A US Army soldier fires a 75mm recoilless rifle during the Korean War. Multiple unexplained aerial phenomena were seen during the first years of the war, leading the US Air Force to study the incidents from 1952 onward. (US Army)

An American Private (Allegedly) Shot a UFO in the Korean War

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Private First Class Francis P. Wall recounted firing his M1 rifle at a UFO resembling a “jack-o-lantern” and hearing the bullet ricochet off. The UFO was unaffected.

In 1951, about one year into the Korean War, American troops positioned near Chorwon, roughly 60 miles north of Seoul. Soldiers, preparing to bombard a nearby village, noticed something strange in the hills—something Private First Class Francis P. Wall would later describe as objects or lights resembling “jack-o’-lanterns” moving across the mountain. One of the objects even approached the battlefield, forcing the Americans to engage.

According to Wall’s account, artillery couldn’t damage the object, which emitted a brilliant pulsating light and a metallic sound when struck with rifle fire. Soldiers also........

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