On the second day, the military authorities assumed that the unidentified flight was a North Korean drone and dispatched a fighter, but it was confirmed that it was not a drone.



Following the flock of birds yesterday (27th), this time the 'balloon' was mistaken for a drone.



According to the military today, some unidentified tracks were identified on radar early this morning, and Air Force fighter jets on emergency stand-by made an emergency sortie and deployed to Incheon and northern Gyeonggi.



It is known that the object that the air force pilot visually confirmed in the sky where the wake was captured by the radar was a balloon, and the military determined that the wake was not a trace of a North Korean drone.



The military plans to comprehensively examine the track and dispatch situation at the time and further analyze exactly what kind of object it was.



In the process of dispatching Air Force fighter jets, there were complaints that they were surprised by a sudden 'roar' around 0:40 am in Incheon, Goyang, and parts of Seoul.



Mr. A, who lives in Namdong-gu, Incheon, told the media, "I contacted the police because there was a very loud noise."



In various Internet communities and social network services (SNS) such as Twitter, reactions such as 'I heard a roar and woke up the whole family', 'A fighter jet is flying around at this time', 'I was so surprised to hear it so close' continued.



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Previously, at around 1:00 pm yesterday, an unidentified wake was captured on radar in the Ganghwa-gun area, and fighters were dispatched urgently, but it was confirmed as a flock of birds.



The military is responding aggressively, such as making an emergency sortie with the possibility that the unidentified tracks may be unmanned aerial vehicles after five North Korean drones invaded the airspace on the 26th.



At the time, it seems that the measure was conscious of public opinion criticizing that it failed to shoot down the North Korean drone even though it fired more than 100 shots.



The Joint Chiefs of Staff even apologized to the public, saying, "I feel sorry" for not being able to shoot down the drone.