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UFO sightings in Korea

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• Osan Air Force Base Korea reported changing shape observation — September 18, 1961

  1961-09-18 · Osan Air Force Base Korea, Korea · CE2

  Ground noise, and passage of a sound source could be observed. Insufficient information to arrive at a positive conclusion as to the nature of the phenomenon observed. OBJECTIVE OF THIS EXTRACT OF THIS SIGHTING IS TO ASCERTAIN IF THE OBJECT OBSERVED COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE KNO

• Osan Korea radar-visual unidentified-object report — September 15, 1961

  1961-09-15 · Osan Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during September 15, 1961, at or near Osan Korea, Korea, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Round white obj size of jet appeared 15' clay, 160' disappeared. COMMENTS/REPORT: Info, but what there is, believe it was altitude and acl visual a

• Republic Of Korea reported egg oval observation — October 1, 1959

  1959-10-01 · Republic Of Korea, Korea · CE1

  It is not unusual for persons viewing the interior planets for the first time through an optical aid to be struck by the fact that it appears as a small moon, phases and all. Our every day experiences have left us with the impression that Venus is a life and originates its own li

• Taegu of unidentified-object report — June 25, 1959

  1959-06-25 · Taegu (S) of, Korea · CE1

  NICAP's database preserves a brief report for June 25, 1959 at Taegu (S) of, Korea.

• Approx20Mi SOf Taegu Korea unidentified aerial event — June 1959

  1959-06-01 · Approx20Mi SOf Taegu Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during June 1959, an unidentified aerial event was reported at or near Approx20Mi SOf Taegu Korea, Korea. The source describes the observation type as o Ground-Visual. It records 9. COURSE as the number of objects. The reported duration was 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS.

• Kunsan AB Korea reported light formation observation — April 1959

  1959-04-01 · Kunsan AB Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during April 1959, at or near Kunsan AB Korea, Korea, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One object observed hovering for 2 minutes. Object was observed by pilots returning from mission. COMMENTS: Air Intelligence report accompanying this

• Seoul Korea unidentified aerial event — July 1958

  1958-07-01 · Seoul Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during July 1958, at or near Seoul Korea, Korea, the source reports the following sequence: UFO REPORT: A. (1) ROUND (2) BA BALL (3) YELLOWISH (4) ONE (5) N/A (6) NONE (7) NONE (8) NONE (9) NONE PAGE TWO RJAPKF 5A B. (1) SITTING IN YARD (2) 68 DEGREES VERY HIGH (3) DISAPPE

• Pyongteak Aux Afld Korea unidentified aerial event — July 1958

  1958-07-01 · Pyongteak Aux Afld Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during July 1958, an unidentified aerial event was reported at or near Pyongteak Aux Afld Korea, Korea. The source describes the observation type as Ground-Visual. It records one as the number of objects. The reported duration was 15-20 seconds.

• Korea slowly descending radar target

  1958-03-08 · Air Force radar site, Location not stated, Korea · CE1

  Air Force radar tracked an unidentified object as it descended gradually.

• Seoul Korea reported light formation observation — November 25, 1957

  1957-11-25 · Seoul Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during November 25, 1957, at or near Seoul Korea, Korea, the source reports the following sequence: UNCLASSIFIED (CLASSIFICATION) COUNTRY: South Korea SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object Report (UFOB) LOCATION: Seoul, Korea DATE OF INFORMATION: 25 November 1957 PREPARED BY

• Osan Air Base Korea reported light formation observation — November 12, 1957

  1957-11-12 · Osan Air Base Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during November 12, 1957, at or near Osan Air Base Korea, Korea, the source reports the following sequence: COMMENTS: The object moved erratically with duration & description & ends conformity. TEXT EXTRACTED FROM THE DOCUMENT: AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT: U

• Soeul unidentified-object report — November 6, 1957

  1957-11-06 · Soeul, Korea · CE1

  Luminous bluish-white barrel-shaped object

• Kaisong Korea radar-visual unidentified-object report — November 5, 1957

  1957-11-05 · Kaisong Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during November 5, 1957, at or near Kaisong Korea, Korea, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: The object was observed visually and detected on radar. The object was observed to hover, make sharp turns, and accelerate rapidly before disappea

• NOf Seoul Korea radar-visual unidentified-object report — November 1957

  1957-11-01 · NOf Seoul Korea, Korea · CE1

  The object traveled very rapidly and disappeared from radar within 11 minutes, indicating a very high speed. COMMENTS: Similar to a number of reports received from U.S. troops stationed in Korea indicating a radar target at high altitude which was observed to disappear rapidly. 1

• Osan Air Force Base Korea reported light formation observation — October 3, 1957

  1957-10-03 · Osan Air Force Base Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during October 3, 1957, at or near Osan Air Force Base Korea, Korea, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY: Object observed at night near Osan AFB. Had brilliant white light showing and hovered and moved erratically. Object moved with winds, intermittent

• Pyongtaek Korea radar-visual unidentified-object report — December 1954

  1954-12-01 · Pyongtaek Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during December 1954, at or near Pyongtaek Korea, Korea, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Observed by pilot in F-86 a/c, Object on course parallel a F-80, overtaking on right.

• Seoul Korea reported light formation observation — September 8, 1954

  1954-09-08 · Seoul Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during September 8, 1954, at or near Seoul Korea, Korea, the source reports the following sequence: CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Insuff

• Korea disc-shaped object report — Fall 1954

  1954-09-01 · Unknown City, Korea, Korea · CE1

  Marine Corps weather observer saw 7 discs oscillating in formation.

