In 1986, the crew of a cargo plane reported seeing three unidentified objects near their aircraft over Alaska.
On November 17, 1986, a Japan Airlines Boeing 747-200 cargo plane was flying over Alaska when its crew reported three unidentified objects near the aircraft for about 50 minutes.
The plane was en route from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris to Narita Airport in Japan. The incident is one of the best-known UFO cases involving an airline crew.
Sources describe it as a reported sighting but do not identify the objects or establish that they were extraterrestrial. Some documents give the date as November 18, likely because of the time-zone difference.
The crew of a cargo plane reported three unidentified objects flying near the aircraft over Alaska for about 50 minutes.
Most sources give the date as November 17, 1986. Some documents give November 18, likely because of the time-zone difference.
The flight departed from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris and was headed to Narita Airport in Japan.
The sources provided do not identify the objects or establish that they were extraterrestrial.