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-' ~ lot. lot. c . a: 0 ... a: - c JAPAN AIRLINES #628, January ll.J,--.1987, Captain Terauchi ~ -~ 10. TYPE 1 . CONTROL/COMMUNICATION FACILITY~ ~ErAfllTUP'IE P'OINT/OATE/TIME 7 . P'IADAR COVERAGE OYEs li]NO Anchorage ARTCC ~:J>ESTINATION ETA OR ATA 8 . RADAR CONTROL. 2. FLIGHT PLAN/CL.EARANCE U1FR QYES OvFR ~NO 3 . TAKEOFF GROSS WEIGHT/C.G . 6. LAST COMMUNICATION (Position. Time, Altitude) APPROACH 1. PIC 2 . SIC 3. FE NAME Kenivu Terauchi Hiratsuka Okudaira DATE OF BIRTH/AGE CERTIFICATE NO. AND TYPE DATE OF LAST MEDICAL > HOURS THIS MAKE/MODEL CZ: HOURS LAST 90 DAYS -MAKE/MODEL 0 t; TOl Al HOUP.S LAST 90 DAYS : :i TOTAL HOURS ~ t--D~U~T...cY-=-T~IM...::..:E~l~La~s-t-~-4-H_a_u-rs-,------+----------+----------~---------......1 w a: RATINGS u PROFICIENCY CHECK OATE ! ROUTE CHECK DATE ____ ~~----11-------------1~---------+----~------I 1 SIM\.J~·'\TOR CHECK i I SEAT OCCUPIED I --+----I I DOMICILE ICiryandSrar,·1 : n T...,Eq s rt.:·Fv ~ I 1 PASSENGERS : 2 EQUIPMENT ! 3 ENVIRONMENT ! 4 INVESTIGATION I YES! NO ~ H oBEsF 1 I sEATs i--~MOKE I \JT..?.!:'. N oT1F1_E_D ___________ --1---+...cx:...:._...i ~ . , , ,\C~ED RESTRAINTS 1 FUMES VOI CE RECOR'.JER REVIEW X z -L_TsuND : Ex.Ts __ I 1 _:1.~~--___ .L ' ·LICHT Rt.r.oR~~~ qEv_1Ew ______ ...__..__X__. ~ i I INFANT : SLIClS I 4 LIGhTS i OFFICE INvEs~:GATION x ::i I I : ! RAFTS __ ~_=rt-·-~ -~ SCE•·-,E-IN-'\-,E-S_T_l_S_A_T_l_O_•l---------~-x--1 :C : \ I j VESTS 1 ' : I i . REPORT suE1M1TTED B Y Michael Post 1 s . s ci.;RcE ':'F 1..._Fo rrew JnterviPw l f J ' i 1 "'4 ~ . 2. OFF 1cE AAL-FSD0-63 ! 6 . FAA cooRD11'iATOR 1NvESTK Adams f.. A F11 er --. c 3 . DATE 2/20/87 I 7. NTSB 1NvEST1GATOR none w > ~ ct . ! ~~I z . <1. D1STR1BuT10N AV'N-120 thru AAL-250, cy: -AAL-~$Ci RELATED REPORTS .... ~...,.,, Captain Terauchi reported seeing a group of unusual lights appear in front of his aircraft at what ·appeared to be approximately 2,000 feet below his altitude of FL370 , and then disappeared under the nose of the airplane at approximately 240 nautical miles north of Nenana, Alaska. This phenomenon occurred again at approxi mately 151 nautical miles north of Nenana but this time the lights appeared at his 10: 00 position and slowly moved to the 9:00 and 8:00 positions before dis- appearing. During an interview with the flight crew conducted at Anchorage, it was noted that the aircraft flight path was north of and directly over the villag1 of Arctic Village, Alaska at the time of the first sighting and 45 nautical miles northwest and west of the village of Fort Yukon duri ng the second sighting. Captain Terauchi now believes that the unusual lights he saw were those village lights that had been obscured or changed by ice crystals present in the atmospher1 . ! n U.S GPO 1981 · 775-536'115 / FEB 5 1987 The following chronology summarizes the communications and actions of Japan Airlines Flight 628, (JL628), from 1624 UTC to 1723 UTC, January 11, 1987 All times listed are approximate UTC unless otherwise specified. 1629 -JL628 requested traffic information, advising the ZAN controller that they had "special lights" two miles ahead, two thousand feet below. 1630 -JL628 requested that the following transmission be recorded (spoken in Japanese): "Futeikina raito ga mieteiru Choodo ookina kuroi katamari ga mae ni iru Kyorinishite go mairu Dooyara uchuusen no moyoo" English translation as follows: "We see irregular pulsating lights just, there is a black chunk (just) in front (of us) distance is five miles it seems to be a spaceship. 1631 -The ZAN controller advised JL628 that the radar, in JL628's vicinity, was out of service. 1633 -The ZAN controller advised JL628 that they would check with the military radar. 1634 -JL628 advised that the traffic was "one mile ahead", "same direction heading one eight zero approximate". 1636 -J L62 8 asked ZAN if there wa s any town in his vicinity and ZAN res ponde d that the closest town would b e Fort Yukon. 1637 -ZAN asked JL628 to say flight conditions and JL628 reported clear, wind two five two diagonal four six , temperature minus two". "sky five 1638 -JL628 requested and received a s eries of 45 degr e e turns . advised by ZAN that the y were r adar contact 220 miles Fairbanks. The y were north of 1639 -The Regional Operations Command Center (ROCC) advi s e d ZAN that JL628 was p assing over Arti e Villa g e and what the aircraft probably saw was lights from that village. They, t h e ROCC, s tated that there was no traffic in t h e vicinity of JL628. I 1640 -ZAN attempted to inform JL628 that he was over Artie Village; however, JL628 made several transmissions that indicate he did not comprehend what the Controller had stated. 1641 -JL628 advised "U-F-0 is disappeared". 1646 -JL628 requested traffic information advising they could see lights at 10 o'clock, five miles, same direction, two thousand …