So many UFO cases claim the title of the best evidence yet, and the 1986 Japan Airlines

flight in Alaska was no different.

We had an experienced military pilot and both his crewmates who all sought.

We had other planes in the sky, and we had ground stations taking radar tracks.

It seems hard to accept that with all this evidence, there could be any explanation

other than a genuine alien spaceship.

But we're going to try.

Right now, UnSkeptoid.

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I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

The Japan Airlines Alaska UFO.

Each time I do a deep dive into a famous UFO case, I always introduce it by explaining

how it's considered among the best evidence.

So it feels like that has a bit less impact each time I say it.

Therefore, I'll qualify this one by saying it's considered the best evidence to UFO case

to come out of Alaska.

It happened on the evening of November 17, 1986.

In JAL 1628, a Japan Airlines cargo 747 was over inland Alaska.

A flight crew of three was on board.

Captain Kenjuu Terauchi, an experienced military and civilian pilot, was in command.

For 40 minutes, he and his crew watched two unidentified, lighted craft, maintain formation

ahead of them, which showed up on their radar, and then a third larger one, which he called

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