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This FAA record of interview documents a January 2, 1987 session in Anchorage, Alaska, in which Inspector Richard O. Gordon of FSDO-63 questioned JAL Captain Kenju Terauchi about his crew's November 17, 1986 sighting. Terauchi describes two small craft with exhaust-like lights that flew near his aircraft and a much larger mothership, and says the target appeared green on his onboard radar. He also reports VHF interference and says the objects matched his 360-degree turn and his descent.
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K. Terauchi (Japanese) 0.1 ah, inch F. R. F. R. F. R. Fujii Gordon Fujii Gordon Fujii Gordon About 0.1 ••• Just right on the horizon, the sun was setting? Yeah, yes. So they don't want to go toward the ship side, they stayed away from it. Toward the dark side. Yes So that would have put them to the east like on the Canadian side you're coming down on your side (unintelligible) captain's side? K. Terauchi Yes R. Gordon Okay I understand. K. Terauchi I think, perhaps, they have regulations like they must not be seen by humans. But it was a surprise to see the sudden appearance in front of us. If the machine was set automatically for the distance of eight miles away from us, the machine will not come closer than eight miles (but they jumped in front of us), so I felt there was a living creature in it. It jumped in front of us, very unusual. They took such unexpected action. Try the other one(?) F. Fujii Seems like they're trying to stay away, I guess there's some kind of regulation for them to not be seen by • • • R. Gordon Ah uh, I understand. I have one more question that came up that I was thinking; now when he departed, departed east? Is that what someone told me; which direction did, when he departed, went away? F. Fujii Which direction did it take off to? K. Terauchi I don't know. Probably to the east. F. Fujii He thinks it's east, he's not really sure. He was looking at it and it just dissappeared, so ••• R. Gordon Okay, appeared that it went east, but it went so fast? K. Terauchi So fast. R. Gordon Okay F. Fujii He wa s watching it and it just disappeared ••• 16
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