China UFO Research Organization to Host National Conference

In a brief dispatch Xinhua press service reported that the China UFO Research Organization (CURO) would hold a national conference in Beijing the following month. The announcement, which appeared in a routine press service log compiled by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS), stands out as a rare official acknowledgment of organized UFO study within China during the early 1990s. The source document, part of a larger collection released through the Black Vault's FOIA archive, contains hundreds of news items from that day, yet only this single entry touches on the subject of unidentified flying objects.

The conference's timing is notable: it came at a moment when China was opening economically and socially, yet UFO research remained a niche and often stigmatized field. The fact that CURO, a civilian organization, could publicly announce a national gathering suggests a degree of official tolerance, if not endorsement, for such inquiries. However, the…