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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. 68 …Beckner About how long after you first saw this did you go' b--before as king…
T. Tamefuji (unintelligible) but ah •••
s. Mimoto Tilat 1 s the way I thought •••
P. Beckner Was that all the way, the whole length of the trip? He felt
that, er, er, was it just during this period of time when you
were working with •••
T. Tamefuji Oh yeah, hurnmm
P. Beckner • when you were asking him about the other traffic?
T. Tamefuji Yes
P. Beckner Okay, How 'bout later on in the flight? Did he ask you to say
again, you're garbled, er ••• ?
T. Tamefuji No, no
P. Beckner • • • okay, just • . .
T. Tamefuji ••• just ah, ah, from Pottat, Alaska til •••
P. Beckner Right
T. Tamefuji and ah, radar contact with controllers, and ah, there was
no garbling •
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji • ah, at that time.
P. Beckner And your initial contact was Center?
T. Tamefuji Yes
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji It clear after that moment.
P. Beckner Okay
T. Tamefuji (unintelligible)
P. Beckner How 'bout navigation, did you notice any navigation interference,
ah • • • ?
T. Tamefuji (unintelligible)
P. Beckner ••• I understand you're on I N S, so there, there is no problem
there, okay . Was there any turbulance, did the airplane
experience any turbulance anytime you saw this, the objects?/
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