PRC:SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY XINJLANG UFO AS PLASMA FIREBALL

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: UFO SPECIAL COLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005516241
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-00651
• Publication Date: April 20, 1988

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PRC: SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY XINJIANG UFO AS PLASMA FIREBALL
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BEIJING XINHUA IN ENGLISH 0548 GM" 20 APR 88
((TEXT)) BEIJING, APRIL 20 (X NHUA)--THE UNIDENTIFIED
FLYING OBJECT (UFO) SPOTTED IN XINJIANG LAST MONTH WAS A "PLASMA
FIREBALL SPINNING AT HIGH SPEED I ' THE ATMOSPHERE", ACCORDING TO
SCIENTISTS AT THE INSTITUTE OF Afl )SPHERIC PHYSICS OF THE
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
IT WAS REPORTED THAT AT 21:35 ON MA 'CH 18, AS THE NO. 2606
AIRLINER FROM BEIJING TO URUMQI WAS A.'} OACHING THE QIJIAOJING
AREA IN HAMI IN THE XINJIANG UYGUR AUT31011OUS REGION,
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PASSENGERS SAW A FLYING OBJECT OUT OF THE WINDOWS.
THE OBJECT, ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BASKETBALL, WAS "BEAMING LIKE A
SEARCHLIGHT" AND FLYING ALONGSIDE THE PLANE. THEN THE OBJECT CHANGED
DIRECTION AND SPLIT INTO TWO--A SMALLER BALL ABOVE AND A BEAN-SHAPED
BELOW. PASSENGERS SAID THEY SAW A GREEN RING OF LIGHT AROUND THE
OBJECT.
SCIENTISTS NOW BELIEVE THAT WHAT THE PASSENGERS SAW WAS AN
IONIZED BALL OF GAS WHICH, ACCORDING TO HYDROKINETIC THEORY,
RESULTED FROM THE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE OF LIGHTNING AND SEISMIC ROCK,
AS WELL AS THE VIOLENT OSCILLATION OF ELECTROMAGNETISM IN THE AIR.
"THE EXISTENCE OF PLASMAS IN THE IONIZED STRATUM OF THE
ATMOSPHERE IS COMMON," SAID ZOO YOUSUO, ONE OF THE RESEARCHERS AT
THE INSTITUTE.
IN THE XINJIANG CASE, HE EXPLAINED, THE GAS FORMED BY ELECTRONS,
IONS, AND UNIONIZED NEUTRAL PARTICLES WAS A HIGH-FREQUENCY DISCHARGE
PLASMA APPEARING IN THE FORM OF A FIREBALL.
THE GREEN RING OF LIGHT WAS PROBABLY THE RESULT OF ELECTRIC
DISCHARGE OF A HIGH-FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD.
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