733667-001-015

MILITARY REPORT

AI Summary

This document is a transcription of communications regarding the Japan Airlines Flight 1628 incident on November 18, 1986, where the flight reported unidentified traffic during its flight near Alaska.

Key Findings

- Japan Airlines Flight 1628 reported visual contact with unidentified traffic. - Air traffic control confirmed no military aircraft in the vicinity. - Multiple radar contacts were reported, but the nature of the traffic remained unidentified. - The flight was instructed to deviate from its course due to the unidentified object. - A United Airlines flight was tasked to visually identify the traffic but reported no sightings of other aircraft.

OCR Text

Subject: From: To: Memorandum U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration INFORMATION: Transcription concerning the incident involving Japan Airlines Flight 1628 on November 18, 1986 at approximately 0218 UTC. Date: Quentin J. Gates Air Traffic Manager, ANC ARTCC Reply to Attn. of : Anchorage ARTCC 5400 Davis Hwy. Anchorage, Alaska January 9, 1987 This transcription covers the time period from November 18, 1986, 0214 UTC to November 18, 1986, 0259 UTC. Agencies Making Transmissions Abbreviations Japan Airlines Flight 1628 JL1628 Anchorage ARTCC Combined Sector R/Dl5 R/Dl5 Anchorage ARTCC Sector Dl5 Dl5 Anchorage ARTCC Sector Rl5 Rl5 Regional Operations Command Center ROCC United Airlines Flight 69 UA69 TOTEM71 TOTEM Fairbanks Approach Control APCH I hereby certify that the following is a true transcription of the recorded conversations pertaining to the subject incide t: Specialist (0214) (0215) (0216) (0217) (0218) (0219) 0219:15 0219:24 0219:28 0219:32 0219:36 0219:49 0219: 58 0220 :04 0220: 14 0220:21 JL1628 R/Dl5 JL1628 R/Dl5 JL1628 R/Dl5 JL1628 R/Dl5 JL1628 R/Dl5 Anchorage Center Japan Air sixteen twenty eight ah do you have any traffic ah seven o'clock above Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy say again Ah do you have any traffic in front of us Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy negative Ah Japan Air sixteen twenty eight roger and ah we insight ah two traffic ah in front of us one mile about Japan Air sixteen twenty eight roger do you have ah can you identify the aircraft Ah we are not sure but ah we have traffic in sight now Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy roger maintain visual cont~ct with your traffic and ah can you say the altitude of the traffic Um at the same altitude sixteen twenty eight Japan Air sixteen twenty eight roger would you like higher or lower altitude 0222:36 JL1628 0222:41 R/Dl5 0222:46 JL1628 0222:48 R/Dl5 0222:52 JL1628 0222:55 JL1628 0223:00 R/Dl5 0223:05 JL1628 0223:10 R/Dl5 0223:13 JL1628 0223: 19 R/Dl5 0223:26 JL1628 0223:35 ROCC 0223:37 R/015 Just ah now (unintelligible) Japan Air sixteen twenty eight your garbled change to frequency one three three point one Ah confirm one three three one Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy affi"rmative Thank you Anchorage Center Japan Air sixteen twenty eight flight.level three five zero Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy roger and do you have clouds apove you or below you bel~w -below us Japan Air sixteen twenty eight Japan Air sixteen twenty.eight roger And now the target ah traffic is ah extinguished ah we cannot see now Japan Air sixteen twenty eight roger and I'm not receiving any radar replies Ah negative One dash two go ahead Ya could you look ah approximately forty miles south of Fort Yukon there should be a code up there of one five five zero can you tell me you see a primary target about his position (0214) (0215) (0216) (0217) (0218) (0219) 0219:15 0219:24 0219:28 0219:32 0219:36 0219:49 0219:58 0220:04 0220:14 0220:21 JL1628 R/Dl5 JL1628 R/Dl5 JL1628 R/Dl5· JL1628 R/Dl5 JL1628 R/D15 Anchorage Center Japan Air sixteen twenty eight ah do you have any traffic ah seven o'clock above Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy say again Ah do you have any traffic in front of us Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy negative Ah Japan Air sixteen twenty eight roger and ah we insight ah two traffic ah in front of us one mile about Japan Air sixteen twenty eight roger do you have ah can you identify the aircraft Ah we are not sure but ah we have traffic in sight now Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy roger maintain visual contact with your traffic and ah can you say the altitude of the traffic Um at the same altitude sixteen twenty eight Japan Air sixteen twenty eight roger would you like higher or lower altitude 0223:51 ROCC (0224) 0224:09 R/Dl5 0224: 11 ROCC 0224: 13 R/Dl5 0224:14 ROCC 0224: 17 JL1628 0224:19 R/Dl5 0224: 21 ROCC 0224:50 R/Dl5 0224 : 53 JL1628 0225:02 R/Dl5 0225: 1 2 JL1628 0 225: 18 R/Dl5 Okay stand-by - -I'm going to expand out - -just a moment here - -one five five zero squawk huh Affirmative Let me take a look here High altitude thirty five thousand Okay let me switch over to my other scope here Japan Air sixteen twenty eight Alright I'll see what ah I'll call you right back Okay R-F Japan Air sixteen twenty eight do you still have ah visual contact with the ah traffic Affirmative ah so we radar contact ah (unintelligible) Japan Air sixteen tYenty eight heavy roger sir I'm picking up a ah hit on the radar approximately five miles in trail of your six o'clock position do you concur Ah negative ah eleven o'clock ah eight miles ah same level over Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy roger 0225:37 ROCC 0225:39 R/Dl5 0225:43 ROCC 0225:50 R/Dl5 0225:57 ROCC 0226:03…

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Classification
UNCLASSIFIED
Department
National Archives and Records Administration
Confidence85
Credibility90

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