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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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“bright lights”9 pages

p. 18 …saw bright lights, I guess maybe ah 10,000 feet so ah ••• the light continued for…
p. 20 …Gordon Maybe that would account for that bright light he saw five years ~go. In otherwords…
p. 29 …brightness of the, ah . . . s. Mi mo to (unintelligible) F. Fujii Did the intensity of lights…
p. 34 …Mimoto The small one, not the mothership, were there many light? K. Terauchi Oh yes, there…
p. 46 …Air Force Base and Fairbanks became clear and bri1ht, two very bright lights appeared suddenly from…
p. 47 The extremely bright lights reflected on snow on the side of the mountains and seemed even…
p. 65 …Tamefuji Bright, it looked bright P. Beckner Not bright but ••• T. Tamefuji Dim P. Beckner • dim…
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…

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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Japan Air Lines Flight 1628: The Alaska Mothership 1986

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