PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 27 Aug 61 Osan, Korea . D PreltoWr a .. leen Locol 2030 :UCO..Uft .. Yl auol D Greun4R .. or g ~= ;'t,'rcroft D Waa Aatrononllcal D ProltaWr Aatrono11tlcol D Poaalltlr Aatronomlcel 7. LINOTH 0, OIIIIYATION NUMIII 0, OIJ!CTI t. COURII 0 lnaufflclent Date r.r Evoluotlen 11111, ltY OP Round white o t size of 11. COMMINTSReport contains very little pea. Appeared 45 elev, l6o az. Disappeared info, but what there is give no reason to 75 elev, 200 a-z. Larger than stars. lieve that objt vas anything other than a/ c which \vas in area. Absence of reported by radar units in area support this conclusion. There are many possible situations vrhere movement of a/c could be mi.staken by ground observers to be for example right angle turns; it all depends what plane the a/ c is maneuvering in and its xkx% relationship to observer. CRU FOR NOW WPA015MCZCSON934ZCOYD~60 DE RJAPABP 73A FM 314 AIR DIV OS TO JWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZHQ/HO RGHSDWASH DC RJEZHQ/SAFS WASH DC UN C ~LASE F r ot314 DOCI 0040 UFO. HQ USAF FOR AFCIN. 1. THE FOLLOtaJING REPORT SUBMITTED IN ACCO NCE ttTITH AFR 2QJ~-~, HA.S MADE'TO THE INTELLIGENCE DIVI~ION ON 18 SEPTEMBER 1961; Y OS! ~PECIAL AGENTS HAYES AND HYDE. THEY WERE INTERVIEWED SEPARATE LY AND ~YERE IN CLOSE AGREEMENT ON HHE FOLLOWING INFORMETION A. C !) ROUND. C2) DINE . C3) vJHITE, TURNING TO RED. C&> 1. CS> N/A C6) NO (7) NONE CB> NONE (9) NONE B. (1) LOOKING AT MOON 1ST THOUGHT AIRPLANE._C2) ELEVATION 30 DEGREEs, 270 DEGREE AZIMUTH; C3> ELEVATION 70 DEGREES 150 DEGREE~ AZIMUTH. (4) THE I,., .......... P. Ac rr r".-ARF'D POII\JT OF FOLLOWING REPORT suaMITTED IN CE WITH AFR 2~0-,, WA$ MADE'TO THE INTELLIGENCE DIVI~'ION ON 18 SEPTEMBER 1961; Y OS! SPECIAL AGENTS HAYES AND HYDE. THEY WERE INTERVIEWED SEPARATE LY AND \!!:RE IN CLOSE AGREE~lENT ON HHE FOLLOtJING INFORMETION A. (1) ROUND. (2) DIME. C3> WHITE, TURNING TO RED. C&> 1. (5) N/A (6) NO (7) NONE (8) NONE C9) NONE B. (1) LOOKING AT MOON 1ST THOUGHT AIRPLANE. C2> ELEVATION 30 DEGREE s, 270 DEGREE AZIMUTH: (3) ELEVATION 1m DEGREES 150 DEGREE~ AZIMUTH. (4) THE LIGHT MOVED VERY FAST AND BECAM BRIGHTER AS IT NEARED POINT OF OBSERVATION. POSSIBILITY OF OBJECT BEING A JET AIRCRAFT OR HELI - CtJFTeA.. Wri-5 DtXov Pvt-.~ s,oe-~-4/ILnrvJJe lf1-5,.AL abJe~l C09TEREi~2A~D~GC TEDEDUAS THE OBJECT CP~ME ACROSS THE SKY IT~ FLIGHT P~.TH HAS NOT CONSTANTLFLLTY LUCNLPOR WARD BUT APPEARED IRREGULAR IN BOTH SPEED AND DIRESTION. THE COLOR OF THE OBJECT CHANGED FROM WHITE TO REDDISH COLOR. AT ONE POINT THE OBJECT STOPPED, WAS VERY BRILIANT IN COLOR AND AT GREAT ALTITUDE. AFTER STAYI~JG BASICALLY STATIONARY AND CONSTANT IN COLOR CWHITE) FOR APPR01IMATELY 2 TO 3 MINUTES, THE OBJECT