Declassified UFO / UAP Document
UNIDENTIFIED PLANE 'MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PHANTOM'
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1992 intelligence report details a radar-only unidentified aerial contact in the West Sea that triggered a South Korean military scramble. The Air Force concluded the event was likely a ghost radar signal caused by system overlap.
On February 11, 1992, South Korean military authorities reported an unidentified radar contact in the West Sea airspace. The object was first detected at 10:05, approximately 15 miles south of the Shandong Peninsula in China. The contact moved at a speed of 630 knots (1,160 kph) toward Kunsan, South Korea, reaching a point 80 miles west of the city before vanishing from radar screens. In response to the detection, the South Korean Air Force scrambled fighter jets and dispatched a C-130 transport and a rescue helicopter to investigate the area. However, the search efforts yielded no findings. An Air Force spokesman later suggested that the incident was likely a 'ghost signal' resulting from the overlapping of air surveillance systems, noting that similar phenomena can occur on radar during airplane crashes. The spokesman also offered the possibility that the intruder might have been a Phantom aircraft.
THE AIR FORCE SUSPECTS THAT A GHOST SIGNAL WAS CAUSED ON THE RADAR DUE TO AN OVERLAPPING OF AIR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS
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Official Assessment
The Air Force suspects that a ghost signal was caused on the radar due to an overlapping of air surveillance systems.
The unidentified object was likely a ghost radar signal caused by overlapping surveillance systems, or potentially a Phantom aircraft.