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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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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 • • • 15 .•
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