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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. Beckner Okay T. Tamefuji . . . and I use ah, humm ••• how should I say? S. Mimoto I will riot - I do not need to wear glasses in daily life. P. Beckner Okay, okay. Now - the time of the incident, when - when you guys first saw the objects, ah what were th~ lighting conditions outside? Was it dark ••• T. Tamefuji Hum P. Beckner • or was it dusk? Or was the sun still up er, how would you describe .? T. Tamefuji Just after sunset . P. Beckner Just after sunset. T. Tamefuji (unintelligible) P. Beckner Right T. Tamefuji . • . dark, dark red. P. Beckner Dark red, okay. r. Tamefuji But almost dark I must say night • P. Beckner Okay, you could see the stars real clearly? T. Tamefuji Yes, yes. P. Beckner Okay. Okay, was the - what you saw - was it real obvious to you? T. Tamefuji Yes P. Beckner Okay. Ah, at what point did you see it on the radar? T. Tamefuj i Humm, what point mean? P. Beckner What - you saw the lights, and then how much later before you saw something on the radar? On your - your radar in the aircraft, or did you see it on the radar? T. Tamefuj i I just don't understand. S. Mimoto When did you see the object on the radar? T. Tamef uji Oh , and , hum ah, I can't tell you exactly ••• P. Beckner Well ah ••• 8 -.---
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