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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.
Read from the scan by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word.
BEACON TARGET REPORTS STIME 11/18/86 BEACON ALT PAGE 13 SYS RANGE ACP DEG SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL = 2:42:51.282 1 MODE C TOTAL = 1 46.62 906 79 7 RT 1 48.62 907 79 7 1200-3 33-3 RB 1 49.25 909 79 0 1200-3 56-3 BT 1 SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL = 2:43:14.699 2 MODE C TOTAL = 1 49.37 777 68 0 1200-3 BT 1 47.75 915 80 7 RT 1 49.37 913 80 0 1200-3 69-3 BT 1 SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL = 2:43:24.843 121.25 83 7 7 RT 1 4 MODE C TOTAL = 1 49.12 922 81 0 1200-3 73-3 BT 1 48.50 931 81 0 1200-3 73-3 BT 1 SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL = 2:43:51.338 1 MODE C TOTAL = 1 47.62 932 81 7 RT 1 47.75 928 81 0 1200-3 71-3 BT 1 47.75 928 81 0 1200-3 71-3 RB 1 SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL = 2:44:03.363 2 MODE C TOTAL = 1 47.12 924 81 7 1200-3 71-3 RB 1 1 MODE C TOTAL = 1 47.12 925 81 7 RT 1 SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL = 2:44:15.445 46.75 909 79 7 1200-3 71-3 RB 1 2 MODE C TOTAL = 1 46.87 901 79 7 1200-3 70-3 RB 1 1 MODE C TOTAL = 1 SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL = 2:44:51.393 1 MODE C TOTAL = 1 47.75 885 77 7 1200-3 72-3 RB 1 1 MODE C TOTAL = 1 48.37 882 77 7 1200-3 74-3 RB 1 SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL = 2:45:03.486 1 MODE C TOTAL = 1 48.87 886 77 7 RT 1 49.00 880 77 7 1200-3 76-3 RB 1 144.37 46 4 7 RT 1 SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL = 2:45:27.583 3 MODE C TOTAL = 1 49.87 881 77 7 1200-3 77-3 RB 1 1 MODE C TOTAL = 1 50.50 757 66 0 1200-1 BT 1 SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL = 2:45:39.287 50.37 884 77 7 RT 1 50.50 887 77 7 1200-3 81-3 RB 1 3 MODE C TOTAL = 1 51.00 887 77 7 1200-3 84-3 RB 1 SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL = 2:46:03.213 1 MODE C TOTAL = 1 51.37 766 67 0 1200-3 BT 1 51.37 888 78 7 1200-3 85-3 RB 1 51.50 909 79 7 1200-3 85-3 RB 1 SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL = 2:46:15.621 3 MODE C TOTAL = 2 51.75 919 79 7 1200-3 85-3 RB 1 1 MODE C TOTAL = 1 52.12 920 80 7 1200-3 86-3 RB 1 SUBSYS = 1 TOTAL = 2:46:39.731 1 MODE C TOTAL = 1 52.50 926 81 7 1200-3 86-3 RB 1
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