Document Shredding by the FAA Destroys Valuable UFO History

ENCINO, CALIFORNIA (BlackVault) - September 16, 2009 - On November 17, 1986, Japanese Air Lines Flight 1628 (JAL-1628) witnessed three UFOs while flyingover Alaska. At 35,000 feet elevation, and traveling about 600 miles per hour, Captain Kenju Terauchi first noticed two unidentified lights roughly 2,000 feet below his position.

Assuming it was possibly a fighter jet from the United States, he did not think much of the sighting. But in his own words, about 8 minutes later, two "space ships"suddenly appeared in front of his aircraft spewing light into the cockpit. He believes these two craft were the original lights he saw -- instantly appearing in front of him.

The pilot, co-pilot and flight engineer watched the UFO for more than thirty minutes. Attempts to take photographs failed.

But as interesting is this case is, what is further intriguing is the documentation regarding it.

In 2001, I filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the FAAfor information regarding this event. Throughout the processing, they determined that I was what is called a "commercial" requester, and was going to charge me excessive fees for the search and duplication of responsive records, which totaled more than 100 pages.

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