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T H E U FO REPORT
New China News Agency 8128187 Our correspondent in Shanghai reports that quite a number of Shanghai residents observed an unidentified flying object yesterday evening. Eyewitness descriptions , of the shape of the object varied . Some said it was a spiral beam of light scattering sparks behind it, some said it appeared to be an oval disc of light, while others said it looked like a comet with a tail shaped like an umbrella . According to reports , the unidentified fly ing object wa� orange , spinning clockwise , and moving rapidly from west to east, with only a few seconds from the time of its appearance to its disappearance . According to another report wired in from Shengsi county, Zhe jiang Province, when the UFO flew over that area , the Shengsi county electric generator was suddenly cut off, even though the switch for its turbine was set as normal , and the island was instantly thrown into darkness . The majority of people 's wristwatches stopped [Editor's ital ics] . Just then , the object, shaped like a coiling snake , was seen to spin across from the north-west toward the south-east. Its trail was as bright as day. Because the electricity was cut off, the majority of military and ci vilian residents on the island noticed the spectacle .
Air Force Pilot's Sighting According to the Liberation Daily of August 30, Mao Xuecheng, an Air Force pilot stationed at Shanghai , pur sued a UFO for nearly three minutes on the evening of August 27 . As he tela ted to reporters : "I had orders to fl y a t 7 : 35 p . m . o n the 27 , and to return to base after completing air patrol duty. As I was ap proaching the airspace above the Yangtze river, I sud denly observed that ahead of me to the right, above Jiading county, was a very bright, dazzling flying ob ject. I immediately hit the throttle hard and pursued it closely from an angle of 1 10 degrees at a rate of 900