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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.

  • p. 2 …17, 86, sighting of unidentified air traffic PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER, AAL-5 ALL REGIONAL FACILITY MANAGERS…
  • p. 3 …Other "Unidentified Air Traffic" sightings, FAA file, Alaska. Prepared by FAA Public Affairs Office AAL-5…
  • p. 4 …17 UFO sighting was reported by JAL Captain Kenjyu Terauchi on a cargo f light over…
  • p. 15 …involving JAL-1628 and the alleged UFO sighting. Review of the data involving this incident did…
  • p. 16 …The FAA does not have the resources or the Congressional mandate to investigate sightings of unidentified…
  • p. 17 …hand witness testimony with regard to a sighting on November 17, 1986, by Captain Terauchi and…
  • p. 18 …was trying to figure out that first sighting last year or this year Five years ago…
  • p. 22 …Visually sighting, you saw it first uh? K. Terauchi First R. Gordon Okay F. Fujii And…
  • p. 33 …Gordon • other sightings, we have a lot of stuff where pilots have had other sightings. K…
  • p. 35 …Same thing, and make sure that I'm right here, that ah, ah airplane, first sighting…
  • p. 38 …experience. Personal statement concerning JAL Flight 1628 sighting of unidentified air traffic, Nov. 17, 1986. Written…
  • p. 39 …the Personal statement concerning JAL Flight 1628 sighting of unidentified air traffic, Nov. 17, 1986. Written…
  • p. 40 …hour. Personal statement concerning JAL Flight 1628 sighting of unidentified air traffic, Nov. 17, 1986. Written…
  • p. 41 …images. Personal statement concerning JAL Flight 1628 sighting of unidentified air traffic, Nov. 17, 1986. Written…
  • p. 42 …lights. Personal statement concerning JAL Flight 1628 sighting of unidentified air traffic, Nov. 17, 1986. Written…
  • p. 43 …spaceship Personal statement concerning JAL Flight 1628 sighting of unidentified air traffic, Nov. 17, 1986. Written…
  • p. 44 …were. Personal statement concerning JAL Flight 1628 sighting of unidentified air traffic, Nov. 17, 1986. Written…
  • p. 45 …radar. Personal statement concerning JAL Flight 1628 sighting of unidentified air traffic, Nov. 17, 1986. Written…
  • p. 46 …away. Personal statement concerning JAL Flight 1628 sighting of unidentified air traffic, Nov. 17, 1986. Written…
  • p. 47 …we will! continue 360 degree turn." Personal stat~ment concerning JAL Flight 1628 sighting of unidentified…
  • p. 48 …moon. Personal statement concerning JAL Flight 1628 sighting of unidentified air traffic, Nov. 17, 1986. Written…
  • p. 49 …moon. Personal statement concerning JAL Flight 1628 sighting of unidentified air traffic, Nov. 17, 1986. Written…
  • p. 50 …5) Personal statement concerning JAL Flight 1628 sighting of unidentified air traffic, Nov. 17, 1986. Written…
  • p. 51 …hand witness testimony with regard to a sighting on November 17, 1986, by First Officer Tamefuji…
  • p. 53 …found? What's found, humm? Er, first sighted? Ah, as you know, all the crew ah…
  • p. 63 …Beckner The first sighting was brighter? 13
  • p. 69 …Beckner At that time did you still have them in sight? T. Tamefuji Yes, but ah…
  • p. 74 …regarding to the UFO which had been sighted on the 17th of November, 1986, by Captain…
  • p. 75 …Who first sighted the object? Tsukuba: I do not know which person picked it up first…
  • p. 86 …EARTS, (radar data), r eference JL1628 alleged sightings. I could not find any target information i…
  • p. 94 …Myself and Jim Derry intenriewed the crew of JAL Flight 1628, which reported the sighting of…
  • p. 95 …me that this was oot the first sighting of an unidentified aircraft by Captain TERAIXlil. ~'- FM…
  • p. 100 …The FAA has no opinions or conclusions regarding the sighting. (2 ) On January 11, 1987, at…
  • p. 101 …The Air Force was unable to confirm the sighting. This sighting was not investigated by the…
  • p. 102 …Aviation Administration information regarding the unidentified traffic sighting by the flight crew of Japan Airlines flight…
  • p. 103 …FORM for JAL FLIGHT 1628 UNIDENTIFIED TRAFFIC SIGHTING NOVEMBER 18, 1g~6 UTC on November 17…
  • p. 104 LIST OF RECORDS AVAILABLE ORDER FORM for JAL FLIGHT 1628 UNIDENTIFIED TRAFFIC SIGHTING NOVEMBER 18, 1986…
  • p. 105 Page 2 JAL UNIDENT I FIED TR AFFIC SIGHTING Order List continued 0 $0 . 85 0…
  • p. 106 Page 3 JAL UNIDENTIFIED TRAFFIC SIGHTING Order List continued 0 $57. 2 5 12 . Simulated Radar…
  • p. 107 …pertaining to 11/17/86 unidentified object sighting by Japan Air Lines flight 1628. (5 pages…
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Anchorage Center when we reach above Pottat(sp?) where Alaska
Territorial Air begins. Pottat locates approximately 480 miles,
approximately 890 kilometers, North-northeast of Anchorage, 67
degrees 56 minutes North Latitude, 141 degrees West Longitude.
We began the communication with the Anchorage Center about
5:05 p.m. The flight course we had acknowledged was Jet 529,
direct to Ft. Yukon and Jet 125 via Nenana, Talkeetna, Chaiger
(sp?), and to Anchorage. The Anchorage Center ordered us to fly
direct to Talkeetna, provided us transponder codes and placed us
on a radar scope at the same time. The strange phenomenon
happened immediately.after we began left rotation, following the
order of taking the direct flight courae.
There was an unidentifiable light ahead of the rotation. We
set the course toward Talkeetna and began level flight. Then we
saw lights that looked like aircraft lights, 30 degrees left
front, 2,00p feet (600 meters) below us, moving exactly in the
same direction and with the same speed as we were. We were at
the altitude of 35,000 feet (10,600 . meters), flying speed was
900 kilometer per hour to 910 kilometer per hour.
[Personal statement concerning JAL Flight 1628 sighting of
unidentified air traffic, Nov. 17, 1986. Written by Capt.
Kenju Terauchi; translated by Sayoko Mimoto, FAA Alaskan
Region, Airway Facilities Division. Received by FAA 1/2/87]

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