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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.
“Gordon”20 pages
K. Terauchi No, no, no ••• um, ah I saw, um, mothership. Taipai, Kushung, Formosa, south of Formosa. R. Gordon Around, near Formosa. K. Terauchi Yeah ah no F. Fujii This Tiapai mainland China R. Gordon Uh uh K. Terauchi And Taipai, Kushung is here, so ah this cargo flight ah I took off ah 2 am midnight, after midnight, after takeoff. When we start climb we saw left-hand side big mothership, but ah ••• it was so wierd, I ignored it (did not look). F. Fujii Cause he wasn't feeling well ••• R. Gordon No I can understand that, but that was the first time? K. Terauchi Big Ship - yes and the second time ah, the, in my home I saw a sky clear daytime; ah, we can, we saw bright lights, I guess maybe ah 10,000 feet so ah ••• the light continued for about· ten minutes. F. Fujii The light continued for about ten minut~s, so ah disappeared suddenly. K. Terauchi It's ah I guess this one. R. Gordon Okay now this one you saw off mainland China what timeframe did that happen, when did that happen? F. Fujii What-time was it? K. Terauchi 2 am R. Gordon When last month R. Gordon K. Terauchi R. Gordon F . Fujii Interruption Okay, excuse me one moment, but ah ••• Okay Frank I was trying to figure out that first sighting last year or this year Five years ago Oh five years ago, just trying to get the timeframe that we sighted these things ah, the next one wa·s that we wanted to talk about • Was it the first experienc~ for the crew members? 2 --·
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