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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…
F. Fujii (Japanese) No ah magnetic
K. Terauchi No ah no •
R. Gordon No gages, or the instruments or the RMI on everything stayed
okay, no magnetic disturbances? Okay. Ah, did the intensity of
the objects lights change? I think he just explained that didn't
he on that ah • • •
S. Mimoto (unintelligible) you mean intensity of light?
R. Gordon No on this object here, did the, did the intensity of these
lights change, and I think he just explained that, ah
F. Fujii You mean by distance, right?
R. Gordon No the intensity, the brightness of the, ah . . .
s. Mi mo to (unintelligible)
F. Fujii Did the intensity of lights change?
K. Terauchi No, it did not change.
R. Gordon They didn't change, huh?
K. Terauchi Steady, steady.
R. Gordon Okay, the intensity was steady?
K. Terauchi Yes
K. Terauchi Visibility ah, more ~lear, all the way clear, clear sky.
R. Gordon Okay • • •
K. Terauchi Clear sky
R. Gordon How about visibilty? What would you estimate, you know when
you're coming down from up there where we enter over Alaska where
you come off the sea and hit Alaska, you come up a ways and then
you can see Fairbanks out here, no problems seeing Fairbanks?
K. Terauchi When flying over Fort Yukon . . .
R. Gordon Fort Yukon, yeah.
K. Terauchi We can see ah Fairbanks and Eilsen Air Base.
R. Gordon Okay, yes, good, that's real clear, that's that's fine.
Shinbashi It was near full moon wasn't it?
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