PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8726739

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1954

REPORTED LOCATIONKimpo AB Korea

FRAMES8

→ Original microfilm scan (PDF) → Return to index

Machine transcription · mean legibility 37.8/100 · engines: tesseract-200dpi

Transcribed Frames

FRAME 001 / 008tesseract-200dpi

— ee ee

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

DATE | 2. LOCATION = 12. CONCLUSIONS
1a 8 ; O Was Balloon |
S Sepbenver 195k Kimmo AB, Korea S POeeey Basse
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |
5 ‘
Local f= ~_0608I & Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Radar Pikes Aiceran
San! “ = ‘t.TAy ) Ps :
GMT 17/2055 210¢ (DAWN) OD Air Visual D Air-Intercept Rador Gi Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS - SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
| Bre Military DO Possibly Astronomical
Militar SEE, Sere
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ie) Other__UNIDENTIFIED
| E ascent Data for Evaluation
say e re nknown
| li - 13 Minutes i Stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Collcr resembled glare of strong simlient Apparently too brisht fer star at dawm
nolished alum, Round. although Rigel at 50 deg elev, 180 dee
226 Possibility of belloon,. Rivted out a 4
| to cbhjects being stations and balloon
track indicates motion, UNIDEYTIFIEL
i
}

FRAME 002 / 008POOR LEGIBILITY — PENDING RE-EXAMINATION

. 7 pap! 3
ely 4 LAE § -
nena peasants ~ » ALA pshint 19,
TTR Ee er inter oe
: shone Fe Neen wk ite aS 3
fi is F SSC Ce say Pee
ks Peete Ax aestee te. ese ce nae

pane Ee laos Mes 9
sud « hme nial Tt =

a ~ Monts QV

4 SIS RY. a Ve 1 Paton 5 4

¥ Dispatches os Desa Uppers
san ere Statlorr Mexbers:

en enn «er a NON

e Bee: pete the: ‘eun’ Names rats pete at’ ‘oe ‘wirface, ano
git over 45,000 feat would have: been, iliuninated by, ‘the sun. at. --the e:

y. :
f : a Ses, , >.
we py ae
Bal 557 ae tenes

FRAME 003 / 008POOR LEGIBILITY — PENDING RE-EXAMINATION

~

tes
te

s ~ =. => 2 . of *~ “ 3
Sy Bia agg Janet? a

2

wef
rr

Sete

=
Sat

hy

be. E yok at .
at 175 degrees azimuth to Lee cer ver es

we «0

oe”

, . ae
te Ped ass
Rhy
shay ted

~

+

>
~

Luge

re .

: ; ~~ ~ ay ned p= ot Serr wa ays : ‘ : / a "
ISR s. GaE

FRAME 004 / 008POOR LEGIBILITY — PENDING RE-EXAMINATION

ay >

~ ee.
en ee

Tas

<
ate!
*,
*

ws ad

We me
iy

ye
¥

“ge

rf aes) _ " : 7 ng . ‘ 4 ; 43 b> bt et
: Cerise Y ; ‘ y Fe - “3 ~ot
,. 1 . : ' : ‘

¢ .
i (de
~~

y

' =e a pF wr ay
“. ac ASE air

SC.
peg

WHE ty
mer

m a.

’
at! Py a e
Mgr Atl hb

a oa & ate 6 +,
gh a AP a 1h we
md

*e ! : - “ a2 ~s: <
oT? : RR

ae
4 * 4 . : ‘ rt ae i, an Agar nce,
Urns aR Are AOS — Or ata aa eccangine on

FRAME 005 / 008POOR LEGIBILITY — PENDING RE-EXAMINATION

!
i
i
;

ee ee ee

- «asa

eed

a

Pit Mien Dis Viste et Se SEL

ween

dhe le ce ae ea

i eet a)

ye eo) no
pee ee |
a eae |

Saal
Se
:
mae

+ oe

r
x"a%

fol

ta

FRAME 006 / 008POOR LEGIBILITY — PENDING RE-EXAMINATION

peer iam me:
Rte ae

%
5 Spake

a Gpmecneaien Seoul mat sate rier
a observer ant: he also: saw: the object... Her: ther: cx
| Shaildor=- The eontrok touer- ant conbat

stare?

+p iS Ba ON see,
Sat “ig ,

Fra ot tole a6 Cig iY

Be toe, ae oe 8 Sei eide of the Souther static Be

$e

Mele and what appearcd’tolbe a very bright! star :
= bat Eves quite. positive. it ‘eouldn’t be @ star as Tt wan’ 4
te west, soft eatled’ the, See Se pric sanng + oe oes t
peels male of: it ‘through his

“gitetot = stars. ‘At tines it appeares. to be. c
Ceres asthe mirror ie tilted at various angles<

.

>
Ae
Yann «

Se

tee Ae, STapetlelk:,

~* ee

’ >
up A >
ee % Pe sa

FRAME 007 / 008POOR LEGIBILITY — PENDING RE-EXAMINATION

o

>

> -

ee ee eee

-

nat (ae

'

ee a ee ee ee ee ew eee F eepeen > ee
‘ . ir Aes i. ve wp, aur

;

4

4

‘3

through the: pinoriLere ant told: them that. cit aight look Like  clar ta ea

because ft. wae much brighter ant appeared:ta be mowing: In a westerly: |

direction... Weather said that it alse eppsered to them: ta be moving.

them if £t could be a weather balloon. Pay sal’ thet 2k eoultaerce a telTemee
because it was moving in the wrong direction... The Gal le® Sembee. (reese lant 25:
amt gave them the above information. > ORS:
binoeulars until the object disappeared avove. clouds at sbout’ O608T.. I would =
eatinate that the object was at about 175 azimth degrees from the tover. Ie
appeared to be at a very high altitude and at:about ee ree 4
Through the binoculars no streamers, tail, ax specific structure could bef se
pian en pre peared ey Pa game Ske ei ee

2

vent to the: winder seh pac pend (x50 pollbe) and:
“then pointed’ ou 7 ‘thevebject: to’ne ‘and hasided: me ‘the Shinocalardss  & observed
* the object. oti the binoculars. Tha: object was very. jai ea — too tr

 ginates, and. thenwent out. and agein vieuelly | up the eive the
_ abject... The oofect. appeared, te have ee ee “The eky was “Ph

FRAME 008 / 008POOR LEGIBILITY — PENDING RE-EXAMINATION

A tl i a oer ow 31%

4

est au
TRY Pees

Oe te ee

ie

Tey ay

} Pe eae Vane Pe

*
=_-

rt!
a.

f
7

Puan: Oe es
oar,
\

.

?

ta

- + > ~S
+ 0600 9 ae Lai? An
ei a =

“=
eee

«
a

le te lth Howe

-sh

> 2

cas

Sadi. i a rescadl

=

4 . . « : . . J 4
nat © en : Taye ’

4. 4 i

’ ? z
«weer hie

ae

eset a se

1 7
i 4 >
"| »

>
tae

‘

i ease isk

CLS

i bas io TEN eoiee ; 3 ie sy tee eae, hes 2s: Fgh ts) as
pA ws ‘. F . eo c: : a 7 . ; ; é |