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This Time and Tales episode explores the Alaska Triangle, the remote region between Anchorage, Juneau, and Utqiagvik where missing people, lost aircraft, glaciers, storms, forests, and empty miles of wilderness have fed one of Alaska’s strangest mysteries.
We look at real Alaska missing-person cases, including the high number of unresolved Indigenous disappearances and the search challenges created by weather, distance, jurisdiction, and terrain. Then we turn to Alaska folklore, from the Kushtaka and the Nantinaq of Portlock to the Iliamna Lake monster and the Japan Airlines Flight 1628 UFO encounter.
NOTE: We recorded this episode in August, but then got very sick, the pair of us. So, we apologize for the wait, and we'll drop episodes 1&2 together.
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Links:
Website: timeandtalespodcast.com
Email: timeandtalespodcast@gmail.com
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LMRiviere
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Sources:
- “Alaska Department of Public Safety and Anchorage Police Department Release Missing Indigenous Persons Report.” Alaska Department of Public Safety, 22 Aug. 2023.
- “Missing & Murdered Indigenous Persons.” Alaska Department of Public Safety.
- “Missing Persons.” Alaska Department of Public Safety Missing Persons Clearinghouse.
- “Search and Rescue.” Alaska Department of Public Safety, Alaska State Troopers.
- “Quarterly Missing Indigenous Persons Report — 2026 Q1.” Alaska Department of Public Safety, 2026.
- “Missing Persons and Runaway Minors.” Department of Public Safety Operating Procedures Manual, Alaska Department of Public Safety, 15 Aug. 2024.
- Beck, Mary Giraudo. Shamans and Kushtakas: North Coast Tales of the Supernatural. Alaska Northwest Books, 1991.
- Bohrer, Becky. “Skull Found in ’97 in Remote Alaska Belongs to New York Man.” Associated Press, 2 Feb. 2023.
- Bross, Dan. “Search Called Off for Man Missing in Brooks Range.” Alaska Public Media, 26 Nov. 2012.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Occupational Aviation Fatalities — Alaska, 2000–2010.” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 1 July 2011.
- Federal Aviation Administration. FAA Alaska Aviation Safety Initiative: FY21 Final Report. 14 Oct. 2021.
- Federal Aviation Administration. “Japanese Airlines JAL 1628 UFO Encounter, November 17, 1986.” FAA Investigation File, 1987.
- National Transportation Safety Board. Revise Processes to Implement Safety Enhancements for Alaska Aviation Operations. NTSB Safety Recommendation Report, 2020.
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