Radar Report Unclassified Complete

733667-001-011-0006

National Archives and Records Administration

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National Archives and Records Administration
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2.5 MB
External ID
3819c01e5b44a7dc88f61ec4b61f156383594545ac3a76b2a047a4adc6e9257e
Confidence
85%
Credibility
90%

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This document details communication between Japan Air Flight 1628 and the Fairbanks FAA tower regarding unidentified traffic during the flight's approach near Fairbanks, Alaska. The flight crew reported visual contact with an unidentified object, while the FAA confirmed no military aircraft in the vicinity.

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Air traffic controlAviation SafetyUAP FAAFlight CommunicationJapan AirUFO

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Fairbanks Airport Airport Location Unresolved …urn, three sixty. Okay. We have, no, we have confirmed, we have no military aircraft working up there. Okay thank you very much. You have no traffic at all? Th
Fairbanks at this time Sighting Location Unresolved …6: 24 0236237 0236: 47 02373223 0237225 0237: 29 Q237 : 30 0237 332 R15 JL1628 R15 D15 FBKS D15 D15 FBKS JL1628 R15 JL1628 RED JL1628 ROCC D15 D15 ROCC D15 Jap

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page 3 - flight 1628 0234:52 0234:56 0235:02 0235:24 0235227 0235:30 0235:39 0235:44 0236:12 0236:18 0236: 24 0236237 0236: 47 02373223 0237225 0237: 29 Q237 : 30 0237 332 R15 JL1628 R15 D15 FBKS D15 D15 FBKS JL1628 R15 JL1628 RED JL1628 ROCC D15 D15 ROCC D15 Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, understand your traffic is over Fairbanks at this time. Affirmative - - ah request heading two one zero. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, roger. Deviations approved as necessary for traffic. Approach center (Fairbanks FAA tower) on the Sixty one line. Approach. Look at your radar. We got a Japan Air one six two eight, ah-he's deviating. He's about ah-five miles north of Fairbanks V-O-R squawking one five five zero. Do you have any traffic with him? deviating. He sees traffic, he was Ah - ya, no we don't. his, ah-his target. I don't see anything there aside from Ah-Anchorage Center; Japan Air one six two eight, request direct ah-Talkeetna. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, cleared direct Talkeetna, and in-ah-advise me of your position of your traffic? | Ah, same po, same position. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, ah-sir I'm gonna request you to make a right tum, three six zero degrees, three hundred and sixty degree turn, and advise me what your traffic does then. Right turn, three sixty. Okay. We have, no, we have confirmed, we have no military aircraft working up there. Okay thank you very much. You have no traffic at all? That's correct, does. he (JAL-1628) still have somebody visual? He says he does. FBKS = Fairbanks Airport FAA Approach Control (Tower)