Sightings2010

Hangzhou Xiaoshan airport halts flights over unidentified object

When: 7 Jul 2010
Where: Hangzhou, China
Sources: 2 public sources

Hangzhou Xiaoshan airport, where flights were halted on July 7, 2010 jo.sau, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Flights at Hangzhou's Xiaoshan airport were halted on the night of July 7, 2010, after an unidentified glowing object was reported, affecting about 18 flights. Chinese reports differed on radar detection, and suggested explanations ranged from sunlit aircraft to a military flight.

Sources

PressChina: UFO on radar halts flights, baffles locals (opens in a new tab)Oneindia News / 2010-07-09
PressUFO over Chinese airport [VIDEO] (opens in a new tab)The Christian Science Monitor / 2010-07-16

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