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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.
“Gordon”20 pages
R. Gordon Yeah, I got that out of that other one that there was two and then it went back to the mothership. K. Terauchi Yeah s. Mimoto R. Gordon s. Mimoto R. Gordon s. Mi.mo to K. Terauchi s. Mimoto R. Gordon K. Terauchi R. Gordon s. Mimoto R. Gordon I thought maybe there was more then two. Oh I see, I'm glad you asked that. There were only two? Only two. But one was larger then the other like there was two of 'em were stuck together, right? Then both are the same size, possible got (stuck) together later? Yes, possibly. The one I saw first, it was this lon~. See if they were stacked together at the beginning, one must have returned to the mothership soon after the separtation. This (unintelligible) Oh you saw that, and then they separated like they were together and then they came apart. (Japanese) Ah uh, okay. Same thing, and make sure that I'm right here, that ah, ah airplane, first sighting, and say this is over here, then it would have •• (unintelligible) Okay, fine just so we know if someone asks us that question we can answer. Very good. Well I have a lot better understanding of what transpired then what we got out of a bunch of people when we talked, and I want to thank you folks for your time. I really appreciate it. 19
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