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 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.
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