June 6, 1952 — Kimpo AFB, Korea — Spinning/Tumbling UFO



June 6, 1952 — Kimpo AFB, Korea
8:42 a.m. Flight Sgt. Kenneth Dudley Smith from the 77th RAAF Squadron at Kimpo Air Base [now Gimpo International Airport] in Seoul, Korea, observes a dull silver object in the shape of a coin and about 50–60 feet long performing spinning and tumbling maneuvers for 4 minutes at 345 mph. Flight Sgt. Kenneth Fawner also sees the UFO for 30 seconds. [Eberhart]

BB Record Card:

BB FlyObt:

BB Air Intelligence Report / Statement (AF-112):






Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 611, p. 137;

Robert Powell, UFOs: A Scientist Explains What We Know (And Don’t Know), 2024, p. 48;

[Blue Book case documents];

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Very intresting indeed. Is there a flight path drawing how it manuvered from point to point. reading this is A bit hard to understand its flight path.

Unfortunately the two included sketches are it. No flight path drawing.

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