UFO Sightings in Japan
12 nightmarks documented
Unidentified object detected at Miyako Jima Air Station, Okinawa (1961)
Expert radar operators at a Pacific island defense station detected something they couldn't identify in the contested western Pacific.
Unidentified object observed south of Kyushu near Sasebo naval base, Japan (1960)
An unknown in the strategic waters south of Kyushu — where Navy surveillance watched for Soviet fleet movements day and night.
Unidentified object observed at Miho Air Base, western Japan (1954)
An unknown at Miho Air Base on the Sea of Japan coast — the great 1954 wave reached even western Japan.
Unidentified object observed near Itazuke Air Base at Fukuoka, Japan (1953)
An unknown near Itazuke's fighters on Kyushu — where Korean War combat veterans scanned the sky for threats daily.
Third Blue Book unknown over Tokyo during the great wave (1952)
Tokyo's third unknown in seven weeks — the 1952 wave hit the world's largest city with the same intensity as America.
Radar-visual contact with brilliant light near Haneda AFB, Tokyo (1952)
Tower, ground radar, and an F-94 interceptor all tracked a brilliant object over Tokyo — one of Blue Book's most famous cases.
Unidentified object observed near Nagoya, Japan's industrial heartland (1952)
An unknown over Japan's industrial heartland — where Korean War logistics hummed and the great 1952 wave reached Asia.
Unidentified object observed over Tokyo — the largest city in the world (1952)
An unknown over Tokyo on the Korean War's second anniversary — the world's largest city and the war's command center.
Unidentified object observed by military personnel over Japan (1952)
An unidentified object over wartime Japan — where any unknown could have been Soviet, Chinese, or something else entirely.
Unidentified object observed at Misawa Air Base, northern Japan (1952)
An unknown at Japan's northernmost fighter base — closest to the Soviets, where every approaching aircraft was a potential threat.
Unidentified object observed at Johnson Air Base — 5th Air Force headquarters, Japan (1951)
An unknown at the 5th Air Force HQ — the command center directing Korean War air combat saw something it couldn't command or explain.
Early unknown observed over Kyushu, Japan during the Project Sign era (1948)
An early Kyushu unknown — from the Project Sign era when the Air Force seriously considered the extraterrestrial hypothesis.