Utsuro-Bune Legend
Japanese Edo-period sources describe an 1803 'utsuro-bune' or hollow-vessel story in which fishermen on the Hitachi coast found a round craft-like boat carrying a woman who spoke an unknown language.
Japanese Edo-period sources describe an 1803 'utsuro-bune' or hollow-vessel story in which fishermen on the Hitachi coast found a round craft-like boat carrying a woman who spoke an unknown language.
Brief
Japanese Edo-period sources describe an 1803 'utsuro-bune' or hollow-vessel story in which fishermen on the Hitachi coast found a round craft-like boat carrying a woman who spoke an unknown language. Researcher Tanaka Kazuo told Nippon.com that he had identified 11 documents connected to the legend, including accounts close to the claimed date. The case belongs in UFO lore because later writers read the round vessel and unknown markings through a saucer frame. It remains folklore and historical literature, not a verified aerial event.
Metadata
- Date
- 1803-02-22
- Year
- 1803
- Location
- Hitachi Province coast, Japan
- Region
- Middle East / Asia
- Status
- unconfirmed
- Tag
- civilian claim
- Primary
- 'Utsurobune': A UFO Legend from Nineteenth-Century Japan
- Source type
- html
- Sources
- 2
Key Points
- Japanese Edo-period sources describe an 1803 'utsuro-bune' or hollow-vessel story in which fishermen on the Hitachi coast found a round craft-like boat carrying a woman who spoke an unknown language.
- Researcher Tanaka Kazuo told Nippon.com that he had identified 11 documents connected to the legend, including accounts close to the claimed date.
- The case belongs in UFO lore because later writers read the round vessel and unknown markings through a saucer frame.
- It remains folklore and historical literature, not a verified aerial event.
Most Interesting
- Researcher Tanaka Kazuo told Nippon.com that he had identified 11 documents connected to the legend, including accounts close to the claimed date.
- Japanese Edo-period sources describe an 1803 'utsuro-bune' or hollow-vessel story in which fishermen on the Hitachi coast found a round craft-like boat carrying a woman who spoke an unknown language.
- The case belongs in UFO lore because later writers read the round vessel and unknown markings through a saucer frame.
Timeline
- 1803-02-22 · Encounter
Japanese Edo-period sources describe an 1803 'utsuro-bune' or hollow-vessel story in which fishermen on the Hitachi coast found a round craft-like boat carrying a woman who spoke an unknown language.
- 2020 · Source record
'Utsurobune': A UFO Legend from Nineteenth-Century Japan is the preferred source material attached to this encounter.
Sources
- 'Utsurobune': A UFO Legend from Nineteenth-Century JapanNippon.com, 2020
- Exhibit shines light on visit by 'UFO'-like ship in the Edo PeriodThe Asahi Shimbun, 2023
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