BTW, I met Japan’s top UFO researcher in China and spent a fair number of hours with him and his wife. Wonderful fellow.
He was quite knowledgeable about the JAL freighter with the 40+ minutes of cat and mouse games with the UFO larger than 2 aircraft carriers over Alaska.
I remember that story. I like UFO stories as much as you do. I have a great collection of books on strange phenomenon and Fortean “science”. Its great stuff to research and relate to history, but pretty damned silly to believe when there is zero evidence to back any of the claims up.
http://www.forteantimes.com has some fun and interesting stories, but there is a line between “pathological” and “interesting”.
Be well.
Think I read somewhere that the JAL freighter Captain was grounded for some time after his report of the incident. Sounded like a good guy getting slapped down for reporting the truth.