The Meng Zhaoguo Incident (1994)
In 1994, lumberjack Meng Zhaoguo and a relative followed what they first mistook for a white, glowing weather balloon descending near Phoenix Mountain in China's Heilongjiang province. Two days later, workers investigating the site found Meng incapacitated by an intense beam of light; he would later claim to have been repeatedly taken aboard a craft by its occupants.
Witnesses
1 lumberjack, 1 relative
Why it endures
One of the most documented and discussed abduction cases in all of East Asia, subject to intense media coverage and investigation within China itself.
Official version (contested)
Chinese authorities and astronomers never confirmed the object's nature; some skeptics point to a psychological condition or a staged event, though no explanation has achieved consensus.