Barupertama Observatory Incident
 The Primary Observatory Range, from where the Staff was reported missing on the morning of 3 July 2019, presumed to have dissapeared the night before during the landfall of Tropical Storm Lao. | |
| Date | 19 July 2019 |
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| Duration | Missing for 1979 Days |
| Location | Barupertama Aerospatial Observatory Range, Cukobai |
| Also known as | Gunungangin National Atmospheric Research Station (GNARS) |
| Type | Disappearance |
| Outcome | Unsolved, Currently Under Investigation |
The Barupertama Observatory Incident (Referred to in Qi Script as 主孔和何堂失踪; Alphabetized Huajiangite: Zhǔkǒng hé Hétáng shīzōng; Zhukong and Hetang Disappearance) was a mass disappearance which took place in the Barupertama Aerospatial Observatory Range, near the peak of the Gunungangin Volcano on the Vanugalu District of Cukobai. The Huajiangite scientists specifically were reported missing. The two stations that were missing scientists were the Huajiangite Stations: the Zhukong Observation Station (主孔观测基地; Zhǔkǒng guāncè jīdì and the Hekong Astronomical Observatory (何堂天文台; Hétáng tiānwéntái). The disappearance is believed to have occurred sometime between 8:45 PM on 19 July to 3:30 AM Local Time the following day, during which all communications from the station were lost due to the concurrent landfall of Tropical Storm Lao.