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Incident #209

ATIC NO. --- DATE OF INFO 4 Nov 48
AF NO. --- LOCATION South Korea 37°57'N 125°31'E
REPORT NO. --- SOURCE Army observation posts #1 & 2
DATE OF REPORT --- DATE IN TO ATIC ---
TIME OF SIGHTING 1043 COLOR ---
SHAPE Twin Engine a/c SPEED ---
SIZE Twin Engine a/c ALERTURE 5,000' ---
COUNT 270° E to W LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED ---
NO. IN GROUP 1 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground
ROUND ---
FILTER --- SHORTNESS ---
MANEUVERS ---
REMARKS: Believed to be red a/c

Temporary ATIC Form 329
(2 Jan 52)

UNCLASSIFIED
SECRET

Incident #209 -- South Korea -- 4 November 1948

There is no astronomical explanation for this incident.
The object has been independently identified as a Soviet aircraft.

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7-3712-12

HEADQUARTERS
AIR WEATHER SERVICE
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington 25, D. C.

In Reply
Refer To: AFS DSS
11 May 1949

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects

TO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
ATTN: MCIAXO-3

1. Reference is made to letter from your headquarters, MCIAXS, dated 9 March 1949, subject "Unidentified Flying Objects," and first indorsement thereto by this headquarters, dated 31 March 1949.

2. The incident summaries 173 through 233 have been checked against routine weather-balloon ascents made by the Air Force, Navy and Weather Bur…

HN01

No. 209: Determined to have been twin-engined bomber.

Incident: 209

Unidentified aircraft observed at 1043 14 Nov 1948 over Army Observation Post #1 at 37° 57' N - 125° 31' E, in South Korea, flying east to west at an altitude of 5000 feet. The same aircraft was sighted by army observation post #2 37° 51' N - 125° 17' E, 4, 37° 57' N - 125° 26' E and 5, 37° 56' N - 125° 29'. Subject aircraft circled observation post number 2, then headed north. Aircraft was twin engine bomber type, and is believed definitely to have been soviet.

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INCIDENT SUMMARY SHEET
(To be filled out and retained in files)

1. Date of Observation . . . 4. November 1948. Incident: #209

2. Time of Observation . . . 1043 . . . . . .

3. Where was Object(s) Sighted . . South. Korea. - . 37°. 57'. north. - . 125° 31' east. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4. Observer's Position . . Army Observation Post No. 1 & 2 . from ground
(i.e. ground, air, control tower, etc.)

5. Name and Address of Observer . . . N/S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…

AF GRNC
DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVAL
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10

CITE AX ONE ONE SIX THREE OP-2 PD

UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT IS SUBJECT PD AT ONE ZERO FOUR THREE SLASH ITEM ON ONE FOUR NOVEMBER SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WAS SIGHTED OVER ARMY OBSERVATION POST NUMBER ONE CMA THREE SEVEN DEGREES FIVE SEVEN MINUTES NORTH DASH ONE TWO FIVE DEGREES THREE ONE MINUTES EAST CMA IN SOUTH KOREA CMA FLYING EAST TO WEST AT AN ALTITUDE OF FIVE ZERO ZERO ZERO FEET PD SUBSEQUENTLY CMA SAME AIRCRAFT WAS SIGHTED BY ARMY OBSERVATION POSTS TWO CMA THREE SEVEN DEGREES FIVE ONE MINUTES NORTH DASH ONE TWO FIV…

EQA 63
PP JEQAB
FMLUAPLA 86B/CG FEAF
TO JEQTL/CS USAF ATTN DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE
JEQAB/CG AMC ATTN T-2
INFO QKN UAPEG/CINCFE
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1948 NOV 15 14:44
UNCLASSIFIED
DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS