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This FAA release, obtained through The Black Vault, contains Air Transportation Security interview notes on FAA Form 1600-32. They cover the November 17, 1986 interview in Anchorage, Alaska, of the crew of JAL Flight 1628. Captain Kenju Terauchi and his crew reported yellow, amber and green lights ahead of and beside their Boeing 747, and the object also showed on the onboard radar. The notes add that Anchorage center and NORAD had radar targets, and that the only system problem was VHF static.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL. A\/IATION ACMINISTRATION On Novanber 17, I responded to a call fran the OCC reference an incident involving unidentified air traffic (UAT) follc:Ming JAL flight 1628 into Anchorage. I asked Agent Mickle to :r.eet rne at Anchorage Allport. Upon arriving at /lNC., I met Agent Mickle and Inspector Wright (FS00-63) who had been at the aircraft. All three of us then oro- ceded to JAL operations to intervi~ the crEM. At JAL Operations we met with Captain Terauchi, 1st Officer Tarrefuji, and 2nd Officer Tsukuda along with Mr. Shi.mbashi, the JAL Operations Manager at Anchorage. The three crewrren stated that just after passing rorAT inter- section inl::x:nmd to Anchorage on J529 they observed strange lights ahead of their B-747. These lights changed position after 2 minutes but rana.ined 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 ti.Ire could they see any craft. However, they did shcM an object on their UX radar at al:xJut 7 miles. The lights were yellow, amber, and green, but no red. The lights were in twJ se:E,Jerate sets which changed position relative to one another. The er~ said that they contacted Aim:c oonf inred that they also had it on radar. Near Fairbanks, the crEM executed a 360° turn and the lights stayed with them off of their left side. They then preceded to Anchorage:~ the lights were still visible until arotmd 40 miles north of ~tmen they rroved away to the east. The crew reported their speed as 0.84 Mach and their altitude between FL390 and 310 as assigned along the route. The only problem noted with their systems was sane static in the VHF receiver. The Navigational system in use was INS with no apparent problems. Upon o:::JTpletion of my discussion with the cre.N, I called Captain Stevens (Duty Officer to NORAD) and asked if he had any question other than what I had asked. He said he had no other questions, but they also stxJwed tv.u targets on radar (one was JAL). He stated that they \>JOuld give all data to Intelligence in the trorning. I then asked Bobby Lamkin by phone if AP was h:Jlding the data and he said yes. I N TE RV IEWE O/REVIE WEO ON~~-1] ,_l - - __ , BY _Speci al_Agen_~ _ rry _ •13_•··~ t FAA Form 1600°32°1 !2·731 "T Ancoorage, Alaska___________ , FIL.ENO. r FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY · (Public availability to be 0.- termin..:/ under S U. S. C. 552)
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