Gobi Desert, China: Battalion of Soldiers Witnesses Landing of Red-Orange Disc
In mid-April 1968, at a Gobi Desert construction site, a battalion of Chinese soldiers witnessed the landing of a luminous red-orange disc, just 10 feet in diameter. A motorcycle team dispatched to investigate; upon their approach, the disc rose vertically out of sight. Most wrote it off as a Soviet reconnaissance device.
Background
At a Gobi Desert construction site, a battalion of Chinese soldiers witnessed the landing of a luminous red-orange disc, just 10 feet in diameter. The commander dispatched a team of motorcycle soldiers from headquarters to investigate the vehicle. Upon the team's approach, the disc rose vertically out of sight. Most of those present wrote the incident off as a Soviet reconnaissance device, since the USSR's northern frontier passed through that region.