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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. 5 …of the strobe and beacon lights? The color is ah, - white and yellow, I think. Ya…
  • p. 19 …light was amber and whitish, but, when it came to here it was only amber • white…
  • p. 21 …But, this color is white uh ••. it ' s ah um dark white pole ••• weak light ••• (unintelligible…
  • p. 28 …Terauchi Ah, it was not regular, but - not regularly, but white - silverish lights, not in equal…
  • p. 44 …Then again, there was a pale white flat light on the direction where the ships flew…
  • p. 45 …While we were communicating with the Anchorage Center, the two pale white lights gradually moved to…
  • p. 47 …above the bright city lights and we checked the i pale white lieht behind us. Alas…
  • p. 56 …Tamefuji ••• and ah, I remember, red or orange, hum, and a white landing light, just like…
  • p. 74 …I can not describe the details but it was white or amber colored lights. Beckner: When…
  • p. 83 …He stated it was a big plane with yellow and white lights. We advised him we…
  • p. 85 …one (1) mile with a white and yellow strobe light. I notified the Alaska Regional Operations…
  • 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…
  • p. 120 …electronic imaging device to light stimuli Sensitivitv Tone aod ExRQsure White BalanceNeutralitx'. Color EocodiogLReoderiog (ISO…
  • p. 122 …The cfirferentlal ~ ~ ~ Streaking ~ Shading area unlformity/shad:ng spread or light between COior Delinffion : The root…
R. Gordon Yeah, I'm familiar with it, yeah I've been on there.
F. Fujii So he turned the light off on that, because they were trying t o
take · a photo.
R. Gordon Okay, okay
F. Fujii So the (unintelligible) was dark.
R. Gordon Okay, that's good, I just wanted to make sure that everything in
the cockpit you know, you see something and then you turn the
light cause, me being a pilot, normally when I see something out
there I'll turn the lights off and get everything dark inside.
K. Terauchi Yes that's right.
F. Fujii When you changed you aircraft position, did they make any speci al
moves?
K. Terauchi No, they didn't. See here, I began to circle 360 degrees , they
stayed at the same position with us.
F. Fujii Uh uh, same position
K. Terauchi Same position, same position, same position all the way
(unintelligible)
R. Gordon Okay following you right around uh?
K. Terauchi Yes
R. Gordon And it was here, and then here, and here, and here, and then you
rolled out and it was right there, okay.
K. Terauchi So ah, ah, I tried next, ah, descent, 3, 5, O, 3, 1, o.
R. Gordon Ah ah, okay, 3, 1, O, when you descended to 3, 1, O, still there
uh?
K. Terauchi Yeah, same formation, uh formation descent • • • formation
descent. It was impressive, the same formation, smooth!
R. Gordon Okay
K. Terauchi We, we used autopilot when descending, so (unintelligible ) .
R. Gordon Okay, yeah, yeah went · right down with him, okay uh •••
F. Fujii Can we go to the next one?
R. Gordon Sure, yeah, I was just was ah
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