28953930.pdf

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 20/0200Z  |
| --- | --- |
|  20 March 53 |   |
|  3. SOURCE | Military  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | One  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | Not Reported  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground-Radar  |
|  7. COURSE | Not Reported  |
|  8. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  2. LOCATION | Old Baldy & Fork Chop Hill, Korea  |
| --- | --- |
|  10. CONCLUSION | INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION  |
|  11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS | Short TEX from APOIN-2A2. Luminous objects travelling at supersonic speed of 800 mph had been observed in area and tr…

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AIR 003
RR JEDWP JEDEN 222
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FM HQ USAF WASHDC
TO JEDWP/CGAMC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
INFO JEDEN/CGADC ENT AFB COLO

FROM AFOIN 54365 CGAMC PASS TO CG ATIC
ACTION ON MESSAGE QUOTED BELOW FROM HQ ADC ENT AFB COLO IS TRANSFERRED
TO ATIC CMA THE ORGANIZATION HAVING PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR UFO
PROGRAM. NO ADDITIONAL INFO AVAILABLE THIS HQ. MESSAGE READS
CMA NUMBER COC 86 DTG 20053Z. OUR AP RADIO NEWS SERVICE MSG
AP 180 5TH 15 MIN SUMMARY CMA TENTH ITEM CMA SLUGGED /D…

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FM HQ USAF WASH DC
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JEDWP/ATIC: WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OH
/FROM: AFOIN-2A2 54289

REF, ADC ENT AFB, MAG, DTG 200535Z APR 53. REGARDING AP RADIO
NEWS SERVICE MSG AP 182, 5 TH 15 MIN SUMMARY, NOT HELD THIS HQ.
ONLY INFO THIS HQ CONCERNS AP REPORT BY UNIDENTIFIED OFFICER OF FRONT
LINE DIVISION "THAT OTHER LUMINOUS OBJECTS TRAVELING AT SUPER-
SONIC SPEEDS OF 800 MPH HAD BEEN OBSERVED IN THE BALDY-PORKCHOP
& AREA AND TRACKED ON RADAR ALSO WITHIN THE …

REQUEST FOR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION

THRU: ATIA FROM: ATIAS-5 DATE: 29 April 1953
THRU:
TO: ATIRC

SUBJECT: (Conf) High Speed Korean Radar Tracks

1. PERTINENT BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Information from Hq USAF to Project Blue Book (unidentified flying objects) states that "A.P. radio news service summary of 5 April 53 indicates that luminous objects traveling at supersonic speeds have been observed and tracked on radar within the past few days in Pork Chop and Old Baldy Hills area, Western Korean Front".

2. SPECIFIC REQUEST: (See

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INFO:

FROM: AFOIN-ATIAS

Rearrng AFOIN 54365 Project Blue Book has no information on either the subject superscale sightings made by radar over Korea or the Lake Superior sightings. In reply cite Project Blue Book.

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IN REPLY REFER TO: CONTROL NO. TIC-1979 SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
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SUBJECT: (CONFIDENTIAL) High Speed Korean Radar Tracks

TO: Commanding General
Far East Air Forces
APO 925 c/o Post Master
San Francisco, California

FROM: Headquarters USAF
Directorate of Intelligence
Washington 25, D. C.

DEGREE OR NEED FOR THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC INFORMATION
☐ URGENT - REQUESTED BY ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________…

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FROM: COC ADC ENT AFD COLO

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NR: COC 86 20 Apr 53

Our AP Radio News Service Msg AP 182 5th 15 min summary, Tenth Item, slugged (Disc) states that luminous objects traveling at speeds faster than sound have been observed and tracked on radar within past few days in Pork Chop and Old Baldy Hills area Western K…

22 June 1953

Reference SRI No. ATIC-4979, Subject: High Speed Radar Tracks.

Report received from D/I, if AF indicates that an investigation at 7th Infantry Division G-2, 7th Artillery S-2, and the 502nd Tactical Control Group, 5th Air Force fail to reveal any record of luminous objects traveling at supersonic speeds the intact on radar and the "Pork Chop" or Old Baldy Hill area.