UNCLASSIFIED INQUIRE=DOC5D ITEM NO=00291188 ENVELOPE RTTUZYUW RUEKJCS3206 1112357-UUUU--RUEALGX. ZNR UUUUU HEADER R 202357Z APR 88 FM JCS WASHINGTON DC INFO RUHQHQA/USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI RUEALGX/SAFE R 202334Z APR 88 FM FBIS OKINAWA JA TO RUCWAAA/FBIS RESTON VA RHHMBRA/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI RUADJNA/DET 4 FTD YOKAYA AB JA RUCLACC/CDR4THPSYOPGP FT BRAGG NC//SB// RUDMNOP/NAVOPINTCEN SUITLAND MD RUDOMKE/FBIS LONDON UK//BBC// RUDKMKE/FBIS LONDON UK RUEBHAA/STORAGE CENTER FBIS WASHINGTON DC RUETIAM/NPC FT GEO MEADE MD RUHQHQA/COMIPAC HONOLULU HI RUHQHQA/USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI RUMJHK/FBIS HONG KONG ACCT FBOW-EWDK BT CONTROLS UNCLAS IT/LD XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX REF LD201354 ANSWEING XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX PRC: SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY XINGJIANG UFO AS PLASMA FIREBALL OW202334 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, UNCLASSIFIED Approved for Release Date ____Aug___1997 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNCLASSIFIED PAGE:0053 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. ADMIN (ENDALL) 20054 XXXXXXXXXXX 104.002 XX 2?/2350Z APR BT #3206 NNNN
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