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Subject: Japan And UFOs. 

In the past I have heard that the Japanese people trace their origin to 
some people who came from the stars.  Here is some information that speaks 
about their contact with the space people...................................
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While seldom mentioned in UFO chronicles, Japan has been a major theatre
of operations for the UFO/ET phenomenon over the past three decades, and 
boasts prehistoric lore that links it closely to the possible presence of 
ancient astronauts. 

The most significant postwar sighting turned out to be singularly dramatic:
a luminous object, dangling in the air from an enormous, darkened craft, 
witnessed by many observers over Tokyo Bay in the summer of 1952.  The 
objects were also picked up by radar, prompting jet fighters to scramble to 
intercept.  The huge aerial contraption proceeded to elude the military 
aircraft with maneuvers never before thought possible.

In the early days of the Cold War, with the Korean conflict still brewing
on the other side of the Sea of Japan, the possibility of a surprise
attack by unknown Soviet technology was fresh in every strategist's mind. 
But it wasn't until 22 years later, in June 1974, that an F4 Phantom 
interceptor would lock on to its mysterious quarry and experience the closest
of close encounter - a head-on collision with a UFO. 

Initially under the impression that the signal on the screen was a 
notoriously errant Soviet Bear bomber, the fighter's crew was surprised to
see that their target was a 40-foot wide disc with square portholes 
suggesting viewports or exhausts.  When the phantom trained its weapons on 
the object, the intruder hurtled toward it, smashing the fighter's nose, and 
forcing the pilot and weapons officer to eject.  The latter died in the 
collision, yet the Japanese government remained silent about the event, never
acknowledging if the UFO had fallen to the ground during the "accident."  The
Phanotm's loss was tersely attributed to "a collision with an unknown object
at 30,000 feet."

The Japanese Air Force's tight lipped silence was inspired, perhaps, by 
the number of sightings that had already been reported by civilians.  Four
months prior to the Phantom incident, a young woman, Akiko Nakayama, had come
in comtact with three strange creatures in a rice paddy in the village of 
Hoshimachi. The alien trio reentered a glowing orange vehicle that took to 
the night skies in a matter of seconds, rejoining what a veritable armada of 
UFOs slowly crossing the skies over Japan.  Magazines devoted to the subject 
of UFOs in both Japan and the United States made much of the fact that Ms.
Nakayama's sighting had taken place not too far from the site of the unique,
mysterious prehistoric statue of the InuNingen - the "man-dog" - that has 
been interpreted by many to be a depiction of a prehistoric, nonhuman visitor
to our world.  This large, perplexing statue, along with the small Dogu 
statues (helmeted figures that suggest respirators and air hoses) have defied 
all rational explanations. 

In February 1975, near the town of Kofu, two boys walked around a grounded
UFO which bore distinctive "oriental charaters" on its hull (reminiscent, 
perhaps, of the Oriental script on the object recovered in Kechsburg, PA in 
1965).  The youngsters reported seeing "a ladder emerge from the craft" and 
Klaatuesque, silver-clad entity descend toward them.  In what can best be 
described as a case of "unrequited contact," the boys broke and ran from the 
spot in abject terror.  One of the children's parents later confirmed having
seen an ususual craft rising skyward from the direction in which the boys had
run. 

By September of 1975, UFOs would be seen by nearly everyone living in 
western Japan, prompting a deluge of phone calls to the authorities.  A 
Japan Air Lines DC-8 was "tailed" by an unknown device for twenty minutes
until it landed safely at a local airport. 

The sightings were building up to a climax.

Early in 1976, a dark UFO had hovered directly over the Imperial Palace
in Tokyo, its maneuvers witnessed by agents of the National Police from their
office building.  In the early morning hours of October 17th, fifty witnesses
observed a golden UFO.  The scintillating disc remained suspended in mid-air
for ten minutes, prompting the air traffic controllers at Akita Airport to 
warn all approaching aircraft of the potential obstacle.  The crowd of 
witnesses included members of the Japanese media, who had been filming a 
documentary on pilot instruciton at the airport.

The increasing frequency of the sightings became such that in 1977, the 
country's first official investigation of the phenomenon was launched under 
the auspices of the Japanese Air Force, unfortunately with inconclusive 
results.

The phenomenon did not wait for the goverment findings: strange globes of 
light were seen flying around Mount Senohara in 1982, and two years later, 
the crew of a passenger jet reported seeing what first appeared to be the 
mushroom cloud from a nuclear bast, rising to a height of sixty thousand feet
and expanding to a diamenter of one hundred miles before dissolving 
altogether.  No explanation was offered for this event. 

UFOs are not the only enigma bewildering the Japanese.  In the summer of 
1986, a circular, levelled "crop circle" was discovered in Yamagata, making
the first instance of this unknown phenomenon in Japan. 

Like the United States, Japan has the good fortune - or misfortune - of 
being adjacent to one of the dozen or so anomalous zones that surround the 
planet.  The Devil's Triangle, the Pacific ocean's answer to the Bermuda 
Triangle, extends from the Japanese archipelago to the Manianas, covering an 
area of the tremendously deep marine trenches and underwater volcanoes.  
Aside from the legendary number of disappearances recorded in or near the 
site, frequent UFO sightings have also been reported, suggesting the 
possiblity of a natural aberration that serves as a materialization zone for 
the phenomenon.  The crew of the Kitsukawa Maru reported, in April 1952, an 
encounter with a pair of wingless, silver discs that plunged into the ocean 
off the port bow.  The ships captain promptly noted the event, which occurred 
at edge of the nineteen thousand-foot deep trench surrounding Japan.  In 
1967, a number of U.S. fighters were sent after a formation of UFOs off 
Okinawa, which had been picked up on radar. 

There have been indications that the Japanese government may be ready to 
reopen its investigations into the UFO enigma.  At the International UFO
and Space Symposium held in Hakui City in the fall of 1991, then prime
minister Toshiki Kaifu expressed an opinion that "it was time to take the UFO
situation seriously."  Time will tell if his suggestion will be taken with 
appropriate seriousness.


JW  It seems that the Japanese people have there eyes open that they might
see.

Source Of Information: THE INTERNATION UFO LIBRARY MAGAZINE. The article
UFOs IN THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN, BY SCOTT CORRALES.

John Winston.