The Japanese Airlines Flight 1628 UFO Encounter
- By
Marcus Lowth
- March 12, 2017
- October 14, 2021
- 5 min read
- Expert Opinion
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- UFOs, Cover-Ups
In November 1986, a report of one of the most credible UFO sightings became headline news around the world. Bound for Paris from Tokyo, Japanese Airlines Flight 1628 found itself at the center of the media frenzy. Not least because the flight’s captain opted to speak openly about the experience instead of downplaying it as JAL wished.
Depiction of the JAL UFO
Perhaps the fact the sighting came from experienced pilots and commercial flight staff, who spend a good portion of their lives quite literally in the air, gives it, and other similar sightings, a little more credibility. In this particular incident maybe the pilot’s insistence that his story is heard, even though it ultimately cost him his job, shows how important ...
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Marcus Lowth
Marcus Lowth is a writer with a love for UFOs, aliens, and the Ancient Astronaut Theory, to the paranormal, general conspiracies, and unsolved mysteries. He has been writing and researching with over 20 years of experience.
Marcus has been Editor-in-Chief for several years due to his excellent knowledge in these fields. Marcus also regularly appears as an expert on radio talk shows including Troubled Minds and Unexplained Radio discussing these topics.
You can contact Marcus via email.
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1976 I was on a Quantas flight from Honalulu, 6 hours into our flight, when the captain said over the intercom.. This is your captain speaking, look out of the right of the plane you will see a UFO. Just below us, about 50 feet or possible more flew past us just under neath the right wing about 5 miles per hour faster then us we got a real good look at what appeared to be a disk slightly raised towards the middle, no rivets or seams, no windows about as large as our 747 plane. Flew past us the captain said after we landed I’ll bet this is one flight you will never forget. The UFO dissapeard traveling underneath our right wing as it traveled. The UFO was confirmed when I checked my time from the news cast when the radio commentator said flight 810 ( I believe was the flight number) reported haveing a encounter with a UFO.