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PAGE 35 THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1987 ‘THE WALL STRER © 1987 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved ean katt case oer EE ee ST ms abt; ed hae ‘_ Bes me a By KEN WeLLs Staff Reporter of THE Watt STREET JOURNAL Publishers who selt paperback myster- ies for $2.98 may be envious of the Federal Aviation Administration's regional office in Anchorage, Alaska. The office is offering a pricey mystery that’s drawing a Jot of at- tention —a $194.30 unbound collection of re- ports dealing with the celebrated sighting of a UFO by a Japan Air Lines pilot over the Arctic Ocean last Nov. 17. . “We've sold 30 complete packages sa far," and received about 300 orders for portions, says Paul Steucke, an FAA spokesman in Anchorage. Glossy Color Photos In consideration of UFO-watchers whose resources aren't astronomical, the agency will sell separately any of the 20- items in the collection. These include a $50 cassette recording of the conversation be- tween flight controllers and the JAL crew during the 50-minute encounter, and a $56 set of glossy color photos of radar read- outs, The prices are based on the cost of reproducing the materials, Otders continue to roil in despite the FAA's conclusion—in a separate report that costs nothing—that it couldn't substan- late the sighting. [ts technical experts in Allantic City, NuJ.. said blips on a radar Screen that appeared to confirm an object Were Going to Ruin the Ending: The Split-Radar Returns Did It - in the vicinity of the JAL jet were actually “split-radar returns’—shadows. of the plane's primary echo. The conclusion was bolstered, says Mr. Steucke, by a report of a United Airlines pilot who, at the request of Anchorage tlight controllers, flew near the path of the JAL jet at the time of the mysterious ra- dar readings. He saw no other aircraft. The FAA normaily doesn’t get into ei- ther the UFO or the publishing business. But it investigated this incident because an aircraft might have ventured unreported into the airspace of the JAL cargo carrier, which was en route from Iceland to An- chorage, Mr. Steucke says. A Pilot's View And though the agency routinely makes certain reports available, it has been as as mystified by the demand for its costly doc- uments as some people are by the sighting itself. But the graphic testimony of Kenju Terauchi, the JAL pilot who reported the sighting, probably hasn't hurt sales. He told the FAA immediately after the incident that he had been followed by two Strands of lights, pulsating with amber glows, and a huge craft that appeared to be a “mother ship.’ He later said the large UFO was the “size of two battleships” and appeared to be made by ‘‘a very high tech- nology and intelligence.” l JOURNAL, used against nematodes have been bantied. because of environmental problems. New Healing Salve A healing salve prepared from blood is being developed. A University of Minnesota surgeon, Da- vid R. Knighton, explains that after a burn, cut or other wound the body pro- duces substances that trigger tissue re- growth and healing. Some of these healing factors have been tracked to the platelets, tiny plate-shaped particles that help blood to clot. Dr. Knighton, working with Cura- Tech Inc., a small company in which the University of Minnesota holds a stake, has developed a “platelet-derived wound-heal- ing formula” using platelets from a wounded patient's own blood. The formuia is made into a salve applied with gauze. Inittal tests on burns, chronic ulcers and other wounds that are slow to heal are promising, although definitive controlled tests on burn patients are still to be com- pleted. “It's not a miracle potion, ‘’ Dr. Knighton ‘says. But, he notes, “this is the way nature heals wounds; all we're doing is mtmicking it.’ One theoretical attribute of the salve is that blood contains factors that turn off tissue regrowth the moment a wound is sealed. Thus, the salve should help reduce scarring. The researcher ts now working on ways to extend the shelf life of the salve and to see if the healing factors can be extracted from donated blood rather than just the wounded patient's own blood. ~Jerry E.BisHoe aI | aren't available. thrive for a sim Perceived Qua “There's a p eign goods are b ald Ratajczak, a Georgia State U1 luctant to give ur price differential Mr, Ratajczal has declined far Starting to make dicts a 3% drop it this year. But e ports well above ago, when the di High-quality f probably engende alty—perhaps b bought for guest: or impress may o price, Francois ¢ Food & Wines fr agency, says that all demand for fo lar began fallin wines has held s “When a che: sive it isn't attra genheim says. “ top of the pyram Consider Jose real-estate dealer bottles of Dom F recent barbecue, about $69 a botth ago at one liquor And RicHARp Greson crease, but I gc “People like it b