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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 …U.S.-Canadian border to south of Fairbanks . On Jan. 11, 1987, Captain Terauchi also reported…
  • p. 6 …Are you (Fairbanks FAA tower) pickin up a primary target right with that aircraft? Ah, ro…
  • p. 7 …32 Dl5 Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, understand your traffic is over Fairbanks at this…
  • p. 29 …Terauchi We can see ah Fairbanks and Eilsen Air Base. R. Gordon Okay, yes, good, that…
  • p. 46 …Military Eielson Air Force Base and Fairbanks. The lights were still following us at exactly the…
  • 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. 62 …Beckner Okay, okay, um somewhere down, I guess by Fairbanks guys, the Captain or yourself requested…
  • p. 80 …Japan Airlines Flight 1628 (JL1628) North of Fairbanks, Alaska on November 18, 1986 at 0218 UTC…
  • p. 82 …Japan Airlines Flight 1628 (JL1628) north of Fairbanks, Alaska on November 18, 1986 at 0218 UTC…
  • p. 83 …incident involving aircraft JL 1628 north of Fairbanks on November 18, 1986 at 0218 UTC. My…
  • p. 84 …Japan Airlines Flight 1628 (JL1628) North of Fairbanks, Alaska on November 18, 1986 at 0218 UTC…
  • p. 85 …Japan Airlines Flight 1628 (JL1628) north of Fairbanks, Alaska on November 18, 1986 at 0218 UTC…
  • p. 86 …concerning the incident to JL1628 North of Fairbanks , Alaska, on November 18, 1986 at approximately 0218…
  • p. 87 …the incident to aircraft JL1628 north of Fairbanks, Alaska, on November 18, 1986 at 0218 GMT…
  • p. 88 …Near Fairbanks, the crew executed a 360° turn and the lights stayed with them off of…
  • p. 94 …degree tum while in the vacinity of Fairbanks, Alaska, which he had a visual on. Captain…
U.S. Department
of Transportation
Federa l Avia tion
Administration
Memorandum
Subject I NFORMATION Date : March 5, 1987
From :
To:
Material relative to JAL, Nov. 17, 86,
sighting of unidentified air traffic
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER, AAL-5
ALL REGIONAL FACILITY MANAGERS
REGIONAL DIVISION MANAGERS AND STAFF OFFICERS
Reply to
A ttn . of :
The attached selected information regarding the November 17, 1986,
sighting of unidentified air traffic by the crew of JAL flight 1628, has
been forwarded to you for you use. This is public information, no copyright,
and you can share it with anyone else.
Thought you might like to read the data yourself.
Sincerely ,
~--- ~ \- ~. ~ ' . ) ,c___ ) ~~
Paul Steucke
Public Affairs Officer

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