Dogfights are the most common out-come when the military comes face-to-face with an unknown flying object.

Russia and the United States have dozens of these UFO dogfights and this time China reveals one of the rare close-encounters with the unknown.

Hebei Daily – a military controlled newspaper in Shanghai, China – wrote in the news digest Baokan Wenzhai the detailed account of the aerial dogfight between a Chinese Air force pilot and an unknown flying object.

It happened on the autumn of October 19, 1998 when four radars stationed in northern Hebei province detected an unknown object flying in restricted airspace, directly above military flight training facility near Changzhou City. At least 140 people inside and outside the military installation witnessed the UFO sighting. The unidentified object first appeared like a tiny star, and it grew larger and much larger as it descends into lower altitudes.

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