flew military jets before commercial aviation
- Impeccable safety record
- Zero history of false reports
**The Flight**:
**JAL Cargo Flight 1628** - Boeing 747 freighter
- Route: Paris → Reykjavik → Anchorage → Tokyo
- Cargo: French wine (Beaujolais Nouveau)
- Crew: Captain Terauchi, Co-pilot Takanori Tamefuji, Flight Engineer Yoshio Tsukuba
- Date: November 17, 1986
- Time: Approximately 5:00 PM Alaska time
- Location: Northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska
- Altitude: 35,000 feet
**What Happened**:
At 5:11 PM, Captain Terauchi noticed lights keeping pace with the aircraft on the left side.
Initially thought to be military jets. But the movements were wrong.
**The First Objects**:
Two smaller craft appeared in front of the 747:
- Square or rectangular shape
- Arrays of glowing lights/thrusters
- Positioned directly ahead, slightly below
- Emitting streams of lights (like exhaust)
- **Generated heat** - Terauchi felt warmth on his face through the cockpit window
Terauchi: *"It was as if we were sitting in front of a large fireplace. I could feel the heat on my face."*
**The objects paced the 747 for several minutes, matching its speed exactly.**
**Then the MASSIVE Object Appeared**:
At 5:25 PM, Terauchi looked back and saw something that terrified him:
A gigantic structured craft silhouetted against the twilight sky.
**Size**: Captain Terauchi estimated it was **"twice the size of an aircraft carrier"**
For reference:
- Aircraft carrier: ~1,100 feet long
- This object: ~2,000+ feet (over a third of a mile)
- 747 length: 231 feet (tiny in comparison)
**Description**:
- Walnut-shaped or Saturn-shaped (circular with bulge in middle)
- Dark silhouette against sky
- Massive in scale
- Visible structure and details on surface
- Maintained position behind/above the 747
**Duration of Encounter**: Approximately **50 minutes** of continuous observation
**The Crew's Response**:
All three crew members saw the objects:
- **Captain Terauchi**: Saw all objects clearly, made sketch
- **Co-pilot Tamefuji**: Confirmed lights and large object
- **Flight Engineer Tsukuba**: Witnessed and confirmed
This wasn't one person. Three trained professionals saw the same thing.
**The Radar Confirmation**:
This is where it gets undeniable.
**Anchorage Air Traffic Control** tracked unknown returns on radar during the encounter:
**John Callahan** - FAA Division Chief of Accidents and Investigations (1981-1988)
Callahan later testified (2001 Disclosure Project):
*"I was the Division Chief. I was there. We had the radar data. The object was there. It was tracked by ground radar and by the 747's onboard radar."*
*"It was not a weather balloon. It was not another aircraft. It was an unidentified object displaying flight characteristics beyond any known aircraft."*
**Radar Evidence**:
**Ground radar** (Anchorage ATC) - Confirmed unknown targets
**Aircraft radar** (JAL 1628's onboard radar) - Locked onto object
**Visual confirmation** (crew eyewitnesses) - Matched radar returns
**Duration**: Tracked for extended period
**The Communication**:
**Air Traffic Control to JAL 1628**: *"Japan Air 1628, can you describe the traffic?"*
**Captain Terauchi**: *"It's... very big. Twice the size of an aircraft carrier."*
**ATC**: *"Say again?"*
**Terauchi**: *"Two times bigger than aircraft carrier."*
[Long pause on radio]
**The FAA Response**:
**Initial**: Request United Airlines Flight 69 (also in area) to confirm
**United 69** reports seeing lights in the distance but cannot confirm details
**ATC** offers JAL 1628 permission to deviate course to avoid object
**JAL 1628** takes evasive maneuvers - **object follows them**
Military radar at **Elmendorf Air Force Base** also tracked the objects (confirmed years later)
**The Objects Finally Departed**:
After 50 minutes, the objects suddenly accelerated and disappeared.
Speed: Beyond anything conventional aircraft could achieve
No sonic boom. No gradual acceleration. Just... gone.
**The Landing and Debriefing**:
JAL 1628 landed safely in Anchorage.
**FAA conducted immediate investigation**:
- Crew interviewed separately
- Radar data collected
- Tapes of communications archived
- Military radar checked
**The FAA's Internal Finding**:
**John Callahan** (FAA Division Chief) assembled all data:
- Pilot testimonies
- Radar returns
- Communication tapes
- Corroborating witnesses
Conclusion: **Unidentified aerial phenomena confirmed**
**The Cover-Up**:
**What happened next destroyed Captain Terauchi's career.**
**FAA prepared briefing for Washington**:
Attendees included:
- FAA officials
- CIA representatives
- FBI agents
- Reagan White House scientific staff
**John Callahan's testimony** (2001):
*"After the meeting, one of the CIA agents said to everyone in the room: 'This event never happened. We were never here. You are not to discuss this with anyone.'"*
*"They took all the data. All the tapes. All the radar printouts. And it disappeared into the classified world."*
**Public Response**:
The **press got hold of the story** in Japan.
Media frenzy. Captain Terauchi interviewed extensively.
**Japan Airlines' Response**:
- Publicly supported Terauchi initially
- Then pressure from somewhere changed that
- **Grounded Captain Terauchi**
- Reassigned him to desk job
- Effectively ended his flying career
**Why?** For telling the truth about what he, his crew, and FAA radar all confirmed.
**Captain Terauchi's Punishment**:
- Removed from flight duty
- Reputation damaged
- Subjected to psychiatric evaluation (passed)
- Treated as unreliable despite 29 years of perfect service
- Never flew internationally again
**He was punished for reporting what actually happened.**
**The Sketch**:
Captain Terauchi drew detailed sketches of what he saw:
- The two smaller rectangular craft with light arrays
- The massive walnut-shaped mothership
- Positions relative to his aircraft
- Flight path and encounter timeline
**These sketches match the radar data perfectly.**
**Decades Later - Vindication**:
**2001** - John Callahan (FAA) testifies at Disclosure Project:
*"I'm here to tell you the government knows about UFOs. I was there. I handled the case. We had the radar. We had three witnesses in the cockpit. And the CIA made it all disappear."*
**2007** - Japan Airlines releases statement acknowledging the incident occurred
**2009** - Terauchi (retired) gives interviews reaffirming every detail
**The Evidence**:
**Three crew members** - trained observers
**50 minutes** of observation time
**Radar confirmation** - ground and airborne
**FAA investigation** - official and documented
**John Callahan testimony** - FAA Division Chief confirms cover-up
**CIA involvement** - confirmed by Callahan
**Communication tapes** - recorded (later classified)
**Military radar** - also tracked objects
**Pilot sketches** - match radar data
**What We Know**:
- Something enormous was in Alaskan airspace on November 17, 1986
- It was tracked by multiple radar systems
- It paced a 747 for 50 minutes
- Three crew members witnessed it
- The FAA confirmed it
- The CIA classified it
- The pilot was punished for reporting it
**The Question**:
If it was nothing, why:
- Did the CIA get involved?
- Was all data classified?
- Was the pilot punished?
- Did the FAA Division Chief risk his reputation to expose the cover-up?
**Captain Terauchi maintained until his death**: *"I know what I saw. It was real. It was massive. And they tried to bury it."*
**He lost his career for telling the truth.**
**But the truth doesn't go away.**
**The radar data existed. The witnesses exist. The FAA investigation happened.**
**What was twice the size of an aircraft carrier in Alaskan airspace that night?**

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