Pilot Report Unclassified Complete

733667-001-030-0002

National Archives and Records Administration

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Department
National Archives and Records Administration
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1.8 MB
External ID
0f9c184762473591e513b67ddbcad597a69e751da5437d6d63c1024a475d7627
Confidence
85%
Credibility
80%

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Intelligence summary

This document is a transcription of recorded conversations related to an incident involving Alaska Airlines Flight 53 on January 30, 1987. The transcription covers communications between the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center and the flight crew.

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Air traffic controlAviation incidentsUAP/UFO Sightings 1987 Incidentair traffic controlAlaska AirlinesFlight Transcription

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Jun 15, 1987

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(? Viermnorauiauil US Deparment of Transporation Federal Aviation Administration Subject’ INFORMATION: Transcription concerning the pate FEB 9 |987 incident involving Alaska Airlines 53 on January 30, 1987 Reply to From: Bobby J. Lamkin Attn of Air Traffic Service Evaluator Alaskan Region To: This transcription covers the time period from January 30, 1987, 0336 UIC to January 30, 1987, 0349 UIC. Agencies Making Transmissions Abbreviation Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center ZAN Alaska Airlines Flight 53 AS53 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the following is a true transcription of the recorded conversations pertaining to the subject aircraft incident. ATS Evaluator - Title (0336) (0337) (0338) 0339:29 ASs53 Center fifty-three