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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
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|  14-19-21-23 April | Manchuria  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Military | BALLOON  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | Pilot's comment: Large kites. D/I FIAF Comment: Balloons with kite-like attachments. Evaluated as balloons with Radar Attachments  |
|  20-25 |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  Radar - Several Minutes 30 Seconds | An estimated 20-25 kite-like objects with trailing streamers were observed over ANTUNG Airfield. Some of the objects had balloon-like attachments below them. Observed visual…

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ATIC DOCUMENT 127210, Manchuria

On 23 Apr 53 four F-86's were on a counter air mission over North Korea. The call sign of this flight was JOHN RED.

At 1500I the flight sighted what appeared to be an estimated 20 to 25 triangular shaped objects over UTM coordinates XE2250. These objects were at an altitude of approx 30,000'. Distance from friendlies to these objects was approx 5 miles. Weather at the time was CAVU.

The objects were described as triangular shaped. In the opinion of friendlies they appeared to be large kites, although no cables or lines were observed attached to …

AF FORM 112
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
UNCLASSIFIED
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|  COUNTRY | Korea | REPORT NO. | 53-74  |
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AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS

|  DATE OF REPORT | 29 April 1953 | DATE OF INFORMATION | 23 April 1953  |
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|  FROM (Agency) | Det. #1, 6004th AISS, APO 970 | SIGNATURE | B-2  |

PREPARED BY (Agency)
Murriel Thomas, Captain, USAF
(REFERENCES (General number, direction, previous report, etc., as applicable)

USAF BAIR 5M-23

SUMMARY: (Under similar summary of report. One significant in final one contrast pa…

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AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  FROM: Special | REPORT NO. | PAGE 2 OF 2 PAGES  |
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|  Det. #1, 6004th AISS, APO 970 | 53-74 |   |

On 23 April 1953 four F-86s were on a counter air mission over North Korea. The call sign of this flight was JOHN RED.

At 1500I RED flight sighted what appeared to be an estimated 20 to 25 triangular shaped objects over UTM coordinates XE 2250. These objects were at an altitude of approximately 30,000 feet. At this time friendlies were at an altitude of 39,000 feet over UTM coordinat…

UNCLASSIFIED
AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
|  FROM (Agency) | Det. #1, 6004th AISS, APO 970 | REPORT NO. | 53-74 | PAGE | 3 | OF | 3 | PAGES  |
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D/I FEAF COMMENT:

1. Radar plots were reportedly recorded for eight-plus, slow-moving targets in the area of XE 0550 for several minutes starting at 1455-I. Winds aloft were reported as approximately 40 knots at 310 degrees.

2. Without a definite reference point in space, the actual objects could vary widely from the size which was reported. From t…

UNCLASSIFIED
AF FORM 112—PART II
APR 1958
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
From: (illegible) (illegible) (illegible)
DEPT. # 1, 600th AISS, APO 970 53-74
5 TO 10 OF THE OBJECTS HAD DISKS OR BALLONS ATTACHED
MAJORITY OF OBJECTS APPEARED TO BE TRIANGULAR SHAPED
APP 6' APP 15'
APP 6'
THESE OBJECTS WERE GRAYISH-WHITE IN COLOR
APP 20'
DARK COLORED STREAMERS OR FLAGS OBSERVED AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE
DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS; DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10
PILOT'S SKETCH
NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING TRIANGULAR TERMS OF THE UNITED STATES. AFTER IN THE MEANING …

UNCLASSIFIED
AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  FROM (Agency) | Det. #1, 6004th AISZ, APO 970 | REPORT NO. | 53-74 | PAGE | OF | PAGES  |
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AIR MAY BE INTELLIGENT IN FORWARDING TO THE INFORMATION OF MINS. AND TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE INFORMATION.

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS
DOD DIR 5200.10

NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U.S.C. - 31 AND 32 AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISS…

25 APRIL 53

McMillin Observatory
22 June 1953

1st Lt. Robert Olsson
ATIC - Wright-Patterson AFB

Dear Lt. Olsson;

Here are the comments on the recent batch of material. A few cases are certainly of considerable interest. Over all, in this batch, Venus counts for only one: 28 January, Stuttgart. Fireballs most probably account for 4 cases; balloons for four and aircraft for three.

Coming to the interesting cases: the Korean 20 April should certainly be followed up. This comes very close to being a security-Intelligence matter. I'd certainly like to get more information on this. How about se…