BEGAN TO RAISE IN 9~ DEGREE ~t : 'L::RTIC~.L :-LIG~-{T NOH CHANGING COLOR. AS Tf{2: OBJECT ~jAS RI I~JG A JE:T FIGHTER CA[1 OJER THE AREA APPROACHING THE BASE AT APPROXIMATELY 5000 FEET OR LESS. THE OBJECT THEN BEGAN FORWARD MOVEMENT AND THEN CHANGED DI CTION 90 DEGREES, THEN CONTINUED ITS ORIGINAL DIRECTION IT, : LIGHT AT T HI S PO NT H (\ S BR I L L I AUT BUT HAD BEC0~1Z St1ALL AS THE STARS. THE SP:SED AT THIS POINT WAS DEFINITE ,.-- LY GREATER THAN ANY KNOWN AIRCRAFT. C5> OBJECT DISAPPEARED WITH 1~482 14 SEP 61. C2> NIGHT E. CS 272~50, CHICOL VILLAGE OUT~IDE MAIN GATE OSAN AB F. OSI ~PECIAL AGENT~ JOHN 0 HYDE AND BILL H HAYES, DISTRICT OFFIECE 45. HIGH RELIABILITY G. (1) SKY CLEAR O~ER AGE THREE RJAPABP 73A EAD. SKY BROKEN CLOUDY IN AREA OF MOON 27~ DEGREES. NO CLOUDS ALONG PATH OF FLIGHT. (2) SURFACE: 35012 260/60. (3) e,000 BROEKEN HIGH OVERCAST CABOVE 20,000 FT). C4> 5 MI fffl:ZE--AND SNOKE.-(5) OVERCAST 10/10. (6) NONE.-(7) 1.4 DEGREE C PER 1,000 FT NO INVSRSIONS H NONE I NONE J. WEATHER BALOON RELEA SED AT 11032 BALLOON ENTAINED WHITE LIGHT WITH INTENSITY OF FLASH LIGHT AT 1053Z ONE T33 WA~ IN THE AREA. AT 1055 TWO F-102,S WERE IN THE AREA. NO UNKN0WS CARRIED ON GCI RADAR IN LOCAL AREA AT THIS TIME THERE WERE NO HELICOPTERS IN TME AREA AT THIS TIME. K. PRE PARING OFFICER lLT BRUCE E. SMITH CHIEF OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 314TH AIR DIVISION BOTH OBSERVERS SSATED THY HAD NOT BEEN DRINK J ING PRIOR TO THE SIGHTING AND ~EEMED TO BE LOGICAL AND RELIABLE !N DI:JIDUAL~. TP.EIR OSI INVESTIGATitJE DUTIES AND TRAINI NG SHOULD QUP.LI FY THEM AS COMPETENT OBSERVERS. THERE I~ NO OTHER VISUAL OR ELECT RONIC CORRG RATING EVIDENCE OF THIS OBJCT. AIR FORCE WEATHER FORECA~iTERS INDICATED THAT NO METEROLOGICAL ACTIVITY DURING THE WHITE TO EDDISH COLOR COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE ~MOi<E A!~D HAZE IN THE: AREA. THE CHIEF TO~JER OPERATOR ON DUTY DID tJOT SEE THE OB HAl~ ANU ~:MUKl. C5) OVERCAST 10/10. '(6) NONE. (7) 1.4 DEGREE C PER . 1,000 FT NO INVSRSIONS H NONE I NONE J. NEATHER EALOON RELEA SED AT 11032 BALLOON ENTAINED HHITE LIGHT WITH INTEN~ITY OF FLA5:H LIGHT AT 1~53Z ONE T33 WAE IN THE AREA. AT 1055 TWO F-102,S WERE IN THE AREA. NO UNl<NOWS CARRIED ON GCI RADAR IN LOCAL AREA AT THIS TIME THERE WERE NO HELICOPTER~ IN TME AREA AT THI~ TIME. K. PRE PARING OFFICER lLT BRUCE E. 8MITH CHIEF OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 314TH.AIR DIVISION BOTH OBSERVER ~SATED THY HAD NOT BEEN DRINK ING PRIOR TO THE SIGHTING AND SEEMED TO BE LOGICAL AND RELIABLE IN , DIVIDUALS. T~EIR QSI INVESTIGATIVE DUTIES AND TRAINING SHOULD .QUALi J FY THEM AS COMPETENT ... OBSERVERS. THERE IS NO OTHER VISUAL OR ELECT RONIC CORRG RATING EVIDENCE OF THIS OBJECT. AIR FORCE