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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.

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PERSONNEL STATEMENT
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
January 7, 1987
The following is a report concerning the incident to JL1628 North of
Fairbanks , Alaska, on November 18, 1986 at approximately 0218 UTC.
My name is Anthony M. Wylie (AW). I am employed as a Quality Assurance
Specialist by the Federal Aviation Administration at the Anchorage Air Route
Tr af,fic Control Center, Anchorage, Alaska.
I have reviewed the Continuous Data Recording of ZAN EARTS, (radar data),
r eference JL1628 alleged sightings. I could not find any target information
i n the vicinity of the reported traffic. The radar track appeared to be
normal and consistent with other tracking data I have reviewed in the past.
Anthony M
Quality ssurance
Anchorage ARTCC

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