Japan/Korea: Radar UFO Intelligence Report
Air Technical Liaison Office compiled Intelligence Report #29-52 on radar UFO sightings by Air Force, Navy, and Marines in Korea and Japan from 1950-1952. Report prepared by Capt. Charles J. Malven on July 11, 1952.
Background
Background
The Air Technical Liaison Office of the Directorate of Intelligence for the Far East Air Force compiled radar observations of unexplained objects reported by the Air Force, Navy, and Marines in Korea and Japan. The report covers the period from 1950 to 1952 and was written on July 11, 1952 as Intelligence Report #29-52.
Key Person and Content
Captain Charles J. Malven wrote the report, titled "FLYOBRPT: Japan/Korea Area". He gathered data on radar contacts, visual sightings of silver-coloured spheres or discs by fighter pilots, and tracking records in regions such as Japan, Okinawa, and Korea. The report went to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson and to the Director of Intelligence of the US Air Force.
Significance
This document shows serious military investigation of UAP during the Korean War. It points to an accumulation of good reports that obliged the Air Force to treat the phenomenon as a priority, amid the global sighting waves of 1952.