Oldbaldyandporkchophill Korea — March 1953

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Keywords: speeda, tracked, baldy, downgraded, korean, luminous, radar, afoin, collection, speeds, intervals, ne5sage, tran3ft, availablt, 200s3ze, la1ithin, kqrea, 3upzrior, reclusted, froms, conctrns, differeuti, eetheen, ssit1ilar, furthen
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l. soURCI! 4. MUMII!R 0' OIJI!CTS ~. LENGTH 0, OISIRYATION 6. TYPE 0, OBS!RYATION 2, lOCATION 10. CONCLUSION U. IRIIfl SUMMARY AHO AMAL.YIII 1, COURII! 9. PHYSICAL I!YIDINCI! FTD SEtt u 0-329 (TD!) FN HQ USAF tJASHDC TO JED~P/CGAMC \lRIGHT P.\TTERSON AFB OHIO I NtO J /CGADC AFB COLO FROL1 AFOIN 54353 CGAf 1C PASS TO CG ATIC ACTION ON NE5SAGE QUOTED BELO~l FROM H AD ENT AFB COLO IS TRAN3Ft:nRED TO r ... TIC CMA THE ORGANIZATION HAVING PRIMARY l~t.:> '"ONS!B'!LITY FOR UFO ?R.OGRAM. NO ADDITIONAL INFO AVAILABLt THIS. RQ. t1ESSAGE READS CMA UUMBER COC 8~ DTG 200S3Ze RADIO NEtl~ SERVICE MSG. '~ AP 18/2 .5TH 1' tliN SUMMARY CMA TENTH IT.~:. S 'GC:ED /DISC/ ~rATES THAT LUMINOUS OBJECTS TRAVELING AT SPEEDS FASTE!l THAN t;OUND IIAV! REDI OBSERVED AND TRACKED ON RADAR la1ITHIN PAST FE:i:l DAYS IN : PO:t:< CHOP AND OLD BALDY HILLS AREA t~ESTERN KQREA~l FRO~lT /:riH ts MIN SUMMARY SIGNED DY 102s PE:S 191. IN VIE~f or PAPAR SIGHT INC: or POSSIBLY SIMILAR SUPERSONIC OBJECT5 LAKE 3UPZRIOR ~"' .c.r,-t A!l!A ~;J/@1~' TO ?~IQ2i~Z 'APR FURTHER INFO OR EVALUATICN OF THIS ~ . ~.r~ .... r AP n::PORT IS REClUSTED ~,_ OPOP AFI< AiM 222 DE JEPHQ S'C IM HQ USAi wASH DC TO J~DEN/ADC NT AFB COLO JED~P/ATICa HT PATTERSON AFB OJ I FROMS AfOIN-2 U , ADC ENT AFB, MAG, DTG 2~J,l5Z APR 5J. REGARDING AP RADIO tJE~S Si:J\IIC MSC AP 182 5 TH 1' MIN SU~MARY, NOT HELD THIS HQ . uNLY INFO THIS HQ CONCtRNS AP REPORT BY UNIDENTIFIED OFFICER OF FRONT LI~E DIVISION "TiiAT OTI~ER LUMINOUS OBJE:CTS TRAVELING AT S U?t:R- SONIC SPEEDS Of 0i MPH HAD BEEN OBSERVED IN TitE BALDY-POJ;<CHO? a Art.\ JHiJ TRACKED ON RADAR ALSO WITHIN THE LA3T F!tl DAYS." I N VIW OF GREAT SPEED DIFFEREUTI/\L EETHEEN KOREAN REPORT AND THE led~ MPH LAKt SUPERIOR REPORT, ESTIMATES DUTY OFFICER FEELS D!SSit1ILAR OBJECTS A:~E INVOLVED. FURTHEn EVALUATION. ~JILL FOLLOlel tJHE~ I NFO BECOMES AVA ILA3L. . ( .-,\~,~ . DOWNGRADED AT 3 YR.~ R INTER VA~; l DECLASSIFIE D AFTf~R 12 YEARS. n , ) DOD Dl R 52GO.l0 UNCLASSIFIED REQUEST POR AIR 'IEC liNCLASSIFIEfra.t: SUDJECT: ( Ccmt) Hip 1. PF.RTINENT BACI<r.Romm INFORMATION: 1ra 1-~ U:JA' \o Projeo~ Blue Book (unJ dat.iftecl ~ objeo\8) a \ba' "A.P. radJo aerYice fJWIID&l7 ot S April 53 indicates tha~ lw~ objeetMI V.ellna a\ aupao"'a speeda have been obeervecl and t.raokecl on radar -..r.l:t;b:ln th-.. pan da1 iD Pork Cxtp aDd Old Ual~ ltllls arsa, \':oatern Y\Orean l'ront.". 