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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 Hummm, was it a change of intensity? How should I say • , , ? On and off but became stronger ah, became weaker, became stronger, became weake, different from the strobe lights. s. Mimoto Some got stronger, and changed to weaker stronger again then weaker, and stronger, weaker • P. Beckner Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay, ah, you mentioned the lights that you've shown me here. This pattern that you've shown me here, the Captain has also, shown us also. But just so I, make sure I understand everything here, let me just show you ah, the details of what the Captain - and I don't know if you've seen these or not, but you've ••• T. Tamefuji Hum, hum P. Beckner This was in the newspaper here in Anchorage, for example. And this shows a similiar type pattern is what you have here • T. Tamefuji Humm P. Beckner but I just wonder if you - you also may have seen this particular ah, shape or ah, object? T. Tamefuji Hummm P. Beckner And you can probably read what is - is written here so, just kinda read that over, and ••• Do you remember seeing anything like that yourself? T. Tamefuji Humm, I don't see ah, anything like this, but ah, as I told ••• P. Beckner Yeah, this ah T. Tamefuji and you if, we can connect these lights - are - it will be a big object but, ah P. Beckner Right T. Tamefuji I can not just ~there are some lights ahead or not. P. Beckner Okay, that was during the turn ••• ? T. Tamef uji No ah, I think it was before turn ••• P. Bec kn er Oh okay T. Tamef uji • •• and ah, we of course we convesed a lot and ••• s. Mimoto We are talking, discussing . . . T. Tamefuji And while we were talking I saw it momentarily. 2 1 ----
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