According to a report by Yonhap News Agency on August 3, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on the same day that the South Korean military recently mistakenly identified a US military drone as a UFO and almost shot it down was due to a miscommunication between the two sides. According to an earlier report by Yonhap News Agency, when South Korea and the US held a joint military exercise in the border area between South Korea and North Korea on July 30, the South Korean military mistakenly identified the US drone as an air threat from North Korea, so it launched an air defense combat system and almost shot down the drone.

According to a report by Yonhap News Agency on August 3, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on the same day that the South Korean military recently mistakenly identified a US military drone as a UFO and almost shot it down was due to a miscommunication between the two sides. According to an earlier report by Yonhap News Agency, when South Korea and the US held a joint military exercise in the border area between South Korea and North Korea on July 30, the South Korean military mistakenly identified the US drone as an air threat from North Korea, so it launched an air defense combat system and almost shot down the drone.