INFAMOUS Japan Air Lines UFO Debunked & Explained! (Flight 1628)
By TheSneezingMonkey
Summary
Topics Covered
- Celebrated JAL radar evidence collapses when you read primary sources
- Jupiter and Mars sat exactly where the pilot saw UFOs
- Taruchi was a serial UFO reporter, not an unbiased witness
- Desk duty wasn't punishment, it was responsible airline management
Full Transcript
Welcome back, guys. I appreciate you being here. Now, in today's video, I
being here. Now, in today's video, I want to address a question that has been posted to me over and over again on Twitter and our Discord. Join the
Discord. Yeah, link in the description.
Also, under the the videos that I've done in the past, people saying, "Dude, you've never really addressed the Japan air case. Are you scared of the Japan
air case. Are you scared of the Japan air case? Is it ultimate disclosure?"
air case? Is it ultimate disclosure?"
Probably not. But it is true that I've never done a video about this. I've
addressed it various times on streams, but I'm aware that many people are not watching the streams. So, in today's video, I will take my thoughts and research that I've done on this case and put it into a video, break it down for
you guys. Let's see if we can debunk the
you guys. Let's see if we can debunk the famous Japan Airlines cargo flight 1628.
Now, this incident, just to give you a bit of an overview, is famously a pilot sighting. The pilot who reported the
sighting. The pilot who reported the sighting was Captain Kenji Taruchi. He
was flying somewhere between Raikyavic and Anchorage, I believe, in his 747200.
again he's piloting the craft and he reported two smaller craft and a mother ship that was the size twice the size in fact of an aircraft carrier right that's what he said he said that he was then
turning his plane and these lights and this craft keep following him so it's it's a wild case it's a pilot he should be somewhat of a trained observer right so let's look at this case and before we
get into it I want to highlight that even UFO celebrities like Dr. Steven Greer keep mentioning cases like this because as you will hear in a second part of the story is that they captured
radar data and everyone captured it on radar. Let's see if it's true. But let's
radar. Let's see if it's true. But let's
listen to what Dr. Steven Greer had to say in this interview here where he introduced this whistleblower. When was
this? In March this year. Nobody I've
never seen this guy before. Okay, I've
done a separate video. I'll link it in the description about this interview because it's freaking hilarious. Seems
like there's a reason why this guy never reoccurred anywhere in the UFO bubble since then. At least not that I'm aware.
since then. At least not that I'm aware.
Also funny, just on a side note, I just tried to find out like the name of him, right? I was like, it's got to be in the
right? I was like, it's got to be in the title, right? It's got to be No. Okay,
title, right? It's got to be No. Okay,
it's not in the title. It's probably It must be in the description down here.
They don't mention his name anywhere in the description. Not anywhere. Like,
the description. Not anywhere. Like,
it's just not mentioned. I love this, by the way. It seems like he was erased
the way. It seems like he was erased from eupfology, just like Bob Lazar's educational records were erased, you know. Anyway, I was I'm not sure where I
know. Anyway, I was I'm not sure where I was going with this, but let's get into this because here's Dr. Steven Greer talking about this specific incident, the Japan Airlines cargo flight, and highly praising it. Let's listen to what
he has to say.
You would want to really be bringing up.
Could you hand me the book, the hard cover, the other one?
So funny because this interview, in my personal opinion, was a complete car crash. And you can just see the body
crash. And you can just see the body language of Dr. Steven Greer. He's not
pleased. This is the very end of the interview. So that the car has already
interview. So that the car has already crashed into the wall. again. Go watch
my other video uh where I break this down in more detail.
All right, this is this very famous air air airliner 747 heavy Japan Airlines flying the polar route
from Paris to Tokyo.
The one of the best most documented cases in history.
Yes. This case happened in the 80s and it was on radar. It was on [clears throat] board.
Yes.
It was on ground military radar. It was
on ground FAA radar. And this the object was the size of an aircraft carrier.
That is it twice the size of an aircraft carrier. We'll fact check that.
carrier. We'll fact check that.
In one sweep of the radar could go from one direction to 180 degrees over virtually teleported.
Damn. Now, this case, that pilot because it got reported was put on desk duty by Japan Airlines until a friend of mine,
Dr. Richard Haynes, who was with NASA, uh, Ames Research Center, went over to Japan and said, "No, this is real." And
the guy, there's nothing wrong with him, but they actually penalized that pilot for reporting this. Now, interestingly,
if you go into our briefing materials that we've given you, the briefing Okay, cool. Oh, thank you so much. Dr.
