{ "version": 1, "meta": { "id": "jal1628", "title": "JAL 1628: Three Radars, One Object, Zero Explanation", "width": 1080, "height": 1920, "fps": 30, "theme": "exclusion-zone" }, "audio": { "preset": "sonar", "silence": [ [ 33.5, 38.5 ] ] }, "shots": [ { "template": "radar_sweep", "duration": 6.0, "props": { "headline": "3 RADARS", "subline": "1 UNEXPLAINED RETURN", "contact_bearing_deg": 210, "sweeps": 2 }, "narration": "Something pulled alongside a seven forty-seven over Alaska, and stayed there." }, { "template": "track_map", "duration": 5.5, "props": { "headline": "17 NOV 1986", "subline": "35,000 FT · 600 MPH", "waypoints": [ { "label": "FORT YUKON", "lat": 66.57, "lon": -145.27 }, { "label": "FAIRBANKS", "lat": 64.84, "lon": -147.72 }, { "label": "TALKEETNA", "lat": 62.32, "lon": -150.11 }, { "label": "ANCHORAGE", "lat": 61.22, "lon": -149.9 } ], "bounds": { "lat_min": 60.4, "lat_max": 67.4, "lon_min": -152.0, "lon_max": -143.5 } }, "narration": "Nothing should have been able to hold station beside them up there." }, { "template": "data_card", "duration": 5.0, "props": { "card_title": "FLIGHT CREW", "rows": [ { "key": "CAPT. KENJU TERAUCHI", "value": "PILOT IN COMMAND" }, { "key": "EX-FIGHTER PILOT", "value": "JASDF" }, { "key": "29 YEARS", "value": "FLYING EXPERIENCE" }, { "key": "10,000+", "value": "FLIGHT HOURS" } ], "footer": "REPORTS TWO LIGHTS PACING THE AIRCRAFT" }, "narration": "The man reporting it flew fighters before he flew airliners." }, { "template": "scale_bars", "duration": 5.0, "props": { "headline": "REPORTED SCALE", "bars": [ { "label": "BOEING 747", "value": 232, "unit": "FT", "color": "ink" }, { "label": "ESTIMATED OBJECT", "value": 2000, "unit": "FT", "color": "amber", "value_label": "~1,600 – 2,000 FT" } ], "quote": [ "“TWICE THE SIZE OF", "AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER”" ], "attribution": "— CAPT. TERAUCHI, ESTIMATE" } }, { "template": "orbit_track", "duration": 6.0, "props": { "headline": "EVASIVE MANEUVER", "subline": "360° TURN · −4,000 FT", "legend": [ { "label": "JAL 1628", "color": "ink" }, { "label": "UNIDENTIFIED CONTACT", "color": "amber" } ], "caption": "CONTACT HOLDS RELATIVE POSITION", "turn_deg": 360 }, "narration": "He tried to shake it. Full circle, steep descent, and it stayed there." }, { "template": "signal_strips", "duration": 6.0, "props": { "headline": "THREE INDEPENDENT SOURCES", "strips": [ { "label": "ONBOARD RADAR", "sublabel": "CONTACT 7–8 NM · 10 O'CLOCK", "markers": [ 0.26, 0.48, 0.63, 0.81 ] }, { "label": "ANCHORAGE CENTER", "sublabel": "PRIMARY RETURNS THROUGH TURNS", "markers": [ 0.26, 0.48, 0.63, 0.81 ] }, { "label": "ELMENDORF ROCC", "sublabel": "TRACKED “FLIGHT OF TWO”", "markers": [ 0.26, 0.48, 0.63, 0.81 ] } ], "footnote": "FAIRBANKS RADAR: NOTHING" }, "narration": "He was not the only one seeing it. Though not everyone did." }, { "template": "document_quote", "duration": 5.0, "props": { "source": "FAA · 5 MARCH 1987", "label_a": "OFFICIAL FINDING:", "quote_a": "“SPLIT RADAR IMAGE”", "label_b": "AARTCC CONTROLLER:", "quote_b": "“RARELY, IF EVER”", "tail": "IN THAT AIRSPACE." } }, { "template": "counter_close", "duration": 6.0, "props": { "count_to": 1500, "count_label": "PAGES OF FAA DOCUMENTATION", "lines": [ "40 YEARS", "STILL OPEN" ], "url": "THEEXCLUSIONZONE.COM", "show_mark": true }, "narration": "The file was never closed. It was left where anyone can read it." } ] }