Monday, April 20, 1953
Washington, DC - Washington Star
By the Associated Press
SEOUL, Korea, Apr. 20–(Monday.)–AP–Four U. S. Army airmen Sunday reported seeing a small "white, rounded, delta-shaped object" flying at 60 to 80 miles an hour over Communist territory on the Korean western front.
An official intelligence report said the sighting was made north of Pork Chop and Old Baldy hills where heavy fighting has raged the past few days.
AN OFFICER with a front line division who asked not to be identified by name told Associated Press that other luminous objects traveling at super-sonic speeds of 800 miles per hour, had been observed in the Baldy-Pork Chop area and tracked on radar--also within the last few days.
However the official G-2 report made no mention of these other incidents.
The release said:
"At approximately 1 p.m. today (Sunday) aerial observers in two separate planes flying routine reconnaissance missions, observed a white round, delta-shaped object.
"It was estimated to be five to seven feet in diameter. The observers had no idea of its thickness.
"It was traveling between 60 and 80 miles per hour in a vibrating motion. The course of the flight was northeast to the south-southwest over enemy territory."
Intelligence officer did nor attempt to evaluate the report
The four airmen who reported seeing the strange object were pilots and observers of two light Army planes.
One pilot asked his name be withheld from publication. The other witnesses were Lt. Julius Morgan of Lythonia, GA, pilot; Lt James O. Rymus, of Kansas City, MO, and Lt Jack E. Myers, Seattle, Wash., both observers.
Flying objects have been reported over Japan in recent months according to official reports of the Japan Air Defense Command. They too were tracked on radar and described as having a vibrating motion.
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An earlier AP story of 19 April had this added line
The altitude of the object was not reported.
Also the officer who released the report was further identified as a spokesmen for an American division [perhaps 7th Infantry Division].
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