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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.
“Federal Aviation Administration”15 pages
R. Gordon First time for the other crew members, okay that's fine. K. Terauchi I think it was the first time. F. Fujii Who was the first person who saw it? K. Terauchi It was me. I saw it in - inside. F. Fujii What did you notice at first? K. Terauchi During first time we saw light, I think a navigation light. R. Gordon Ah ha, but you saw it visually first you didn't pick it up on radar or anything you just saw some light out there, okay and that really coinsides with the air traffic statement, you called and said do you have any traffic in my area K. Terauchi Yeah, yeah before, before, about six minutes before I saw this one so ah • • • R. Gordon K. Terauchi R. Gordon F. Fujii R. Gordon K. Terauchi F. Fujii R. Gordon ? R. Gordon K. Terauchi & F. Fujii You were watching him for about five or six minutes before you called • Before I contact Anchorage Center Ah ah, okay Okay fourth question, what did you see exactly shape, light, and all, the shape, lighting, etc. Well if you can just explain these to me cause it looks like you've done alot of drawing here so it's not necessary for you to redraw all this stuff This light was amber and whitish, but, when it came to here it was only amber • white light. Why don't I understand. (Japanese) right First of all it's like amber and whitish color, came closely it seems like all the output exhaust position of the jets, all these Challenger Look like something like after burners ••• okay okay, like each one of these was an individual exhaust Yes Okay So this light is special like (Japanese) when ah Challenger, yes like Challenger took off amount of flame going on, we can't see Challenger by this flame 3
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