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5 min readIn the summer of 2010, a wave of UFO sightings swept across China, culminating in the temporary shutdown of the Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport on July 7th. Airport officials grounded all flights for nearly an hour after air traffic control, airline crews, and passengers reported a glowing object with red and white lights and a comet-like tail hovering in restricted airspace. The disruption affected 18 flights, and the object was described by witnesses as emitting rays of light from its underside. Photographs from the event show a large, saucer-like craft with blue beams—images that look almost too fantastical to be real, but which the host, Steven Diener, could find no evidence of having been debunked. This mass sighting was the opening event of what became a four-month-long UFO flap across China, and it set Diener on a path to uncover a hidden history of Chinese UFO encounters that he argues has been largely ignored by Western audiences.
The 2010 Flap: Mass Sightings and Airport Shutdowns
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Podcast Introduction & Episode Premise** - Host Steven Deener introduces the two-part series "China's Hidden UFO History" and explains why he became interested in what China experiences regarding the UFO phenomenon.
- 2 (06:10) **July 7, 2010: Hangzhou Airport Shutdown** - A mass UFO sighting forces the temporary closure of Hangzhou Xiushan International Airport, disrupting 18 flights for nearly an hour.
- 3 (10:38) **Debunking Explanations for the 2010 Sighting** - Deener examines and dismisses the common skeptical explanations offered for the airport sighting.
- 4 (13:03) **Visual Evidence and the 2010 Flap Context** - Deener describes the fantastical photographs from the event and reveals the broader scope of the 2010 Chinese UFO flap.
- 5 (18:40) **July 15, 2010: Diamond Formation Over Chongqing** - Eight days after the airport incident, witnesses report four lantern-like objects in a diamond formation hovering over a shopping park for an hour.
- 6 (22:40) **September 11, 2010: Second Airport Shutdown** - Another airport is shut down for over an hour after air traffic controllers and passengers spot a UFO on radar and visually.
- 7 (30:04) **August 20, 2011: Mass Sighting Over Shanghai and Beijing** - Aircrews from dozens of aircraft and ground witnesses in two major cities report a glowing pulsating white light.
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Show Notes
If we blame China for UFO sightings in the US and elsewhere, then who do we blame when the sightings happen in China? Stephen Diener takes that question and brings to light these eye popping stories of close encounters and unexplained sightings that have been happening there for much longer than anyone may have realized...
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