{"id":59642,"date":"2024-06-04T16:09:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T06:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=59642"},"modified":"2024-06-04T16:09:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T06:09:27","slug":"japanese-lawmakers-forming-task-force-to-investigate-ufos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=59642","title":{"rendered":"Japanese lawmakers forming task force to investigate UFOs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japan\u2019s fascination with UFO\/UAP has reached the halls of government, thanks to a new group that will make the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2024\/05\/28\/japan\/politics\/japan-lawmakers-group-ufos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">investigation of UFO incidents<\/a>&nbsp;a higher priority than it has been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Clarification League for Security-Oriented National Security is chaired by two members of parliament&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/week-asia\/politics\/article\/3264559\/japan-sets-parliamentary-group-probe-ufo-sightings-move-research-mainstream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">who say they have seen UFOs,&nbsp;<\/a>also known as UAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group\u2019s mission is to press the government to track and investigate UFO data and share its information with the U.S. It calls the possibility of the phenomena a major potential threat to national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/space\/ufo\/aliens-interacting-humans\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\">Aliens are interacting with humans: Ret. Army Col.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reacting to formation of the new group, Japan\u2019s chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters that, while the government has never confirmed a UFO sighting, it recognizes the national security implications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s stipulated that every effort should be made to report and analyze any unidentifiable objects in the air that may affect the defense and security of Japan,\u201d Hayashi told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement has been met with mixed reactions on Japanese social media. One post said \u201cthese politicians have nothing better to do, so they turn to UFOs. This is not in the public\u2019s interest at all.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/space\/ufo\/ufo-data-deadline-set-for-feds\/?ipid=promo-link-block2\">UFO data deadline set for federal agencies&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan has long been a hotbed of UFO sightings. Residents of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mainichi.jp\/english\/articles\/20240519\/p2g\/00m\/0et\/018000c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kofu, at the foot of Mt. Fuji,&nbsp;<\/a>hope to make their town a UFO tourist magnet with next year\u2019s 50<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;anniversary of what was labeled a major UFO incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 23, 1975, two boys playing near a vineyard claimed to see two orange flashing saucer-shaped craft, from which emerged a small being with a big head, long ears and fangs. Other local residents recounted similar descriptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt scared the life out of me back then,\u201d said Katsuhiro Yamahata, who was one of the two boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials in Kofu are planning to erect a monument at the site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s fascination with UFO\/UAP has reached the halls of government, thanks to a new group that will make the\u00a0investigation of UFO incidents\u00a0a higher priority than it has been.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":59643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9771,4,17],"tags":[2593],"class_list":["post-59642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japan","category-ufo","category-ufo-news","tag-ufo-sightings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59642"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59645,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59642\/revisions\/59645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}