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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 Nol Nol P. Beckner • would you say there was a multitude of lights? T. Tamefuji Ah, (unintelligible) just I want to describe just ah, light, only light. P. Beckner Okay T. Tamefuji Yeah, so if ah, there was something flying, but ah, I couldn't see at that time. P. Beckner Okay, ah was there, was there clear night? T. Tamefuji Yes • P. Beckner Okay T. Tamefuji • clear. P. Beckner And you could distinguish this lights as being different from the star • • • ? T. Tamefuji NNNooo • P. Beckner ••• from the stars? T. Tamefuji P. Beckner T. Tamefuji P. Beckner T.Tamefuji P. Beckner T. Tamefuji P. Beckner T. Tamefuji Different is fine. Okay (unintelligible) Alright ah um. How was it first detected? Was it ~ someone saw it visually, or did you see it on radar? Who, well, how was it first found? What's found, humm? Er, first sighted? Ah, as you know, all the crew ah ••• Right must watch outside? Right So ah, I must watch instrument and ah, outside so, and ah, as normal flight so I have traffic inside, also Captain traffic, inside, but ah, I'm not sure but a engineer landing calculate so he was just sit down back desk calculate ••• P. Beckner (unintelligible) T. Tamefuji departing direction 3
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