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Expert in China blames media and lack of ‘rational reasoning’ for mass UFO sighting

by on Aug. 13, 2010, under UFOs

Mass UFO sightings were again reported in China on August 7th, exactly one month after Hangzhou’s Xiaoshan Airport was shut down.

The latest UFOs in China were seen at different times on that day in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Nanjing and Ganzhou of Jiangxi Province. These latest sightings have prompted People’s Daily Online to seek the expert and rational advice of Zhu Jim, the vice chairman of the Beijing UFO Research Organization.

The expert urges the people of China to employ the skill of “rational analysis” when looking toward the sky.

Of course, the media attention is suspected of making matters worse in China. The article states: “The concentrative reporting from the media amplified the events and certain media groups were even suspected of hyping up the news.”

Hyped up news or not, the expert offers a very interesting introductory lesson in UFOs, emphasizing the distinct differences between UFOs and flying saucers. He offers rational explanations for most sightings and offers many explanations for them that most people wouldn’t think of, from kites to insects. It says, “…most UFO events can be explained by rational reason through systematic investigation and comprehensive analysis.”

The problem is that kites and insects aren’t usually the cause of airport shutdowns.

Please take a moment to read this most informative article from People’s Daily Online.

Expert: Most UFO incidents have reasonable explanations

There have been many recent reports of UFO sightings in many different regions and the latest incident involved netizens from Shanghai, Zhejiang, Nanjing and Ganzhou of Jiangxi Province, who claimed they saw UFOs all at different times on Aug. 7.

Along with the continual media coverage, public attention also heated up, and some people even connected it with the recent abnormal weather and natural pits in many regions, and claimed the world would end in 2012. All of a sudden, different rumors are everywhere.

A reporter from People’s Daily interviewed Zhu Jin, the curator of the Beijing Planetarium and vice chairman of the Beijing UFO Research Organization. He gave professional explanations about these incidents.

READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT PEOPLE’S DAILY ONLINE


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  • bwilson

    Reading this article, I was reminded of something — and this was what I’ve read of Soviet research into ESP.  Although intrigued by the possibilities offered by ESP, there were very serious doctrinal conflicts with communism, which demanded “rational” explanations for the effects recorded by their scientists’ research.
    I wonder if the People’s Republic isn’t facing a similar ideological quandry in confronting the reports of UFOs.  Not to mention that “mass sightings” of UFOs could also be taken as a sign that Heaven no longer smiles on China’s ruling classes. something of no small import in the far east.
     

  • Cherlyn Gardner Strong

    You could be right. I think Brazil’s recent “let’s just put it all out there’ attitude is a good move, personally.

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  • bwilson

    I noted the People’s Daily article was chock full of advice and cautionary statements about the need for rational and scientific investigation.  The fear is almost palpable when they make statements like “All of a sudden, different rumors are everywhere.”
    Don’t want anyone to start questioning the Mandate of Heaven, after all!
    “Traditionally, people in China are superstitious. The state has not favored the beliefs but the reality of the Chinese is still full of spirits and omens.

    Heaven sometimes gives signs people try to interpret. As a rule mysterious signs are to be seen when the emperor is about to lose the Mandate of Heaven, i.e. his right to rule the people.

    In old times the Moon Maiden appeared or the desperate moaning of the deceased could be heard. This kind of omens are of course old-fashioned in the 21st Century. Now people can gape flying saucers.” — from http://www.ufocasebook.com/confusionchina.html

    Traditionally, people in China are superstitious. The state has not favored the beliefs but the reality of the Chinese is still full of spirits and omens.
    Heaven sometimes gives signs people try to interpret. As a rule mysterious signs are to be seen when the emperor is about to lose the Mandate of Heaven, i.e. his right to rule the people.
    In old times the Moon Maiden appeared or the desperate moaning of the deceased could be heard. This kind of omens are of course old-fashioned in the 21st ntury. Now people can gape flying saucers.
    Traditionally, people in China are superstitious. The state has not favored the beliefs but the reality of the Chinese is still full of spirits and omens.
    Heaven sometimes gives signs people try to interpret. As a rule mysterious signs are to be seen when the emperor is about to lose the Mandate of Heaven, i.e. his right to rule the people.
    In old times the Moon Maiden appeared or the desperate moaning of the deceased could be heard. This kind of omens are of course old-fashioned in the 21st Century. Now people can gape flying saucers.

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