Korea — May 1952

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Keywords: ability, ufrvation, grouncfyesuol, ssebly, umicol, 11uasf, atroight, iiovfd, cguiiflty, oiuld, yalij, aitrd, auiuw, 4iptdfft, trfert, rtpwf, p_tor, r9oort, entifit, tlyine, os3os, rnbing, ir1clwl, qtlsoocumintcoittatn11nfoiuutiohaffecttng, rutn4rionald
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PROJECT 10073 ReCORD CARD 1. OAT! ' . 't 1 '-OCATION 112. CONCLU~tONS l ( ..J Wo~ !hlloon 3. DATETIM! GROUP~ -A. TYPE Or O!UfRVATION ; Lcol -u-IJ9.~1;;- ; ~GrouncfYesuol 0 Grvu"dRodor ~ W IJ'S Atr cr ,f t ~ PHOTOS . . i) Ail"'"ce.- r<odar , 0 roo obi, AHcr'lft P.,ssebly A11cr'lh 0 Y 1 0 ProhoMy Ar.tror.umicol l~n.) . . _ ----I 0 f'ossibly Astron.>me:ol '1. LfNGTH Ofl 08SEAVATION I. NUMBER O' 'JIUF.C'TS ' 0. C"11UASF , t ~thor... ---. _ _ ; 0 !nsuff.cec:tlt Octo for Evolu,flon ' 10. IAIE, SUMMARY 0' SIGHTING j 11. COMt.tENT~ Color--~ue Tint Sbapo--lb.& nd VTIC roRM nOJ tREY 21 au 12) Jet wi tb a high po\iered spot Maneuvers--Descend & Cl~b vertically, atroight & Level Flight UNCLASSIFIED ... At:. fO'M 112-PAIT I \'AI' I IIOVFD I JUNE lt41 I ( l , ,',tl'J'I t / , 4.\ 'A"I CGUIIfltY AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT MlA "li'OIUlD 011 rltO,_ I .Cf'"'' North Korea [YALIJ\IV'- l'llU'AitrD ,., ,,.,.tn, 1 $<A ft('l s I 319th 1'i:hter AUIUW.5 (Ot~tfr<tl ... ,,.,, 4iPtdfft, ,trfert rtpwf, lit., 11 f'f'llet,f Tn t.c rce.p_tor This r9oort contains infon . at.ioo oot:li.ne"l f'ro.::1 /-9J., e r e,, Iae.-:L(-'t s -~ho experienced a visual :sij1 tine a.,d enf~ ~c!t1en t. or an un i~entifit>d tlyine object. Tais object "'~3 de~cr lhc1 "l5 C<lin:i tin~ ;,t 'vrill i. .. u. L v1hit.e lieht, shape est.i:i.at';,;d to b~ round, :)os3os~ed a superior spr.:ed and cli.rnbing ability over t.i ,t": r'-94 anci o~ r. the ability t.) tur!1 ~.n ,.,,.lll as t.he F-94. This obJ!:'ct. :.s first. si.~;ilt.'d v isu:1lly by ~:ruund source.;; whose statement a nrE' ir1clwl~:i ill rcporto 5..?-93 :.~.;1d )2-'14 c Ltc1 ::toov(:. Colonel, U~:F Diroctor of LY)tell i(~nce 5th AF, cy 2 t'ile, cy 6 IIII>'QtlSOOCUMINTCOitTAtN11NfOIUUTIOHAFFECTtNG rutN4riONALD,:lN'iiOflHuNnlo~ure;wnrlitl wr ~z.Aiit~r.(H fl1&: r""lO'A.r At. I . t.. II ANO ll. AS AMENDED ITS TRAHSMI$SION OM Ttit Jlf.V[l.AHO N Of 11~ CflNI(Nf!; ~N A~y MAN~(~ T-.1 a u IINAV11t f'!lll l 'a'll';-:J'\ ,, t'PCt lf dlll.fl L.t 1 '"' IT MAY NOT K RfPRODUCt:O IN WHOU OR IN PA~T. IV OTHtR Tti4N U~lll:O STArt:S AIR ouct: ACEM.It~ t .. n 1-1 tiY r'l~'~a!<:F'lWO"f-lH:.. lli l-t.._IC C:F .. TIUIGf'.hCl, uw. UNO t\SSI I:.U ; FORM 11Z-PART H /,ti'ftO'JI I I JUNE : 1JNCLASS1FIEO AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT eo :tive. .c I t I I D/I :r~.AF Commen\a 1. mRneaYere deecribed are ~' Yanance vi th those described by th~ t:I'Can4 obaerYere vbo report=-1 vbat ia bel13Yed to 'be the aeme e1~ting (Raferell.Ce Det 1, 6oo4th Air la'lli Servic Sqaa1ron Reports lo S2-9J end 52-94). 2. ~. pe~fo~ reported indicate that the obJec\ was poasiblJ a 11gb\ carried b~ a b!gbperformnoe atrcrart. ). Location of \he el&btin& vas Jus\ aonth of Chorvon, AJ>.PI'OXloatel)" 180 aaotlcel .tl fro Aa\uag. ' Due \o the erratic ~Yere ot the object 1 t r.ay have been 111p08Sible for the J-94 'o look reds! conttJct, but no explan~tlnn hss been fouad for failure of the groand radu to patut the obJ~ct at D1 time. -=-t~BJ"1~dfiP 11eneral, USU' Deput1 for Intallieance