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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.

  • p. 23 …Terauchi So ah is green light. R. Gordon It showed green . . . K. Terauchi Green R. Gordon…
  • p. 56 …And weak green, ah, blinking ••• S. Mimoto Flashing • . . P. Beckne Flashing • . . s. Mimoto ••• blinking, blinking P…
  • p. 59 …Tamefuji Humm I thought ah, green. P. Beckner Green? T. Tamefuji Yes P. Beckner Okay. And…
  • p. 74 …What was the color of those lights, was it green? Tsukuba: I can not describe the…
  • p. 75 …Yes, a green dot like, not exactly like a dot. It was not a dot, but…
  • p. 88 …The lights were yellow, amber, and green, rut no red. 'ttle lights were in tw:::> seperate…
  • p. 94 …the UAT, he spotted yellow, amber and green lights, and a rotating beacxm, but oo red…
  • p. 116 …Common color modes include RGB (red, green, blue), CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow , black), and LAB (lightness…
  • p. 118 …color balance, and linearity of the red, green, and blue representations on the monitor are achieved…
T. Tamefuji Hummm, no . . .
P. Beckner • and all that sort of stuff or •
T. Tamefuji • hummm, it was for night flights seeting.
P. Beckner Right, okay.
T. Tamefuji Bright, it looked bright
P. Beckner Not bright but •••
T. Tamefuji Dim
P. Beckner • dim, okay. Was there? Was there any attempt to - did you
guys turn them down all the ways, or •••
T. Tamefuji Hummmm •••
P. Beckner ••• what you saw outside couldn't have possibly, could have
possible been a reflection or something from inside the cockpit?
T. Tamefuji Hummmm •
P. Beckner I'm just, just asking . . .
T. Tamefuji Yeah, yeah . . . I understand that • Ah' I - I want to say there
is not possibility what you think .
'P. Beckner Okay of reflection • . .
T. Tamefuju ah, no.
P. Beckner Okay. Was the light turned all the way off just to see if it
made any difference, er ••• ?
T. Tamefuji Um •
P. Beckner ••• do you remember if - if you did that, er, the Captain may
have done it?
T. Tamefuji Umm, ah, I was very busy, so, ah, I •••
P. Beckner That's right you were the flying pilot •••
T. Tamefuji Yes, and ah, 150 feet . . .
P. Beckner Yeah
T. Tamefuji ••• and so, but ah, maybe, maybe not good word but, maybe ah,
Captain try down dark • darker • • •
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