Pilot Report
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733667-001-011-0063
National Archives and Records Administration
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The document appears to be a transcript of a conversation regarding radar observations of an unidentified object, with references to the experience of the speaker in identifying aircraft on radar.
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. Beckner
Tamefu ji
Beckner
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Beckner
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Beckner
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Beckner
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Beckner
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Beckner
Tamefu ji
Mimoto
Tamefu ji
Beckner
Tamefu ji
Beckner
Tamefu ji
Beckner
Yes
Okay, the head-ons were brighter?
Er, yes
Okay, um = was there anything else on the radar that you were
able to see, or was that the only target that you had on the
radar?
Oh yes, and ah, I think ah, Captain tilt...
Tilt right
eo e e and ah, a certain tilt angle could catch the object...
Okay, SO, SO WaS there anything else showing on the radar...
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e e e that should be something spot or ground<echo, ah, ... ?
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e e © ah, I = I have many experience ah, ah, aircraft, echo
radar screen . « e,» eChO « e«
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e © © yeah, ah, so I could identify that is .. . ah aircraft
echo . .. lL have many experiences before in checking oncoming
aircrafts on a radar.
I experienced often in checking oncoming aircraft on radar
before.
Just like ah traffic.
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e e © just the right (unintelligible) ... talking.
» « e SO What you saw was similiar to what you seen before, when
you were picking up other traffic?
Yes
Okay, okay, um, the lighting conditions, I talked about the
lighting conditions outside. How 'bout the lighting conditions
inside the aircraft? Were there cockpit lights on... .
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