UFO sightings in China
{{Short description|List of alleged UFO sightings within the nation of China}}
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This is a list of alleged sightings of unidentified flying objects or UFOs in China.
1994
“The Meng Zhaoguo Incident” refers to a supposed close encounter of the third kind, experienced by a man of the same name, which purportedly took place in Phoenix Mountain in Wuchang, Heilongjiang.{{cite web |url=https://lujuba.cc/en/267571.html |title=Mysterious incident in Phoenix Mountain, Meng Zhaoguo"s UFO adventure |date=May 10, 2020 |website=Luju Bar |access-date=August 4, 2021}} In 1994, he reported that he and a relative had followed what he thought was a weather balloon after they saw a white, shining object descend into Phoenix Mountain.{{cite news | last = Kohut | first = John | title = UFO group probes claim of sex with Jupiter visitor | newspaper = South China Morning Post | location = Hong Kong | page = 6 | date = October 30, 1994 | url= http://www.scmp.com/article/94036/ufo-group-probes-claim-sex-jupiter-visitor |access-date = July 8, 2013|url-access=subscription}} On 7 June, a large white object landed on a farm. Two days later, when workers went to investigate, Meng was incapacitated by an intense beam of light.
After the initial encounter, Meng claimed to be suffering from ongoing harassment from the entities, and reported being taken to their spacecraft and forced to copulate. He claimed that on the night of July 16 he was abducted from his house and shown pictures of Jupiter, which the entities claimed was their homeworld.{{cite news | last = Poole | first = Teresa | title = Close encounters of an intimate kind : PEKING DAYS | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/close-encounters-of-an-intimate-kind-peking-days-1611554.html | newspaper = The Independent | location = London | page = 18 | date = March 17, 1995 }}
His story was examined by the UFO Enthusiasts Club at Wuhan University throughout 1997. They concluded that while the initial contact may have occurred, the subsequent reported events were almost certainly untrue. However, other UFO groups in China concluded that his claims were true.
2010
On 7 July, an unidentified flying object was spotted above Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport near Hangzhou, China. The airport was closed down due to the sighting.{{cite web|url=http://english.cntv.cn/program/china24/20100710/100901.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313064910/http://english.cntv.cn/program/china24/20100710/100901.shtml|title=UFO forces Hangzhou airport to shut down|date=July 10, 2010|archive-date=13 March 2018|work=CCTV News - CNTV English|access-date=27 December 2018}} An investigation revealed no radar images, the purported images of the UFO were not taken near the airport and concluded that it may have been an aircraft, possibly military.{{Cite web|title=Investigation: UFO seen in Xiaoshan airport is aircraft - People's Daily Online|url=http://en.people.cn/90001/90782/7080675.html|access-date=2021-10-30|website=en.people.cn}}