Photo taken by Hangzhou resident shows unidentified flying object late Wednesday, July 7, 2010.
East China's Hangzhou Airport was shut down late Wednesday night after an unidentified object appeared on the airport's radar.
Airport officials declared the object a UFO and subsequently closed the Xiaoshan airport for an hour around 9 p.m. on July 7, which created an almost four-hour delay for departing flights. Some flights were diverted nearby to Ningbo and Wuxi airports.
Shanghai Daily reported that one passenger said the UFO looked like a twinkling spot and disappeared quickly. An airport worker told the paper the UFO was only visible to radars at the airport and none of the passengers or workers on the runway could have seen it with the naked eye.
The Hangzhou airport resumed normal operations after an hour long aerial search was conducted and nothing was found.
Reports have surfaced that locals noticed the bright object in the sky earlier that day and were told it was probably just sun glare from passing planes, while others have theorized it was a private jet or a piece of rocket debris.
The secretary general of Xingjiang Astronomy Society, Song Huagang, told media that the UFO has been idenfitied as debris from an intercontinental missile launched by the United States.
No official statement has been released, but one Chinese official stated it has a "military connection" and he cannot disclose any additional details.
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