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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.
T. Tamefuji Yeah P. Beckner T. Tamefuji P. Beckner T. Tamefuji P. Beckner T. Tamefuji P. Beckner T. Tamefuji P. Beckner T. Tamefuji P. Beckner T. Tamefuji P. Beckner t. Tamefuji P. Beckner T. Tamefuji P. Beckner T. Tamefuji P. Beckner T. Tamefuji P. Beckner T. Tamefuji P. Beckner Okay~ Were there any other ah ..... was there any other aircraft? Did you see any other aircraft during that particular flight? No ah, no other ATC ah, I mean ah, um, as ••• Right • and ah • You didn't see any other aircraft at all? In last part of the incident United Air . Right ah, from Anchorage. Hum, huh . And we can ..... what's that ..... we could see . . . You could see (unintelligible) United Okay you could see United . . . (l!nintelligible) Okay, did he ..... did United when you saw him was he flashing his lights at you or anything, er just normal nav lights, er . Humm .do you remember what . . .? Humm, remember, just she passed my left-hand side . . . Hum huh . and ah, I can't say • Okay. Okay ah, did the intensity of these lights change, at all . Humm . . . • • • or were they pretty much the same intensity for the time that you saw them? 20
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