News Japan's Defence Ministry urged to establish office for UFOs and UAPs

[thomas]

Japan's Defence Ministry has been pressed to create a dedicated office to address unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, following a meeting on Friday with a cross-party group of lawmakers. Led by former Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the group submitted a formal proposal to the current defence chief. They characterised the sightings—now officially termed unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)—as credible and pressing national security issues.

The lawmakers warned that Japan is lagging in its response to UAP and stressed that protecting the country's airspace and territorial waters must be treated as an urgent priority. They advocated for establishing a Japanese equivalent of the U.S. All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, which was set up by the Pentagon in 2022 to coordinate investigations into UAP using a data-based, scientific methodology.

The lawmakers also proposed that a new office regularly report the progress of UAP investigations to parliament and disclose information to the public, in addition to conducting scientific analysis of collected data and identifying potential threats. Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said, "We will make efforts to meet the expectations" of the group, which was formed last year.

Japan's Defense Ministry asked to launch office on UFOs, anomalies

Japan's Defense Ministry was urged to set up an office tasked with tackling UFOs at a meeting with a cross-party group of lawmakers.

english.kyodonews.net

 

[johnnyG]

If anyone's interested: 本物の宇宙船がある宇宙科学博物館｜コスモアイル羽咋

 

[salyavin]

I thought Pink Lady had that covered.

 

[salyavin]

Seriously though most of this is going to be drones, balloons, unknown aircraft and other earthly cause which could indeed by a security concern.

 

[Grandpa Frank]

Bigfoot is feeling left out , LOL.

 

[salyavin]

have you tried buying shoes in Japan? You may be the bigfoot

 

[Grandpa Frank]

My big issue was a lot of body hair , LOL. More than once I was compared to an ape or monkey by Japanese who didn't think I knew what they were saying.

 

[thomas]

This happened in 2014, well before commercial drones became commonplace. I'd be very curious to know who or what was behind it.

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Multiple witness reports of mysterious lights over Okinawa 【Video】

At approximately 9:00pm on 23 January, reports started coming into the Okinawa Times about a strange array of lights over their capital city Naha. Japan’s Self Defense Force and astronomical experts are without answer, yet witness accounts and videos claim a dozen or so bright orange lights...

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[Ukigumo]

This is very interesting about UAPs in Japan. However, do NOT buy the books recommended in this video, especially Louis Elizondo's 'Imminent'. They are complete bunkum!

 

[Ukigumo]

Seriously though most of this is going to be drones, balloons, unknown aircraft and other earthly cause which could indeed by a security concern.

I think this is the very true. We are not being visited by extraterrestrial life (the reasons are manyfold) and it's likely these things are atmospheric phenomenon of which most of us have no understanding (did you hear about the Space X spiral exhaust plume?) and likely to be Russian/Chinese government spycraft which we need to keep a close eye upon.