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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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PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 6, 1987 The following is a report concerning the incident to Japan Airlines Flight 1628 (JL1628) North of Fairbanks, Alaska on November 18, 1986 at 0218 UTC. My name is Carl E. Henley (HC). I am employed as an Air Traffic Control Specialist by the Federal Aviation Administration at the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), Anchorage, Alaska. During the period of 2030 UTC, November 18, 1986, to 0430 UTC, November 18, 1986 I was on duty in the Anchorage ARTCC. I was working the R/Dl5 position from 0156 UTC, November 18, 1986 to 0230 UTC, and the Rl5 position from 0230 UTC, November 18, 1986 to 0258 UTC, November 18, 1986. I am making this statement to clarify certain points in my original statement dated November 19, 1986. Ref paragraph 4: I stated in paragraph four that several times I had several primary returns where JL1~28 reported traffic; in actuality I observed three types of targets. I saw tentative radar targets which showed up as a (-) symbols~ I saw (+) symbols that indicate radar only tracks. I also saw non run lenth targets which show up as a (.) symbols. Additionally, I stated the traffic stayed with JL1628 through turns and descent, this information was what I received from JL 1628. Air Traffic Control Anchorage ARTCC
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