TV viewers watching the Shenzhou 9 mission liftoff on Saturday
evening might have seen two UFOs approach the rocket as it exited
the earth's atmosphere.
Video recorded by infrared cameras revealed two shining objects
rapidly moving toward the rocket from opposite sides of the Long
March 2F rocket about four minutes and 11 seconds after liftoff.
The objects could not have been stars as none were visible during
the 6:37 pm launch time, said Wang Sichao, a researcher at the
Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.
Wang ruled out the possibility the objects were parts of the
rocket, as they appeared ahead of its trajectory, as well as the
theory they were birds since the objects left extremely visible
heat signatures.
He added that further information is needed in order to identify
the objects.
