Japan UFO Sightings
8-23-1015; Japan
People on the streets of Tokyo watched as two luminous object hovered in the night sky. Minutes later, several smaller, white objects disengaged from the two larger craft. All of the objects circled over Tokyo for about an hour before vanishing.
08-12-1133; Japan
Farmers, planting seedlings in their rice patties, watched as a saucer shaped craft wavered in the sky. It descended rapidly, almost crashing into the ground. As quickly as it had appeared, the craft regained stability and climbed out of sight.
??-1942; Japan
An official Japanese Army photographer shot pictures of four hazy, self-luminous, or very bright objects of spherical shape hovering in the sky above a flight of Japanese Bomber aircraft.
??-1942; Narashina Airfield, JA
Mr. Kazuo Sakata photographed a hazy disc-shaped object flying in the sky over the airfield there. The disc is seen edge-on.
??-1942; Sea of Japan
A flight of new, Imperial Japanese Sally bomber aircraft, on a mission over the Sea of Japan, was approached by a small dark spherical object which flew around and between the aircraft in the formation. An alert gun-cameraman was able to snap one photograph of the small object in a close trail behind the neighboring aircraft. It appeared to be not much larger than a basketball, but certainly seemed to be operating under intelligent control.
??-1943; Japan
A formation of Lily Bombers, on a mission from the home islands of Japan, was approached by a number of small, round dark flying objects that maneuvered all around the formation. The objects passed between the aircraft, apparently under intelligent control. The round bodies seemed too small to have occupants inside of them, and they were unable to establish communication or shoot any of them down. They were believed at the time to be a new enemy weapon, and the mission cameramen tried to photograph them for study before they disappeared. These objects were photographed several times and the pictures were carefully studied, but no definite conclusions could be drawn.
??-1944; Japan
An official photographer of the Japanese Army shot a picture of a small dark dense-looking spherical object following a formation of Type 99 Lily Bombers in flight. The object is seen very close to the tail of the aircraft.
??-1944; Japan
An official Japanese Army photographer snapped pictures of a wide "V" formation of six bright misty-looking disc-shaped flying objects above an airborne formation of Japanese Army Fighter aircraft above a cloud formation.
??-1944; Japan
An official Japanese Army Air photographer photographed huge bright, misty outlined spherical flying objects over a parked formation line of Japanese Bombers starting engines on the flight line for a mission.
??-1944; Japan
An official Japanese Army Air photograph shows three large very bright spheres in the sky above Type 97 Bombers flying in formation.
??-1944; Suzuka Mountains, JA
A Japanese Air Observer snapped a picture in flight of two bright and possibly luminous cone shaped smaller objects near two other Ida Reconnaissance aircraft flying in the same formation. The aircraft were Army Type 98 planes on a mission during the war.
09-??-1945; Hiroshima, JA
Five separate photographs of the devastation of the recently destroyed city of Hiroshima show dark lens shaped UFOs high in the sky.
10-15-1948; Fusuoka, JA 11:05 p.m.
Witnesses: pilot Halter and radar operator Hemphill of a P-61 "Black Widow" night fighter. Up to six objects tracked on radar, only one seen visually. Dull or dark object shaped like a dirigible with a flat bottom and clipped tail end. Six seen on radar separately Pilot attempted to close on visual object, but it dove away fast.
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