Vietnam reports "UFO" explosion off Cambodia coast

Vietnam reports "UFO" explosion off Cambodia coast
Wed May 28, 4:24 AM ET



HANOI (Reuters) - An unidentified flying object exploded in mid-air
over a southern Vietnamese island, state media said on Wednesday, 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, 10 km (6
miles) off the coast of the Cambodian province of Kampot, found shards
of grey metal, including one 1.5 meters (1.5 yards) long.

"The explosion happened at about 8 km (5 miles) 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 on Tuesday that they had heard a loud
explosion. On Wednesday they told Reuters they had found small chunks
of metal near the coastline.

Kung Mony, deputy commander of Cambodia's Air Force, said on Tuesday
he had been told of a foreign plane crashing in Kampot province, but
later backed off his claims of an aircraft accident.

(Writing by Grant McCool and Ed Cropley in Bangkok; Editing by Bill
Tarrant)
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