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|i. OATE ¥ 2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS
14 Sep 61 Osan AFB, Korea > Probatly Ball —_
3. DATE-TIME enour, | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION aS. VESemy Sareen
191 0 Wes Aireraft
Local 7 S2xGreund- Vi suel 0 Ground-Reder 2 Prob + as
GMT. 141048 0 Air Vi sol 0 Air-intercept Reader QO Possibly Aircraft
Ss. PHOTOS OURCE O Was Astronomicel
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomicol
Ne 0D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ee
0 Insufficient Dote for Evaluction
12 min Varied 0 Unknown
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Ob jt of sighting was 11. COMMENTS probably 1 of a/c operating in

local area. Changes in color of light could be que to witnesses observing different light
sources on a/c as its position changed. Witness®@s probably observed a/c anti-collision
lights and afterburne@ on alternate occasions, $peciffically afterburner, after a/c was tq
the SE, Wind direction, altitude of a/c, other #rround noises, and presence of other a/c
could account for absence of noise in association with objt. A/e could appear to be statiqn-
ary if its flight path was along a radial which|originated at location of observers. Absence
of unidentified objts on radars in area tend to|substantiate fact thah no unknown objts

were in area. Fading of bright light fm afterbuymer as it was turned off and/or as imars:
a/e changed position could be reason why witnesges felt objt was moving at a speed greater

than an a/c. There is no info in report which would indicate that objt was not a/c. No
evidence available indicating that obdjt was a threat to national security.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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UNCLASEFTO 314 DOCI 0048. UFO. HQ USAF FOR AFCIN. 1. THE

THE INTELLIGENCE, ON 18 SEPTEMBER 19613; BY OSI

SPECIAL AGENTS HAYES AND HYDE. TNEY WERE INTERVIEWED SEPARATE
LY AND Ding anlhat* ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMETION A. /
(1) ROUND. (2) DIME. ¢3) WHITE, TURNING TO RED. (4) 1. (5) N/A
‘S) NO 7) NONE (8) NONE ¢9) NONE,.B» (1) LOOKING AT MOON

FOLLOWING REPORT SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200°, GPHDGHIMADE TO

1ST THOUGHT AIRPLANE. (2) ELEVATION '30°DEGREE S, 272 DEGREE
AZIMUTH. (3) ELEVATION 70 DEGREES: 15g DEGREES AZIMUTH. (4) THE
LIGHT MOVED VERY FAST AND BECAM BRIGHTER AS IT NEARED POINT OF

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HEAD. SKY BROKEN CLOUDY IN AREA OF MOON 270 DEGREES. NO CLOUDS

ALONG PATH OF FLIGHT. (2) SURFACE! 350/2, 6,000: 349/10, 10,000
280/20, 16,000! 270/40, 20,0002 240/65, 30,000: 230/75, 50,000!
260/60. LCEVLBWW. ?493KEN HIGH OVERCAST (ABOVE 20,000 FT)..¢4) 5 MI
HAZE AND SMOKE. (5) OVERCAST 1020. (6) NONE. (7) 1.4 DEGREE C PER
1,000 FT NO INVERSIONS H NONE I NONE J. WEATHER BALOON RELEA

SED AT 1103Z BALLOON CONTAINED WHITE LIGHT WITH INTENSITY OF FLASH
LIGHT AT 1053Z ONE T33 WAS IN THE AREA. AT 1055 TWO F=102"S WERE

IN THE AREA» NO UNKNOWS CARRIED ON GCI RADAR IN LOCAL AREA AT THIS
TIME THERE WERE NO HELICOPTERS IN THE AREA AT THIS TIME. Ke PRE
PARING OFFICER 1ILT BRUCE Ej SMITH CHIEF OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
314TH AIR DIVISION BOTH OBSERVERS SSATED THY HAD NOT BEEN DRINE-
AING PRIOR TO THE SIGHTING AND SEEMED TO BE LOGICAL AND RELIABLE IN |
DIVIDUALS. THEIR OSI INVESTIGATIVE DUTIES AND TRAINING SHOULD QUALI

FY THEM AS COMPETENT OBSERVERS. THERE IS NO OTHER VISUAIDVY ELECT

RONIC CORROBRATING EVIDENCE OF THIS OBJECT. AIR FORCE WEATHER

FORECASTERS INDICATED THAT NO METEROLOGICAL ACTIVITY DURING bos
PERIOD WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE SIGHTING, ALTHOUGH THE CHANGING FROM !
WHITE TO EDDISH COLOR KUULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE SMOKE AND HAZE |

IN THE AREA. 5HE CHIEF TOWER OPERATOR ON DUTY DID NOT SEE THE OB

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OBSERVATION. POSSIBILITY OF OBJECT BEING A JET AIRCRAFT OR HELI
COPTER WAS DISCOUNTED DUE TO SPEED AND ALTITUDE. AS THE OBJECT

