Taiwan: Ministry of National Defense Dispatches Team to Investigate Daily UFO Appearances Over Kinmen
As of August 9, 1968, the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense (MND) planned to dispatch electronics experts to the islands of Kinmen and Matsu to investigate recent daily high-altitude UFO appearances. The unknowns appeared in pairs or threes at the same approximate hour each afternoon. MND suspected electronic spying devices by the Chinese Communists. An investigation concluded on October 14 that the objects were 'man-made satellites, flying saucers, electronic jamming devices, or psychological warfare balloons.'
Background
As of August 9, 1968, the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense (MND) planned to dispatch a team of electronics experts to the islands of Kinmen and Matsu to investigate recent daily high-altitude appearances of UFOs over those offshore islands. The unknowns appeared in pairs or threes at the same approximate hour each afternoon, remaining in sight for about two minutes.
'... MND suspects the UFOs may be some form of electronic spying device used by the Chinese Communists.'
A Chinese Nationalist team of technical officers concluded on October 14, 1968, that unknowns observed since July 17 were 'man-made satellites, flying saucers, electronic jamming devices, or psychological warfare balloons.'