Declassified UFO / UAP Document
PRC: Scientists Identify Xinjiang UFO as Plasma Fireball
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1988 intelligence report confirms that Chinese scientists identified a UFO sighted by an airliner crew in Xinjiang as a plasma fireball. The sighting occurred on March 18, 1988, near Hami.
This intelligence report, dated April 20, 1988, details an official explanation provided by the Chinese Academy of Sciences regarding a UFO sighting. According to the report, on March 18, 1988, at 21:35, the crew of airliner number 2606, traveling from Beijing to Urumqi, observed an unidentified flying object while approaching the Qijiaojing area in Hami, Xinjiang. Following an investigation, scientists from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified the phenomenon as a plasma fireball that was spinning at high speed within the atmosphere. The document was transmitted via the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) from Okinawa to various U.S. military and intelligence entities.
THE UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT (UFO) SPOTTED IN XINJIANG LAST 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.
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Official Assessment
The object was identified as a "plasma fireball spinning at high speed in the atmosphere."
Scientists from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences concluded the UFO sighted by an airliner crew was a plasma fireball.