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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.
“Federal Aviation Administration”15 pages
... A JAL flight engineer, Yoshie Tsukuba, was interviewed by Pete Beckner of FAA on January 15, 1987, through an interpreter, Sayoko Mimoto, regarding to the UFO which had been sighted on the 17th of November, 1986, by Captain Terauchi. Beckner: Tsukuba: Beckner: Mimoto: Tsukuba: Beckner: Describe what you saw. May I speak in Japanese? Oh! Yes, please. Oh! yes, please. The first tima I saw it was through the Ll window, at the 11 o'clock position. It looked larger than navigation lights. I do not remember · exactly how many of those were there but cluster5 of lights were undulating. What was the color of those lights, was it green? Tsukuba: I can not describe the details but it was white or amber colored lights. Beckner: When you saw the object was it obvious to you? Did you notice it immediately? Tsukuba: Yes, it was. I noticed it immediately. Beckner: Did it stay with you at position 11 o'clock? did you see this object? How long Tsukuba: Yes, approximately 5 minutes, 10 minutes, I think I saw it for about 10 minutes after I sighted it the first time. The reason is because the Captain wanted to take pictures. His camera bag was placed behind his seat, beside mine, and I handed it to him. But he could not take pictures, so I placed his camera bag beside my seat again. Sa I think it took about 10 minutes. Be c kner: Why could he not take any pictures? Ts ukuba: We ll, his camera is Alpha 7,000, with film ASA 100. He could not operate it wall. I mean the operating procedure of the camera was not understood well. Beckner: What kind of camera did he hav•? 1
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