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Osan, Korea, August 1961

Date of account
1961-08
Location
Osan, Korea
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 27 Aug 61 Osan,Korea 口 Probabiy Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possi bly Balloon Local 2030 XKGround-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft -271200Z D Ai~Viswal D Air-Intorcopt Radar GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DYo. Probably Astronomical XNo Military Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation Varied Unknown 15min 1 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ROUnd White ObJt SiZe Of ll. cowMENTsReport contains very little pea.Appeared 45° elev,16o° az.Disappeared info,but what there is give no reason to 75° elev, 200° az.Larger than stars. believe that objt was anything other than a/c which was in area. Absence of unknowms reported by radar units in area support this conclusion. There are many possible situatio

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