Okay, cool. Oh, thank you so much. Dr.
Steven Greer is summarizing this nicely for us, right? Like there was radar data. They captured it on radar and then
data. They captured it on radar and then the guy, the pilot was put on desk duty because he got too close to the truth, ladies and gentlemen. Okay, he uncovered too much and so they put him on desk
duty. Well, these are bold claims, Mr.
duty. Well, these are bold claims, Mr. Grier. And I'm sure a lot of people who
Grier. And I'm sure a lot of people who watch this, 387,000 in fact, people probably took it for granted and thought, "Wow, this is incredible, right? Teleported. It was captured on
right? Teleported. It was captured on radar. Pilot saw it. Let's read up on
radar. Pilot saw it. Let's read up on it. Let's try to land this in the real
it. Let's try to land this in the real world." Okay, so all you need to really
world." Okay, so all you need to really do uh because it's actually a great collection of of links on there. And I
know people like Wikipedia has an incredible article about this incident that again gives reference to everything like stuff is mentioned in, you know, in the New York Times and in other sources.
the Telegraph Herald, all the links are here. Okay? So, you can go there
here. Okay? So, you can go there yourself. Don't say Wikipedia. It's
yourself. Don't say Wikipedia. It's
like, no, Wikipedia is just links from somewhere else that you put together in one place. Sure. If you say, "Well, I
one place. Sure. If you say, "Well, I don't trust the New York Times or with this reporting where they interviewed the the pilot, then okay, fine. Then you
look then we don't need to talk, right?
Because we need to have some kind of platform that we base this on." So,
let's read what it says up here. So, as
mentioned, this allegedly happened in November 17th, 1986. It says during the flight, Captain Kenji Taruchi reported seeing three objects described as two small ships and a mother ship. The FAA
in Anchorage only saw 1628, the flight on their radar. Two other nearby planes only saw flight 1628 and no other objects. So, wait a second. I thought
objects. So, wait a second. I thought
it's all on radar. Isn't it all on radar? Let's keep reading. News media of
radar? Let's keep reading. News media of the time reported that Taruchi referred to the objects as two small ships and a mother ship and as two small ones and one twice the size of an aircraft
carrier. Monkey got it right again. Gria
carrier. Monkey got it right again. Gria
got it incorrect. Twice the size. I mean
that's a big difference, right?
Something the size of an aircraft carrier or twice the size of an aircraft carrier. And that's like it feels like
carrier. And that's like it feels like that's a thing you can distinguish.
After six minutes, Taruchi radioed the Anchorage Federal Aviation Administration who advised him to take evasive action. They're like, "He's
evasive action. They're like, "He's either nuts or he's about to smash into something really unusual. Let's suggest
him evasive maneuvers." So, he's now doing evasive maneuvers in an effort, as he claims, to get away from the ship, right out of the way. It's it's probably somewhere in his path, and he's worried
he might collide with it. So, he is taking evasive action. Taro decreased
altitude and turned the plane in a circle, but reported that the lights were still with the plane after the turns. Good god. Shocking really. At the
turns. Good god. Shocking really. At the
time, news media stated that the FAA reported seeing objects near the plane even after the evasive maneuver. So, not
the pilot Trochi himself, but the FAA, again implying radar sightings. But upon
later review, the military radar images were dismissed as clutter, and an object that showed up on the aviation's agency screens was thought to be a coincidental
split image of the aircraft. Okay, so I mentioned this a million times before.
My dad used to be a commercial pilot his whole life. Therefore, I know other
whole life. Therefore, I know other pilots. Therefore, I met also people who
pilots. Therefore, I met also people who work in air traffic control. A good
friend of mine, he grew up started in air traffic control. Now, he's a pilot as well. Now, I spoke to these people
as well. Now, I spoke to these people specifically to him and he said these things. He says like if you're a trained
things. He says like if you're a trained air traffic controller, you know that mirror images can happen and you are actually able to identify them. So,
images on radar can pop up. It doesn't
happen all the time, but it's not impossible. And like they say here as
impossible. And like they say here as well, they describe it as a coincidental split image of the aircraft. Right? So
again, this is not super common, but it happens. The problem is just most of us
happens. The problem is just most of us are not air traffic controllers, so we don't know this. So if someone says there was an unknown object on radar and then it zipped to the left, we tend to assume that's an unusual object. It can
just be a mirror image, a glitch or something like that. Again, not often, but it happens. And also Fairbanks FAA air controllers saw only flight 1628 on their radar screens. Okay, so at this
point I'm like where's the radar data? I
mean Dr. Steven Greer said it's tracked on ground radar, flight radar plane, you know, didn't he say this? The one of the best most documented cases in history.
