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This FAA release from the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center contains personnel statements dated November 1986 and January 1987 about Japan Airlines Flight 1628 north of Fairbanks, Alaska, on November 18, 1986. Controllers Henley, Rich and Aarnink describe the pilot reporting traffic with white and yellow lights and say they saw intermittent radar returns that the military ROCC also reported. Supervisor Rollins and specialists Keller and Wylie say reviews of the recorded radar data found no target information near the reported traffic.

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~r:f kl~Air Traffic Control Specialist
Anchorage ARTCC

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