TAIWAN, MAINLAND UFO SYMPOSIUM CLOSES IN BEIJING

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: UFO SPECIAL COLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005517760
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-00651
• Publication Date: December 7, 1993

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SUBJ*SUBJ: TAIWAN, MAINLAND UFO SYMPOSIUM CLOSES IN BEIJING
SOUR SOURCE: BEIJING XINHUA IN ENGLISH 0836 GMT '7 DEC 93
TEXT TEXT:
* //(("UFOS GALORE ACROSS TAIWAN STRAITS" -- XINHUA HEADLINE))
((TEXT)) BEIJING, DECEMBER 7 (XINHUA) -- NEARLY 6,000 SIGHTINGS
*OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFOS) ACROSS THE TAIWAN STRAITS HAVE
BEEN REPORTED, SAID EXPERTS FROM THE CHINESE MAINLAND AND TAIWAN
HERE TODAY. SOME HAVE DEFIED RATIONAL EXPLANATION.
* WANG CHANGTING, CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINA UFO RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
(CURO), SAID THAT MORE THAN 5,000 SIGHTINGS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM
THE-MAINLAND, AND SEVERAL HUNDREDS IN TAIWAN.
* RESEARCHERS AT A THREE-DAY SYMPOSIUM ON UFOS, WHICH CLOSED HERE
TODAY, SAID THAT SOME OF THE SIGHTINGS CANNOT. BE EXPLAINED BY
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OR CURRENT SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS.
THE MEETING WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND ATTENDED BOTH BY TAIWAN AND
MAINLAND RESEARCHERS.
* THEY SAID THAT PEOPLE WHO HAD SEEN THE UFOS INCLUDED ASTRONOMICAL
OBSERVATORY WORKERS AS.WELL AS CIVIL AND MILITARY PILOTS.
* CHINA DECIDED LAST YEAR TO STAGE A'WORLD UFO CONFERENCE IN 1993.
THE PLAN FELL THROUGH BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT' PREPARATION.
BUT WANG SAID. THAT THE CROSS-STRAITS MEETING WAS A CONTINUATION
OF THE SEARCH FOR LIFE FORMS FROM OTHER SOLAR SYSTEMS -- ONE OF THE
THEMES OF THE "1992 INTERNATIONAL SPACE YEAR".
ABOUT 50 RESEARCHERS AT THE SYMPOSIUM DISCUSSED THE REAL NATURE
.*OF UFOS, WITH. SOME OF THEM BELIEVING THEY CAME FROM REMOTE GALAXIES
AND OTHERS SAYING THEY WERE NATURAL PHENOMENA OR ARTIFICIAL OBJECTS,
SUCH AS LIGHTNING BOLTS, OR BALLOONS OR MAN-MADE SATELLITES.
* THE FIRST REPORT OF A UFO, ALSO KNOWN AS FLYING SAUCERS, CAME
FROM THE UNITED STATES IN 1947. IT BECAME A WIDESPREAD TOPIC IN
TAIWAN IN THE 1960S, AND ON THE MAINLAND IN THE LATE 1970S.
THE LATEST SIGHTING WAS ON AUGUST 7 THIS YEAR, WHEN.PEOPLE FOUND
TWO RIM-LINKED HAT-LIKE OBJECTS SOARING OVER TAIPEI INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT FOR 15 MINUTES, MEDIA REPORTED.
THERE HAVE NOW BEEN 400,000 REPORTS OF SIGHTINGS WORLDWIDE. IN
1978 THE UNITED NATIONS CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENTS OF ALL COUNTRIES
*TO BE ON FULL ALERT FOR SIGHTINGS AND TO ESTABLISH UFO INVESTIGATION
BODIES.
* THE MAINLAND SET UP ITS OWN.UFO INVESTIGATION BODY, CURO,'IN
1978, WHICH IS NOW A MEMBER OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED
CHINA ASSOCIATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
CURO HAS 3,600 MEMBERS AND MILLIONS OF FANS NATIONWIDE.
* TAIWAN'S UFO RESEARCH BEGAN IN 1973.
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