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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. 5 …of the strobe and beacon lights? The color is ah, - white and yellow, I think. Ya…
  • p. 19 …light was amber and whitish, but, when it came to here it was only amber • white…
  • p. 21 …But, this color is white uh ••. it ' s ah um dark white pole ••• weak light ••• (unintelligible…
  • p. 28 …Terauchi Ah, it was not regular, but - not regularly, but white - silverish lights, not in equal…
  • p. 44 …Then again, there was a pale white flat light on the direction where the ships flew…
  • p. 45 …While we were communicating with the Anchorage Center, the two pale white lights gradually moved to…
  • p. 47 …above the bright city lights and we checked the i pale white lieht behind us. Alas…
  • p. 56 …Tamefuji ••• and ah, I remember, red or orange, hum, and a white landing light, just like…
  • p. 74 …I can not describe the details but it was white or amber colored lights. Beckner: When…
  • p. 83 …He stated it was a big plane with yellow and white lights. We advised him we…
  • p. 85 …one (1) mile with a white and yellow strobe light. I notified the Alaska Regional Operations…
  • p. 116 …red, green, and blue light are combined to fonn white light. This is the approach conm1only…
  • p. 117 …Monitor Settings, Light Boxes, and Viewing Booths We assume the assessment of many digital images will…
  • p. 120 …electronic imaging device to light stimuli Sensitivitv Tone aod ExRQsure White BalanceNeutralitx'. Color EocodiogLReoderiog (ISO…
  • p. 122 …The cfirferentlal ~ ~ ~ Streaking ~ Shading area unlformity/shad:ng spread or light between COior Delinffion : The root…
P. Beckner Right
T. Tamefuji so I couldn't find what Captain saw.
P. Beckner Okay, you were flying the aircraft then, is that correct?
T. Tamefuji Ah, yes
p, Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji But ah, um, I saw (unintelligible) ah, Captain said ah, UFO big,
quite big Captain said, and how should I say ~so I tried doing
this •••
S. Mimoto I looked all over the place.
T. Tamefuji And the Captain was in the way(Japanese).
s. Mimoto Oh so Captain was in the way.
P. Beckner Well, okay he was in the way of you seeing?
T. Tamefuji Yes, and ah, some ah, pillar, window pillars . . .
P. Beckner Oh, pillars?
T. Tamefuji Yeah
P.·· Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji so ah, we, ah, I couldn't see well, but some hum, hum
this - this is not exact picture, but ah, like similiar like
aircraft is (unintelligible) •••
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji I dark is background, but I - you cannot say it was UFO or not.
P. Beckner Okay, was it different then what you saw here?
T. Tamefuji Completely different.
P. Beckner Completely different, okay. But was it brighter, were these
brighter, er ••• ?
T. Tamefuji brighter •
P. Beckner These are brighter?
T. Tamefuji Yes, ah •
P. Beckner The first sighting was brighter?
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