Unidentified object observed near Nagoya, Japan's industrial heartland (1952)

Project Blue Book Case #1363. On June 28, 1952, an unidentified object was observed near Nagoya, Japan — the country's third-largest city and a major industrial center on the Pacific coast of Honshu. Nagoya was home to heavy industries vital to the Japanese economy and, during the Korean War, served as a rear-area production center supporting UN forces. U.S. military installations in the Nagoya area supported logistics and communications. The case was classified "Unknown."