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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. 4 …Department ot Transportation Federal Aviation Administration FOR RELEASE ON MARCH 5 , 1987 #87-09 News:Office…
  • p. 14 M emorandum US Department of Tra nsportation Federal Aviation Administration Subjec t ruFORMATION: Cescription of Radar…
  • p. 16 …LACK OF "SCIElll'IFIC" INVESTIGATION The Federal Aviation Administration has a number of employees who do…
  • 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 …I am employed as an Air Traffic Control Specialist by the Federal Aviation Administration at the…
  • 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. 94 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION All'I Tl'IANSPORTATION SECURITY As per telepoonic request fran…
  • p. 102 …in response to your request for Federal Aviation Administration information regarding the unidentified traffic sighting by…
  • p. 103 …Department of TransportctiOn Federal Aviation Administration (The event occurred Ofhce of Public Affus Alaskan Region 701…
  • p. 107 …FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ATTN: PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE, AAL-5 701 C STREET, BOX 14 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA…
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An "unc o rre la t ed p r i ma r y and be a con(sec onda r y ) r e t u rn on a r ad a r
screen oc cur s wh e n th e r adar e ne r gy that is s ent up t oward the ai r c raft
(pri ma r y si gnal) r e turns off t he surface o f the aircraft at a s l ightl y
di f ferent moment than the beac on (secondary ) transp onder signal a nd the
t wo do not match up as being a t the same place or same computer rad a r
cell .
--RADAR COMPUTER CELL, 1/4 MILE--
SECONDARY
RADAR
RETURN
(Beacon)
(Transponder)
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FAA
RADAR
SAME AIRCRAFT
RETURN
(Skin-
Surface)
--v'-RADAR CELL
=PRIMARY RAD~ RETURN
=SECONDARY RADAR RETURN
=CORRELATED RETURN
(Combined Return)
Drawing by Paul St eucke
March 5, 1987 =UNCORRELATED RETURN

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