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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
P. Beckner Okay, darker, okay T. Tamefuji . . • and ah, I flight engineer calculator (unintelligible) so he had ah ••• P. Beckner So he had a spot on his table? T. Tamefuji Yes P. Beckner By the engineer table? T. Tamefuji Yes, I - when I saw, but ah, cockpit was ah, dark. P. Beckner Okay. Ah, what size would you estimate this - this object to be? T. Tamefuji Hummm, it is hard to say, but - ummm, I thought it was ah, ah, I thought it was larger than ah, aircraft. s. Mimoto What kinds of aircrafts? T. Tamefuji s. Mimoto P. Beckner T. Tamefuji . P. Beckner T. Tamefuji P. Beckner An originally oncoming aircraft . . . It feels like it's larger than normal airplane. Oncoming airplane • • • Okay. Okay. the compass • tb • • • Ah, did you notice any magnetic disturbances, ah, . . • swing or anything • . . . . • but ah, um, I think you have ATC tape of that time? Rigbt T. Tamefuji And controllers tape, ah, said that several times you're garbling • • • P. Beckner No • • • T. Tamefuji ••• but ah, my English is so hee ••• how should I said that reasoning ••• I thought perhaps the air traffic controller did not understand my English, so, he said 'garbling'. s. Mimoto Oh , maybe Air Traffic Control did not understand my English, so P. Beckner No s. Mimoto • he was pol i te and said 'garbling' P. Beckner • • • sai d (unintelligible) gover nment garble, okay. 16
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