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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.
“Japan Air Lines Flight 1628”3 pages
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March 5, 1987 FAA, Alaskan Region Public Affairs Office 701 C Street, Box 14 Anchorage, Alaska 99513 COMPUTER CDR PRINTOUT Reference to Japan Air Lines Flight #1628 November 17, 1986, 5:19 pm AKST RECORDED FAA RADAR DATA TIME:11/18/86, 02:11.23 UTC 11/18/86, 02:49.13 UTC* (38 minutes computer time) (20 minutes between first and last uncorrelated return) RANGE:35-215，AZIMUTH:1-90 1550 = Computer assignment number for JAL #1628. RB = Reinforced Beacon return (Normal) RT = Primary radar return, uncorrelated (Skin/surface) BT = Secondary radar return, (Beacon/transponder) Number of pages in computer printout = 15 Pages with uncorrelated returns: 2,3,4,5,6,7,10. 19 = NUMBER OF UNCORRELATED RETURNS 86 = NUMBER OF USABLE RADAR RETURNS 105 = TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNS FOR ABOVE TIME FRAME. 0219:15, (5:19 pm) Pilot first questioned ARTCC re other traffic. 0253:13, (5:53 pm) Pilot said, "I couldn't see UFO". *UTC = UNIVERSAL TIME COORDINATED
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