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This FAA record of interview documents a session held January 5, 1987, at the Federal Building in Anchorage, Alaska. Inspector Peter E. Beckner of AAL-207 questioned JAL First Officer Takanori Tamefuji, with interpreter Sayoko Mimoto, about the November 17, 1986 sighting. Tamefuji said he saw very bright, multicolored lights resembling head-on traffic for about five to ten minutes, along with a large green echo on the airborne radar. His seat position kept him from seeing it after that. He rejected reflection and weather explanations and said he was certain he saw something.
P. Beckner Conversation, right. T. Tamefuji ••• (unintelligible) hummm, hummm I can't say (unintelligible) five minutes ••• P. Beckner Okay T. Tamefuji hummm, and ah, I have ah, monitoring, monitor so inside and outside • • • P. Beckner Okay, inside and an outside, yeah. T. Tamefuji ah, while doing those, it became unvisible. S. Mimoto While looking outside and looking on the inside, and then so he couldn't see anymore. P. Beckner Okay, so - you sa - you saw the head-on traffic - whatever we want to call that - for about five, five minutes, ten minutes, somewhere in there? T. Tamefuji Humm, yes P. Beckner Okay T. Tamefuji Yeah P. Beckner Okay, ah, was there anything else that you saw aside from this - from this pattern here, was there, was there anything else that you saw? T. Tamefuji Humm, you mean ah, other stars or what? P. Beckner Other than, I mean as far as these obj - the objects were concerned, was there any other ah, features that you saw, was there any shape that you saw, or you just saw the head-on light? T. Tamefuji Yes, and of course it ah, was clear so ground you could see ••• P. Beckner Okay you saw • • • T. Tamefuji ••• but ah, hummm, how should I say, but ah, the traffic, I mean the UFO • • • P. Beckner Yes T. Tamefugi • it's ah, so, I'm sure it was not on ground ••• P. Beckner Okay T. Tamefuji (unintelligible) 11
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