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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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p. 3 …Statements of air traffic controllers at Anchorage Center. 11. Investigator statement, Form 1600-32, Jarr.e…
p. 4 …Box 14 Anchorage. Alaska 995 13 (907) 271-5296 CONTACT: PAUL STEUCKE FM RELEASES DOCUMENTS ON…
p. 5 …5 = Controller positicn, Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center Dl5 = Controller positicn, Anchorage Air Route Traffic…
p. 7 …Ah-Anchorage Center; Japan Air one six tw::> eight, request direct ah-Talkeetna. Japan Air sixteen…
p. 8 …At your ' discretion proceed direct Talkeetna, Jay one -0..0 five Anchorage. (J125 = air route) 0240…
p. 16 Paul Steucke FAA, Public Affairs Officer Alaskan Region 701 C Street, Box 14 Anchorage, Alaska 995…
p. 17 …JAL Captain Kenju Terauchi at JAL Operations, Anchorage, Alaska. The interview was conducted for the purpose…
p. 19 …minutes before you called • Before I contact Anchorage Center Ah ah, okay Okay fourth question, what…
p. 34 …Terauchi This point, so we contact Anchorage Center here, so ah two or three minutes, proceed…
p. 36 • JA~ } A I R LINES DISTRICT OFFICE OF OPERATIONS ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT P 0 . BOX 190048…
p. 38 …This special flight was to import special French wine from Iceland to Anchorage for approximately a…
p. 40 ~poge s~ Anchorage Center when we reach above Pottat(sp?) where Alaska Territorial Air begins. Pottat…
p. 41 …The First Officer, Tameto(?), called the Anchorage Center and asked to report to us if there…
p. 44 …We did not report this action to the Anchorage Center. Honestly, we were simply· breathtaken. The…
p. 45 …Again, we beaan communicating with the Anchorage Center. We eaid that we could see a light…
p. 47 …Alas! there was a silhouette of aj "Anchorage : . I We must run away quickly!sisantic spaceship…
p. 48 …About the same time a United Airline passenger aircraft which left Anchorage to Fairbanks flew into…
p. 49 …About the same time a United Airline passenger aircraft which left Anchorage to Fairbanks flew into…
p. 50 …150 miles (Approximately 276 kilometers) away from Anchorage. It comprised approximately 60 minutes of flight time…
p. 51 …Officer Takanori Tamefuji at the Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska. The interview was conducted for the purpose…
p. 70 …the incident United Air • Right ah, from Anchorage. Hum, huh . . • And we can ... what's that…
p. 71 …Beckner This was in the newspaper here in Anchorage, for example. And this shows a similiar…
p. 80 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 6, 1987 The following…
p. 81 .· "' PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center ,,,,----...... ' ( i (", " ~ i The following is…
p. 82 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 9, 1986 The following…
p. 83 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 7, 1987 The following…
p. 84 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINSTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 9, 1987 The following…
p. 85 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 9, 1987 The following…
p. 86 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 7, 1987 The following…
p. 87 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 9, 1987 The following…
p. 88 …They then preceded to Anchorage.,..i);ld the lights were still visible until arourrl 40 miles…
p. 94 …I NTERVIEWED/R EVI EWE D ON !_b\7~_} 7-1 ~986- - - __ , AT Anchorage, Alaska -----------· BY…
p. 100 …The flight crew was i nterviewed by FAA inspectors when they landed at Anchorage. The FAA…
p. 101 …which was conducted when they landed at Anchorage, that the aircraft flight path was north of…
p. 103 …Box 14 Anchorage . Alaska 995 13 (907) 27, ·5296 LIST OF RECORDS AVAILABLE ORDER FORM for…
p. 104 …manager -of flight standards district office in Anchorage. (19 pages) Written Statement and Drawing by Captain…
p. 105 …1 page (map) Personnel statements. (Statements by seven air traffic control specialists at Anchorage Center.) (8…
p. 107 …PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE, AAL-5 701 C STREET, BOX 14 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99513 •

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PERSONNEL STATEMENT
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
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The following is a report concerning the incident to aircraft JL1628 on
November 18 , 1986 at 0230 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, Anchorage, Alaska.
During the period of 2030 UTC, November 17, 1986, to 0430 UTC, November 18,
1986 I was on duty in the Anchorage ARTCC. I was working the Dl5 position
f r om 0156 UTC, November 18, 1986 to 0230 UTC, November 18, 1986.
At approximately 0225Z while monitoring JL1628 on Sector 15 radar, the
aircraft requested traffic information. I advised no traffic in his
vicinity. The aircraft advised he had traffic 12 o'clock same altitude. I
asked JL1628 if he would like higher/lower altitude and the pilot replied,
negative. I checked with ROCC to see if they had military traffic in the area
and to see if they had primary targets in the area. ROCC did have primary
ta r get in the same position JL1628 reported. Several times I had single
primary returns where JL1628 reported traffic. JL1628 later requested a turn
to heading 210°, I approved JL1628 to make deviations as necessary for
traffic. The traffic stayed with JL1628 through turns and decent in the
vi cinity of FAI I requested JL1628 to make a right 3600 turn to see if he
could identify the aircraft, he lost contact momentarily, at which time I
observed a primary target in the 6 o'clock position 5 miles. I then vectored
UA69 northbound to FAI from ANC with his approval to see if he could identify
t he aircraft , he had contact with the JL1628 flight but reported no other
traffic , by this time Jll628 had lost contact with the traffic. Also a
military C-130 southbound to EDF from EIL advised he had plenty of fuel and
wou l d take a look, I vectored him toward the flight and climbed him to FL240,
he also had no contact.
Note : I requested JL1628 to identify the type or markings of the aircraft.
He could not identify but reported white and yellow strobes. I requested the
JL1628 t? say flight conditions, he reported clear and no clouds.
November 19, 1986

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