1. DATI TIMI I. LOCATION ' J I I ' ol S. LENGTH OP OlllltVATIOM n. 1. COUitll 9. PHYSICAL IVIDINCI FTD UP u o.32t (TD!) a were on a counter ir ' aaion o..-er North Korea. The call alp Ol\_MJ ruaht vas J08H un. At ~I the tli&ht sighted vbat appeared t. be an u ted 20 to 2S tri&nJUl.ar objects OT_. O'tM coordinate~ XE2250. Theee objects ware at an altitude ot approx )0,000'. Distance from triendll to these objects was approx S Dd.lea. Weather at the tilae was CAVlJ The objecta vere described u triangular shaped. In the opinion of triendli as thq appeared to be large kites, although no. cables or ]1nes were observed at- tached to thai. Approx S t.o 10 of the objects had wbat appeared to be circular c:liaca or bal.looDa attached to the bottom portion and trailing dark colored streamers the circ,nterence . !he objecta vere observed tor approx 30 seconda and did not appear to move durin~ the obawtat.ion. F-86a at the tie were ~ at a speed of .93 Mach. It tbe opinion ot the pilota that theee objecta could haTe been released front An tung AJr Field u the VS.nd vas com1n1 trom that, dtrection at the time ot the sichtinc J.!IC C<I4M!ITa Flight activit7 of Cld.neae bayebeen noted before. The . ue ot redlr reflectors e'l'l'ied aloft b7 ballocma 1a entirel3posa1ble, but the tor such action cannot. be deterad.ned.at tM tillle. Such equipment. me,- be act aloft b7 the enaa)" to accurate~ check radar antenna lobe pat-terDS or to check vi ada or other meteorological condi tiona aloft. . 1>0\VNGR.:\D~D AT 3 ~C~A.R !1-ITF.RVALS; . . . ';. u ,_.-ASSIFIE DECLASSIFI!-D ; F"t.:'~R 12 YEAT!S. I . . N~L.I"\ DOD DIR G~OO.lO . AI fOIMI11 AIR INTELLIG~NCE INFORMATION REPORT . . :. t . Thia report, OOilt.aioa iAtor.at.ioa cooeerning th s1gbt.1D& ot Unidentified aerial object.a over Kucburia. APPROVED a JOHN V; .. HEARN .nt .' Colonel, USAF llirec!tor of Int.Uiieoce Fift.h Air l'orce (AclT) 1. Sket.cb DI, vw. C7 l DI. Stb " CT 2 co, 6004tb AIM, OJ ' DO\VNGHADE D A"l ASSIF1ED J~ i;TI"' ~ 1? u r.-A., ATUJ F.IAF, 07 S 11GYe nus DOCU"'U.T CONTAINS IHIORMATIOH AFFf.CTING TH N.\rlOfiAL UEFEN~ ~ fH IINITF.O STATES WITHIN THF. Mf.ANIIIfG OF 0. E5P!ON~GE IC 50 U .i c.- 31 AHO !1Z, AS AMto:N00 ITS TRAI.,M H OR THl RF.VILATION OF r,., C':)NTFNM IN ANY MAhNiR TO A .. U,..AJn,.,.~IZED Pf"f'..ON IJ PROHt:iltEO DY l AW. IT NAY HOT Ill REPROOUC0 IN WNC" f OR IN PART. 8'1 oniR TtiAH UNITED STArts AiR f Of'CE AGEHCiiS. EXCEPT BY PERNI~ON OF TH CIR!CT')R Ofl INTI' I MH"tCC. I.JSM'. UNa:ASSIFIED AF FORM 112-PAIT II APPM>Vn : JJrtf. 