1967 General Kanshi Ishikawa, Chief of Staff of Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force; Commander of the 2nd Air Wing, Chitose Air Base (1967): “Much evidence tells us UFOs have been tracked by radar; so, UFOs are real and they may come from outer space… UFO photographs and various materials show scientifically that there are more advanced […]
Himeji, Hyogo, Japan, Asia
1965.03.18 [Click image to clarify and enlarge] 19.06 Captain Inaba, pilot of Toa Airways Convair 240 airliner, is see here explaining how on 18 March 1965, a UFO kept pace with his plane for three minutes. This important sighting occurred over the Seto Inland Sea. (The Flying Saucer Story, Trench) Planes chased by elliptical luminous […]
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Asia
1952.08.05 [Click image to enlarge] 23.30 On August 5, 1952, just before midnight, two Air Force control tower operators at the Haneda US Air Force Base near Tokyo, Japan, noticed a brilliant light in the sky, joined others and watched it through 7×50 binoculars. (ufoevidence.org) An “unusually bright bluish white light” [was] seen at 23.30 […]
Sea of Japan, Japan, Asia
1943 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 them, and they […]
Pacific Ocean, Asia?
1942c Several photographs exist which reputedly show foo fighters. One of the clearest depicts two of them, right beside a pair of Japanese fighters. It is believed that this photograph dates from around 1942 and was taken in the Pacific. (UFOs and How to See Them, Randles)