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1987 ALASKA PRSA AURORA AWARD CATEGORY #8, "OTHER" SUMMARY I. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this public affairs campaign was to; 1. Locate all the factual information available about the incident and make it available to the public. 2. Reduce and eliminate rumors, speculation, and false statements by employees and persons not involved or knowledgeable. 3. Respond to the public inquiry in such a manner that the agency integrity, dignity, and respect is maintained by both employees (morale, etc.) and non-employees. 4, Respond in a timely manner with all material and explanations to preclude a "cov…

-2-, 1987 Alaska PRSA Aurora Award Category #8, PTS 1. 2. \O © ee 10. 11. 13. A specific date would be chosen to release all the data. Staff assignments would be made to a variety of specialists to complete the research and assist the Public Affairs Office as needed. All known material/information would be collected, analyzed, arranged in logical order, and agency conclusions completed for release on March 5, 1987. Additional materials, under the guidance of the Public Affairs Office, would be created as needed to help explain the basic data (See item 7, section VII). A list of all available k…

-3-, 1987 Alaska PRSA Aurora Award Category #8, PTS TIT. EXECUTION: The above plan was executed. Major events by date follow. (1986) Nov. 17: Dec. 24: Dec. 29: (1987) Jan. O4: Jan. 05: Jan. 08: Feb. 21: Feb. 25: Mar. O1: Mar. O4: Mar. 05: Incident occurs, crew met at airport, interviewed, voice and radar tapes retrieved and stored, material held, controllers interviewed. Kyodo News Service correspondent visits, additional research started, interview provided. UPI-Alaska Bureau chief calls, visits, interviews, release. Followed by intense media interest (see items #8,9, Section VII). In respons…

-4-, 1987 Alaska PRSA Aurora Awards Category #8, PTS IV. RESULTS: 1. The public was provided with all materials at a nominal cost. 2. The media was provided with all materials and questions answered. 3. News media interest died 24 hours after the press conference, as desired and predicted. 4, All materials saved for archive purposes. 5. The agency revealed all, answered all, and maintained integrity between extremes of "believers" on one side and "De-bunkers" on the other (Walked-the-line). 6. The integrity of the flight crew and the airline was maintained. 7. Charges for materials were extrem…

Subject: From: To: Q Memorandum US.Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration JAL #1628, UFO January 5, 1987 Date: Paul Steucke, AAL-5 Public Affairs Officer Reply to Attn. of: Director, AAL-1 Attached for your review is a Public Affairs plan of action for an organized release of information regarding the sighting of unidentified air traffic by the crew of Japan Airlines flight 1628, on November 17, 1986. Three specific problems have created the need for this plan of action. (1) The public and media interest in this subject is far greater than anticipated and requires an orga…

\O © 10. WW. 12. 13. PUBLIC AFFAIRS PLAN FOR RELEASE OF INFORMATION RE JAL 1628 UFO JANUARY 5, 1987 A specific date should be chosen to release all the data. Suggest 10:00 am March 5, 1987. Staff assignments should be made to a variety of specialists to complete the research and assist the Public Affairs Office as needed. All known material/information should be collected, analyzed, arranged in logical order, and agency conclusions completed for release on March 5, 1987. Additional materials, under the guidance of the Public Affairs Office, can be created as needed to help explain the basic da…

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PEREENOMENA RESEARCH REPORT Vol. No. Robert J. Gr e, Editor Issue No. 30 A NIGHT FLIGHT TO REMEMBER=-A full moon shown in the Arctic sky as Captain Kenju Terauc ook o rom Iceland November 17, 1986, in a Japan Air Lines cargo jet loaded with French Beaujolais wine. He was bound for Anchorage, Alaska on a route across Greenland to Eismere Island, Canada, over the Beaufort Sea, then into Alaska air space above Fort Yukon. For the first two and a half hours, the flight--crewed by Terauchi, co-pilot Takanori Tamefuji and engineer Yoshio Tsukuda--was uneventful. The sky was clear and the winds--exce…