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SUBJECT: 11/86 JAPAN AIRLINE UFO REPORT FILE: UFO1357
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Report #: 203
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From: UFO INFO SERVICE
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Date Sent: 12-31-1986
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Subject: ANCHORAGE, AK
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CASE TYPE: RV *
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DATE: 17 NOVEMBER 1986
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TIME: 18:19 HOURS
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CFN#: 0325
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DURATION: 20:MINUTES
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WITNESSES: THREE
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SOURCE: UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A mysterious unidentified flying object with flashing
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white and yellow strobe lights followed a Japan Air Lines cargo jet across the
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Arctic Circle, the crew says.
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The three-man crew radioed air traffic controllers in Anchorage that a huge
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UFO was flying "in formation" with them and the Air Force briefly confirmed
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and object near the plane, said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Paul
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Steucke.
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He said the FAA in Anchorage and Fairbanks did not pick up the object. The
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incident occurred Nov.17 but was not made public earlier.
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Flight 1628 had left Reykjavik, Iceland, flying over the North Pole to Tokyo
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with a stop in Anchorage. When it landed at Anchorage, FAA security manager
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Jim Derry interviewed the pilot, Co-pilot and flight engineer. When the
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report was made to the Air Route Traffic Control Center at 6:19 p.m., Steucke
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said controllers tried to find the object on radar but "were unable to comfirm
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a second target with our equipment."
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At 6:26 p.m. Steucke said the Air Force told the FAA it "saw a second target
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(object) 8 miles away (from the JAL jet) but they contacted us a minute later
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and said they were no longer receiving any radar return (of a second object)."
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Steucke added, "At 6:32 the JAL pilot requested and received permission for a
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descent from 35,000 feet to 31,000." Air controllers asked if the lights were
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still there, and were told, "It is descending in formation." At 6:39 p.m.,20
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minutes after the lights first reported, the JAL crew said it no longer saw
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the lights.
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At 6:45 p.m. Fairbanks controllers authorized a United Airlines northbound jet
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to make a 10 degree turn to better view the JAL plane and asked the United
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crew if it saw anything besides the Boeing 747. It did not. Nor did the JAL
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crew see the lights again.
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Report #: 205
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From: UFO INFO SERVICE
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Date Sent: 01-11-1987
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Subject: ANCHORAGE, AK
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CASE TYPE: RV - RADAR VISUAL
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DATE: 17 NOVEMBER 1986
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TIME: 1819 HOURS
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CFN#: 0327
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DURATION: 20: MINUTES
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WITNESSES: THREE
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SOURCE: UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
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FAA says UFO on radar screen was just a double image of jet
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United Press International
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ANCHORAGE - Federal investigators say a review of radar tapes failed to show a
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UFO shadowing a Japan Air Lines cargo jet, contradicting reports made by the
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crew and the air-traffic controller who handled the plane.
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The Federal Aviation Administration's examination of the tapes shows what
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appears to be a second object near JAL Flight 1628 on Nov. 17, but
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investigators now think it is a double image from the Boeing 747, FAA spokes-
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man Paul Steucke said yesterday.
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On Dec. 29 the FAA released details of the UFO sighting, revealing the
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flight controller handling the jet saw an object on radar five miles from the
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plane. The Anchorage Air Route Traffice Control Center directed the crew to
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take evasive maneuvers, including a 4,000-foot drop and a 360 degree turn.
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Co-pilot Takanori Tamefuji, 39, said yesterday he did not know why the FAA
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first confirmed a nearby object and now dismisses it as an image of the 747.
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In his second interview with the FAA Tuesday, Tamefuji reiterated that he
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saw lights, and Steucke said, "The co-pilot's testimony supported the
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pilot's."
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Although the FAA is satisfied with the double-image explanation, the inquiry
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is continuing with interviews of the crew and a review of data, Steucke said.
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Steucke said the pilot, co-pilot and flight engineer have told the same
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story: Blinking yellow, amber and green lights appeared too close to their
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plane for comfort.
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The FAA says the controller apparently misinterpreted what he saw on his
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screen. But Steucke defended the controller's response, saying, "He had a
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pilot tell him he was seeing something right there. This is not something
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where he can take a risk even if it is a double image."
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The radar image seen in the JAL cockpit and by the controller also appeared
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intermittently on Air Force radar. Air Force spokesmen dismissed it as
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"random clutter."
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* THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo *
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