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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. 23 …Terauchi So ah is green light. R. Gordon It showed green . . . K. Terauchi Green R. Gordon…
  • p. 56 …And weak green, ah, blinking ••• S. Mimoto Flashing • . . P. Beckne Flashing • . . s. Mimoto ••• blinking, blinking P…
  • p. 59 …Tamefuji Humm I thought ah, green. P. Beckner Green? T. Tamefuji Yes P. Beckner Okay. And…
  • p. 74 …What was the color of those lights, was it green? Tsukuba: I can not describe the…
  • p. 75 …Yes, a green dot like, not exactly like a dot. It was not a dot, but…
  • p. 88 …The lights were yellow, amber, and green, rut no red. 'ttle lights were in tw:::> seperate…
  • p. 94 …the UAT, he spotted yellow, amber and green lights, and a rotating beacxm, but oo red…
  • p. 116 …Common color modes include RGB (red, green, blue), CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow , black), and LAB (lightness…
  • p. 118 …color balance, and linearity of the red, green, and blue representations on the monitor are achieved…
PERSONNEL STATEMENT
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
January 9, 1987
The following is a report concerning the incident to aircraft JL1628 north of
Fairbanks, Alaska, on November 18, 1986 at 0218 GMT.
My name is Manfred F. Keller (FK). I am employed as an Automations
Specialist by the Federal Aviation Administration at the Anchorage Air Route
Traffic Control Center, Anchorage, Alaska.
I interpreted the recorded data (radar) reference JL1628. I searched the
specific areas where the pilot reportedly had traffic and could not find any
indications of other target information.
J.~r~)f ~Air Traffic Control Specialist
Anchorage ARTCC

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