PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCA TIOH CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon SeEtembe r CXXJ'rabably Bali-n 0 Possibly Balloon DATE-TIME GROUP "-TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local >DC Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar c Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft GMT llt/lnln7 C Air-Vi suol D Air-Intercept Radar D Po ssl bl y Aircraft 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical Probably Astronomical ~lili tary D Poni bly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 lnsurflcient Data for Evaluation 40 minute s 10. BRII!f SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS White, pea-size d object observed detector shows winds night n ear Osan AFO. Had brilliant time . Objec t moved white light move d and !love red winds . Numerous Korean Japa nese wx units with balloon schedule SE of Osan . A simila r object r,..porte d this baso wn.s conclusively fied a s a ATJC PORW l29 (R~V 26 SltP 52) \CVS:.IFI(.AliO"f) I &. , ..J COI.I'fl'RY I Rron;_ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT _ . tJnid~tij'i,e<t~...&...Q2j~ct Reoort (UFOS)_ _ ------- AREA RCI'ORTEDOH J rR0'4 Os~ Ajr Bas,, soutJLI9rea ---ln~l)J.g~ce.L.)llr~ Air Division DATE oF REPORT I o' r ( or INFORII'-'ITION I tV AlVA n OH -------- --- - PREPAR0 l'f(O~nT ' SOURCE On l4 Septeaber 1957, an unidentified flying object was observed by USAF Officers at Oam Air Base. A?~O'li.IDt .Jo.:lo=n=e-tNCLS. #JcJ/hq h/J/- tJmRJM 0 . LlliDSAY t. t Colcnal, U~!\..'? Ch.!.ef) In ~..dlii~9nce Ul.7i3ion !)IS'rntiUTIOif rt ORtGfljA roR CnfCPM?, APO 95.3 OOMm, 5TH AF, APO 925 f"f'lvrD Afrn.1 'nTOIT'n ~""' ,._,.~ AF FORM 112-PART II APPROVEO .. I JUNE 1948 ( ClASSIFICATlOfl) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT "'" .. t eJljgenee, Jl4th Air Division 2 OF 3 I PACts 1. a. star shaped ~ i" extreme bright light a. witne!!!e glanced in s~ and noticed wl:xi te light bco 15 degree! and 146 degnea azitDUth c. 15 degrees and 347 de~ee azimuth d. erratic -ligh~ moved rapidly in a westerly-direction, hovered, stopped 1 -movement !or a little while, moved in either a northerly or southerly direction, stopped and hovered, then continued in the wester~ direction. e o lost sight-object fad.,d awq with dis tance I c;-L . .._.... c-.... _ C. ;. s. gr ound-visual ' 5. K-55, South Korea, OSAN AIR BASE 370lN/12705R ,v.r..'UJ el uSAl'', 58th Air Dase Group ~nlimited Md cal:n , Major USAF, 58th Air Base Gr oup usAF, 58th Air BaseJ""G'!'oop 1024/s - on surface J 10,000 feetJ clear, visibility unlimited ..C:..' -- Wv~ {)~ U!V CJ. 4SSI F1D ( C LASSIFIC4TIOH) AF FORM 112-PART II Af' PROVEO I JUN E 19.18 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Rl!OOIT ~. Inta11 1gence, 31..4th Air Division 1. b. Con t 20,000 feets 30,000 feeta c. unlimited do unlillli ted 290 degxees at 22 knots 270 degrees at 36 knots 26o dagrees at 51 knots 270 degrees at 23 knots not ava:Jlable t. no thundersto:nls in areaor quadrant in the knowledge o.f the veather station 8. n one known 10. one c-47 type aj rcratt landed crt K-55 a t l040B, 14 Septeni>er 1957 11. captain J ohn K. Hrdioa, Chief, Operational Intelligence. This i s the first report o this nature since 1954. Some observer s were im- mec;liatel,y of the opinion that the object was a weather balloon. A check o f the wea- ther stations in the vicinicy-o f Osan indicated that no weather balloons \'/ere released i n the area at Euch a time as to have been visible at the time of the ind..dent. On 3 Optober 1957, th9 reporting o fficer ob~rvad the same phenomenon a t 2000I. An in- vestigation of this incident reTealedr a. The light C8ftl8 from a battery-operated lamp attached to a ~1eather balloon . b. lleat lier balloons are scheduled for relea~e at 2000! but there i s considerable 1 local deviation from the schedule. I Previous repar ta on sinrllar incidents have been prepared by Rf'port numbers md dates are, ffiJ l<. HRD A Captain, USAl" Intelligence Officer 6th District osr.