• Kimpo AB Korea radar-visual unidentified-object report — September 1954

  1954-09-01 · Kimpo AB Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during September 1954, at or near Kimpo AB Korea, Korea, the source reports the following sequence: 1954 several blinking lights in the sky were observed at Kimpo AB, Korea. This object was tracked on radar for approximately 5 minutes. JACKSON sighted the object to be about

• Korea unidentified-object report — July 29, 1954

  1954-07-29 · unknown location, Korea, Korea · CE1

  NICAP's database preserves a brief report for July 29, 1954 at Korea.

• South Korea unidentified aerial event — April 1954

  1954-04-01 · South Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during April 1954, an unidentified aerial event was reported at or near South Korea, Korea. The surviving machine transcription does not yet yield a dependable beginning-to-end event sequence. The source text is retained in full for manual chronological reconstruction again

• CS 4859 unidentified-object report — December 26, 1953

  1953-12-26 · CS 4859 (Mil Grid), Korea · CE1

  T-6 Encounters Strange Object

• CS4859 Mil Grid Korea unidentified aerial event — December 1953

  1953-12-01 · CS4859 Mil Grid Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during December 1953, an unidentified aerial event was reported at or near CS4859 Mil Grid Korea, Korea. The surviving machine transcription does not yet yield a dependable beginning-to-end event sequence. The source text is retained in full for manual chronological reconst

• North Korea unidentified aerial event — June 1953

  1953-06-01 · North Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during June 1953, at or near North Korea, Korea, the source reports the following sequence: : Forward airfield observer of alleged sighting, pry analyze obj observed in early in an envy Tourney likely in span of [illegible].

• Pork Chop Hill radar tracking report — March 20, 1953

  1953-03-20 · Pork Chop Hill, Korea · CE1

  AP radio news service summary of April 5, 1953, indicates that luminous objects traveling at supersonic speeds have been observed and tracked on radar within the past few days in Pork Chop and Old Baldy Hills area, Western Korean Front

• Old Baldyand Pork Chop Hill Korea radar-visual unidentified-object report — March 1953

  1953-03-01 · Old Baldyand Pork Chop Hill Korea, Korea · CE1

  Luminous objects travelling at supersonic speed of 600 mph had been observed on five and tracked on radar within the past few days.

• Korea unidentified-object report — February 7, 1953

  1953-02-07 · Korea (near), Korea · CE1

  Korean area, G,V

• Cho Do North Korea reported light formation observation — February 1953

  1953-02-01 · Cho Do North Korea, Korea · CE1

  Object was sighted visually. Five bright lights in a line formation, with a constant brightness, were observed in the sky. The objects were estimated to be approximately 1000 ft in altitude and the reported observation lasted for several minutes.

• Suwon Korea reported light formation observation — January 21, 1953

  1953-01-21 · Suwon Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during January 21, 1953, at or near Suwon Korea, Korea, the source reports the following sequence: COMMENTS: Two jet a/c were flying in area at the time of sighting & it is fairly certain that observer saw these a/c when they were at a high alt.

• Hungnam unidentified-object report — December 10, 1952

  1952-12-10 · Hungnam, Korea · CE1

  USN pilot flying aircraft in near-collision with orange fireball

• Pohang unidentified-object report — August 9, 1952

  1952-08-09 · Pohang (K-3 area E of), Korea · CE1

  Fireball with stream of flame pass an aircraft

• Xxxx Xx 8773228 Southeast Korea radar-visual unidentified-object report — August 6, 1952

  1952-08-06 · Xxxx Xx 8773228 Southeast Korea, Korea · CE1

  The text of the document is as follows: AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT: FLYOREPT AREA REPORTED: Southeast Korea DATE OF REPORT: 25 August 1952 REPORTING OFFICER: Charles J. Malven, Captain, USAF (ALLO) SYNOPSIS: This report concerns visual and radar sightings of an u

• Seoul Korea reported egg oval observation — July 16, 1952

  1952-07-16 · Seoul Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during July 16, 1952, at or near Seoul Korea, Korea, the source reports the following sequence: LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: Not Reported 8. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Object traveling at tremendous speed, observed as a large green ball turning to blue trailing sparks. It mention

• Korea radar tracking report — July 10, 1952

  1952-07-10 · Korea (near), Korea · CE1

  Navy Destroyer Observes Two Discs / Tracks On Radar

• Pyungthek unidentified-object report — June 22, 1952

  1952-06-22 · Pyungthek, Korea · CE1

  4 ft diameter orange object

• Central Korea unidentified-object report — June 20, 1952

  1952-06-20 · Central Korea, Korea · CE1

  F4U-4B Corsairs Encounter Circling UFO

• Kimpo AB disc-shaped object report — June 6, 1952

  1952-06-06 · Kimpo AB, Korea · CE1

  (Case missing) cylinder-section flat disc-shaped object

• Chorwon radar tracking report — May 31, 1952

  1952-05-31 · Chorwon (South of ), Korea · CE1

  Multiple sightings, RV Radar Visual case in Korea

• Chorwon Korea reported disc saucer observation — May 22, 1952

  1952-05-22 · Chorwon Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during May 22, 1952, at or near Chorwon Korea, Korea, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Sighted by T-34 and visually from an A/T site at Chorwon (middle of Korea at 38° parallel) From maneuvers. Point at which object moved to fade DOWNGRA

• North Korea reported light formation observation — May 5, 1952

  1952-05-05 · North Korea, Korea · CE1

  On or during May 5, 1952, at or near North Korea, Korea, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Maneuvers: Moved horizontally for 4 seconds, then went into steep climb. Performing OCR on the text in the document, the output is as follows: AF FORM 11