Alaska: Japan Airlines 747 Cargo Crew Encounters Giant Rectangular UFO Over Arctic, Confirmed by Elmendorf Radar
At 5:10 p.m., November 17, 1986, a Japan Airlines 747 cargo jet crossing Alaska encountered lights pacing the plane from 2,000 feet below. The intruder — a rectangle of amber and whitish lights with pulsating jets of fire — positioned itself before the plane. A huge object dwarfing the jumbo jet appeared in the distance. Both the Anchorage tower and Elmendorf Air Force Base radars detected the unknowns.
Background
At 5:10 p.m., a Japan Airlines 747 cargo jet was crossing Alaska en route to Tokyo. The captain noticed lights pacing the plane from 2,000 feet below. He banked away, but the intruder — a rectangle of amber and whitish lights, with pulsating jets of fire and a dark vertical center — rose and positioned itself directly before the plane.
He radioed the Anchorage tower, but the transmission was garbled. A huge object dwarfing the jumbo jet now appeared in the distance. The Anchorage controller notified Elmendorf Air Force Base, and both radars detected the unknowns. Rather than continue the intrigue, the captain decided to land at Anchorage.