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».@5 96 PAGES Page B-1 - teen i a Plea National team 2 f.. F ray 8 Rie By HAL BERNTON Daily News reporter The Federal Aviation Administra- tion Thursday released the results of its investigation of the celebrated Nov. 17 sighting of UFOs by a Japanese Air Lines crew. There was first-person tes- timony from the JAL crew members, statements from controllers and reams of radar data. Everything but a conclu- sion. -“The FAA does not have enough FAA spokesman Pau! Steucke waits as reporters read his agency's findings about the JAL pilot's sighting of a UFO. FAA has no conclusion about UFO. The FAA originally said radar data confirmed a UFO sighting in the area, But after a lengthy review of tapes, the agency determined that three control- lers on duty that day were mistaken — the radar did not pick up an object. However, reporters who flocked to the press conference from as far away as Japan and Philadelphia did not go away empty-handed. Each received a free copy of the FAA’s anthology of the event, a thick packet; of documents, ar ‘ 2's “pk we OS Anchorage Daily News/Michaal Pann flying over McGrath. As two pilots examined'a weather radar, they noticed a “target” out in front of them. “Up at our altitude, (35,000 feet) .., you haven't had any UFO reports lately?” one of the pilots radioed the FAA controller. The crew reported the target quickly moved off their radar screen at an estimated speed of 300 miles a minute. They reset their screen from a 50-mile to a 100-mile radius. Thev brieflv spied