Yes.
This case happened in the 80s and it was on radar. [clears throat] It was on
on radar. [clears throat] It was on board.
Yes.
It was on ground military radar.
[laughter] I love the little moment there where he looks over to the pilot.
He's like, "It was on board radar, right?" He's like, "Yes, yes, it was."
right?" He's like, "Yes, yes, it was."
[laughter] Was it? I don't think it was. I mean,
Was it? I don't think it was. I mean,
judging from these other reports, it was it was initially there was a blimp there and then they retracted it, but it was on ground FAA radar and this the object was the size.
So, it's on all radars when in fact actually it's not on all radars. So,
that's kind of funny there. And it seems like that this piece of information mainly stems from these two articles here, right? Like one is the Telegraph
here, right? Like one is the Telegraph Herald and the other one is the Daily Record. I'm not aware of this, but
Record. I'm not aware of this, but anyway. So, it seems like these
anyway. So, it seems like these newspapers basically reported, yeah, once he turned, they still tracked the object on radar. And people are like, "Wow, actually that seems to be not true if you read the context." But anyway,
let's keep going. Tarochi reported that the objects followed the plane for 640 km, which is 400 miles. Two planes that were near flight 1628. So just
geographically in the in the same vicinity, a US airliner and a US Air Force C130 cargo plane reported that they did not see any objects either
visually or on radar. Okay, so there are two other planes. Dude, we're talking about an an object here that's twice the size of an aircraft carrier. You would
see this from far away. It would be quite visually present, right? You know
what I mean? So having two planes in the near vicinity not seeing anything also not great. Okay. But yeah, this is the kind of information that we're leaving conveniently out of UFO
documentaries and other you know reports about these cases. Flight 1628 landed in Anchorage. The crew were debriefed and
Anchorage. The crew were debriefed and FAA investigators determined that they were normal, professional, rational and had no drug or alcohol involvement.
Okay. So they examined the crew. They
did tests on them and made sure Yeah, bro. was not high. Okay. Was not
bro. was not high. Okay. Was not
hallucinating at least. Fair enough. I
give him that. Now then we're getting to this explanation part down here. And
this talks about Philip J. Class. I'm
sure you're familiar with him. Famous
aviation week and space technology magazine editor I believe. And he keeps popping up over and over again, right?
He puts out reasonable theories for these somewhat unbelievable stories. So
here it says editor of the magazine and UFO investigator Philip Jclass reported that the planets Jupiter and Mars were in the area that Taruchi said he saw the two lights. And although they would have
two lights. And although they would have been quite visible, he did not mention seeing them. So what he's saying is he
seeing them. So what he's saying is he looked exactly in the direction where we had Jupiter and Mars that as he will say in a second were very low above the horizon. So seems like they at the same
horizon. So seems like they at the same altitude as you. So they are bright.
They're bright lights. Now if there would have been two other aircraft next to it and one the size of an aircraft carrier, then maybe Tarawuchi would have said, "I can see the craft and I can see
Jupiter and Mars next to it. It's almost
lining up. They are you can use it as a navigational tool, right? You can say we're here, Jupiter, Mars there. They
are on the right side of Jupiter and Mars. I can see the objects. Gives you
Mars. I can see the objects. Gives you
actual geographical information that would help you to track it. He didn't
mention it though. Tarochi did not mention Jupiter and Mars at all yet pointed into the same direction. It's
not a debunk, but it's an interesting point to say the least. Class states
that it is not unusual for an experienced pilot to mistaken a bright celestial body for a UFO. nor will it be the last time that this happens. Jupiter
was, as I said earlier, only 10 degrees above the horizon, making it appear to the pilot to be roughly at his own 35,000 foot altitude. Class noted that when the crew was interviewed separately
in 1988, their remembrance of the event differed significantly. So, here's
differed significantly. So, here's another point that just puts shade on this. Like all the crew were interviewed
this. Like all the crew were interviewed and their stories differed significantly. I mean at least the
significantly. I mean at least the pilots in the cockpit should have had like a somewhat consistent story as trained observers as you know people who spend a lot of time in the air but even those stories differed and you can read
this up as well and the details are here right it's a PDF from Philip Jclass breaking down the report so it's it's all there it's not Wikipedia claiming this is Philip Jclass claiming it in
this JAL pilots UFO report according to class the pilot later contradicted what he told flight controllers at the time of the incident after reviewing transcripts of the radio communications
and FAA spokesman or spokesperson stated that the pilot told the ground controllers that he lost sight of the object after completing the turn. You
remember earlier allegedly he claimed that they were almost turning with him.
