| According to a Chinese pilot, he noticed a flickering white
and blue object, which hovered right beside the aircraft just
as he was about to land. The pilot observed how an oval-shaped
flying object was escorting the airplane. Then suddenly, the object
made a rapid turn and disappeared behind the clouds.
This story could sound rather nonsensical. However, other two
pilots from other Chinese aircrafts reported the exact same
phenomenon to the control center. One of them was piloting at
120 km to the North, while the other was flying at 300km to
the South, reports "Izvestia".
A considerable amount of such strange encounters with "feidi"
(this is how a UFO is referred to in China) has been recorded
in China for the past few years. In some cases, people saw fluorescent
orange light, above which hovered a rather strangely-shaped
object. In other instances, people witnessed an object no bigger
than a basket ball which had been divided in half right before
their eyes. The two balls started circling the area and then
disappeared completely. One time, people witnessed an object
similar to a whipping top. Its trail was marked by a stripe
of light. The object was also held responsible for shutting
off electricity in several houses, since no malfunction had
been reported at the electric power station.
One Chinese newspaper "South China Monitoring Post"
reported the most fascinating case. One hundred Chinese witnessed
a double-seated fighter-interceptor of the Chinese Air Force
"playing cat-and-mouse" with a hypothetical UFO not
far away from a military base in the town of Chinjou. A mushroom-shaped
object with rotating brightly lit bottom was spotted by four
radar stations. When approaching the interceptor (in about 4,000
meters), the object instantly moved upwards. None of the ground-based
control services ordered to open fire.
"Izvestia" reports that China has a record number
of special clubs of UFO lovers. There are many who attempt to
establish some sort of a connection with the extraterrestrial.
Their actions are protected by the National Society of the extraterrestrial
studies, which was founded 25 years ago. The Society is financed
by the government. Only professional scientists and engineers
are allowed in the Society. A person also required to have PhD
in science and have several published works about UFOs. About
a third of all members of the society are also experienced members
of the communist party.
One of Chinese most famous experts in ufology, 66-year-old
Sun Shili, who is also a former diplomat and a translator of
Mao Zedong, has told us about his first encounter with an unidentified
object. It happened in 1971 during the "cultural revolution"
when Sun Shili had been undergoing physical labor at a correctional
facility high up in the mountains of the Tsyansi province. One
day, while working in the rice fields, he spotted a strange
object in the sky. He momentarily thought it was a real UFO.
Experts from the National Society claim that half of Chinese
residents believe in such phenomenon. Sun Shili explains such
interest in UFOs in China (every fifth UFO appears in this country)
in the following way. He says that China appeals to aliens the
most, due to the country's recent breakthroughs and its aspiration
to become the world's leader.
Aliens used to be interested in the US up until recently. According
to Sun Shili (and his opinion is shared by many in the National
Society) some of the aliens live among us, by turning into humans.
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