. . . ,.. . . .. . . . 'UFO s· h • n _;._£• ·. 'ed'l·· Terauchi said the· th~ unide~ . . . . Jg .tmg::~~.Jt!n t-:·,~m;::s _f~~~ed i~~~ •. je~ ·f0. _ . ·: • ·; • • ·1 •. .., ;- , "lt ~ unbelievable• he satd, ; B . FAA Ai F4 .. I . R d r ·l.·ac:knowledglngthataomeohieco!-;: · y. ·. · .. ': ,-::.: :f,.,:,, ~[:~~:· ;':.~·~: • ~:.i/)::::ve~~aOOut~t;t; :"

Japanese Crew 'Jells 11/Eilcbunler tJVer:ATas~a .~ ~!~th~"::~g~!0~nc.:':;q~~.: · · : • , • · -': . .. · : ., . ,

1 i .. ··: : · ~ eluded in a report that the crew wa~ .:. -------------.: ~ppeared for a ti~e ·on FAA and! Air~ ·· ·~ormal~ . professionnt,_,ratio~al, (and :·.

u~rcttJ:!. ~~~~!~. · .. .' .Force ~dar and. on the radar .ac~: ~ ... had) ~o drug or • a~~ol .anvolve- .; in the cockpit of JAL flilht 1628 • . -·· !-· ... ment. The. crew a .. flytng · ex~rl-.

ANCHORAGE, . Jan. t....:..A' ~et-· · .. ..The FM confirmed .on 1 Tuesday: ;-. :\'; ~t:~ to~la more t~n,46 years, the ' eran pilot whose UFO sighting was "that gcwe.-nment ndar "picked u~! ... \~ PilOt ~Id. .... . ' . ,- ·~ .· . . . I I •

confirmed on radar screens Tues- . : the object that' 1~fnuchi sald toJ-!H .. ~ .. · : Terau~~: said the, ~w was n~t • · day said the mysterious object . was , /. lowed his BOOing 147 catgo jet.· •, : · :-~~fright~~ . i but. wan~ed t~ Avotd . so enormous that it dwarfed his Ja- . . . Terauchl, . a .. pilot for 29 : yeara; ~ ': :wha~«tver ~As ltt .. up ·~ thet~·flig~t · ·. . . ,. . · .. , , pan Airlines cargo plane. · . . .... .... ,. said he briefly glimpsed the .lirge'. ~ . path; ~~· ; want tOI.~scape f~o~, .. , . :, =i: :. : . . ·

Capt. Kenju Terauchi, th~ . pil~t, .1

.unknown object bl .. silhouette •. :·tt .,. ~ ,~h.is. :· : .. -: · · ~ · : ,, : : . . 1 .. . · .. : . . ' • . :: ' · . , , , : ....

alS:O sa~d he ~w two other -~~g :~ ~ -~~ ~ v.err ~ig ~~~two .. t~es .. big- f,, /;. -~hey fo.llOwett FM ~trecttv~ to . . . -KBNJU TERAUCJU . r I

u~rdentlfied o~Jects-sm~Jier· _than :,·;· ge_r t~~: an . ,atr~raft , .ea~~r,_ . h~ ; .. , .. ~JOP. ~.ood, feet and make turns . . ·; :: · : •. ;, uthey were llUl followlnl tJit ·: , hrs cargo earner-that dtd not a~ · .. :' ·&atd. ~ . .. ~ . . . . . . ( l,,.lndtidtng . ~ 360-degree turn, but . . . , . pear on radar. .. ' I • .. :1 .. i . .'i'eriWchi nia<le 'a driWinl of fiow:: :~ Tera~hi said, "T.hey were still fol-

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' ject on his radar was as close as fiv~ Terauchi, his copilot and flight :., •. he thought the objects looked. He:·t .lowing ~.·~ 1

• • • • : • . •· • . .. . • , miles to the jet. engineer told Federal Aviation Ad-."' :.·.drew a giant walnut--Jhaped object,.. ') .He said c;lhe eva~tV\' .. maneu~ere . Terauchi said the objects moved ministration investigators that. they .. > ,:with big bulges above and below ·a .,,':were of no avail a~ the .. ligh~s : quickly and stopped suddenly. He saw the lights of an unidentified ·· . · wide flattened brim. . , , . .. •. 1stnyed close-once appcartng· tn ; · referred to the objects as "the two object on the evening of Nov. 17. . ... · The .captain, who is stationed In '.u front of th~ cockpit. ·: . ' . . small ships and the mother ship."

~They were· flying parallel and , .. Anchorage with his wmily, was fly-~ - ·.,: · :._ F_M !fight control,repo~ts indi- . Terauchi said jokingly that he then suddenly · approached very · · ing the ljumbo jet from Iceland to . ·· ~te - th~ object· stayed wrth· JAL tho~ght the UFOs might have fol­dose," said Terauchi, 4~ who re- · Anchorage on a Europe-to-japafl ;\,:Flight 1628 for at least 32 minutes, towed his chartered cargo plane be­quested ~ and received FM permis- · · flight -when t~ crew. encountered. ~~~.rerauchi . said he thought it wns1

'. cause Hwe were carrying Beaujolais. sion to take whatever action was ·· the object in clear .. weather . ove~ :· •. ~Jonger. The night controller direct- a very famous wine n·1ade in France. 'l!'Cessarv to avoid th~ ohiP.Ct th:tt I A ·~Cl"~ . ~ :~- at.- u' ' . • . • • . • . '

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