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Radar computer printout, continuous data recording

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault · 179 pages · text by 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.

TIME	ACID/SY	ABC/SY	RBC	FRM	RALT	PAGE	PDEG	PRAN	RE	RY	DDEJ	DRAN	LV	YH	MDG	SPD	ADS	O	SYS	CLS
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL = 1
3:09:04.155 2020 34 2065	191	147.91	-3.62	-147.70	191	147.59	-165	7	272	165 PO 1	NRM
	-3.42 -147.79
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL = 1
3:09:13.315 0000 44 2054	191	147.24	-2.49	-142.23	192	142.49	-92	10	277	93 PO 1	NRM
	-3.42 -147.73
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL = 1
3:09:29.329 0000 47 2064	191	147.71	-3.39	-147.70	181	147.55	-72	11	279	73 PO 1	NRM
	-3.50 -147.59
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL = 1
3:08:40.379 0000 46 2066	191	147.67	-3.95	-147.55	191	147.57	-72	11	279	72 PO 1	PAP
	-3.85 -147.65
3:09:40.330 0155-1527 12 2059	190	142.21	-2.03	-147.73 199	-0	90	197 PO 1	DEV
	-2.29 -147.70
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL = 2
3:08:52.467 0000 27 2053	190	147.84	-1.81	-147.97	190	147.53	221	-9	92	221 PO 1	NPM
	-2.01 -147.79
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL = 1
3:09:24.547 0000 26 2050	190	147.55	-1.29	-147.92	192	147.42	221	-3	32	221 PO 1	PAP
	-1.28 -147.92
3:09:04.519 0155-1505 12 2052	190	142.72	-2.93	-142.71 -26	5	293	27 PO 1	DEV
	-2.20 -147.75
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL = 2
3:09:15.543 0000 27 2062	191	147.85	-3.62	-147.92	181	147.71	-96	0	279	95 PO 1	NPM
	-3.00 -147.91
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL = 1
3:09:29.538 0000 37 2054	191	147.75	-3.39	-147.70	191	147.55	-101	10	275	102 PO 1	NPM
	-3.35 -147.75
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL = 1
3:09:40.555 0000 24 2169	190	159.72	-29.23	-157.23	192	159.01	-56	10	290	57 PO 1	NPM
	-29.23 -157.03
3:09:40.557 0000 36 2065	191	147.74	-3.70	-147.71	181	147.51	-101	10	275	102 PO 1	PAP
	-3.70 -147.71
3:09:40.559 0155-1515 11 2061	191	145.83	.00	.20 41	93	23	102 PO 1	RT
	-3.03 -145.29
3:09:40.552 0155-1624 11 2062	191	148.79	.00	.20 22	-99	157	102 PO 1	LT
	-3.21 -149.75
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL = 4
3:09:52.523 0000 40 2056	191	147.71	-3.84	-147.70	191	147.61	-92	9	275	98 PO 1	NPM
	-3.96 -147.69
SUBSYS = 1	TOTAL = 1

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