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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. 101 …no file or retrievable data. Steucke said, "The FAA is not in the UFO business and…
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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