January 29, 1952 — Wonsan and Sunchon, North Korea
Night. A bright orange, disc-shaped object, also described as a “huge ball of fire,” paces two B-29s on the same night, 80 miles from each other over the towns of Wonsan and Sunchon, North Korea. [Eberhart]
Record Card:
Sources:
New York Times, February 19, 1952; [? Maybe not NYT, not found in archives]
“Objects Sighted by Crew Members of Two Bombers,” Lowell (Mass.) Sun, February 19, 1952, pp. backpage, 11;
"Fliers Over Korea Report Strange Orange Sphere,’ Greenfield (Mass.) Recorder, February 19, 1952, p. 1;
“Are Interplanetary Observers Getting View of Korean War?,” Norfolk (Virg.) Ledger-Star, February 19, 1952, p. 1;
“‘Disks’ Seen in Korea,” New York Times, February 20, 1952, p. 3;
“Have We Visitors From Space”, Life Magazine, April 7, 1952, p. 92;
Project Grudge - Report No. 4, February 29, 1952, Appendix III;
Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 20;
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 504-505, p. 121;
Richard Haines, Advanced Aerial Devices Reported During the Korean War, pp. 33–37;
NICAP, “Rotating Light Seen by B-29 Crew”;
UFO Report ’
NICAP, “B-29 Crew Followed by UFO”;
Patrick Gross, “UFO US Military Reports, Korea, 1952”;