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Radar computer printout, continuous data recording

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault · 179 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This FAA Alaskan Region Public Affairs Office release, dated March 5, 1987, is a computer printout of recorded FAA radar data for Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 on November 17, 1986. It covers 38 minutes of computer time and lists 105 radar returns. Of these, 86 are usable and 19 are uncorrelated primary returns. The printout records when the pilot first asked about other traffic and when he said he could not see the UFO. It also explains that uncorrelated returns occur when the primary and beacon signals do not match in position.

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BEACON STIME	RANGE	ACP	BEG	Q	11/18/86	PAGE QUA	TOTAL SYS
BEACON	ALT
SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL =	6 MODE C TOTAL =	3
73.12	147	12	?	1200-3	75-3	RB	1
66.87	396	34	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	1
51.75	860	75	? RT	1
50.37	884	77	? RT	1
50.50	877	77	0	1200-3	45-3	BT	1
36.75	1030	90	0	0162-3 BT	1
SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL =	6 MODE C TOTAL =	3
73.62	146	12	?	1200-3	75-3	RB	1
65.37	428	37	0	0000-0 BT	1
66.50	404	35	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	1
50.87	854	75	? RT	1
50.12	886	77	? RT	1
50.50	888	78	0	1200-3	46-3	BT	1
36.50	1026	90	0	0162-3 BT	1
SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL =	7 MODE C TOTAL =	3
74.25	146	12	?	1200-3	75-3	RB	1
64.00	417	36	7	1550-3	350-3	RB	1
49.87	860	75	? RT	1
50.25	888	78	? RT	1
51.25	907	79	? RT	1
51.12	902	79	0	1200-3	58-3	BT	1
36.26	1022	89	0	0162-3 BT	1
SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL =	7 MODE C TOTAL =	3
74.87	145	12	?	1200-3	75-3	RB	1
62.75	425	37	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	1
62.62	438	38	7	0000-0 RB	1
48.75	858	75	? RT	1
51.75	903	79	0	1200-3	78-3	BT	1
36.12	1017	89	0	0162-3 BT	1
SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL =	6 MODE C TOTAL =	3
75.50	145	12	?	1200-3	75-3	RB	1
61.37	437	38	7	1550-3	350-3	RB	1
52.12	898	78	7	1200-3	101-3	RB	1
35.87	1013	89	0	0162-3 BT	1
4 MODE C TOTAL =	3
60.00	448	38	7	1550-3	350-3	RB	1
52.00	889	78	0	1200-3	105-3	BT	1
SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL =	35.62	1012	88	0	0162-3 BT	1
3 MODE C TOTAL =	2
58.62	457	40	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	1
51.62	883	77	0	1200-3	102-3	BT	1
48.00	900	79	? RT	1
35.37	1005	88	0	0162-3 BT	1
37.62	1031	90	0	1200-3 BT	1
SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL =	5 MODE C TOTAL =	2
57.37	468	41	?	1550-3	350-3	RB	1
49.37	897	78	? RT	1
51.00	876	76	7	1200-3	107-3	RB	1
35.12	1002	88	0	0162-3 BT	1
4 MODE C TOTAL =	2
56.12	480	42	?	1550-3	350-3	RB	1
50.12	875	76	0	1200-3	112-3	BT	1

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