Documents / Document
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.
“Japan Air Lines Flight 1628”3 pages
Read from the scan by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word.
TIME ACID/SX ARC/SY RBC FRM RALT PACP PDEG PRAN RY RY NDEG DRAN XV YN LDG CPU AES C SYS. CLS 2:41:35.827 1547 1542 47 94 1473 129 29.28 21.59 -19.25 131 29.73 43 215 11 210 1 NEM SUBSYS = 1 21.50 -19.90 2:41:10.327 JL1629 -0057 1550 14 3425 299 1.41 -2.71 -.01 263 2.77 117 220 64 462 UAR N 1 PAP -2.71 -.01 2:41:46.428 0260 0250 47 950 93 20.07 19.98 2.29 83 20.19 -8 -11 208 13 1 NEM 13.95 2.29 2:41:45.379 0152 0162 47 1251 92 19.54 19.73 -.50 91 19.71 -25 -92 195 96 1 NEM 19.70 -.51 2:41:47.160 2275 46 1134 99 15.14 14.92 -2.95 101 15.12 27 119 12 121 1 PAP 14.92 -2.95 2:41:47.152 0154-1604 2275 2275 11 1171 102 16.29 .07 .07 15.95 -3.65 2:41:47.155 0154-1610 2275 2275 11 1171 102 13.96 .00 .20 13.50 -3.12 2:41:47.170 1271 1271 47 710 1239 109 22.82 21.53 -7.32 108 22.82 6 -5 133 9 1 NEM 21.56 -7.39 2:41:47.979 1547 1547 47 92 1454 129 29.06 21.78 -18.37 132 28.59 54 208 14 215 1 NEM 21.71 -19.23 SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL = 3 MODE C TOTAL = 2 2:41:53.522 JL1628 -0052 1550 1550 15 3490 305 5.46 -4.87 2.21 294 5.35 150 312 25 346 UAR N 1 NEM -4.97 2.21 2:41:53.401 0250 47 951 93 20.07 19.99 2.29 83 23.18 =5 =10 205 11 1 NEM 19.95 2.26 2:41:58.782 2275 42 1117 93 15.17 14.92 -2.56 99 15.17 27 119 12 121 1 PAR 14.92 -2.56 2:41:53.734 0154-1504 2275 2275 12 1125 103 16.55 .00 .00 15.27 -3.35 2:41:58.787 0154-1610 2275 2275 12 1127 103 13.59 .00 .00 13.20 -3.17 2:41:58.793 0152 0162 47 1052 93 19.55 19.21 -90 92 19.25 =17 -96 190 99 1 NEM 19.67 -9.44 2:41:59.155 1271 1271 47 713 1239 109 22.83 21.53 -7.32 108 22.80 5 -3 120 6 1 NEM 21.57 -7.39 2:41:59.329 1547 1547 47 90 1449 127 27.81 21.92 -17.50 128 29.25 57 226 15 214 1 NEM 21.92 -17.54 SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL = 3 MODE C TOTAL = 2 2:42:05.914 JL1629 -0057 1550 1550 25 310 3644 320 7.42 -4.89 4.06 309 6.38 39 499 3 591 UAR N 1 NEM -4.94 3.99 2:42:10.491 0250 47 951 93 20.05 19.96 2.35 93 20.17 -5 -5 221 9 1 NEM 19.93 2.26 2:42:10.353 0154-1504 2275 2275 12 1193 104 16.90 .00 .00 16.35 -4.23 2:42:10.955 0154-1610 2275 2275 10 1193 104 13.35 .00 .00 12.90 -3.43 2:42:10.357 0162 0162 47 1074 94 19.69 19.72 -1.23 93 19.77 -10 -29 105 99 1 NEM 19.65 -1.18 2:42:11.391 1271 1271 47 710 1239 109 22.96 21.64 -7.40 108 22.92 7 -2 109 7 1 NEM 21.50 -7.33 2:42:12.000 1547 1547 47 98 1433 125 27.59 22.12 -16.93 127 29.02 59 224 16 212 1 NEM 22.12 -16.87
Document, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 179 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.