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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ALASKAN REGION 701 C Street, Anchorage, Alaska, 99513 DECEMBER 30, 1986 . CONTACT: PAUL STEUCKE, FAA, PUBLIC AFFAIRS, ALASKA (907) 271-5296 The following information constructed from personal handwritten notes, has been provided to Paul Steucke, FAA Public Affairs Officer, Alaskan Region, by Jim Derry, Manager, FAA Security Division, Alaskan Region, and constitutes the information obtained in personal interviews held the evening of Novmber 17, 1986, at Anchorage International Airport, with the flight crew of Japan Air Lines flight 1628, enroute from Europe and I…

Page two, JAL #1628, Notes, FAA, Alaska * Used onboard color radar, located aircraft, 7 miles. Size: “As big as B747 or larger, erratic movement." Lights: Yellow, Amber, Green, No red. Rotating Beacon. Many small lights. x * * One object, two sets of lights. * Speed of JAL B747: .84 Mach, (Approximately 525 knots) * ATC (Air Traffic Control) picked up target. * Target broke off ---40 N of TKA. (Talkeetna) * Radio: Received static only in VHF mode. (Abnormal) * JAL aircraft on instrument navi gation. * Flight Crew observation: Normal, professional, rational, no drug or alcohol involvement. . * …

Q News: US Department ; aa = ice of Public Aff Of Transportation Alaskan Region aus Federal Aviation 01 C Street. Box 14 Anch . Alaska 99513 Administration (907) 271-5296 ° FOR RELEASE ON CONTACT: PAUL STEUCKE MARCH 5, 1987 #87-09 FAA RELEASES DOCUMENTS ON_ REPORTED UFO SIGHTING LAST NOVEMBER The Federal Aviation Administration today released documents relating to the reported sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) over Alaska by a Japan Air Lines flight crew on November 17, 1986, saying it was unable to confirm the event. The material was issued by FAA's Regional Office in Anchorage,…

Paul Steucke, FAA Maren 5, 1987 Alaskan Region 701 C St. Box 14 Anch. AK 99513 UNIDENTIFIED AIR TRAFFIC SIGHTINGS, ALASKA (1) An Alaska Airlines flight crew of a Boeing 737 aircraft, flight #53, enroute from Nome to Anchorage, Alaska, on January 29, 1987, reported to the FAA Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center, the sighting of unidentified air traffic on their onboard weather radar system. The incident occurred at about 6:39 pm, 60 miles west of the community of McGrath, which is approximately 200 miles northwest of Anchorage. The aircraft was flying at 35,000 feet altitude at night, an…

-2- The Captain requested the Center to record his description: "Ah, would you please, ah, record my voice, ah, ah, ah...this is Japanese. Futeikina raito ga mieteriru. Choodo ookina Kuroi katamari ga mae ni iru. Kyorinisnite go mairu. Dooyara uchuusen no moyoo." English translation: "We see irregular pulsating lignts just there is a large black cnunk just in front of us distance is five miles it seems to be a spaceship. An, it likes, an, UFO, please, ah, cneck on your radar. Over." The cargo aircraft was about 240 nautical miles nortn of Nenana, Alaska, at 37,000 feet elevation. The weather w…

Paul Steucke ; March 5, 1987 FAA, Public Affairs Officer Alaskan Region 701 C Street, Box 14 Anchorage, Aiaska 99513 LACK OF "SCIENTIFIC" INVESTIGATION The Federal Aviation Administration has a number of employees who do scientific research with regard to aircraft, aviation, and related electronic equipment. The FAA does not have the resources or the Congressional mandate to investigate sightings of unidentified flying objects. We have not tried to determine what the crew of Japan Airlines flight 1628 saw based on scientific analysis of the stars, planets, magnetic fields, angle of view, etc. …

2) News: US Department of Transportation - Ottice of Public Affairs Fedarel Aviation rere beet treet, Box 14 Anchorage. Alaska 99513 Administration (907) 271-6296 CONTACT: PAUL STEUCKE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 6, 1987 (REVISED FEB.21,1987)# #86-06 (#87-09) ; The Alaska Airlines flight crew of a Boeing 737 aircraft, flight #53, enroute from Nome to Anchorage, Alaska, on January 29, 1987, reported to the FAA Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center, the sighting of unidentified air traffic on their onboard weather radar system. The incident occured at about 6:39 pm, 60 miles west of the …

@2- ALASKA AIRLINES RADAR SIGHTING, JAN.29, 1987. The flight crew reported that the target on their radar moved at a very high rate of speed, approximately 5 miles on each sweep of the radar (5 MILES PER SECOND). As the target moved off their radar they changed the range of their radar from 50 miles to 100 miles and saw the target briefly before it became lost in the ground clutter created by the Alaska Range of mountains. The flight crew was interviewed by FAA inspectors when they landed at Anchorage. Material developed as a result of this investi gation will be released on or about March 5, …