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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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“red lights”10 pages

  • p. 23 …it shows red ••• K. Terauchi Yes, yes R. Gordon So it's light green, maybe the…
  • p. 45 …We eaid that we could see a light in the 10 o'clock position at the…
  • p. 46 …were lights increasing from the U.S. Military Eielson Air Force Base and Fairbanks. The lights…
  • p. 56 …Tamefuji ••• and ah, I remember, red or orange, hum, and a white landing light, just like…
  • p. 58 …dark, dark red. P. Beckner Dark red, okay. r. Tamefuji But almost dark I must say…
  • p. 76 …The lights in front of us were clusters of lights like this. I think they were…
  • p. 88 …The lights were yellow, amber, and green, rut no red. 'ttle lights were in tw:::> seperate…
  • p. 94 …amber and green lights, and a rotating beacxm, but oo red lights. The captain said there…
  • p. 116 …red, green, and blue light are combined to fonn white light. This is the approach conm1only…
  • p. 121 …less) optical axis that remains de!M!red pixels per units: ( unit less) appropriately chosen In…
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P. Beckner Right
T. Tamefuji ••• so maybe he couldn't see at that time, but the Captain and
me (unintelligible) have ah, had traffic inside •••
P. Beckner Visually saw • • •
T. Tamefuji Yes
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji (unintelligible) I saw there was two small aircraft.
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji And two small aircraft(unintelligible)
P. Beckner niat's what you saw?
T. Tamefuji Yes
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji And ah, and ah, I ask Captain ah, we should ask ATC so ah, I Air
Traffic •••
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji ••• So as I thought, ah, very same similiar altitude and
Captain said, ah, hum, I don't remember exactly but ah, ah, he
said ~ah, but a little bit high or same level, but I though
little bit lower, you can know •••
P. Beckner Right
T. Tamefuji ••• it is very difficult to (unintelligible) head-on
traffic •••
P. Beckner Right
T. Tamefuj1 • . • so ah . . .
P. Beckner It was actually at your twelve o'clock . . .
T. Tamefuji No
P. Beckner • . • then .
T. Tamefuji Slightly •
P. Beckner • • • or slightly • . •
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