CAM ACROSS THE SKY ITS FLIGHT PATH WAS NOT CONSTANTLY STRAIGHT FOR
WARD BUT APPEARED IRREGULAR IN BOTH SPEED AND DIRESTION. THE COLOR
OF THE OBJECT CHANGED. FROM WHITE TO REDDISH COLOR. AT ONE POINT THE
ABJECT STOPBJ WAS VERY BRILIANT IN COLOR AND AT GREAT ALTITUDE.
AFTER STAYING BASICALLY STATIONARY AND CONSTANT IN COLOR (WHITE) FOR
APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 3 MINUTES, THE OBJECT BEGAN TO RAISE IN 90 DEGREE
VERTICAL FLIGHT NOW CHANGING COLOR. AS THE OBJECT WAS RISING A JET
FIGHTER CAME OVER THE AREA APPROACHING THE BASE AT APPROXIMATELY
50900 FEET OR LESS. THE OBJECT THEN BEGAN FORWARD MOVEMENT AND THEN
CHANGED DIRECTION 9@ DEGREES, THEN CONTINUED ITS ORIGINAL DIRECTION
TO THE EAST SOUTH EAST. IT’S LIGHT AT THIS PO NT WAS BRILLIANT BUT
HAD BECOME SMALL AS THE STARS. THE SPEED AT THIS POINT WAS DEFINITE
LY GREATER THAN ANY KNOWN AIRCRAFT. (5) OBJECT DISAPPEARED WITH
GREAT BURST OF SPEED, APPEARED TO BE CLIMBING AND FADED FROM SIGHT
(6) 12 MINUTES. C. €1) GROUND-VISUAL. (2) NONE. (3) N/A De. C1)

1948Z 14 SEP 61. (2) NIGHT E. CS 272050, CHICOL VILLAGE OUTSIDE
MAIN GATE OSAN AB F. OSI SPECIAL AGENTS JOHN Q HYDE an BILL H
HAYES, DISTRICT OJJWICE 45. HIGH RELIABILITY-Wr-T 1) SKY CLEAR OVER

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JECT BUT CONSIDERED IT QUITE LIKELY THAT THE SIGHTING COULD HAVE
BEEN CAUSED BY AN F-192 DOING EXTENSIVE FLYING AND MANEUVERS IN THE
LOCAL AREA WITH AFTER-BURNER. THERE WERE NO MISSILE FIRINGS OR
AERIAL TESTS IN THE AREAe A STRONG POSSIBLITY EXIST THAT A DIS
CREPANCY BETWEEN THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING OR THE RELEASE TIME OF
THE WEATHER BALLON COULD HAVE OCCURRED, AND THIS WAS THE OBJECT
BEING OBSERVED. NO EXPLANATION EXISTS FOR THE REPORTED HIGH SPEED
OF THE OBJECT, EXCEPT ERROR ON THE PART OF THE OBSERVERS. 2e ON

18 SEP ANOTHER SIGHTING’ C NJOWFID OBJECT WAS REPORTED. THIS

REPORT WAS MADE TO 7A BILL H HAYES§CABOVE AND FORWARDED TO THIS :
OFNICER. INFORMATIONNLAW AFR AS FOLLOWS: A. ¢1) ROUND (2) 05\
PEA. (3) WHITE/ CREAM. (4) 1. (5) N/Ae (6) NOo (7) NONE. (898 NONE
(9) NONE B. ¢1) MOVING LIGHT IN SKY.?(2) 45 DEGREE ELEVATION 169
DEGREE AZIMUTH. (3) 75 DEGREE ELEATION 200 DEGREE AZIMUTH ¢4)

BOTH OBSERVERS SAW AN OBJECT LARGER THAN THE STARS, MOVING TOWARD
THEM FROM EAST TO WEST FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTE. THE OBJECT THEN BEGAN

TO MAKE SHARP FAST MOVEMENTS SIDE TO SIDE AND VERTICALLY CONTINU

ING IN GENERALLY THE SAME DIRECTION. THE OBJECT THEN STOPPED,
HOVERED FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN BEGAN TO MOVE IN A WIDE: GRADUAL TURN

AND PROCEED SOUTH. AT THIS POINT THE OBJECT WAS LARGER THAN THE

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LARGEST STARMAND VERY BRIGHT, IT THEN BEGAN FADING IN BRIGHTNESS AND
EVENTUALLY DISAPPEARED. NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS OBSERVED REGARDING
ALTITUDE OR SPEED. OBSERVERS STATED THAT BECAUSE OF THE SHARP
VERTICAL AND RIGHT ANGLE MANEMWERS THE OBJECT COULD NOT HAV BEEN

C roruruss Jsratec HE HAD WATMOED WEATHER
BALLOONS ASCENDING BEFORE AND DID NOT BELIEVE THIS CTOLD HAVE BEEN

A BALLOON. (5) GREW DIMMER GOING UP THRU CLOUDS, THEN FADED FROM
SIGHT. (6) 15 MINUTES. C. EKQL GROUND-VISUAL. (2) NONE. (3) N/A Do

(1) 12002 27 AUGUST<49 IGHT. E. CX 269055, BLDG 238, OSAN !
AB KOREA. F. G ROTHFUSS A2@ AF12591103, 6314 SUPPORT SQ A eh |