They were still in the same spot. But in
later interviews the spokesperson said that Taruchi said the object stayed with him as he turned. The FAA released a data package of the incident characterizing Taruchi as a UFO repeater
having reported two other UFO sightings prior to November 17th and two more this past January. So, if I understand this
past January. So, if I understand this correctly, there are four times that this pilot already reported objects in the past and just two more sightings in
one month in January that he calls into air traffic control. In a January 11th, 1987 UFO sighting reported by Terrauchi in the same general area as where he was now with this flight, he stated he saw
irregular pulsating lights and a large black chunk just in front of us. This is
a quote, right? This is what he said.
Allegedly, the FAA radar did not confirm an object and the event was later determined to have been lights from a small village or from villages being diffused by thin clouds of ice crystals.
We've looked at UFO videos like this before where we can actually see city lights being reflected in ice crystal clouds. So it looks like you get all
clouds. So it looks like you get all kinds of pulsating lights and movement actually in the clouds. But what it is, it's a reflection of the lights at ground level. So we can get all kinds of
ground level. So we can get all kinds of unusual aerial phenomena that are hard to identify through these ice crystals and clouds. But here you have a pilot
and clouds. But here you have a pilot who pilots a big cargo plane with loads of cargo that's very valuable and pilots a plane that's very important for the reputation of this airline, right? You
don't want to have a plane crash. As an
airline, you want to diminish all risks.
You want to reduce the risks of anything going wrong with these planes because not only is the cargo gone, it's huge and cause all kinds of trouble if a plane crashes besides just the crew just losing their lives, but it is the worst
thing that can happen to an airline that an aircraft of of their airline crashes.
It has ruined and bankrupted airlines in the past, right? So, obviously at this point, Japan Air is looking very closely at this incident, at this pilot. They're
like, "Here we have a guy. He keeps
reporting these things. He just now misidentified a bunch of villages, lights of villages filtered through ice clouds. Let's keep an eye on this guy."
clouds. Let's keep an eye on this guy."
Now class notes that Taroi used the words the spaceship or mother ship in his report and claimed that the mother ship did not want to be seen. So it is
like camouflage itself or something.
Daruchi also claimed that we humans will meet them in the near future. Okay. And
if I'm a CEO of an airline and I read this statement from one of my pilots plus he keeps reporting things. I'm like
this man look we don't need to fire him ruin his career but put him on a desk.
He should not pilot a plane that has that level of responsibility towards our brand, towards our clients. We cannot
have this person pilot a plane. That's
what I would do if I would be leading this company. Give him a desk job. Which
this company. Give him a desk job. Which
links back to what Dr. Steven Kreer said like he was then put onto a desk job, right? Implying that it's because he got
right? Implying that it's because he got too close to the truth or something. But
if you read this, brother, it makes a lot of sense, you know, from managing a company and corporation like that point of view. Let's finish this real quick.
of view. Let's finish this real quick.
It says, "According to the astronomer and UFO investigator Robert Schaefer, despite flight 1628 becoming one of the most celebrated cases in recent UFO literature, it turns out there wasn't much to read about Tarochi's report.
Schaefer states that the pilot is not an unbiased or objective observer. Right?
Such an important point. It does seem very much like he wanted to see something. he was looking for it and he
something. he was looking for it and he loved to tell these stories on look I don't know I don't know Captain Kenji Tarouchi but it certainly seems that he was that kind of person as a repeat reporter and so on science writer Brian
Dunning writes that there was nothing extraordinary or unusual that evening calling Taruchi a fine and competent pilot which he probably is right I'm not putting his piloting skills into
question but was hardly unbiased when it came to alien spaceships and flight 1628 is just another unevidenced aerial anecdote Don't. That's good stuff. Wait,
anecdote Don't. That's good stuff. Wait,
I have a button for this. [applause]
Ah, not too much. We don't want to go too far with this. Anyway, that is it.
That is it. And ironically, all you have to really do is go to the Wikipedia page and read it. It's not even that long, but it's very informative. It breaks it down well. So, there you have it. Okay.
down well. So, there you have it. Okay.
I'm sorry, but with knowing all this, I am ready to give this case. Yeah, we
haven't done that in a while. Ah, it
feels good. [snorts] It feels good. If
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