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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.
“Japan Air Lines Flight 1628”5 pages
T. Tamefuji . but ah, at first we have in flight . . . ? Hum huh. T. Tamefuji . at ATC, air traffic, and no traffic, so ..... we are suprised . P. Beckner Yeah . . . T. Tamefuji ••• and ah, Captain operates the radar ••• P. Beckner Radar, okay yeah ••• T. Tamefuji and so Captain ah, try to search object by the radar ••• P. Beckner Okay T. Tamefuji we fix - ah, give to ten minutes (unintelligible). P. Beckner Okay, and then what did you see on the rad ~were you able to see the radar from where you were sitting? T. Tamefuji ? P. Beckner Okay, what did you see on the radar as far as ••• T. Tamefuji Humm, just like ah - ah, traffic, other traffic, but ah, I thought a little bit large ••• P. Becker Um hum T. Tamefuji echos P. Beckner Larg~ echos, okay. Was it ah, what -I understand you have color radar in - in the • r. Tamefuji Yes P. Beckner . aircraft. What color was the . . .? r. Tamefuji Humm I thought ah, green. P. Beckner Green? T. Tamefuji Yes P. Beckner Okay. And about what range did -did yoiJ -did you guys . . .? r. Tamefuji Humm, twenty miles . . . P. Beckner Twenty? 9
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