“The Times”52 pages
- p. 4 …They determined that a second radar target
near the JAL flight at the time of the…
- p. 5 AAL-5, FAA
February 4, 1987
SELEX:TED PORI'IONS OF TRANSCRIPI'IOO
~ THE INCIDENI' INVOLVING…
- p. 7 …Approach center (Fairbanks FAA tower) on the sixty one line.
Approach.
Look at your radar. We…
- p. 8 …Sir, the military
radar advises they do have a primary target in trail of you
at…
- p. 10 …see the traffic any long-er.
Affinnative.
Okay sir, we're searchi.rXJ this time, we…
- p. 15 …Th ese uncorrelated primary returns are not uncommon, due
critical timing associated with the delay adjustments…
- p. 17 …Terauchi No, third time.
R. Gordon This is the third time that ah that you've…
- p. 18 …Terauchi Big Ship - yes and the second time ah, the, in my home I saw a…
- p. 19 …Terauchi I think it was the first time.
F. Fujii Who was the first person who…
- p. 20 …Fujii From the forward you could see the flame and the exhaust and
flame were surrounding…
- p. 21 …This one and this one, the
same logic, this point and this point are the same…
- p. 23 …Fujii When did you pick it up, the radar?
K. Terauchi Time? Time?
F. Fujii Time…
- p. 24 …Autopilot stayed
on all the time.
K. Terauchi Yeah •
R. Gordon Okay
K. Terauchi Working good…
- p. 27 …Terauchi See this is the jumbo jet. 1.5, two times this light.
R. Gordon Okay…
- p. 28 …Gordon Yeah, let's see what would you estimate the size of the small
ships to…
- p. 33 …Gordon Yes, yes, you could probably explain that with the thing you have
drawn here. Now…
- p. 35 …See if
they were stacked together at the beginning, one must have
returned to the mothership…
- p. 38 Meeting the Future by Kenju Terauchi M~ ,...,. ~ L. '1\ ti;f,) !ST
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Page…
- p. 39 MEETING THE FUTURE
.. Page 5 ..
We took a flight course Southeast of Greenland direct to
Chule…
- p. 40 …the same time. The strange phenomenon
happened immediately.after we began left rotation, following the
order…
- p. 41 …the ground radar
did not show any aircraft but us. They also asked us several
times…
- p. 42 …I changed auto-
focus to manual-focus and pressed the shutter but this time the
shutter…
- p. 47 …lone time before we received
When we checked our rear there was still the ship!iI…
- 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 ~Page 16~
The strange encounter ended at 75 miles North of Talkeetna, 150
miles (Approximately 276…
- p. 51 …The following is a record
of the interview:
P. Beckner
?
P. Beckner
Conducted at this time…
- p. 53 …clear •
And you could distinguish this lights as being different from the
star . . ?..
NNNooo .
. . • from the…
- p. 54 …Tamefuji ••• so maybe he couldn't see at that time, but the Captain and
me (unintelligible…
- p. 57 …Mimoto The physical requires him to wear glasses.
P. Beckner Okay , how ' bout - how 'bout the…
- p. 58 …Now - the time of the incident, when - when you guys
first saw the objects, ah what…
- p. 60 …long did you see this
total, the length of time that you saw it?
T. Tamefuji…
- p. 66 …Beckner By the engineer table?
T. Tamefuji Yes, I - when I saw, but ah, cockpit was…
- p. 67 …the trip? He felt
that, er, er, was it just during this period of time when…
- p. 68 …Beckner First saw the object?
T. Tamefuj1 Hummm , I thi nk ah , at the same time…
- p. 69 …So pretty much at the same time you both saw it?
T ~ Tamefuji Right
P. Beckner…
- p. 70 …Beckner ••• or were they pretty much the same intensity for the time
that you saw them…
- p. 72 …And tha - so that was the last time you saw it, was prior
to the turn…
- p. 74 …after I sighted it the first
time. The reason is because the Captain wanted to take…
- p. 75 …At the time of sighting, how were the lighting
conditions outside?
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- p. 78 …When I was interviewed here at the first
time by FAA personnel, I was not sure…
- p. 80 PERSONNEL STATEMENT
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
January 6, 1987
The following…
- p. 81 …ROCC did have primary
ta r get in the same position JL1628 reported. Several times I…
- p. 84 …During the time period p~ior to this incident all operations were normal. I
had assigned…
- p. 88 …They stated that all they oould see
were the lights and at no time could they…
- p. 100 …At no time did
either crewmember see anything outside the aircraft. The area is not within…
- p. 101 …directly over the town of Arctic Village, Alaska, at the time of the first
sighting and…
- p. 103 …Department
of TransportctiOn
Federal Aviation
Administration
(The event occurred
Ofhce of Public Affus
Alaskan Region
701…
- p. 104 …18, 1986 UTC
(The event occurred on November 17, 1986 Alaska Standard Time)
PLE ASE MARK…
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0250:52 JL1628
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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