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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. 4 …U.S.-Canadian border to south of Fairbanks . On Jan. 11, 1987, Captain Terauchi also reported…
  • p. 6 …Are you (Fairbanks FAA tower) pickin up a primary target right with that aircraft? Ah, ro…
  • p. 7 …32 Dl5 Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, understand your traffic is over Fairbanks at this…
  • p. 29 …Terauchi We can see ah Fairbanks and Eilsen Air Base. R. Gordon Okay, yes, good, that…
  • p. 46 …Military Eielson Air Force Base and Fairbanks. The lights were still following us at exactly the…
  • 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. 62 …Beckner Okay, okay, um somewhere down, I guess by Fairbanks guys, the Captain or yourself requested…
  • p. 80 …Japan Airlines Flight 1628 (JL1628) North of Fairbanks, Alaska on November 18, 1986 at 0218 UTC…
  • p. 82 …Japan Airlines Flight 1628 (JL1628) north of Fairbanks, Alaska on November 18, 1986 at 0218 UTC…
  • p. 83 …incident involving aircraft JL 1628 north of Fairbanks on November 18, 1986 at 0218 UTC. My…
  • p. 84 …Japan Airlines Flight 1628 (JL1628) North of Fairbanks, Alaska on November 18, 1986 at 0218 UTC…
  • p. 85 …Japan Airlines Flight 1628 (JL1628) north of Fairbanks, Alaska on November 18, 1986 at 0218 UTC…
  • p. 86 …concerning the incident to JL1628 North of Fairbanks , Alaska, on November 18, 1986 at approximately 0218…
  • p. 87 …the incident to aircraft JL1628 north of Fairbanks, Alaska, on November 18, 1986 at 0218 GMT…
  • p. 88 …Near Fairbanks, the crew executed a 360° turn and the lights stayed with them off of…
  • p. 94 …degree tum while in the vacinity of Fairbanks, Alaska, which he had a visual on. Captain…
PERSONNEL STATEMENT
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
January 7, 1987
The following is a report concerning the incident to JL1628 North of
Fairbanks , Alaska, on November 18, 1986 at approximately 0218 UTC.
My name is Anthony M. Wylie (AW). I am employed as a Quality Assurance
Specialist by the Federal Aviation Administration at the Anchorage Air Route
Tr af,fic Control Center, Anchorage, Alaska.
I have reviewed the Continuous Data Recording of ZAN EARTS, (radar data),
r eference JL1628 alleged sightings. I could not find any target information
i n the vicinity of the reported traffic. The radar track appeared to be
normal and consistent with other tracking data I have reviewed in the past.
Anthony M
Quality ssurance
Anchorage ARTCC

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