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 REF LD201354 ANSWERI
 PRC: SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY XINJIANG UFO AS PLASMA FIREBALL
 OW202334
 BEIJING XINHUA IN ENGLISH 0548 GM" 20 APR 88
 ((TEXT)) BEIJING, APRIL 20 (X NHUA)--THE UNIDENTIFIED
 FLYING OBJECT (UFO) SPOTTED IN XINJIANG LAST MONTH WAS A "PLASMA
 FIREBALL SPINNING AT HIGH SPEED I ' THE ATMOSPHERE", ACCORDING TO
 SCIENTISTS AT THE INSTITUTE OF Afl )SPHERIC PHYSICS OF THE
 CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
 IT WAS REPORTED THAT AT 21:35 ON MA 'CH 18, AS THE NO. 2606
 AIRLINER FROM BEIJING TO URUMQI WAS A.'} OACHING THE QIJIAOJING
 AREA IN HAMI IN THE XINJIANG UYGUR AUT31011OUS REGION,
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 PASSENGERS SAW A FLYING 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
 BELOW. PASSENGERS SAID THEY SAW A GREEN RING OF LIGHT AROUND THE
 OBJECT.
 SCIENTISTS NOW BELIEVE THAT WHAT 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 ZOO YOUSUO, ONE OF THE RESEARCHERS AT
 THE INSTITUTE.
 IN THE XINJIANG CASE, HE EXPLAINED, THE GAS FORMED BY ELECTRONS,
 IONS, AND UNIONIZED NEUTRAL PARTICLES WAS A HIGH-FREQUENCY DISCHARGE
 PLASMA APPEARING IN THE FORM OF A FIREBALL.
 THE GREEN RING OF LIGHT WAS PROBABLY THE RESULT OF ELECTRIC
 DISCHARGE OF A HIGH-FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD.
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