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 SUBJ:    CHINA UFO SOCIETY MEETS; TO CONTINUE SCIENTIFIC STUDY
 SOURCE:  BEIJING XINHUA DOMESTIC SERVICE IN CHINESE 0450 GMT
 13 MAY 92
 //((BY REPORTER ZHUO PEIRONG (0587 1014 2837)))
 ((TEXT))  BEIJING, 13 MAY (XINHUA) -- THE FOURTH NATIONAL
 CONGRESS OF THE CHINA UFO ((UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT)) SOCIETY,
 WHICH CLOSED TODAY, REAFFIRMED THAT, IN STUDYING THE UFO PHENOMENON,
 CHINA WILL ALWAYS FOLLOW THE DIALECTICAL MATERIALIST GUIDING
 PRINCIPLE AND A PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE, AND WILL ALWAYS
 USE MODERN NATURAL SCIENTIFIC THEORY AS THE BASIS FOR THIS STUDY.
 THE UFO PHENOMENON IS A PUZZLE THAT HAS BAFFLED MANKIND SINCE THE
 BEGINNING OF THIS CENTURY.  SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT UFOS ARE
 SPACESHIPS SENT TO THE EARTH BY WISE EXTRATERRESTRIAL BEINGS.  THE
 UNITED NATIONS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION IN 1978 ASKING ALL NATIONS TO
 PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE UFO PROBLEM.  THIS YEAR IS THE
 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SPACE; THE UNITED NATIONS HAS AGAIN BROUGHT UP
 THE ISSUE.
 IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT SO FAR SOME 400,000 PEOPLE OVER THE
 WORLD HAVE CLAIMED TO HAVE WITNESSED UFOS.  IN THE PAST DECADE AND
 MORE, MORE THAN 5,000 REPORTS ON UFOS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED IN THE
 CHINESE MAINLAND.
 IN THE LAST DECADE AND MORE, CHINA'S SCIENCE CIRCLE HAS CALLED
 FOR TREATING THE UFO PHENOMENON WITH A SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE.  CHINESE
 SCIENTISTS HAVE ACHIEVED IMPORTANT RESULTS IN THE STUDY OF BALL-
 SHAPE LIGHTNING ((QIU ZHUANG SHAN DIAN, 3808 3692 7026 7193))
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 THEORY, ROOM-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, SPACE FLIGHT MATERIALS,
 FLUIDICS, AND LIFE SCIENCE.  THE THEORY ESTABLISHED BY AND THE
 EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS GAINED BY ZOU YOUSHUO OF TIIE ATMOSPHERIC STUDY
 CENTER OF THE CHINA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ABOUT BALL-SHAPE LIGHTNING
 AND EARTH LIGHT FIREBALLS ((DI GUANG HUO QITJ, 0966 0342 3499 3808))
 -- MEDIUM ATMOSPHERIC IONS GROUP ((DA QI ZHONG DENG LI ZI TI, 1129
 3049 0022 4583 4118 1311 7555)) -- HAVE DRAWN ATTENTION FROM FOREIGN
 SCIENTISTS IN THIS FIELD.  A THEORY PUT FORWARD BY MA RUIAN OF THE
 GUIZHOU PROVINCIAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOR DESIGNING FLYING OBJECTS
 PROPELLED BY REDUCED-RESISTANCE EFFLUX ((JIAN ZU SHE LIU TUI JIII
 HANG JU, 3253 7091 1410 3177 2236 6651 5300 0367)) THAT CAN
 EFFECTIVELY REDUCE FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE AND DECREASE A FLYING
 OBJECT'S RESISTANCE HAS PROVIDED NEW IDEAS IN THE DESIGN OF FLYING
 OBJECTS.  CHINESE SCIENTISTS ALSO HAVE EXTENSIVELY STUDIED AVAILABLE
 SCIENTIFIC DATA CONCERNING PHENOMENA IN THE AIR THAT PEOPLE SO FAR
 HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO UNDERSTAND.
 WANG CHANGTING, ACTING PRESIDENT OF THE CHINA UFO SOCIETY, SAID:
 STUDYING UFOS WITH A SERIOUS, SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND CIVILIZATION AS WELL AS TO
 MAINTAINING SOCIAL STABILITY.  FOR THIS REASON, CHINA WILL CONTINUE
 TO STUDY THE UFO PHENOMENON WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND WILL SEEK
 MORE COOPERATION AND EXCHANGES WITH OTHER COUNTRIES.
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