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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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“Green”9 pages

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…

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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Agent Mickle and I then met with Dave Snith (.ACS-300) and briefed
him on the incident.
On the rrorning of November 18, I briefly discussed the incident
with AAL-1 & 2.
Attached is a statarent fran Agent Mickle and a chart and drawings
by the JAL Captain.
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Japan Air Lines Flight 1628: The Alaska Mothership 1986

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