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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.

  • p. 3 …COMPUTER CDR PRINTOUT Reference to Japan Air Lines Flight #1628 November 17, 1986, 5:19 pm…
  • p. 20 …the intermittent radar images of Japan Air Lines flight 1628, on November 17, 1986, which occured…
  • p. 163 COMPUTER CDR PRINTOUT Reference to Japan Air Lines Flight #1628 November 17, 1986, 5:19 pm…

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TIME	ACID/SX	ABC/SY	RBC	FRM	RALT	PACP	PDEG	PRAN	RX	RY	DDE1	DRAN	IV	IV	REG	SPD	ADS	SYS	CIS
2:25:05.492	JL1629 -0057	1550	1550	47	350	309	27	95.92	39.29	79.04	25	95.97	-9	-506	190	504	UAR N	1	NPM
2:25:03.375	39.23	78.12 -147	-0	269	147 1	PAR
2:25:03.375	33.82	5.53 -142	-129	232	180 1	DPV
2:25:09.377	33.37	-1.13 -36	11	297	38 1	PAR
2:25:09.379	33.93	5.60 22	-41	150	16 1	DPV
2:25:09.743	0115-1510	0250 12 924	91	34.52	34.34	5.25 22	-41	150	16 1	DPV
2:25:09.743	34.21	5.29 1	NPM
49.10	-.40 1	NPM
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL =	7	MODE C	TOTAL =	3
2:25:19.109 1200	1200	47	74	152	13	65.95	15.26	63.42	13	65.05	17	196	5	187 1	NPM
2:25:19.491	JL1629 -0057	1550	1550	47	351	313	27	84.34	39.95	26.51	26	85.39	-22	-504	192	505	UAR N	1	NPM
2:25:20.425	39.09	76.45 1200	1200	47	114	995	97	49.59	49.32	.43	93	49.24	60	394	9	390 1	NPM
2:25:20.429	49.34	.81 1200	1200	47	114	995	97	49.59	49.32	.43	93	49.24	60	394	9	390 1	NPM
2:25:20.795	34.25	5.39 1200	1200	47	114	995	97	49.59	49.32	.43	93	49.24	60	394	9	390 1	NPM
48.71	-1.34 BO 1	NPM
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL =	5	MODE C	TOTAL =	3
2:25:30.217 1200	1200	47	74	151	13	65.44	15.29	63.93	13	65.56	14	193	4	194 1	NPM
2:25:30.635	JL1628 -0057	1550	1550	47	350	319	29	82.93	39.07	74.76	27	94.03	-17	-524	191	504	UAR N	1	NPM
2:25:32.455	39.04	74.76 1200	1200	45 1	PAP
2:25:32.457	0027-1612	1200	1200	45 1	DEV
2:25:32.451	49.91	2.25 12	114	994	97	48.86	49.60	.96 1	DEV
2:25:32.451	34.32	5.45 0250	0250	37 1	NPM
2:25:32.971	49.96	-.73 0000	023 PC 1	NPM
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL =	5	MODE C	TOTAL =	3
2:25:42.279 1200	1200	47 1	NPM
2:25:42.646	JL1629 -0057	1550	1550	47	350	325	29	81.32	38.95	73.14	29	82.64	-20	-592	192	503	UAR N	1	NPM
2:25:44.509	39.96	73.09 1200	1200	27	129	936	96	49.14	49.92	2.29	87	49.39	70	228	18	222 1	NPM
2:25:44.511	48.91	2.15 0250	0250	47 1	NPM
2:25:44.511	34.37	5.42 0250	0250	47 1	NPM
2:25:44.979	34.37	5.42 0250	0250	47 BO 1	NPM
49.09	-.04

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