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This package was compiled by the FAA Alaskan Region Public Affairs Office in Anchorage and sent to FAA managers with a memo from Paul Steucke dated March 5, 1987. It gathers material on the November 17, 1986 sighting by the crew of Japan Air Lines flight 1628: a news release, pilot and controller transcripts, crew interviews and radar analysis. The FAA concluded that it could not confirm the event. It attributed the second radar target to a split, uncorrelated return from the JAL Boeing 747 and planned no further investigation.

  • p. 3 …Investi gation of Japan Air Lines flight 1628 Sighting of Unidentified Air Traffic on November 17…
  • p. 5 …but •.• JL1628 = Japan Air Lines flight #1628 Rl.5 = Controller positicn, Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control…
  • p. 7 …sixty one line. Approach. Look at your radar. We got a Japan Air one six~ eight…
  • p. 82 …a report concerning the incident to Japan Airlines Flight 1628 (JL1628) north of Fairbanks, Alaska on…
  • p. 107 …86 unidentified object sighting by Japan Air Lines flight 1628. (5 pages) PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN…
P. Beckner Okay ••• Does - I - I did not meet the Captain so I don't know,
but does he wear glasses?
T. Tamefuji Humm, no
P. Beckner No, do you wear glasses, sir?
T. Tamefuji Humm, • • •
P. Beckner For flying.
T. Tamefuji Oh , I use, but ah, at that time I don't wear, but ah, I how
should I say ••• but I do use it •
s. Mimoto He usually wears glasses but at that time he was not wearing
glasses •
T. Tamefuji No, I don not mean it. I normally do not wear glasses.
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji The licensing requires me to wear glasses.
s. Mi mo to Oh' I'm sorry, he didn't mean that.
T. Tamefuji I need no glasses in daily life.
s. Mi mo to Oh, in daily life he does not wear glasses.
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji But, ah , ah, result of the physical exam, I am required to ~to
wear glasses • • •
s. Mimoto Oh, okay • . .
P. Beckner (unintelligible)
s. Mimoto The physical requires him to wear glasses.
P. Beckner Okay , how ' bout - how 'bout the flight engineer, does he . . .
T. Tamefuji Hummm . . .
P. Beckner do you remember if he wore •••
T. Tamefuji I don't remember.
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji But ah, I have numerous visions . . .
S. Mimoto (unintelligible )
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