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This FAA Alaskan Region compilation, released through the National Archives and The Black Vault, collects the media inquiries about the November 17, 1986 sighting reported by the crew of Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 over Alaska. It includes call logs, a tally of newspaper articles, a public affairs management report citing 101 inquiries, and press releases. The FAA's March 5, 1987 release concluded that the second radar target was a split return from the JAL Boeing 747 and said no further investigation was planned.
April 15, 1987 Articles sent along with request for material on UFO sighting of JAL #1628 , November 17, 1986, -Alaska: NEWSPAPERS: Washington Post . ........................................... 1 San Francisco Chronicle ..............................•..... 7 Statesman-Journal, Salem, Oregon ........................... 2 Fresno Bee ................................................. 1 The Sacramento Bee ......................................... 1 New York Daily News ........................................ 1 The Seattle Times .......................................... 1 News day . ................................................... 4 Los Angeles Herald Examiner ..........................•..... 4 The Charlotte Observer, NC ................................. 1 The Dallas Morning News .................................... 2 Chicago Tribune . ........................................... 2 Knoxville New-Sentinel ..................................... 1 Seattle Post-Intelligencer ................................. 1 Indy News, Indiana ......................................... 1 New York City Tribune ............ . ......................... 1 Daily Record, Northwest, N.J ............................... 1 The Press, Atlantic City, N.J .............................. 1 TOTAL 33 Cities/states articles came from (do not have name of paper): Bakersfield, California .................................... ! Las Vegas, Nevada .......................................... 1 Rhode Island . .............................................. 1 New York ................................................... 1 Los Angeles, California .................................... ;rs Salem, Oregon .............................................. 1 Mesa, Arizona .............................................. 1 Long Beach, California ..................................... ! Atlanta, Georgia . •. ........................................ 1 San Francisco, California .................................. ! TOTAL J% I '/ Five ( 5) articles with no name of newspaper or the city I state where they came from GRAND TOTAL _5-1" _,,-,;i__
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