Chinese Mysteries
Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport UFO
杭州萧山机场 UFO
A 2010 Chinese airport disruption attributed to an unidentified aerial object, later surrounded by disputed photos and explanations. Source set meets the current publication gate; interpretation remains provisional pending stronger primary-source review.
Case identity
12 sources / 12 evidence items / updated Jun 12, 2026Date
Jul 7, 2010
Location
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Category
Chinese Mysteries
Status
Partially Explained
30-Second Summary
What happened?
A 2010 Chinese airport disruption attributed to an unidentified aerial object, later surrounded by disputed photos and explanations.
Why is it famous?
Source set meets the current publication gate; interpretation remains provisional pending stronger primary-source review.
Current consensus?
The airport disruption appears real from media coverage, while the object identity and many attached images are poorly established.
86Signal
Overall investigation significance score.
78Reality
How strongly evidence supports that the event occurred.
58Debunk
How strongly conventional explanations explain the event.
41Residue
How much unexplained material remains.
Signal basis: score reflects source count, evidence count, freshness, and search interest. Individual evidence and explanation strength is shown inside the workspace so the top score has visible provenance.
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#1 / Report / CNTV / Jul 8, 2010
杭州萧山机场上空不明飞行物可能为私人飞机
杭州蕭山機場上空不明飛行物可能為私人飛機,
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#1 / Report / CNTV / Jul 8, 2010
杭州萧山机场上空不明飞行物可能为私人飞机
杭州蕭山機場上空不明飛行物可能為私人飛機,
Original reporting is separated from Atlas interpretation.
OpenSource Summary
杭州蕭山機場上空不明飛行物可能為私人飛機,
Atlas Interpretation
This item is separated so readers can inspect the source trail without mixing every report into one summary block.
Original Excerpts
Source text“第645期：嚴控以人查房因何引熱議 更多 今日話題 網言網語 病童候診痛苦躺地無人讓，悲！”
“這位人士分析説，隨着中國富豪數量不斷增加，中國的私人飛機市場規模開始迅速擴大。其中，江浙富商擁用私人飛機比例較高。有空閒時，一些富商自駕飛機衝上雲霄翱翔天空片刻，隨即降落地面。為此，江浙上空出現不明飛行物較多。”
#2 / Report / Jul 9, 2010
Flights diverted, delayed as UFO detected hovering
#3 / Report / Jul 14, 2010
UFO in China's Skies Prompts Investigation
#4 / Report / Jul 26, 2010
调查报告称杭州萧山机场UFO与外星飞碟无关
#5 / Report / Jul 26, 2010
调查报告称杭州萧山机场UFO与外星飞碟无关
#6 / Report / Jul 26, 2010
调查称杭州萧山机场不明飞行物与飞碟无关
#7 / Report / Jul 26, 2010
首份杭州萧山机场不明飞行物调查报告出炉
#8 / Archive / Date unknown
中國的幽浮目擊 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书
#9 / Report / Jul 12, 2010
杭州萧山机场不明飞行物引发持续猜想专家驳斥
#10 / Report / Jul 25, 2010
调查报告：杭州萧山机场不明飞行物实为飞机
#11 / Report / Jul 26, 2010
首份杭州萧山机场不明飞行物调查报告出炉
#12 / Report / Jul 26, 2010
杭州“UFO”调查报告出炉：与外星人和飞碟无关
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What happened?
A 2010 Chinese airport disruption attributed to an unidentified aerial object, later surrounded by disputed photos and explanations.
Why it still matters
Source set meets the current publication gate; interpretation remains provisional pending stronger primary-source review.
Current read
The airport disruption appears real from media coverage, while the object identity and many attached images are poorly established.
What to inspect next
Why the signal is high
This case has multiple accessible sources, a durable visual record, recurring anniversary coverage, and a clear unresolved residue: the later light row is explainable, while the earlier formation accounts are harder to reconstruct cleanly.
Case Verdict
Best current interpretation
Strongly supported
古代至近代 [ 编辑 ] 日期 事件 城市，地点 時代 事件描述 近距离接触类型 来源 前139年 夜間有巨發光物移動 疑似長安 漢朝 資治通鑑 「西漢武帝建元二年夏四月，有 星 如 日 ， 夜 出」、漢書武帝本紀也記錄「四月戊申，有日夜出」。到了明朝時 丹铅总录 還特地註解此段紀錄，表示夜晚出現的不可能是太陽，而是別的東西。
Likely explained
昨天，记者从北京UFO研究会获悉，首份杭州萧山机场不明飞行物事件调查报告出炉。通过北京、上海两地的专家实地调查发现，网上流传最广的萧山机场UFO照片实为飞机，此事暂无证据表明与外星人飞碟有关。
Still unresolved
What primary aviation notice or internal airport record exists?
The airport disruption appears real from media coverage, while the object identity and many attached images are poorly established.
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