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A JAL flight engineer, Beckner of FAA on was interviewed by Pete through an interpreter, Yoshio Tsukuba, January 15, 1987, Sayoko Mimoto, regarding to the UFO which had been sighted on the 17th of November, 1986, by Captain Terauchi. Beckner : Tsukubas Beckner : Mimotos Tsukuba: Beckners: Tsukubas Beckners: Tsukubas Beckners: Tsukuba: Beckner: Tsukubas Beckners: Describe what you Saw. May I speak in Japanese? Oh! Oh! Yes, YES, please. please. The first time I the 11 o'clock navigation lights. of those (lights) were undulating. saw it was through the Li window, at position. It looked larger than I do not remember exactly how many were there but clusters of lights What was the color of those lights, was it green? I can not describe the details but it was white or amber colored lights. When you saw the object was it obvious to you? Did you notice it immediately? I noticed it immediately. Yes, it was. Did it stay with you at position 11 o’clock? How long did you see this object? Yes, approximately 5 minutes, 10 minutes, I think I saw it for about 10 minutes after I sighted it the first time. The reason is because the Captain wanted to take pictures. His camera bag was placed behind his seat, beside mine, and I handed it to him. But he could not take pictures, so I placed his camera bag beside my seat again. So I think it took about 10 minutes. Why could he not take any pictures? Well, his camera is Alpha 7,000, with film ASA 100. He could not operate it well. I mean the operating procedure of the camera was not understood well. What kind of camera did he have?