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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.

STIME	RANGE	ACP	DEG	Q	BEACON	ALT	PAGE
QUA	SYS
2:03:13.355	206.62	1191	103	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	3
2:29:25.438	206.62	1197	104	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	3
2:03:37.159	205.52	1191	104	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	3
2:03:49.648	206.62	1197	105	0	1550-3	360-3	BT	3
2:03:31.572	206.62	1209	105	0	1550-3 BT	3
	206.75	1204	105	0	1650-3	360-3	BT	3
2:00:13.508	205.75	1208	105	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	3
2:00:25.357	205.75	1214	105	0	1552-3	350-3	BT	3
2:10:01.630	207.09	1230	108	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	3
2:10:13.323	207.25	1235	108	0	1550-3	360-3	BT	3
2:12:33.503	135.50	157	13	0	1550-3	351-3	BT	1
2:12:45.630	194.87	159	13	0	1550-3	351-3	BT	1
2:12:57.719	193.25	150	14	0	1550-3	351-3	BT	1
2:14:21.952	171.87	157	14	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	1
2:11:31.012	170.25	159	14	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	1
2:15:34.153	162.25	175	15	0	1550-3	340-3	BT	1
2:15:45.239	150.50	177	15	0	1550-3	349-3	BT	1
2:15:53.083	150.30	172	15	0	1550-3	340-3	BT	1
2:16:45.324	152.50	195	16	0	1550-3	349-3	BT	1
2:17:59.464	142.75	195	17	0	1550-3	360-3	BT	1
2:18:59.515	134.75	206	19	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	1
2:20:15.913	122.25	227	19	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	1
2:21:22.753	115.50	235	20	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	1
2:21:59.273	112.75	242	21	0	1550-3	360-3	BT	1
2:23:23.289	99.75	256	23	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	1
2:23:59.113	95.12	229	24	0	1552-3	350-3	BT	1
2:25:11.325	35.97	307	26	0	1550-3	351-3	BT	1
2:27:35.083	50.25	300	34	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	1
2:27:19.070	35.87	399	34	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	1
2:23:00.151	35.50	404	35	0	1552-3	352-3	BT	1
2:23:24.066	52.75	425	37	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	1
2:29:00.193	58.52	457	40	0	1550-3	352-3	BT	1
2:30:24.789	50.00	549	49	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	1
2:30:35.072	13.87	567	49	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	1
2:30:48.958	47.62	579	50	0	1550-3 BT	1
2:31:20.062	46.37	594	52	0	1550-3	360-3	BT	1
2:31:24.959	13.37	512	53	0	1550-3	350-3	BT	1
2:31:35.085	41.87	515	51	0	1550-3	349-3	BT	1
2:32:13.387	37.12	635	55	0	1550-3	349-3	BT	1
2:32:26.481	35.62	644	56	0	1560-3	340-3	BT	1
2:33:37.566	26.25	702	61	0	1550-3	342-3	BT	1
2:33:42.717	24.75	729	64	0	1550-3	340-3	BT	1
2:34:01.691	23.12	733	64	0	1550-3	339-3	BT	1
2:34:25.911	20.12	778	68	0	1550-3	334-3	BT	1
2:34:37.999	19.62	804	70	0	1550-3	332-3	BT	1
2:35:14.613	11.75	917	80	0	1560-3	335-3	BT	1
2:36:03.659	12.00	1233	108	0	1550-3	316-3	BT	1
2:35:29.203	12.25	1432	126	0	1550-3	311-3	BT	1
2:35:40.543	12.52	1525	134	0	1550-3	311-3	BT	1
2:37:17.047	14.62	1755	154	0	1550-3	310-3	BT	1
2:37:53.579	15.97	1974	173	0	1550-3	311-3	BT	1
2:33:06.138	16.00	2041	179	0	1550-3	310-3	BT	1
2:38:42.709	16.00	2239	196	0	1550-3	310-3	BT	1

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