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Radar computer printout, continuous data recording

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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.

  • 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…
TIME	AGID/SX	ABG/SY	RBG	ERM	RALT	PADP	PDEG	11/19/55	LAGS	SYS	CLS
PPAN	RX	RY	DDEG	DRAN	XV	YV	HPG	SPD	ADS C
2:53:02.277	TOTEM71-2144	4371	47	211	1927	152	131.99	43.65	-123.23	162	131.11	103	-321	162	339	UAP E	1	NPM
2:53:02.079	UA69	-0077	2332	2332	47	272	1914	169	69.30	14.97	-59.25	167	69.91	-157	414	338	417	DEP N	1	NPM
2:53:02.444 0000 24 1979	173	144.47	15.99	-143.35	173	144.75	-96	-42	245	105 BO 1	NPM
2:53:02.449	JL1629	-0121	1550	1550	47	309	1927	159	96.99	17.45	-93.75	169	95.53	75	-192	171	498	UAP N	1	NPM
2:53:02.939 0000 24 2060	191	144.16	-2.95	-144.29	191	113.99	-19	-12	257	52 BO 1	NPM
-2.95	-144.09
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL =	5	MODE G	TOTAL =	3
2:53:14.077	TOTEM71-0141	4371	47	212	1929	150	132.95	43.23	-124.43	152	132.09	64	-330	169	336	UAP N	1	NPM
2:53:14.079	UA69	-0077	2332	2332	47	253	1911	157	66.79	14.67	-66.75	167	69.32	-113	430	345	444	DEP N	1	NPM
2:53:14.450 0000 23 1990	174	144.59	15.43	-143.54	173	144.99	-96	-43	245	106 BO 1	PAR
2:53:14.452	0065-1513	0000 12 1959	172	143.97	13.04	-142.71 279	93	72	294 BO 1	DEV
2:53:14.155	JL1629	-0101	1550	1550	47	309	1925	169	99.64	19.19	-95.26	169	97.13	102	-195	169	497	UAP N	1	NPM
	19.21	-95.23
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL =	5	MODE G	TOTAL =	3
2:53:25.333	TOTEM71-0144	4371	47	211	1932	151	133.93	43.14	-125.39	151	132.95	21	-330	176	232	UAP N	1	NPM
2:53:25.335	UA69	-2077	2332	2332	47	255	1926	167	65.35	14.67	-65.35	157	65.90	-55	439	352	443	DEP N	1	NPM
2:53:26.547 0002 25 1990	174	144.40	15.23	-143.42	174	144.74	-89	-22	255	92 BO 1	NPM
2:53:25.551	JL1629	-0101	1550	1550	47	309	1929	159	120.30	17.99	-96.95	169	99.79	65	-192	172	499	UAP N	1	NPM
	19.12	-96.95
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL =	4	MODE G	TOTAL =	3
2:53:39.210 0000 07 1952	152	133.23	39.45	-127.25	152	133.42	0	0	45	0 1	NPM
2:53:39.243	TOTEM71-0144	4371	35	212	1934	151	134.26	43.10	-125.93	161	133.46	-21	-259	184	261	UAP N	1	NPM
2:53:39.244	UA69	-0077	2332	2332	47	245	1920	155	53.99	14.75	-53.92	167	65.49	-3	442	359	439	DEP N	1	NPM
2:53:39.502 0000 35 1979	173	144.05	15.42	-143.15	173	144.50	-39	27	305	46 BO 1	NPM
2:53:39.505	JL1529	-0101	1550	1550	47	309	1930	159	101.93	13.03	-98.59	159	137.42	42	-491	175	197	UAP N	1	NPM
	19.20	-99.60
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL =	5	MODE G	TOTAL =	3
2:53:50.244 0000 05 1952	162	133.23	39.45	-127.25	162	133.42	0	0	45	0 1	NPM
2:53:50.245	TOTEM71-0144	4371	35 1952	152	134.19	42.07	-127.19	162	133.58	-357	-253	233	147	UAP N	1	NPM
2:53:50.249	UA69	-0077	2332	2332	47	237	1994	166	62.62	14.71	-52.40	165	63.97	22	439	2	439	DEP N	1	NPM
2:53:50.520 0000 45 1992	174	144.09	15.01	-143.15	174	141.75	-44	12	295	46 BO 1	NPM
2:53:50.524	JL1629	-0121	1550	1550	47	309	1931	169	103.56	19.32	-107.19	159	102.05	42	-492	175	425	UAP N	1	NPM
	19.32	-100.25
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL =	5	MODE G	TOTAL =	2

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