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Just as Chang Haonan guessed.

Even though last night was New Year's Eve and the test launch process coincided with the Spring Festival Gala, many people in the northwest region still noticed the unusual weather phenomenon.

There is no way, the test launch of hypersonic weapons is too noisy, unless you are very lucky, it is difficult to avoid the ubiquitous sight.

If it were ten years ago, you might have seen it.

But now the Internet is quite popular in China, which has further promoted the spread of related news.

However, what is different from the past is that.

This time, the first to stir up discussion was not the military forum, but some...

Mystic groups.

In fact, even after nearly 20 years, there are still quite a few people who are keen on various mysterious phenomena.

But at this time in 2006, not many people really knew what the jellyfish cloud produced by the ballistic missile launch was.

And some people with ulterior motives fanned the flames.

So, a post on the Cape Forum first triggered some discussion on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year.

[Has anyone heard that a UFO appeared over Longyuan and Meng Province last night! ]

Under the eye-catching title, there are several photos that were obviously taken from the same location.

The night sky, which should have been pitch black with only a few stars, was actually filled with large patches of dazzling rays of light, giving people an illusion of time travel.

In fact, at the beginning, most people still didn't believe it.

After all, there were only a few blurry photos, and there was no other news to support it.

It's even hard to say whether the photos themselves are real.

Although the PS software of this year is far from being as perverted as it was later, this kind of picture without any positioning points can actually be taken at any location, even in a studio.

Especially on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

So many people thought that the host was just joking.

But soon, as people who rested last night got up one after another, other news was circulated.

[Location: Jincheng. My uncle was on duty at the gate of the compound last night. After he came back, he did say something similar. At that time, he thought it was fireworks or something like that, so he didn't think much about it. 】

【I work at Jincheng Airport. Starting from about 7:30 yesterday evening, Zhongchuan Airport was indeed closed for about an hour and a half. Two flights were affected and diverted to other cities. 】

So many people said it with facts, and some people who initially believed that the picture was fake soon fell silent.

However, the mainstream opinion is still skeptical about the term "UFO".

Some people think it may be an airplane, and the exaggerated light and shadow effects in the picture are just the hand shaking of the photographer when pressing the shutter.

Others think it may be a colored spotlight somewhere in the city, combined with the long exposure effect. After all, last night was New Year's Eve, and it is hard to guarantee that there will not be some special program effects in the city.

And most of the people who claimed to have witnessed it were concentrated in Jincheng, which made this inference seem more and more real.

By noon on the first day of the New Year, the popularity of this post had actually dropped a little.

But at this juncture, someone suddenly released a complete video.

[I was in Baiyin area, I was doing a program outside, I accidentally filmed it, I thought it was an airplane or something, I didn't think about it, but suddenly I saw a bright light, and it instantly went up and disappeared. I often take planes for work, I am very sure that the speed is definitely not something that any plane can reach, I was stunned, and later I learned that the airport was blocked because of this...]

In the attachment column below, there is a video with not very high definition.

But it can still be seen that there is an almost invisible white line that spreads from far to near under the moonlight, which looks no different from a normal plane.

Suddenly, a bright light flashed near the white line, and then in the next few frames, it disappeared upwards at an astonishing acceleration.

Five minutes after this reply was posted, the entire discussion post was locked by the administrator and then deleted.

However, this approach is tantamount to covering up the truth in the eyes of the majority of people.

Even some people who were originally skeptical changed their minds because of this.

Someone checked the flight information last night and found that not only Jincheng, but also the airports of several nearby cities were either closed or issued navigation warnings within the three hours from 7 to 10 o'clock.

Some media tabloids noticed this wave of popularity and invited experts from nowhere to give all kinds of completely irrelevant interpretations, from airplanes to fireworks to comets, which made many suspicions and conspiracy theories rampant.

By that night, even some overseas UFO enthusiasts began to discuss the ins and outs of the "UFO sightings in western China"...

...

Compared to the civilian groups who almost completely relied on blind guessing, the Americans, who had more abundant reconnaissance methods, were the first to see some clues.

Colorado.

Peterson Air Force Base.

Admiral Lance Lord, commander of the Air Force Space Command, had just left his office to get off work, and before he even had time to put on his coat, he heard a hurried sound of footsteps behind him.

It was the liaison officer, Brigadier General John Raymond.

Although the name of the Space Command sounds like a non-combat organization, it is actually directly responsible for the management of more than 400 LGM-30G "Minuteman III" intercontinental ballistic missiles and a total of nearly a thousand nuclear warheads. Therefore, any position within it is of a high level. Scary.

"Johnny, is there an emergency?"

The admiral stopped and asked the old subordinate behind him.

Raymond took two steps forward and lowered his voice and said:

"General, Schriever has just sent news that China is likely to conduct a ballistic missile test launch this evening local time, which is this morning Pacific time."

Schriever Base, Peterson Base where they are currently located, and the more famous Cheyenne Mountain "Doomsday Bunker" together form a complete base group.

Among them, the former is stationed at the Space Operations Center, which is responsible for the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance work of the Air Force, and can control the vast majority of military satellites in service.

They are the eyes and ears of the entire U.S. Air Force.

"Another test firing?"

Lord frowned slightly:

"Did the radar in South Korea find it?"

Since the other party used the description "very likely", it means that the news did not come from China's situation report, but from one's own reconnaissance or intelligence unit.

After the DF-3 missile test last summer, as a temporary compensation measure, the Navy sent three additional destroyers equipped with the Aegis system to Japan, while the Air Force deployed two new sets of AN/TPS at Osan Air Force Base -77 mobile long-range air search radar.

Although it has little effect on missile defense itself, it can partially monitor missile tests in eastern China.

But Raymond shook his head:

"No, this test was conducted in the central and western part of China's territory. Our radar cannot currently detect this area..."

Having said this, he showed a slightly weird expression:

"In fact, it was the 373 Brigade in Misawa that first discovered the abnormal situation by monitoring the Internet in China. Many people claimed to have seen anomalies similar to UFOs last night, and then mobilized satellites to conduct reconnaissance in the relevant areas. Finally, in Traces of missile hits were found at a shooting range in western Longyuan Province..."

"373rd Brigade..."

After hearing this unit number, the admiral opened his eyes slightly with an expression of astonishment:

"Is it the 'Lady's Love' mission?"

Raymond nodded slightly:

"In fact, in addition to China's public Internet, Sanze also monitored some other relevant information..."

As he spoke, he glanced at the office door next to him.

Lord also realized at this time that the corridor was not a good place to discuss this issue:

"Come on, let's go in and talk..."