Top 10 UFO sightings in China during 2010
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China Daily has put together a list of the 10 most interesting UFO sightings in China during 2010. It has been an interesting UFO year with lots of reports coming in from China, but it’s sometimes notoriously difficult to verify what was seen where and when, as English language sources often conflict each other in their reports of the sightings. With that in mind, please let me know if the images and sightings don’t match up.
1. Pujiang, Zhejiang province — September 3, 2010
Wang Chunlin, of Pujiang, Zhejiang province, told the local media that he had a video clip of a UFO sighting and he promised that the video was real. Another resident, Yang Zhenhai, saw the shiny object in the sky first and spread the news in an online chat group. Wang was also in that group, so he went to shoot the object on video.
2. Hangzhou, Zhejiang province — July 7, 2010
Staff members at Hangzhou International Airport saw the object through their monitoring equipment about 21:00, and immediately shut down the airport and many flights were delayed. The airport staff said they could not look at the object directly, but some Hangzhou residents claimed they saw a UFO that day about 17:00. No evidence surfaced that what they saw was the same object that appeared near the airport.
3. Leshan, Sichuan province — July 26, 2010
Three shiny objects resembling the sun appeared in the sky about 8 pm and many Leshan residents reported seeing them. They lingered for more than 10 minutes. Wang Sichao, an astronomer from the Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that may have been caused by refraction of the sun’s rays.
4. Chongqing — March 21, 2010
About 8 pm, people began discussion on the local BBS about some shiny objects they saw. The objects were described to be two to four shiny objects moving swiftly across the sky. Local astronomers said that may have been caused by refraction of lightning.
5. Hong Kong — September 8-9, 2010
It was a stormy day in Hong Kong, Sept 8, and many residents said they saw a UFO. The object was described to be round with a row of lights. Wang Sichao, an astronomer at the Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that may have been caused by refraction of lightning.
6. Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang — August 11, 2010
An extremely shiny object flew at a high speed and became a hot topic on local BBS. It was described to be “a diameter of 20 centimeters and a length of 120 centimeters, with a yellow front end and a light green back end.” Some residents said that children feared the shiny object and cried. Some residents from Guilin and Nanning cities said that they also saw the object. Some astrophiles explained it was a meteor.
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7. Taiyuan, Shanxi province — October 11, 2010
Local media said that two shiny objects appeared in the sky on the evening of Oct 11. One object was big and the other small.
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8. Pingyao, Shanxi province — September 22-23, 2010
Two young photographers, Gu Peiwen and Sun Jiali, found in their photos a shiny object that appeared when they were trying to shoot some night scenes of Pingyao. A young woman who was just passing through also was sure that she saw the object in the photos. The object was flat with two light beams.
9. Baotou, Inner Mongolia — September 11, 2010
Local air traffic management bureau saw a UFO through their monitoring equipment 40 kilometers east of Baotou about 20:00 and told the airport in Baotou to rearrange some flights. At 22:00, the flights returned to normal.
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10. Urumqi, Xinjiang — June 30, 2010
In the evening many Urumqi residents saw a shiny round object flying slowly to the east, with a light behind it. The next day it became a hot topic on the local BBS. Some astronomers said the object actually was a missile launched by the US military.
(Source: China Daily)
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There is no doubt in my mind that 5 and 8 are pictures with lense flare. Not sure how the pictures relate to the stories of ppl seeing things moving through the skies, but in these pictures, the ufo’s are clearly juxtaposed tot the strong light source.
I agree. Some of these images have been thoroughly debunked, and especially the Hong Kong one. The one taken in Pingyao is no doubt very lens flare like as well.