Vietnam reports "UFO" explosion

Published: 10:53AM Thursday May 29, 2008 Source: Reuters

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An unidentified flying object exploded in mid-air over a southern Vietnamese island, state media said, a day after Cambodia's air force retracted a report of a mysterious plane crash.
   
The Vietnam News Agency said residents of Phu Quoc island, 10km off the coast of the Cambodian province of Kampot, found shards of grey metal, including one 1.5 meters long.
   
"The explosion happened at about eight km above the ground, and perhaps it was a plane, but authorities could not identify whether it was a civil or military aircraft," VNA said in a report headlined "UFO explodes over Phu Quoc Island."
   
Soldiers were sent out to look for wreckage and survivors, and local authorities contacted airlines in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand, but received no reports of missing aircraft, the official state news agency added.
   
Villagers in Kampot said Tuesday that they had heard a loud explosion. They told they had found small chunks of metal near the coastline.

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