UPDATE: 12/13/04 0900 Pacific:
Xinhua
News Agency reports that witnesses saw a strange, shining
object cross the sky at 11:36 PM Saturday night, followed by
tremendous booms. Over 700 witnesses have reported seeing
the phenomenon. Police are searching for debris in the area
where it fell. The earth trembled across a 70 square mile
area around the western Chinese city of Lanzhou, suggesting
an impact with the ground. But so far, nothing has been
found.
Shortly before midnight on Saturday night, two red trails of
light passed over Lanzhou in western China. Suddenly, a
suburban area of the city was lit up as bright as day and a
tremendous explosion shook the area, and people felt as if
an earthquake had struck.
Police investigating the phenomenon found no evidence of a
meteor, or indeed of any form of debris in the area.
Unlike the US, China takes
UFO
research seriously.
It is possible, of course, that this was an ordinary meteor.
In recent months, there have been numerous reports of heavy
UFO activity in western China and parts of India.
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