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Paul Steucke March 5, 1987 FAA, Public Affairs Officer Alaskan Region 701 C Street, Box 14 Anchorage, Aiaska 99513 LACK OF "SCIENTIFIC" INVESTIGATION The Federal Aviation Administration has a number of employees who do scientific research with regard to aircraft, aviation, and related electronic equipment. The FAA does not have the resources or the Congressional mandate to investigate signtings of unidentified flying objects. We have not tried to determine what the crew of Japan Airlines flight 1628 saw based on scientific analysis of the stars, planets, magnetic fields, angle of view, etc. We have received letters from several persons Suggesting that we ask the crew and others a variety of detailed questions from a scientific viewpoint. This we have not done and do not intend to do. We reviewed the data that was created by our systems, the interviews that were done by FAA to determine the status of the crew and the aircraft, and have provided that information to the public. Tne FAA has completed its investigation of JAL flight 1628, and does not intend to pursue it any further." iF it if