How would you react if you saw a UFO in the sky? Run? Call GEIPAN? Film it? The Chinese passers-by who witnessed this unusual event did not hesitate for a single second. Without hesitation, they drew their smartphones and gave us a fantastic but strange video.
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A UFO in China?
The incident takes place in China. In Minqin County, some passers-by observe a small luminous object in the sky. It leaves a trail of white smoke behind it, resembling a tadpole in the falling night. The images broadcasted a fine trail starting from the horizon, on the left, which ends up widening, in the form of white smoke.
It snakes its way through the night and eventually widens to form a large white oval screen in the sky, ending up being projected as the UFO in question.
An intriguing tadpole-shaped white smoke
The whole thing looks like a tadpole with a long tail. It's quite strange, but the images are amazing. The more the camera zooms in on the object suspected of emitting this smoke, the more we can discern the (supposed) UFO in question.
Towards the end of the sequence, it seems as if the celestial object splits in two, which then cuts it off from the white trail it is spreading. Although no explanation has yet been given for this strange event, some comments point to a rocket.
UFO or rocket launcher?
According to some, the 'UFO' in question is in fact a 'Falcon X' launcher designed by the infamous Elon Musk. A partially reusable rocket or satellite launcher that splits into two parts during its ascent. The Falcon X does produce a strange smoke in the sky that sometimes looks like an oceanic manta ray. So this sighting might not totally be alien after all.
This article was translated from Gentside FR.
Sources used:
-Loopsider: Un OVNI dans le ciel chinois ?
-News24: OVNI ou têtard dans le ciel ? Une vidéo en provenance de Chine laisse Internet perplexe