2 Sr,ECIFIC ~g9PEST: ( 1. It is reoues,ecl tha\ the abuYe be veri.fiecl aDd, i:t true, the foUowlng iD- tormt.toa be o a. ~ speoW.o dat.ea and t:Lmea or both vioual a~J eleot,ronio observat.iona to deternd.ne if' the objeota seen ani traoked were in rev ity one and the &a~r b. Es'!:traate4 speeda bT radar, b7 neual obaerwa\icm, the head1q am alti- tude how loQB in both ouee, am the size ot blipe on the radar b. Tb1a 1a a ~outl requaat, but l~tlOD h""'4 be aa poaalble. DOWNGRADED AT 3 YBAR INTERVALS; DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. ORIGINATED P.Y: Lt R.:.l. m.seon COORDTNATEn HI'l'H: H.C. JOH'iS'fQ11 ~ Col~ USAJ' 01\ef, El.ectronica Branch UNCLASSIFIED Chief, A'l'f.A ATIC Form llo. 317 ( 19 Nov 51) (Fonnerl.y HCI Fonn No. 17) If ftddition&l space is required, contin~e on JOINT MESSAGEFOR~. PAECr:DlNCE C:O:.IMUNICA110N' CUHER NO. DO 1 ocr u CftVPTOI'RECAUTION D MULTII'l.E AODflf.SS Rt:FERS TO MESSAGE: ' IOEtlTIF'ICATION CLASSiftCATIOit REI'LACU NMI FOIII~ t. t NAY WHICH MAY I! U:iiila. DOWNGRADED AT 3 YBA.R INTE DECLASSIFIED AFrER 12 YE"fri.tLS; RELE.\SIHG OfFICEit'S SIGNATUR! tt'nr t Air Forcu .A PO 92S o/ o l-laeter San Franoiaoo-Calitornla Hadquarter USAF Dire~torate of lntellJtence hlnaton 25, D. DEGREE OR NEED '-" UIQIIT - d IOUTIIII- UOUIITID IY-----------~-OTHUWI!IE CANNO.f 8[ USEb FOR THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC IN'O~TION DEIIUD IY OR A, SOON THUEA,TIR AS f'OSSIIIlE DIIIRlD AS EARLY AS PRAC~ICAILE I a. Requelt the intelllaence terlel de1crlbed below b fur~lshed thl1 Me~dquarters, ATT~: Director of lntelllaence, bearlnt the Control Nuber TIC-tt97':1 ~UNCU~IFI.ID} J. On enp docunt requeated, thl office h lndlceted whether lon or, retention coplea r deaired bp ualna one I the !llow! . .'!Lr(rkat ("l.aen"): ("tentlon ll rjoa.Jflh, otlterelae Joan"); ,. .. ).\UNCLtLSSIF.u.D J 3. The Ao Po ractio n&li8 service suma17 of S AprU 53 indicu.tOO that luminous objocta traveling at, supersonio speeda had beeo observed and tracked on radar in 'pork Chop and Old Bal.<V' Hilla area, western Korean l.t'ront. (CO!tiiD~l'l'IAL) 1.. It is r9:1ueated. tbat the above be vori!ied and if t,rae, the follo .... 1.ng ini'ormation obtai neda (UliCIASSU'IIm) a. The specific clatee and times of both vifr-w.l md electronic obsarvations to determine 1 the objects Doen and tracked lrere LV). rcali t.y one and th3 same, b. For both radar and visual observationa-obtain estimated speeda haading nnd altitude estima how long observed in both cases, nnd the size of' blips on the radr ( c. The locatiOG (coordimtea) of the visual und eloctronia obsarvatJ.ona.- (UHCLASSIF:ruD) d. A complete deacription or the objects I appearance (investiga1;1 ng the poaaibili that such "lwd.noua objects could not be high speed jet aircraft such as the F-86 or MlG-lS). EOUESTED NAM'Mzt AT s YEAR INTERVALS' 00\VNGr!:&tEU AFTER 12 YEABS DEC :DOD DlR 6200.10 11Nct:ASSIF1EO FOR USE Of THE ORIGINATOR nstm-.o/.tcl/TBK- UGeiiT CHICK WITH ALaiADY CMICKlD WITH OATI Af'f'ROVID IV CMICICID 'Otl DUf'LICATION 'fMQ FOIIM 0228 f'UVIOUI IDITIO..S Or fOR COLLECTION USE C~ief. Collection Control fr:t :--Air Technical lntet:i .. eilce Cu~ .. ~ I'RIVIOOS lOITIOHS CW TMII ftMIIII NAY UIIO. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION INCOMINI CLASSI,.ID MESSAal i.J.IT?:t'CC~R :d.E!?O~U CL..,BS..._. au lo. A'nC a.ljin trca D/I, 1t Kl fnc\1catea t at. 7th lahatz7 Dlnal'Oil G-2, 7tb 8-2 5(X!Ml Tactical Control , 'til jtr btl to l'eYafl record ot lttnoua ob.jecta travelt.nc . at ftlMIZ'80Dic th8 .1Dtract Oil racier aD4 t'bl "Pork Chop" or Ol4 .. Bal4y