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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 Okay~ So pretty much at the same time you both saw it? T ~ Tamefuji Right P. Beckner And at that time it was ten to eleven? T. Tamefuji Hummm, I thought. P. Beckner That I S what I'm asking is what you thought? T. Tamefuji Yeah P. Beckner Okay. Um. Okay we discussed the ah, turn, the 360? T. Tamefuji Um hum P. Beckner I understand somewhere in the flight you guys also descended from 3, 5, 0 to 3, 1, O? T. Tamefuji Yes P. Beckner Did ~did the object stay with you at that point, or did the lights stay with you, or whatever? T. Tamefuji Humm, hum at that time ••• P. Beckner At that time did you still have them in sight? T. Tamefuji Yes, but ah, different. P. Beckner Um hum T. Tamefuji Ah, the object was different side the captain's side so I can not P. Beckner Okay you could not see it, okay. So you actually saw it only for about five to ten minutes? T. Tamefuji Hummm, I think so. P. Beckner Ah, because I understand that the ~ the target was ah, not target, but the item, object, lights, whatever, were in sight for upwards of around fifty minutes, total. That's what the Captain saw , was about that length of time. T. Tamefuji Umm, um P. Bec kner And ah , but I understand that from where you were sitting you might not have been able to see it as long as he could have? T. Tamefuj i Yeah P. Bec kne r Especially dur ing the turn? 19
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