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This package was compiled by the FAA Alaskan Region Public Affairs Office in Anchorage and sent to FAA managers with a memo from Paul Steucke dated March 5, 1987. It gathers material on the November 17, 1986 sighting by the crew of Japan Air Lines flight 1628: a news release, pilot and controller transcripts, crew interviews and radar analysis. The FAA concluded that it could not confirm the event. It attributed the second radar target to a split, uncorrelated return from the JAL Boeing 747 and planned no further investigation.

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p. 3 …Statements of air traffic controllers at Anchorage Center. 11. Investigator statement, Form 1600-32, Jarr.e…
p. 4 …Box 14 Anchorage. Alaska 995 13 (907) 271-5296 CONTACT: PAUL STEUCKE FM RELEASES DOCUMENTS ON…
p. 5 …5 = Controller positicn, Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center Dl5 = Controller positicn, Anchorage Air Route Traffic…
p. 7 …Ah-Anchorage Center; Japan Air one six tw::> eight, request direct ah-Talkeetna. Japan Air sixteen…
p. 8 …At your ' discretion proceed direct Talkeetna, Jay one -0..0 five Anchorage. (J125 = air route) 0240…
p. 16 Paul Steucke FAA, Public Affairs Officer Alaskan Region 701 C Street, Box 14 Anchorage, Alaska 995…
p. 17 …JAL Captain Kenju Terauchi at JAL Operations, Anchorage, Alaska. The interview was conducted for the purpose…
p. 19 …minutes before you called • Before I contact Anchorage Center Ah ah, okay Okay fourth question, what…
p. 34 …Terauchi This point, so we contact Anchorage Center here, so ah two or three minutes, proceed…
p. 36 • JA~ } A I R LINES DISTRICT OFFICE OF OPERATIONS ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT P 0 . BOX 190048…
p. 38 …This special flight was to import special French wine from Iceland to Anchorage for approximately a…
p. 40 ~poge s~ Anchorage Center when we reach above Pottat(sp?) where Alaska Territorial Air begins. Pottat…
p. 41 …The First Officer, Tameto(?), called the Anchorage Center and asked to report to us if there…
p. 44 …We did not report this action to the Anchorage Center. Honestly, we were simply· breathtaken. The…
p. 45 …Again, we beaan communicating with the Anchorage Center. We eaid that we could see a light…
p. 47 …Alas! there was a silhouette of aj "Anchorage : . I We must run away quickly!sisantic spaceship…
p. 48 …About the same time a United Airline passenger aircraft which left Anchorage to Fairbanks flew into…
p. 49 …About the same time a United Airline passenger aircraft which left Anchorage to Fairbanks flew into…
p. 50 …150 miles (Approximately 276 kilometers) away from Anchorage. It comprised approximately 60 minutes of flight time…
p. 51 …Officer Takanori Tamefuji at the Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska. The interview was conducted for the purpose…
p. 70 …the incident United Air • Right ah, from Anchorage. Hum, huh . . • And we can ... what's that…
p. 71 …Beckner This was in the newspaper here in Anchorage, for example. And this shows a similiar…
p. 80 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 6, 1987 The following…
p. 81 .· "' PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center ,,,,----...... ' ( i (", " ~ i The following is…
p. 82 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 9, 1986 The following…
p. 83 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 7, 1987 The following…
p. 84 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINSTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 9, 1987 The following…
p. 85 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 9, 1987 The following…
p. 86 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 7, 1987 The following…
p. 87 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 9, 1987 The following…
p. 88 …They then preceded to Anchorage.,..i);ld the lights were still visible until arourrl 40 miles…
p. 94 …I NTERVIEWED/R EVI EWE D ON !_b\7~_} 7-1 ~986- - - __ , AT Anchorage, Alaska -----------· BY…
p. 100 …The flight crew was i nterviewed by FAA inspectors when they landed at Anchorage. The FAA…
p. 101 …which was conducted when they landed at Anchorage, that the aircraft flight path was north of…
p. 103 …Box 14 Anchorage . Alaska 995 13 (907) 27, ·5296 LIST OF RECORDS AVAILABLE ORDER FORM for…
p. 104 …manager -of flight standards district office in Anchorage. (19 pages) Written Statement and Drawing by Captain…
p. 105 …1 page (map) Personnel statements. (Statements by seven air traffic control specialists at Anchorage Center.) (8…
p. 107 …PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE, AAL-5 701 C STREET, BOX 14 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99513 •

page 6 - flight 1628
0249 : 52 Rl5
0250: 00 UA69
0250 :05 UA69
0250:07 Rl5
0250: 14 UA69
0250:46 Rl5
0250:52 JL1628
0251:32 UA69
0251 : 49 Rl5
0252 :31 TOI'EM
0252:36 Rl5
0253 :10 Rl5
0253 : 13 JL1628
0253 : 27 Rl5
0253:31 JL1628
0254: 04 TOI'EM
United sixty nine heavy; roger. The Japan Air says the
traffic is in his seven to eight o'clock position and one
zero miles in-trail.
Okay, we're lookin.
Why don't you get us a little closer?
United sixty nine heavy; roger. Another additional ten
degrees left.
Roger, United sixty nine.
United sixty nine, that's what he says. Japan Air sixteen
twenty eight heavy, sey the position of your traffic OCM.
Ah-OCM distinguishinJ but, ah-ah-your I guess, ah-twelve
o'clock below-ah-you, over.
Ah, Center fran United ah sixty nine. Ah-the-ah-Japan
Airliner is silln.ietted against a-ah-light sky. I don't see
anytx:xJy around him at all. I can see his contra,il but I sure
don't see any other airplanes. Do you see him?
United sixty nine heavy, ah-negative sir. We got just a very
few primary hits on the ah-target and then ah-we really
haven't got a good track on him ever.
If you want we've got extra gas we could bop up arnther five
or six th:Jusand feet and turn around.
Toten (militacy Cl30 flight) seven one, ah roger sir. If
you'd like ah-standby, ---- Toten seven one, turn ah-right,
headirq 'h«> five, correction turn right, headinJ 'h«> seven
zero, radar vectors to intercept.
Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, descend at pilot
discretion, maintain flight level 'h«> five zero.
Japan Air sixteen ~enty eight, ah-pilot's discretion,
maintain ah-ah-'h«> five zero, so-ah-ah-I cannot, I couldn't
see ah-U-F-0, over.
Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy. Understand you cb not
see the traffic any long-er.
Affinnative.
Okay sir, we're searchi.rXJ this time, we think we have him.
TOTEM = Militacy Cl30 a,:ircraft

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