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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. 12 …Review of this radar data by FAA experts using identical equipment at the FAA's research…
  • p. 17 …Airways Facilities, interviewed JAL Captain Kenju Terauchi at JAL Operations, Anchorage, Alaska. The interview was conducted…
  • p. 52 …so I couldn't see, but ah at first ah, humm, (unintelligibl•) what can I write…
  • p. 53 …see at that time. P. Beckner Okay, ah was there, was there clear night? T. Tamefuji…
  • p. 58 …Tamefuji But almost dark I must say night • P. Beckner Okay, you could see the stars…
  • p. 76 …We had night illumination at above sideways. I was using a spot light while calculating the…
  • p. 100 …The aircraft was flying at 35 ,000 feet altitude at night, and the weather was clear…
CONTENTS
March 5, 1987
Selected Haterial
Relative to the FAA Investi gation of
Japan Air Lines flight 1628
Sighting of Unidentified Air Traffic
on November 17, 1986.
1. Alaskan Region News Release #87-09, "Release of Documents ••• "
2 . Selected Portions of (Voice) Transcriptions, Pilot/Controllers.
3. "Uncorrelated Radar Signals", an explanation.
4. "Lack of "Scientific" Investigation", a statement.
5. Record (transcript) of interview with JAL Captain Terauchi.
6. Drawings by Captain Terauchi.
7. "Meeting the Future", statement by Captain Terauchi.
8. Record (transcript) of interview with JAL First Officer.
9. Record (transcript) of interview with J AL Flight Engineer.
10 . Statements of air traffic controllers at Anchorage Center.
11. Investigator statement, Form 1600-32, Jarr.e s Derry.
12. Investigator statement, Form 1600-32, Ronald Mickle.
13. Inspection & Surveillance Record, James Wright.
14. Other "Unidentified Air Traffic" sightings, FAA file, Alaska.
Prepared by
FAA Public Affairs Office
AAL-5
Alaskan Region
701 C St., Box 14, Anchorage, AK, 99513
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