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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.
“dark object”7 pages
T. Tamefuji Yes P~ Beckner Ckay, the head.:.-Ons were brighter? T. Tamefuji Er, yes P. Beckner Okay, um • was there anything else on the radar that you were able to see, or was that the only target that you had on the radar? T. Tamefuji Ch yes, and ah, I think ah, Captain tilt ••• P. Beckner Tilt right T. Tamefuji ••• and ah, a certain tilt angle could catch the object • . . P. Beckner Okay, so, so was there anything else showing on the radar • T. Tamefuji Hummm P. Beckner (unintelligible) T. Tamefuji ••• that should be something spot or ground-echo, ah, • • ? P. Beckner (unintelligible) • • ~ okay T. Tamefuji . . . ah, I - I have many experience ah, ah, aircraft 1 echo or radar screen ••• , echo ••• P. Beckner Right T. Tamefuji ••• yeah, ah, so I could identify that is ••• ah aircraft echo • • • I have many experiences before in checking oncoming aircrafts on a radar. s. Mimoto I experienced often in checking oncoming aircraft on radar before. T. Tamefuji Just like ah traffic. P. Beckner Okay • . . T. Tamefuji • just the right (unintelligible) . . • talking. P. Beckner . . • so what you saw was similiar to what you seen before, you were picking up other traffic? T. Tamefuji Yes when P. Beckner Ckay, okay, um, the lighting conditions, I talked about the lighting conditions outsid~. How 'bout the lighting conditions inside the aircraft? Were there cockpit lights on ••• 14
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