◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
The West Sea Radar Phantom (1992)
On the morning of 11 February 1992 South Korean air-defence radar tracked an unknown target racing out of Chinese waters toward Korea at 630 knots, and the air force sent 18 fighters, a rescue helicopter and a C-130 after it. They found nothing, and an air force spokesman said the intruder "might have been a phantom" of the radar itself. This is the record of what was tracked, not a verdict on what was over the Yellow Sea.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- The West Sea Radar Phantom (1992) is a reported UAP case in West Sea (Yellow Sea), about 80 miles west of Kunsan, 11 February 1992, 10:05-10:20 local.
- South Korean radar tracked an unknown target crossing the West Sea from off China's Shandong Peninsula at 630 knots before it vanished 80 miles west of Kunsan, Yonhap reported.
- The air force scrambled 18 fighters, a rescue helicopter and a C-130 transport, and they found nothing.
- An air force spokesman said the intruder might have been a phantom, a ghost signal from overlapping surveillance radars.
- The only record is the news-agency report that the US Foreign Broadcast Information Service relayed, not a CIA investigation.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source and 1 claimant on its resolved list.
- The archive grades it L0 · SINGLE ACCOUNT — the archive holds one account of it, from a single source.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-03; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
11 February 1992, 10:05-10:20 local
LOCATION
West Sea (Yellow Sea), about 80 miles west of Kunsan · South Korea
COORDS
35.97°N 125.31°E
INDEPENDENCE
L0 · SINGLE ACCOUNT
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
1
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
