"SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY XINJIANG UFO AS PLASMA FIREBALL"

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By Paul of www.ufocrashsite.com


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PRC: SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY XINGJIANG UFO AS PLASMA FIREBALL

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BEIJING XINHIUA IN ENGLISH 0548 GMT 20 APR 88

  ((TEXT)) BEJING, APRIL 20 (XINHIA)--THE UNIDENTIFIED
FLYING OBJECT (UFO) SPOTTED IN XINGJIANG LAS MONTH WAS A "PLASMA
FIREBALL SPINNING AT HIGH SPEED IN THE ATMOSPHERE", ACCORDING TO 
SCIENTISTS AT THE INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS OF THE
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
   IT WAS REPORTED THAT AT 21:35 ON MARCH 18, AS THE NO. 2606
AIRLINER FROM BEIJING TO URUMQI WAS APPROACHING THE QIJIAOJING
AREA IN HAMI IN THE XINGJIANG UYGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION,

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PASSENGERS SAW A FLYINGH 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
BLOW. PASSENGERS SAID THEY SAW A GREEN RING OF LIGHT AROUND THE
OBJECT.
   SCIENTISTS NOW BELIEVE THAT 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 ZOU YOUSUO, ONE OF THE RESEARCHERS AT
THE INSTITUTE.
   IN THE XINGJIANG CASE, HE EXPLAINED, THE GAS FORMED BY ELECTRONS,
IONS, AND UNIONIZED NEUTRAL PARTICLES WAS A HIGH-FREQUENCY DISCHARGE.
   THE GREEN RING OF LIGHT WAS PROBABLY THE RESULT OF ELECTRIC 
DISCHARGE OF A HIGH-FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD.

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