1M AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT On ~) April 1953 1'CNr F-86 were on a COWlter air miaaion over }iorth Korea. Tbe call aign of thia fli&bt waa JOHN RiD. At l500I fth'll tligbt. eic;btd wba~ appeared to be an eatilaa~ed 20 to 2S triangulu- shaped objects over UTY coortiiftates XA .2250. TheM objects were at an altitude of approx1matel.7 30,000 feet.. At this tiM triacdliea ~re at an altituJe of )9 OYer U'l'M coordtna\ea XI 301t2 on a magcetio heacliQg or 270 dejrees. Distance from triendlies to thJae objecta was approxb\atl tiYe mtl . ~eat.ber at the t.i:ae waa C,\VU (aee incloeed ofer1"). These object wre deacr1bed aa t.rJ.an&ular ahap.cl. In tbe opinioo ot friencU.ies ths7 ap red to be large kites althouab no cables or lines wete obserYed attache~ to them. ely five to ten of t..t. objecta had what appeared to be circular disks or ballona attached to the bottom portion and trailing dar:..: colored atreatfters !rom the circumference. I:seoauae of the diatance 1'rienc1liea were una.ble to determine dep'c#h or the objects (aee incloaed sketch). The objects -re observed tor approximatelJ 30 aeconda without the aid of binocu- lars. Theae objects did not appear to move d\U"in& the ob~ervation. r'r1endl1ea at the tima of the sighting were flyinl at a speed or .93 l'ach. The appearance o! enem7 air- crAft in the area preYented fUrther observation. It was the opinion or tbe pllota that . Antung Air Field (Xi 10)0) aa t.he wind was the alghtq . tbe~e objects could have been raleaaed rr~ coming trca that. dj rection at the time of 1. Tbe !light, making thia obaer.ation consisted of ~ajor R.L. Bruce, 2d Lt. J .a. Kidd, lat Lt. F .G. Dupree, and lst Lt. Dozier. These pUot.~ are all considered a.a reliable obaervera by intelligence personnel of the 4th Fighter Interceptor ~iag. 2. On 19 April 1953 another F-86 pilot obaerYed shtllar objeeta at )0,000 feet over the mouth ot the I~ River. He reported the objects to be lar&e kit On the 14th, 19th, ancl 2lat of April Arrq Liaiaoa pilot obaerred unidentified fly1ng objects in the CT 20).0 grid square. These object were reported at SO to 10 000 fe~ Br the ~ acriptions giYen, the objects Mre eyaluated aa lara kitea IIC![ Toll~ ''O'.:ll~i.'H ("rJ~ I. ,,_._ I NI-OtU4HI()N .AH E"CT IH't JHF H'TII)NAlUEf~ Of THC: UNITFO SU f<; wHt N Tt'E fltfA'-iNCi OF T~r EVtOr. ' Gl 4C I ,~ U S C - ll 1<f ~CI' Iff. Rt.rlhJO~lO U1 WHOI.E OR IN PART. IY O fH'"R T.AH u -.trEO STATES Alit roo< ~GfHCIES, EXa:n BY Pt!AMtS~Of TH DIHt .. IORO,a WIU.LH.:_ .cr. !~f UNC\J\55\F\EQ AF POIM I II PAIT II AnftOVID t JUNI , .. AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT D/1 DAr CO~ 1 1. ll-.dar plo\1 re-por\841)' reoorclecl tor et.Jh\-plut, !~a \he ara of XB 0.5-'0 ta trtersl 11llaa.tet 'r't.~ at 145.5-1. reponel at ~tpproxiaate17 l.o knot !\\ 310 dJr elow-t~GTlng tarpta W1nde alot' vr 2. Wl\~' ~ 4etlal\e reference pola\ la ~ace, the fta,ual object oould YUJ wt.delJ x ''-else whloh Wl't .epor\14. J'ro the cleaorip,lon, the objeo' aou14 be b~llooae vl'h ld.te-tbApecl obJec' a'tohecl. ). !he uee of rA4r retlec\ora cArried Alof\ b7 a ne\work of balloon ie eatlrlJ poe1lble, bu.\ the re--eozae for eucb ac,ioa OMDO' be seoer,aln.ed. s,1oh ' ar be aeD\ alot\ bJ the enem7 to accur!'tel7 check rM.sr an\enna lobe pa\\erna, or to clwok winds or othr ae\eorolo~cal conditt.one aloft. 