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This is an unclassified FBIS item relayed through the Joint Staff in April 1992. It carries a Xinhua English-language report dated 16 April 1992. The report says the China UFO Research Organization (CURO) would hold a national conference in Beijing the following month, with more than 100 Chinese and overseas researchers expected to attend. According to the report, China has had over 5,000 sightings, and CURO, set up in 1978, is largely supported by the government.
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## UNCLASSIFIED INQUIRE=DOC17D ITEM NO=00502993 ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX487 MCN = 92107/10876 TOR = 921070814 RTTUZYUW RUEKJCS6879 1070816-UUUU--RUEALGX. ZNR UUUUU HEADER R 160816Z APR 92 FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC INFO RUEALGX/SAFE R 160758Z APR 92 FM FBIS OKINAWA JA TO AIG 4581 RUCIAEA/FASTC/TAI WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OH ACCT FBOW-EWDK BT CONTROLS UNCLAS 1L SERIAL: OW1604075892 BODY COUNTRY: PRC SUBJ: UFO RESEARCH ORGANIZATION TO HOLD CONFERENCE IN BEIJING SOURCE: BEIJING XINHUA IN ENGLISH 0717 GMT 16 APR 92 TEXT: ((TEXT)) BEIJING, APRIL 16 (XINHUA) -- THE CHINA UFO RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (CURO) WILL HOLD A NATIONAL CONFERENCE NEXT MONTH IN BEIJING. WANG CHANGTING, ACTING CHAIRMAN OF THE CURO, SAID THAT SEARCHING FOR CREATURES THAT MIGHT BE LIVING IN OTHER SOLAR SYSTEMS IS ONE OF THE THEMES OF THE "1992 INTERNATIONAL SPACE YEAR". MORE THAN 100 CHINESE AND OVERSEAS RESEARCHERS WILL BE PRESENT, MAKING THE ACTIVITY THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND EVER HELD IN CHINA. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS, ALSO KNOWN AS FLYING SAUCERS, BECAME A HOT TOPIC IN CHINA IN THE LATE 1970S. THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 5,000 SIGHTINGS OF UNEXPLAINED AERIAL PHENOMENA IN CHINA. THE FIRST REPORT OF UFOS CAME FROM AMERICA, AND THERE HAVE BEEN 400,000 REPORTS OF SIGHTINGS WORLDWIDE. IN 1978 THE UNITED NATIONS CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENTS OF ALL COUNTRIES BE ON FULL ALERT FOR SIGHTINGS AND ESTABLISH UFO INVESTIGATION BODIES. CHINA SET UP ITS OWN UFO INVESTIGATION BODY, CURO, IN 1978, AND IT IS NOW A MEMBER OF THE CHINA ASSOCIATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, LARGELY SUPPORTED BY THE GOVERNMENT. ADMIN (ENDALL) 160717 21604. 002 BT 16/0759Z APR Approved for Release Date AUG 1997
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 1 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.