About 200 years ago, in Japan, there was a notable event involving a UFO and alien creatures.
Mysterious documents and images of UFOs appeared in Japan about 200 years ago, even before pilot Kenneth Arnold reported on the famous flying saucers in 1947.
In 1803, a flying saucer-shaped boat named Utsuro-bune was described washing up on Harato-no-hama beach in Hitachi province.
The boat is described as resembling a rice cooker with glass in the roof and metal protection panels.
In the boat was a woman with pink skin, red hair, and speaking an unknown language.
She carried a box which she refused to open. Local fishermen suspected she was a foreign princess sent.
The legend of Utsuro-bune has passed down in Japanese folklore.
However, after the UFO craze broke out from America in 1947, new debate emerged around this legend.
Shoichi Kamon, in his new book ‘The Mystery of Utsuro-bune,’ compares scientific, historical and folk perspectives to shed light on the story of Utsuro-bune.