AFKN RADIO; AUBREY F GHOLSTON, A2C AF17514458, 6314 SUPPORT SQ

AIRCRAFT, STAR OR COME

AFKN RADION. RELIABILITY GOOD. G. (1) CLEAR PARTLY CLOUDY STARS IN
SKY. (2) SURFACE! 0505, 6,000! 0709/2, 10,000: 280/23, 16,000: 300/
17, 20,000! 290/31, 30,000: 282-40, 50,000: 270/36, 80,000: 090/10.
(3) NO CEILING (4) 10 MI (5) 4/10. (6) NONE (707 2 DEGREE C. PER
1,000 FT FROM SURFACE TO 4,000 FT INVERSION 4,000 FT THRU 5500 FT
H. FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED IN AREA AT 1012Z SURFACE PRESSURE RISING
RAPIDLY. I. NONEM Je WEATHER BALLOOON RELEASED AT 1103Z. SHOULD,

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NOTNAVE BEEN IN AREA DURING SIGHTING ONE F-89 IN AREA DURING

PERIOD SIGHTING» NO AIR FORCE HELICOPTERS IN AREA DURING PERIOD.
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UNCLAS EF TO 314 DOCI 004GFINAL SECTION OF TWO.

Ke PREPARING OFFICER! 1LT BRUCE E. SMITH, CHIEF, OPERATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE, 314 TH AIR DIVISION. BOTH OBERSVERS STATED THAT THEY
—HaD NOT BEEN DRINKING PRIOR O SIGHTING. OBJECT WAS NOT SIGHTED BY
ANY OTHER KNOWN PERSONS. THERE WERE NO UNKNOWN TRACKS ON LOCAL GCI
RADAR» CHIEF TOWER OPERATOR DID NOT S GHT OBJECT. NO MISSILE FIR
INGS OR AERIAL TESTS WERE MADE IN THE AREA DUE TO LOW SPEEDUJ ES
TIMATED BY OBSERVERS AS ABOUT THE SAME AS A LIGHT AIRCRAFTX AND LOW
ALTITUDE, IT WOULD SEEM LIKELY THAT OBJECTCOULD HAVE BEEN A HELI
COPTER, PERHAPS AN UNSCHEDULED RMY FLIGHT “IN- THE |AREA. OBSERVERS
HOWEVER DISCOUNTED THIS, AS THERE WERE.NO RED png 4 A AND
THERE WAS NO AUD IBLE SOUND, ALTHOUGH OBJECT WAS VERY'CLOSE. IDENT
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INTELLIGENCE, 314 TH AIR DIVISION. BOTH OBERSVERS STATED THAT THEY
“— HAD NOT BEEN DRINKING PRIOR O SIGHTING. OBJECT WAS NOT SIGHTED BY

ANY OTHER KNOWN PERSONS. THERE WERE NO UNKNOWN TRACKS ON LOCAL GCI
RADAR. CHIEF TOWER OPERATOR DID NOT S GHT OBJECT. NO MISSILE FIR

INGS OR AERIAL TESTS WERE MADE IN THE AREA DUE TO LOW SPEEDUJ ES
TIMATED BY OBSERVERS AS ABOUT THE SAME AS A LIGHT AIRCRAFTX AND LOW
ALTITUDE, IT WOULD SEEM LIKELY THAT OBJECTCOULD HAVE BEEN A HELI
COPTER, PERHAPS AN UNSCHEDULED RMY FLIGHT IN THE AREA. OBSERVERS
HOWEVER DISCOUNTED THIS, AS THERE WERE NO RED LIGHTS VISIBLE AND
THERE WAS NO _— SOUND, ait aen OBJECT WAS VERY CLOSE. IDENT

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Ke PREPARING OFFICER? 1ILT BRUCE Ew SMITH, CHIEF, OPERATIONAL

INTELLIGENCE, 514 TH AIR DIVISION. BOTH OBERSVERS STATED THAT THEY

~ HAD NOT BEEN DRINKING PRIOR O SIGHTING. OBJECT WAS NOT SIGHTED BY
ANY OTHER KNOWN PERSONS. THERE WERE NO UNKNOWN TRACKS ON LOCAL GCI

RADAR. CHIEF TOWER OPERATOR DID NOT S GHT OBJECT. NO MISSILE FIR .

INGS OR AERIAL TESTS WERE MADE IN THE AREA DUE TO LOW SPEEDUJ ES |

TIMATED BY OBSERVERS AS ABOUT THE SAME AS A LIGHT AIRCRAFTX AND LOW
ALTITUDE, IT WOULD SEEM LIKELY THAT OBJECTCOULD HAVE BEEN A HELI
COPTER, PERHAPS AN UNSCHEDULED RMY FLIGHT IN THE AREA. OBSERVERS
HOWEVER DISCOUNTED THIS, AS THERE WERE NO RED LIGHTS VISIBLE AND
THERE WAS NO AUDIBLE SOUND, ALTHOUGH OBJECT WAS VERY CLOSE. IDENT
IFICATION OF, OBJECT UNKNOWN. L. NONE. :

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