Summary
Former Federal Aviation Administration Division Chief who served as the primary government custodian of the complete evidentiary record for the November 17, 1986 JAL Flight 1628 incident - one of the most corroborated aviation UAP cases in history. A Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 cargo flight en route to Anchorage reported being followed for approximately 400 miles across Alaska by multiple unidentified objects, including one described by the crew as twice the size of an aircraft carrier. Callahan personally compiled the full FAA data package - radar recordings, voice transmissions, and pilot reports - and briefed FAA Administrator Admiral Donald Engen. He subsequently testified that CIA officers attended a follow-up meeting, confiscated all materials, and instructed those present that 'this meeting never happened.' He claims to have retained personal copies of the data, which he brought forward at Steven Greer's 2001 Disclosure Project National Press Club event.
Roles
- -Division Chief, Accidents and Investigations Branch, Federal Aviation Administration
- -Primary FAA custodian of the JAL Flight 1628 evidentiary record (1986)
Organizations
Education
- -Federal aviation management and air traffic control training programs
Early Career
- -Career federal aviation official; rose through the FAA's accident investigation and air traffic safety divisions over several decades
- -Appointed Division Chief of the Accidents and Investigations Branch in FAA headquarters, Washington D.C. - one of the agency's senior operational roles responsible for investigating significant aviation incidents and managing FAA's evidentiary records