The Nation - News from Jan. 13, 1987
A Japan Air Lines pilot who said his cargo jet was shadowed by a huge unidentified flying object over Alaska in November has reported another encounter of the eerie kind. Capt. Kenjyu Terauchi and his co-pilot reported the sighting of lights Sunday morning while flying from London to a refueling stop in Anchorage. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Paul Steucke said there may be an easy explanation for Sunday’s sighting: light reflecting off ice crystals in the atmosphere.
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