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September 2010_june_july_2009.qxd 29/09/2010 11:00 PM Page 40 40 From The ‘X’ Zone Newsroom Expert: Most UFO incidents judgment and rational analysis. It is better to The category being ‘Unidentified Flying have reasonable explanations objectively record various phenomena through Object’ this time around, the only Indian kite flyers’ group to be officially invited to partake is taking photos and videos. Some events will be People's Daily Online easy to explain if there is sufficient image data. Team Mangalore. China currently has no official The team will fly ‘Pushpaka Vimana’, There have been many recent reports of professional investigation agency for UFOs. the legendary Indian flying machine used by UFO sightings in many different regions and the Therefore, it is necessary to ask professional Lord Indra (the king of the cosmic Gods) and latest incident involved netizens from Shanghai, research agencies to investigate UFO events to other heavenly beings. Zhejiang, Nanjing and Ganzhou of Jiangxi eliminate people's doubts and fears. Some When asked if Pushpaka Vimana Province, who claimed they saw UFOs all at registered professional associations have been qualifies for the category — ‘Unidentified different times on Aug. 7. concerned with UFO phenomena for a long time Flying Object’? Sarvesh Rao, Team Mangalore Along with the continual media and they possess certain observational chief, replied with a chuckle, “Indian legends do coverage, public attention also heated up, and knowledge and analysis and are more speak of flying machines. It can’t be all some people even connected it with the recent professional. In fact, most UFO events can be nonsense. How could anybody even imagine a abnormal weather and natural pits in many explained by rational reason through systematic flying machine in that era?The Pushpaka regions, and claimed the world would end in investigation and comprehensive analysis. [] Vimana must have been an UFO of that age and 2012. All of a sudden, different rumors are the earliest to be everywhere. Brazilian government tells air mentioned in writing. Therefore, it does qualify A reporter from People's Daily for the category.” interviewed Zhu Jin, the curator of the Beijing force to record any UFO Rao is optimistic that the team will Planetarium and vice chairman of the Beijing sightings dazzle the international kite flyers’ fraternity UFO Research Organization. He gave with their version of UFO. “It is square in professional explanations about these incidents. shape, with tons of hand-made graphics in UFOs and flying saucers are different. The Brazilian air force has been told, by appliqué work and is very colourful.” Rao and Unidentified Flying Objects refer to objects the government, to officially record any his team got graphic artist Dinesh Holla to help flying in the sky with unidentified names and is sightings of unidentified flying objects. them design the kite. And Holla gave DNA a abbreviated UFO. The flying saucer refers to a A decree directs pilots, both military and sneak preview of the extravagant kite. saucer shaped flying object and in particular, a civilian, as well as air traffic controllers to Their kite has been modelled after the strange spaceship that many people claimed to register sightings of anything unusual in Vedic UFO, which finds mention in Bhagavata, have seen and may come from outer space. Brazil’s air space with the national aerospace Ramayana and Mahabharata. Rao said, UFOs differ from flying saucers. A defence command. “Pushpaka Vimana has special significance to flying saucer is one possible UFOs, and there The BBC reported that the air force us, it is the only ethnic design of UFOs that will are no cases where one has been confirmed. released a statement saying: “Air force fly in the international festival, it will open up a However, UFOs do exist, and they just have not command does not have a specialized structure new a new line of thought.” been identified yet. to carry out scientific experiments on these Team Mangalore has flown its kites in As for the latest reported UFOs, they are phenomena and will limit itself to recording any different international kite festivals across very easy to identify. Most of them are kites, events.” Europe, where their creative designs have been planes or rockets. There is almost no probability Collected information will be appreciated by kite masters around the world. that these incidents are connected with aliens. catalogued and stored in the national archives in They’ve stuck with an ethnic theme in There are many reasons for the Rio de Janeiro. It will then be available to the past three festivals that they’ve taken part in: appearance of UFOs. The research of past researchers. Legendary figures such as Ganesha, Durga, relevant phenomena reveals that there are Several UFO sightings have been reported in visages of Indian folk and performing arts like mainly three categories. First, they are flying Brazil. Bhoota Kola, Yakshagana, Kathakali,” said objects including planes, airships, kites, Air force jets were sent to investigate Rao. searchlights, little insects very close to the unidentified objects above Sao Paulo1986. No These kites have not only won them photographer, bolides, man-made objects explanation was found for whatever was prizes but also a lot of appreciation from their falling into the atmosphere, spacecraft, and spotted. fellow participants. “Most European kites are missiles. Reporting on that incident uflologie technologically perfect as they are computer Second, they are stationary objects in stated: “As many as twenty UFOs were seen designed and machine cut — therefore precise. the sky but are photographed as moving objects, and tracked by ground radar and at least six But Indian kites stand out because of their including planets, shiny fixed stars, the moon airplanes during the night of May 19, 1986 over ethnic design — perfect construction, despite behind clouds and even the sun. The last several states in southeastern Brazil. having difficult designs,” Rao said. possibility is that they are not in the sky at all Unidentified radar returns were tracked by The Ville de Dieppe kite festival will and they may be the reflection of the sun being airports in São Paulo and the Integrated Air witness an Indian Panorama — Prashanth photographed on the frame of the camera, the Defense & Air Traffic Control Center Kumar, a Yakshagana artist will perform there reflection of the flashlight on glass, and the (CINDACTA) in Brasilia. Two F-5E and three and graphic artist Holla will hold an on-the-spot ghost images caused by the light source at the Mirage jet fighters were scrambled from Santa sketch exhibition and demo for those at the centrosymmetric location of the visual field. Cruz AFB in Sao Paulo State, and Anápolis festival. But, Rao is slightly concerned about The appearance of UFOs is not AFB in Goias State.” the flying conditions. “The wind varies in concentrated in a certain region or a certain In 1977 the town of Vigia requested velocity and direction and the flyer must keep period of time. Currently, relevant events are assistance from the military after some residents an eye on the kites all the time, or else they’ll obviously increasing, mainly because that the said they had been attacked by extra-terrestrials. come crashing down,” said Rao. concentrative reporting of the media caused According to the BBC, an anonymous air traffic Pushpaka Vimana, which is getting similar psychological effects. People who were controller told the Brazilian newspaper O Dia: ready at Mangalore is being built in Ripstop not concerned about UFOs before began to "I have heard of ministers and even a president nylon and fibre frame. It roughly weighs 2kg frequently look up into the sky after reading the who said they had seen a UFO.” [] and is flown with Dacron line, which can hold reports. Incidents that would normally be high levels of wind velocity. [] considered as normal were connected with An UFO of Indian design? UFOs indicative of relevant reports. The Watch out for it in France TO REPORT A UFO concentrative reporting from the media amplified the events and certain media groups French skies will be invaded by UFOs SIGHTING were even suspected of hyping up the news. soon, as the annual kite festival at Ville de GO TO The public should treat these kinds of Dieppe (350km from Paris) is set to take place www.nuforc.org events with a scientific attitude, independent between September 11 and 19.