WEATHER FORECASTERS INDICATED THAT NO METEROLOGICAL ACTIVITY DURING THE PERIOD WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE SIGHTING, ALTHOUGH THE CHANGING FROM . WHITE TO EDDISH COLOR COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE SMOI<E AND HAZE IN TH[ AREA. THE CHIEF TOWER OPERATOR ON DUTY DID NOT SEE THE OB ' PAGE FOUR RJAPABP 73A JECT BUT CO~J~IDEREDQT CUITE LIKELY THAT THE SIGHTING COULD HAVE EEE~ CAUS~D BY AN F-102 DOING EYT~N3IV~ FLYING AND ~A~JEU:/ER IN LOCAL AREA tJITH AFTER-BURNER. THERE WERE NO MlSSILE FIRINGS OR AERIAL TESTS IN THE AREA. A STRONG POSSIBL!TY E:(I ST THAT A DIS CREPANCY 9ETl1EEN THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING OR THE RELEASE TIME OF r.oun""'~GAt-~ OCCUR BEING OBSER'JED. NO EXPLANATION EXI STS FOR THE REPORTED HIGH SPEED OF THE OBJECT, EXCEPT ERROR ON THE PART OF THE OBSERVERS. 2. ON 18 SEP ANOTHER SIGHTING OF AN UNIDENTIFID OBJECT tvAS REPORTF.R,H'l THTS 200-2 AS FOLLOWSI A. (1) ROUND (2) 2Il~ lGOliWWITE/ CREAM. (4) 1. (5) NIA. (G) NO. (7) NONE. (8)8 ~iOI~F: ) NJtVt. B. ( 1) MOVING LIGHT IN SKY. (2). 45 DEGREE ELEVATION 160 DEGREE A2IMUTHe (3) 75 DEGREE ELEVATION 2~0 DEGREE AZIMUTH.C4) BOTH OBSERVERS SAW AN OBJECT LARGER THAN THE STARS, MOVII~G TOWARD THEM FROM EAST TO WEST FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTE. THE OBJECT THEN BEGAN TO MAKE SHARP FAST MOVEMENTS SIDE TO SIDE AND VERTICALLY CONTINU ING.~IN GENERALLY THE SAME DIRECTION. THE OBJECT THEN STOPPED, HOVERED FOR A FEW YECONDS, THEN BEGAN TO MOVE IN A WIDE GRADUAL TURN AND PROCEED SOUTH. AT Z S POINT THE OBJECT WAS LARGER THAN THE RJAPABP 73A LARGEST STAR AND VLRY BRIGHT, IT THEN BEGAN FADING IN BRIGHTNESS EVENTUALLY DISAPPEARED. NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS OBSERVED REGARDING ALTITUDE OR SPEED. OBSERVERS STATED THAT BCAUSE OF THE SHARP VERTICAL AND RIGHT ANGLE r1ANEUVERS THE OBJEVT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN AIRCRAFT, STAR OR COMET. ROTHFUSS STATED HE HAD WATCHED WEATHER BALLOONS ASCENDING BEFORE AND DID NOT BELIEVE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A BALLOON. (5) GREW DIM!1ER GOING UP THRU CLOUDS, THEN FADED FROM E(ty GROUND-'!ISUAL. (2) NONE. (3) N/fl . D. BLDG 238, OSAN ltl~ x' N f.( rt D ,-o: ~E~NGR9D!O; AUBY /!i!f1 ftl' C/iOIJfO N, A 2C 6314 SUPPORT SQ AFKN RADION. RELIABILITY GOOD. G. (1) CLEAR PARTLY CLOUDY STARS IN 1,000 FT FROM SURFACE TO 4,000 FT INVERSION 4 000 FT THRU 5500 FT H. FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED IN AREA AT 1012! SURFACE PRESSURE RISING 1 RAPIDLY I. NONEM J. IJIEATHER BALLOOON RELEASED AT 1103Z SHOULD l NOT HAVE BEEN IN AREA DURING SIGHTING ONE F-89 IN AREA DURING ; P~IOD SIGHTING. NO AIR FORCE HELICOPTERS IN AREA DURING PERIOD SEP RJAPABPO