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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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“red lights”10 pages

p. 23 …it shows red ••• K. Terauchi Yes, yes R. Gordon So it's light green, maybe the…
p. 45 …We eaid that we could see a light in the 10 o'clock position at the…
p. 46 …were lights increasing from the U.S. Military Eielson Air Force Base and Fairbanks. The lights…
p. 56 …Tamefuji ••• and ah, I remember, red or orange, hum, and a white landing light, just like…
p. 58 …dark, dark red. P. Beckner Dark red, okay. r. Tamefuji But almost dark I must say…
p. 76 …The lights in front of us were clusters of lights like this. I think they were…
p. 88 …The lights were yellow, amber, and green, rut no red. 'ttle lights were in tw:::> seperate…
p. 94 …amber and green lights, and a rotating beacxm, but oo red lights. The captain said there…
p. 116 …red, green, and blue light are combined to fonn white light. This is the approach conm1only…
p. 121 …less) optical axis that remains de!M!red pixels per units: ( unit less) appropriately chosen In…

s. Mimoto While conversation was going, I peeked out and momentarily I saw
it.
P. Beckner You saw this, okay. Um, after the turn. Were you able to see
anything anymore, like this light pattern here?
T. Tamefuji No
P. Beckner Ckay, er this - this pattern here?
T. Tamefuji Humm, no.
P. Beckner Okay. And tha - so that was the last time you saw it, was prior
to the turn • • •
T. Tamefuji Humm
P. Beckner Okay, okay. Well sir, that's all I can think to ask you. Is
there anything you'd like ta - to further add ~ and give us some
more understanding to what you folks saw up there?
T. Tamefuju Humm, no well, I am certain that I saw something.
s. Mimoto Well I'm - I'm sure I saw something.
T. Tamefuji It was clear enough to make me believe taht there was an oncoming
aircraft.
s. Mimoto '!his is clearly enough to make me believe it was an oncoming
airplane.
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji '!hat's the starting point of this story.
s. Mimoto 'Iha~'s the beginning of this story.
P. Beckner No the story, ah, (laughter). Cl<ay um, well that pretty much
concludes the questions I have for you. And again I appreciate
you coming in. Especially on such short notice. And Sy I
appreciate you coming in also on such short notice. So thank you
very much •
T. Tamefuji And ah, can I ask one question?
P. Beckner Sure
T. Tamefuji Ah, I read the FAA news hummm, ah, humm, I found military radar
picked up some kind of target on their radar. (unintelligible)
What type of understanding?
P. Beckner Umm, I'm not sure what they seen on that radar, right at the
present moment.
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