civilian-claim1975· Kōfu, Japan
On February 23, 1975, two seven-year-old boys in Kōfu, Japan, reported watching a domed silver disc approximately 15 feet wide land in a vineyard behind their housing estate. Physical traces found at the site included overturned concrete posts, soil impressions, and what one investigating teacher described as radioactivity traces. The Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau attributed the sighting to a YS-11 propeller plane, a conclusion that drew immediate criticism for not addressing the physical ground evidence.
Witnesses Masato Kawano and Katsuhiro Yamahata described a four-foot-tall humanoid with dark wrinkled skin and elongated arms emerging from the craft and tapping one boy on the shoulder. The school principal and UFO investigator Masaru Mori both questioned the boys separately; their accounts remained consistent into adulthood and under hypnosis in 2001.
Citations
- The Terrifying Aliens of Japan's Kōfu Incident· Historic Mysteries, 2023
- Kofu UFO Incident· The UFO Database, 2023
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