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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 9, 1987 The following is a report concerning the incident to aircraft JL1628 north of Fairbanks, Alaska, on November 18, 1986 at 0218 GMT. My name is Manfred F. Keller (FK). I am employed as an Automations Specialist by the Federal Aviation Administration at the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center, Anchorage, Alaska. I interpreted the recorded data (radar) reference JL1628. I searched the specific areas where the pilot reportedly had traffic and could not find any indications of other target information. J.~r~)f ~Air Traffic Control Specialist Anchorage ARTCC
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