The "unidentified flying object" entered South Korean territory by some "tens of metres", military officials said.
It was spotted around 29 miles north of Seoul, near South Korea's Mount Dora Observation Post.
South Korean forces reportedly fired about 20 machine gun rounds at it and the object immediately returned north of the border.
Jeon Ha-kyu, South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesperson, said: "The enemy's unidentified object invaded the military demarcation line in the western front line area.
"After a warning broadcast, our military fired a warning shot, and the unidentified object immediately went back to the North."
North Korean military propaganda leaflets had been found in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, he said.
"It was identified that the leaflets were scattered from the North side yesterday afternoon and early this morning, and our military is closely watching the movements of the North Korean military," he added.
The leaflets reportedly described South Korea's President Park Geun-hye and her government as "mad dogs".
Wednesday's incident comes amid increased tensions between the rival nations after North Korea claimed it had carried out its fourth nuclear test last Wednesday, angering Western powers and alarming the country's neighbours.
Earlier, Ms Park urged China - Pyongyang's only major ally - to take a tougher line with North Korea and back severe international sanctions in response to the test, which she described an "unacceptable challenge" to global security.
"I trust China, as a permanent member of the Security Council, will play a necessary role," she told a televised news conference.
"I believe China is aware that if its strong determination is not put into actual, necessary actions, we will not be able to prevent a fifth or sixth nuclear test."
She said her country would continue its loudspeaker campaign of blasting anti-Pyongyang propaganda along the border which had prompted North Korean soldiers to defect to South Korea.
"The most powerful threat to totalitarianism is the power of truth," she said.
Kim Jong-Un, the leader of the secretive communist state, hailed the test a "success" and said it was designed to protect the region "from the danger of nuclear war caused by the US-led imperialists", according to the country's news agency.
However, most countries, including the US, seriously doubt its claims that it exploded a hydrogen bomb.
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