◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
The Urumqi Saucer (1989)
At 11.13 on the night of 6 September 1989 Tong Yuwei, a worker in Urumqi, saw a dark cloud suddenly light up. After a golden flash a saucer with a black gap in its edge hung over the city for a minute, bathed in red and yellow light and spinning fast, then dropped out of sight to the south-west. China's state news agency reported it a week later. This is the record of what was reported, not a verdict on what was over Xinjiang.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- The Urumqi Saucer (1989) is a reported UAP case in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, 6 September 1989, 23:13 local time.
- Tong Yuwei, a worker in Urumqi, saw a dark cloud suddenly light up at 11.13 p.m. on 6 September 1989, according to Xinhua.
- After a golden flash a saucer-shaped object with a black gap on its edge hovered for a minute, bathed in red and yellow light and spinning fast.
- It then dropped out of sight to the south-west, and observers reported a sound louder than a car engine.
- The account is a Chinese state news report the CIA's FBIS relayed, and a British Ministry of Defence file holds a printout of the same item.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source and 1 claimant on its resolved list.
- The archive grades it L0 · SINGLE ACCOUNT — the archive holds one account of it, from a single source.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-03; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
6 September 1989, 23:13 local time
LOCATION
Urumqi, Xinjiang · China
COORDS
43.82°N 87.61°E
INDEPENDENCE
L0 · SINGLE ACCOUNT
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
1
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
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