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FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault · 122 pages · text from the file's own layer

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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“dark object”7 pages

  • p. 25 …bag, finding the object, all the lights were turned off, made room dark - cargo room and…
  • p. 31 …you had been that close to another object that large you should have got some buffetting…
  • p. 47 …bri1ht to eyes that were used to the dark. Bow bright it was! We were just…
  • p. 52 …the object was in left-hand side . . . P. Beckner Okay. T. Tamefuji . . . and very dark vision…
  • p. 58 …saw the objects, ah what were th~ lighting conditions outside? Was it dark ••• T. Tamefuji Hum…
  • p. 66 …ah, dark. P. Beckner Okay. Ah, what size would you estimate this - this object to be…
  • p. 76 …It was set to dark. Beckner: How long did you see the object? Tsukuba: The one…
P. Beckner Yeah, could you see the horizon, the •••
T. Tamefuji Yes
P. Beckner . . • mountains?
T. Tamefuji Yes, ah, perfect.
P. Beckner Right
T. Tamefuji 'This is ah, horizon
P. Beckner Of the horizon?
T. Tamefuji . . . and I could see •••
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji .• . . the horizon •
P. Beckner Okay. So these were above the horizon line?
T. Tamefuji (unintelligible) I don't mean ah, (unintelligible)
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji Ah, we can see the flying over aircraft ah, near the
horizon
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji (unintelligible)
P. Beckner Right
T. Tamefuji • so • • .
P. Beckner You saw this • . •
T. Tamefuji . . . I cannot say it was ah, (unintelligible)
P. Beckner Okay, okay, um somewhere down, I guess by Fairbanks
guys, the Captain or yourself requested a 360?
T. Tamefuji Mmmm hum
P. Beckner Did ·you happen to see the object while in the 360?
T. Tamefuji Humm, the pilot was right-hand • . .
P. Beckner Right-hand turn, right?
T. Tamefuji Humm, so I watch, what • . .
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