PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8726633

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1954

REPORTED LOCATIONSeoul Korea

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. | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

DATE 2. LOCATION aa 12. CONCLUSIONS
Boa ies ‘10 Was ‘Balloon
; 9 September 1951 Seoul, Korea O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME cRouP “| 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION my Pessiby Emtpon
Locol 46301 - 13401 0 Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Radar e og a all F
/0930Z -. 09402 |G Possibly Aircraft
___GMT 09/093 YEL Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar Cssibly Alrcrart
5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE QO Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
| B No Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 10 Other tee
0 praenstent Data for Evaluation
° O Unknown
10-12 minutes 2 Stationary: :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS q
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Silver or white in color. No sound. 0bj Possible weather balloons,

appeared stationary and did not disaprear.
f * . * : vs =

A/C on scopes, Objects not picked up by

ground radar, Made from 2@-S6F 2/c,

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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were observed by twc pilots. They appesred to: be stationary
éuring observation... The pilats were low om fuel so they had” Sa,

return home tefore. the objects. disapuesres =. RelisbSitt aes of the us
pilcts maybe Judged as good. - PA Ser oe oe Bn Pc Da ae

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possible: far cher weatier- balloon, released: from the statiom at.
-I7301,.: to: hawe: Geem-in the area at. this: tines:' $id coneinrete
@frection ant velocites of” the winds aloft, this Ia:

However, only one balloon was releasedianm& twa objects: warar
sighted... Noa peasible explanation or my pert can te made-am ta:
the cause of the sighting. The. (aC. in ther ares coul@ identify
the two aircraft, but had no ather objeets. om ita aapyes.

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missicn. L‘was flying the, number: twa. poststons Hee necked
Badger and then went to Saten*s. control... We were: cn € i
heading over the water io the YB area. snans
intercept. with us end e flight called Bucket.-65 :kaciq-
pretty well. clutvered with chatter: sa: “ite took: Gutta ; Le:
the intercept Seten“them rekeased: Us, te Bade er yng “
another practice intercept with us am¢ Buckev 65. Badger. ‘then clet
ed -us to tower frequency for landing efter giving-ua.a- GO. degree: ;, aE BSE
steer to homeplete. ‘when northeast of the field abuut 30 miles: ® Baars biced
at an altitude cf 24,000 feet, I spotted twa cbjects: wery’ high > 3 in aye” BR
ebcve us abcut 45 Gegrees up from the horizon. we: were in ar. lett. an
turn at the tine.--I called :them aut. to, the, leader an¢ he. alsa. :
rolled out of the Ieft.turm ané flew: ‘North for abo
=minutes+roone teehee: voiced badger to. find cut if they priate

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