Think Aboutit – UFOs

2. Shapes and Sizes of UFO Reported __________________________________________________________ Japanese lantern Coolie hat with oblong ports Round Ball Globe (larger than Navy jet) Cylindrical with a tail Oval (larger than a MiG) 50 foot diameter Round black (circular) cloud Round Coin Disc (7:1 ratio and 15-20 ft) Large dark object (long streamers) Cigar (6-7 feet long) Perfectly circular (25 ft diam) Spherical (8-10 ft diameter) Discs (7 total in group) […] Read More

Appendices 1. Weather Balloon Characteristics The following meteorological balloons were used by the Americans in the Korean War. This data was included in report IR-4-52, page 2 dated 7 June 1952. ___________________________________________________________ Weight Size Color Rate of climb* Altitude ___________________________________________________________ 10 gram 18 inches red or black 400 25,000 ft. 30 gram 24 inches red, white 600 60,000 ft. or black 100 gram 40 inches red, white 990 100,000 […] Read More

Chapter 3 American Pilots Report UFOs over Korea This chapter presents 30 UFO sighting reports that were made by U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine pilots during the war. They are interesting because they show that the UFO was capable of outperforming the combat aircraft the U.S. had at that time. Sept. 1950, Korea A U.S. Navy plane on a combat mission was approached by two large discs. The […] Read More

References Anon., Associated Press, Tokyo, Japan, October 19, 1952. Anon., Aerospace Science: History of Air Power. Air University Press, Air Training Command, Maxwell A.F.B., Alabama, 1986. Braybrook, R., Supersonic Fighter Development. Haynes Publ. Group, Somerset, England, 1987. Gross, L.E., UFO’s: A History January-May 1952. Privately published, 1982. Gross, L.E., UFO’s: A History 1952: September – October. Privately published, 1986. Haines, R.F., Commercial jet crew sights unidentified object-Part I. Flying […] Read More

Chapter 4 Ground Observers Report UFOs This chapter presents a number of UFO sighting reports obtained from project Blue Book files which involved observers on the ground. That such sightings continued long after the Korean War is shown by an interesting case which took place in 1974 which was reported by Stringfield (1977). April 5, 1952, Midnight, Okinawa This brief summary report was found in USAF intelligence report 131-52 […] Read More

Chapter 1 The Stage is Set Barely 59 months after the Japanese signed an unconditional surrender on September 2, 1945, a relatively minor civil war broke out on the Korean Peninsula between the Democratic Republic of (South) Korea and the communistic Democratic People’s Republic of (North) Korea. Some historians point out that what started as a civil war limited to a then third rate economic and strategic nation; escalated […] Read More

Chapter 2 GI Fires Upon an Unidentified Aerial Object Following is a transcript of an interview between Mr. Francis P. Wall, a private first class in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and Mr. John Timmerman who is Project Manager for the photo exhibit of the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies in the Fall of 1987. It has not been edited in any way. This interesting […] Read More

Overview This book begins with a brief overview of the major historical events of the Korean War period to help set the stage for the UFO sighting reports which follow. Also presented are some important UFO events which took place just before and during the war years. Forty-two UFO reports are presented here. More than 63 military pilots, soldiers, ground radar operators, naval personnel, and others covering the period […] Read More

CONTENTS Foreword Acknowledgments List of Illustrations List of Tables Contents Overview Chapter 1: The Stage is Set Chapter 2: GI Fires Upon an Unidentified Aerial Object Chapter 3: American Pilots Report UFOs over Korea Chapter 4: Ground Observers Report UFOs over Korea References Appendices Weather Balloon Characteristics Shapes and Sizes of UFO Reported Eye Witnesses Listed by Sighting Date Summary of Unusual or Provocative: UFO Flight Maneuvers Electromagnetic Effect […] Read More

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Korean Peninsula 3 Command Structure for U.S. Air Operations 6 B-29 Bomber in Flight 8 F-86 Sabre Jet 9 Captured Soviet Made MiG-15 12 Eyewitness Sketch of UFO 19 F-94C Starfire Jet Interceptor 41 C-54 in Flight 46 F4U-4B Aircraft in Flight 49 T-6 Aircraft in Ground Bunkers 57 LIST OF TABLES 1. Historical Events Surrounding the Korean War 13 2. Historical UFO Events 15 […] Read More

Acknowledgments It is indeed a pleasure to thank the many people who helped me in various ways during the preparation of this book. First of all, to each of the many eyewitnesses of these events goes my gratitude and respect for their courage to report their experiences in the first place, particularly to Mr. Francis P. Wall. It will partially be through such brave acts that we will, one […] Read More