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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 •
page 5 - flight 1628
0242: 24 RCXX::
0242 : 29 Dl5
0244:13 Rl5
0244 : 17 JL1628
0244 : 39 R15
0244:41 UA69
0244:43 R15
0245:04 UA69
0245:49 R15
0246 : 06 UA69
0246:59 Rl5
0247 : 06 JL1628
0247:09 Rl5
0248:31 R15
0248 : 34 JL1628
0248 : 52 Rl5
It looks like he, he-ah-offset left, and then possibly fell
back in-trail. However, I can't see him DCM, I can't pick
him out.
Okay thank you very much S-R.
Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy. Do you still have the
traffic?
Ah-affinnative. Ah-nine o'clock, ah, ah.
United sixty nine, Ancoorage request.
Ah, go ahead, United sixty nine heavy.
United sixty nine heavy. Sir, I 've got a Japan Air seven
forty seven presently in your eleven o'clcx::k position and one
hundred and one, correction, one, one, zero miles, and he has
traffic (unintelligible) I'll keep you advised, ah-when
you're closer to him I want you to see if you see anything
with him.
Okay fine, ah-we' 11 look for ya.
United sixty nine heavy. In your eleven o'clock position,
one, zero, zero miles, southbound, is a Japan Air, seven
forty seven. He is at flight level three one zero. Says he
has traffic at his nine o'clock position same altitude.
We'll be looking, that's ah-ah, can't see anything yet.
Japan Air sixteen twenty eight; roger. I'm gonna have a
United aircraft get close to you and take a look, ah-to see
if he can identify your traffic.
Thank you.
United sixty nine heavy, turn ten degrees left, radar
vectors, ah-to see traffic.
Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy. Say the position of
your traffic.
Ah-IXM, ah-ah-rroving to ah-around ten mile, IXM-ah-ah-
position-ah-seven, ah-eight o'clock, ten mile.
Japan Air sixteen seventy eight heavy; roger.
UA69 = United Airlines flight #69

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