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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.
“white light”15 pages
- p. 5 …of the strobe and beacon lights?
The color is ah, - white and yellow, I think.
Ya…
- p. 19 …light was amber and whitish, but, when it came to here it
was only amber • white…
- p. 21 …But, this color is white uh ••.
it ' s ah um dark white pole ••• weak light •••
(unintelligible…
- p. 28 …Terauchi Ah, it was not regular, but - not regularly, but white -
silverish lights, not in equal…
- p. 44 …Then again, there was a pale white flat light on the
direction where the ships flew…
- p. 45 …While we
were communicating with the Anchorage Center, the two pale white
lights gradually moved to…
- p. 47 …above the bright city lights and we checked the i
pale
white lieht behind us. Alas…
- p. 56 …Tamefuji ••• and ah, I remember, red or orange, hum, and a white landing
light, just like…
- p. 74 …I can not describe the details but it was white or
amber colored lights.
Beckner: When…
- p. 83 …He stated
it was a big plane with yellow and white lights. We advised him we…
- p. 85 …one (1) mile with a
white and yellow strobe light. I notified the Alaska Regional Operations…
- p. 116 …red, green, and blue light are combined to fonn white light. This is the
approach conm1only…
- p. 117 …Monitor Settings, Light Boxes, and Viewing Booths
We assume the assessment of many digital images will…
- p. 120 …electronic imaging device to light stimuli
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- p. 122 …The cfirferentlal
~ ~ ~ Streaking ~ Shading area unlformity/shad:ng spread or light between COior
Delinffion : The root…
page 7 - flight 1628
0254:09 Rl5
0255:25 TCYrEM
0255:35 R15
0255 :38 TCYrEM
0323:
Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, flash your landing
lights please.
Ah, yes sir, we've got him insight.
Totem seven one, do you see any traffic in his vicinity?
Not flashing any lights at this time sir.
JL1628 landed at Ancoorage International Airport
(approximate)
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