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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. 2 …Thought you might like to read the data yourself. Sincerely , ~--- ~ \- ~. ~ ' . ) ,c___ ) ~~ Paul Steucke Public Affairs Officer
  • p. 17 …I'll be glad to let you read them and it's just some clarification because…
  • p. 68 …Um, let me just read my notes here and see if I have got everything I…
  • p. 71 …Beckner And you can probably read what is - is written here so, just kinda read that…
  • p. 72 …Tamefuji Ah, I read the FAA news hummm, ah, humm, I found military radar picked up…
  • p. 102 …Please read the instructions carefully and return your request wi t h payment in full . Sincerely…
  • p. 122 …E · Shot noise · Streaking • Wounded Pixels - Fringing Ii! ~s · Read noise · Blinkers " • White noise I!:' e…
T. Tamefuji Ah huh
P. Beckner And um, let me just do this. I can find out and let you know.
T. Tamefuji Arid ah, well Saturday ah, ah, TV interview from New York.
P. Beckner Oh is that right.
T. Tamefuji Yeah
P. Beckner Ch
T. Tamefuji And ah, the interview said military, some kind of commander I
don't remember, but, ah, some military •••
P. Beckner Military ~military ah, commander?
T. Tamefuji Ah, how should I say, but some personnel from military said this
was a weather interference.
S. Mimoto And this military commander said it was a weather interfere •••
interference.
P. Beckner (unintelligible)
T. Tamefuji Ah, on the radar
s. Mi mo to On the radar
P. Beckner Okay, that I ... that I don't know, um
T. Tamefuji But ah, it was clear sky, so • . .
P. Beckner Right
T. Tamefuji there's no possibility of weather interference.
P. Beckner On the weather, interference, okay. Well I'll do this, I will
find out what the result of the analysis is on those. We're
going to eventually get that anyway. And I'll let you know what
we have. Okay? I have your phone number so I'll do that. Okay?
T. Tamefuji Yes
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