Chinese Air Force to Control Weather for Anniversary
China's air force will deploy 18 aircraft to spray cloud dispersal chemicals into the atmosphere around Beijing, while "48 fog dispersal vehicles" will use similar technology at airports around the capital, the Global Times reported.
"It is the first time in Chinese history that artificial weather modification on such (a) large scale has been attempted," the paper quoted Cui Lianqing, an air force meteorologist, as saying.
"There are still a lot of uncertainties with the weather, and sometimes people can't work against nature ... but we are trying our best."
China is planning a massive parade, song and dance performances and fireworks at Tiananmen Square on October 1 to mark the day when revolutionary leader Mao Tse-tung proclaimed the state's founding in 1949.
Clear weather is especially important for the military parade, which will include a flyover by the nation's most advanced fighter jets, the report said.
The capital made similar efforts for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics when more than 1100 "rain dispersal rockets" were fired into the skies to break up clouds around the Bird's Nest National Stadium.
In addition to air force efforts, the Beijing Weather Modification Office is also prepared to implement similar cloud dispersal measures ahead of October 1, Xinhua news agency has reported.
Remote satellite technology will be employed to help monitor weather changes and adjust modification measures, the report said.
Weather records show that there is a 30 per cent chance of rain on October 1, but precipitation has been light on most recent National Days, it added.
Massive UFO development: Disclosure Coming In China

Something bigger-than-big has happened in China as far as the UFO and extraterrestrial mystery is concerned. So big, you might want to make sure you are sitting down and not holding a hot drink as you read this.
Readers of this website allnewsweb.com might mow be familiar with the Solar Eclipse UFO Sighting that occurred in Deqing, Guandong Province, where a clear daytime UFO was seen by dozens of students and filmed and photographed by at least nine, producing incredible images such as the one above. The UFO was also seen to morph, changing colour and shape.
Other than this publication no other news publication outside of Asia has carried the story although it has sent shock-waves through China's massive UFO community and even amongst conventional scientists.
Now it has been reported in China that the famous Purple Mountain Observatory has confirmed that they observed a UFO on the day of the eclipse and have forty minutes worth of footage which they will spend the next year studying.
Purple Mountain Observatory Director and Chinese Academy of Sciences Fellow, JI Hai-sheng said at present it is impossible to speculate what the unidentified object is.
Sina.com writes that:
'Purple Mountain Observatory and Chinese Academy of Sciences said yesterday that during the July 22 total solar eclipse observation, China had discovered near the sun, by observing staff, an unidentified object, it's physical nature remains to be further studied.'
'Currently manpower is being organized to deal with this data, complete the data analysis and reveal the scientific results and this will take at least one year's time to finalise.'
'Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences Fellow, JI Hai-sheng said at present it is impossible to speculate what the unidentified object is however research has started.'
UFO activity in China has been extra-ordinary over the last few months with mega-event after mega-event taking place. Have extraterrestrials decided that China will be their partner in first contact?
China Eclipse UFO: We're not alone, Video! - Dateline: 29 July 2009
Can it be confirmedly said that 'we are not alone' and nine Chinese students have the proof on film?
The UFO that was seen by 22 students in the city of Deqing in China during a rooftop observation of the solar eclipse has been hailed by that nations massive UFO community as the UFO event of the year: Yet it is being completely ignored by the western media.
It has now been confirmed that no less than 9 students separately filmed and photographed the UFO seen still photographs below. The students are claiming that the object morphed shape a few times and initially appeared to be a glowing blue color but afterward darkened.
Is this set to be the O'Hare International Airport UFO event with the footage to prove it happened? Some footage from the videos has been shown on TV news segments and you can see a clip taken from one report below. This might be some of the most significant UFO footage you will ever see. The photo below is a still from the film and is being compared by UFO experts to the 'walnut shaped' UFO seen by the JAL crew over Alaska in 1986 (see this article).
