The Giant UFO Over Alaska

On November 17, 1986, Japan Airlines Flight 1628 encountered something impossible over Alaska—a UFO so massive it dwarfed their Boeing 747. For 50 minutes it followed them. Radar confirmed it. Then the cover-up began.

The Flight

JAL 1628:

• Cargo flight
• Paris to Tokyo
• Via Alaska
• Boeing 747
• November 17, 1986

The Crew

Who was there:

• Captain Kenju Terauchi
• Co-pilot Takanori Tamefuji
• Flight engineer Yoshio Tsukuba
• Experienced crew
• Professional pilots

Captain Terauchi

His credentials:

• 29 years flying
• 10,000+ hours
• Former fighter pilot
• Veteran captain
• Highly credible

The Encounter

What happened:

• 5:11 PM Alaska time
• Lights appeared
• Two craft initially
• Then mothership
• Massive size

The First Objects

Initial sighting:

• Two smaller craft
• Square-shaped
• Glowing
• In formation
• Ahead of 747

The Mothership

What appeared:

• Enormous object
• Walnut-shaped
• Size of two carriers
• Aircraft carriers
• Impossible scale

The Size

Estimation:

• 2 aircraft carriers
• Multiple miles
• Dwarfed their 747
• Unprecedented
• Terrifying

The Duration

How long:

• 50 minutes
• Extended encounter
• Different phases
• Multiple objects
• Sustained

Radar Confirmation

FAA evidence:

• Anchorage center
• Radar contact
• Same location
• As pilot report
• Confirmation

Military Radar

NORAD also:

• Tracked object
• Same contact
• Military confirmation
• Official record
• Covered up

The FAA Response

Initial reaction:

• Took seriously
• Investigated
• John Callahan
• FAA chief
• Full inquiry

John Callahan

Key figure:

• FAA Division Chief
• Led investigation
• Gathered evidence
• Then silenced
• Later whistleblower

The Meeting

What happened:

• CIA attended
• FBI present
• Reagan’s team
• Classified it
• Took evidence

The Cover-Up

What they said:

• Don’t discuss
• Never happened
• Take materials
• Silence media
• Standard procedure

Captain’s Fate

After going public:

• Grounded by JAL
• Desk duty
• Career damaged
• Spoke anyway
• Brave choice

Callahan’s Revelation

Years later:

• Went public
• National Press Club
• Told truth
• Evidence preserved
• Important testimony

The Evidence

What exists:

• Flight recordings
• Radar data
• Crew testimony
• FAA documents
• Comprehensive

Why Important

Significance:

• Airline captain
• 10,000 hours
• Radar confirmed
• FAA investigated
• Government covered up

The Lesson

What it shows:

• Pilots see UFOs
• Radar tracks them
• Government knows
• They hide it
• Pattern clear

Significance

A veteran airline captain’s 50-minute UFO encounter confirmed by multiple radar systems then covered up by government agencies.

Legacy

JAL Flight 1628 proved that the cover-up is real—when a respected captain reported a radar-confirmed UFO, he was silenced and the evidence was classified.