DistantNews
Support us
🇰🇷 South Korea /Conflict & Security

UFO, Missile or Meteor? Green Light Spotted Across South Korea

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Named sources Context piece
  • People in Seoul, Daejeon, Suncheon, Cheonan, Pohang, Gangneung, Daegu and Busan reported seeing a bright green light moving across the sky at about 8:49 p.m. on the 7th.
  • Witnesses posted dashcam footage and photos, prompting speculation that the object could have been a meteor, UFO, missile or satellite debris.

A mysterious object streaked across skies in several parts of South Korea at about 8:49 p.m. on the 7th, prompting a wave of social media posts asking: “UFO? Missile or meteor? Did anyone see it?”

UFO? Missile or meteor? Did anyone see it?

· Social media userA post asking whether others had seen the moving light helped draw attention to the sightings.

Sightings were reported from Seoul, Daejeon and Suncheon, as well as Cheonan, Pohang, Gangneung, Daegu and Busan. Witnesses said they saw a powerful green light while walking or running. Some said it flashed brightly three times before disappearing as a round light.

It moved so fast that I was startled and thought it was a missile.

· Social media userThe user described the speed of the object and the alarm it caused.

The sudden sight sparked guesses ranging from a meteor and UFO to a missile or satellite debris. “It moved so fast that I was startled and thought it was a missile,” one user wrote. Others said they wished for a lottery win as soon as they saw it, while another called it the biggest shooting star they had seen in their life.

I wished to win the lottery as soon as I saw it.

· Social media userThe comment reflected the mixture of surprise and amusement among people who saw the light.
About this summary

Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

More Stories

From Our Blog