When and where was Japan Airlines Flight 1628 Alaska Encounter documented?

This encounter was documented on November 17, 1986 in Fort Yukon–Fairbanks airspace, Alaska, United States.

What sources and physical claims back the Japan Airlines Flight 1628 Alaska Encounter record?

The ANOMALY archive indexes 0 independent source citations across 0 claims, achieving a provenance completeness score of 43%.

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Japan Airlines Flight 1628 Alaska Encounter

Name: Japan Airlines Flight 1628 Alaska Encounter
Start: November 17, 1986
Location: Fort Yukon–Fairbanks airspace, United States

November 17, 1986Fort Yukon–Fairbanks airspace, Alaska, United States

The three-person JAL 747 freighter crew reported two smaller luminous objects and later a very large Saturn/walnut-shaped object following the aircraft over Alaska. Hall discusses both visual testimony and disputed radar interpretation in subsequent FAA statements.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Saturn / Ringed(C-000258)→

// PROVENANCE COVERAGE

43% record completeness

This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.

0 SOURCES · 0 PRIMARY

Date documented

November 17, 1986

Location documented

Fort Yukon–Fairbanks airspace, Alaska, United States

Map coordinates available

No latitude/longitude is available for mapping.

Catalogue classification linked

1 family link(s), 0 case-specific component(s).

Published citation-backed claims

0 encounter-target claim(s), 0 component claim(s).

Source coverage

0 unique source edition(s); 0 marked primary for at least one claim.

Assessment has encounter-level provenance

Assessment fields exist, but no encounter-target published citation-backed claim currently supports them.

Assessment values are present without encounter-target published citation-backed claims. Treat the matrix as unprovenanced metadata until direct claims are added.

Witness totals are stored, but no encounter-level cited claim currently documents where those numbers came from.

// ASSESSMENT METADATA

Stored case-assessment fields

DIRECT PROVENANCE INCOMPLETE

Stored total witness estimate3

Stored verified-report count0

Instrumental evidence flagYES

Official investigation flagYES

These stored assessment values are shown transparently but should not be treated as source-backed facts until encounter-target claims cite their provenance.