'l'he Spoot1~ Yalue ttt aen4t.ag up noh tala targe\a tor UB radu would be marglnal. ~RGJ D. R.'STUIGS Colonel, USA!' D1reotor ot P.equlremen\8 to-, Inte111:;ence, FEA7 lJOWNG'P.AD 'J .A'r 3 )g \ U I~T ... ~,l At.dl DOD DIR u200.10 IIOft: THIS DOCUIIIINf CONT411'd IN'C~-..ATION UFECT:NG TH NUI~AL f,FNSl OF ntr UNITrD '->'7ATFS \'t THIN r ttE ~EA"Wfr. '1F Tot. E.;c.,o~I&GE 'l r. ~ J !> C - 3t AND lZ. AS AMNDID. ITS TltANSMt"SSIN oq TH~ RVa.Afl0 ... OF ITS CO!'Ht:Nn IN ANY MA'II' ef TO AN\ NAIJT ... ~Itl ~') t: 1-'T~ 1 .. f''ll")-1 t< rrn ,jy l i l i . IT MAY NOT pr nURCDUC0 IN W~ CR H PArtY. BY OTHE.it THAN CNITEO STAT~ AIR fo.~:E .tGE.ttCIU. E.:'C1if C'f PLit " _,:)10~ ';F Tri E n.HCT~H <:F lttmi&GUC:LUSAF. UNCLASSIFiED Af FOitM 11Z-fART II UNa:ASSIFIED AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT D~T.f la ~h AlSS, ~ 979 S rD NJ tJir rNE ()8c/.CC rs-HAD bAS'K.J' t 8M~t/JNI ATTAC'NCLJ M...VOfITY ()F OBJCCTS At<n=ANI'O Tv B!" TRIANGl/LAN SNAPE/) THESE' 08Jt:'T.r WERE ~ANK COLO,Ii'Q .STRE"AMF"Il"' O.fl DECLASSirtlf:D 1 .. , ... ; ~ " DOD lJTn 6200.10 P/LOTS SKTCH U CD:SSJFIED AF fOitM 1 ti~AIIT 11 UNCLASSIFIED AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Det.. ill, 6004t.h AISI, UO 970 . .-"! ,\:-.fi \.~ ~, A .. f.NOf~ If .i TRAW;NI. ,II) .. OR lllf HE'wlllTIO' m lf',O CONTF,.T~ It~ ' ''n' UH:otP.R 10 AN UN.\IJl ~)~1/~.i Pl:.if'j()N 1:; I'HOhi11T[ 0 lt'f LAW.~ ' l'i'if .lllJo: tti N W~ootll. ( .14 IN PA14f, BY Ofrllt T .. '" u~nru ,"UE'\ AI"~ FO~l ' GF-.<.1ES, ;~(It'' [If t'r. r .. ~jlll .. OF l1 f'IU:<..TO .. OF -Q I certai~ of Here an the cc:.aente on the nct batch ot material. A ln caaea are t.Dtert all, ln th1a batch, Venu counts tor onq ,,...., Stut.tprt. ftreballa oat problbq account lor 4 caauJ ball ocna airoraft tor thrH. ec.in& to tbe 1ntertina caeeea the Korean 20 April abculd certain~ be tollowcl up. !hie co.a oe17 close to beine a aecurltr-Intellipnce -.tter. I'd certaSn~ like to get 1t0re intoJWt,iOD on thia. HOIJf about aendinl a ffflfl Fol"lll A'a to th1a ahoulcl haTe .been inveatil&ted on the spot b7 Intelligece oft1oera Pepperxtll AFB 2 Uqa 'Ibis has aaae a1milaritlea to the old Gor.n 'ttucll fuller needed and rom A filled out on this. San Antonia 7 Mqa 'l'hia hu JI8.IV' ebd.laritiea to the wbbock Lighte and Fom .l should certainl)" be eent if thia baa not alreadT been done a Pora A tor the 29 April Stxacuae station&rJ-diec sightiDI The I1M1 20 lfq light ailbtina .,.. lht han jete bat with the green Upt ~tt.na. jetli ah<Nld haft been traqUDI north instead of south in ~r tar obe..,..Pr to aH naYiptiOD lilht 2 second time intezsfal &lao too fast. I hope that JOU cn send. more infomatiOD on theaea 20 April lore&J 2 11&7 llJ 7 Jlq Antonio . I aa encloainl rq Yend.on ot a report on wr recent trip with 1h ich I hope 70U will ccocurr. ADd keep ' cca1fta. It' eaaier to handle a fa at a tl and trequentq tban a lrger a~ send her rep.nt..