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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. 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 •
OEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
F[C[ .. AL AVIATION AONIHIST .. ATIOH
cm November 17, I respond.ed to a call fran the OC:C reference an
incident involving unidentified air traffic (UA'.l') follCMi.ng JAL flight
1628 into lw::horage. I asked Agent Mickle to r.eet me at An~rage
Airport.
Upon arriving at ANC, I rnet Agent Mickle and Inspector Wright
(FS00-63) wtX> had l:een at the aircraft. All three of us then oro-
ceded to ..m operations to intei:vier,.r the cre.H. At JAL Operations
we met with captain Terauchi, 1st Officer Tarrefuji, and 2nd Officer
Tsukuda along with Mr. Shimba.shi, the JAL Operations Manager at
An~rage.
The three crer.-.m:n stated that just after passing rorAT inter-
section inl:ound to Anchorage on J529 they obsexved strange lights
ahead of their B-747. 'lllese lights changed i;:osition after 2 minutes
;but remained in front of the A/C for another 10 minutes, then rroved
to the left side of the A/C. They stated that all they oould see
were the lights and at no time could they see any craft. However,
they did sl"ON an object on their \·2X radar at al::out 7 miles. The
lights were yellow, amber, and green, rut no red. 'ttle lights were
in tw:::> seperate sets which changed i;:osition relative to one another.
The crer,.r said that they contacted AFm:c oonf imed that they also had
it on radar. Near Fairbanks, the crew executed a 360° turn and the
lights stayed with them off of their left side. They then preceded
to Anchorage.,..i);ld the lights were still visible until arourrl 40 miles
oorth of TF;r"11en they It'O\Ted ~y to the east. The crew refOrted
their speed as 0.84 Mach and their altit00e bebt.1een FL390 and 310 as
assigned along the route.
The only problem noted with their systens was sane static in the
VHF receiver. The Navigational systan in use was n~s with oo apparent
problens.
Upon O::ztpletion of my discussion with the crer,.r, I called Captain
Stevens (Duty Officer to OORAD) and asked if he had any question other
than what I had asked. He said he had ro other questions, but they
also slx::iwed t\Yo targets on radar (one was JAL). He stated that they
"'10uld give all data to Intelligence in the trorning. I then asked
BolX1y Lamkin by phone if M' was holding the data and he said yes.
FAA Form 1600°32°112-111
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