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This FAA Alaskan Region compilation, released through the National Archives and The Black Vault, collects the media inquiries about the November 17, 1986 sighting reported by the crew of Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 over Alaska. It includes call logs, a tally of newspaper articles, a public affairs management report citing 101 inquiries, and press releases. The FAA's March 5, 1987 release concluded that the second radar target was a split return from the JAL Boeing 747 and said no further investigation was planned.

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  • p. 12 …As part of the inquiry, Steucke said, radar data of the JAL fli ght track was…
  • p. 13 …1987 UNCORRELATED RADAR SIGNALS Radar data received by the FAA and used to track Japan Airlines…
  • p. 32 …A subsequent review of ANC ARTCC's radar tracking data failed to confirm any targets in…
  • p. 37 …plane, Flight 1628, reported tracking the UFOs several times on radar, as near as five miles…
  • p. 38 …progress saw what appeared to be the radar tracks of another flying ob- ject in the…
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