Saturday 12 September 2020

UFO News Article:
“NATIONAL: Japanese Defense Ministry
unveils protocol for encountering UFOs”

14 September 2020

(The Japan Times, Tokyo, Japan)

Quote from the article:

“Protocol for UFOs? That’s exactly what Defense Minister Taro Kono ordered the Self-Defense Forces to follow Monday as he issued standing orders for dealing with unidentified aerial objects that could pose a threat to Japan’s security.

While the Defense Ministry says there have been no known cases of the SDF encountering UFOs, the latest move comes after the U.S. Defense Department established a special Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force last month in order ‘to improve its understanding of, and gain insight into, the nature and origins’ of the objects and other phenomena.”

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/09/14/national/japan-defense-ministry-ufo/

My comment:

Japan Air Self-Defense Force pilots have never witnessed a UFO, according to then Japan Defense Minister Taro Kono. This statement is not correct.

On 15 October 2010, I reported about the following article:

“Japanese Air Force Also Has Encounters with UFOs:

A New Book by a Retired Lieutenant General”

20 September 2010

(UFODigest.com)

Lieutenant General Mamoru Sato (born 1939), Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Ret.) has written a UFO book, UFODigest.com reports:

http://www.ufodigest.com/article/japanese-air-force-also-has-encounters-ufos-new-book-retired-lieutenant-general (link now defunct)

‘A True Record: UFOs the Self-Defense Force Pilots Encountered Closely’ is published by Kodan-sha (July 2010).”

https://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com/2020/09/japan-and-uap.html

Wikipedia article: “Japan Self-Defense Forces”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces

Wikipedia article: “Japan Air Self-Defense Force”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Air_Self-Defense_Force

Wikipedia article: “Tarō Kōno”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarō_Kōno


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tarō Kōno, former Japan Minister of Defense 

(Photo:wikimedia.org)



 

 

 

 

 

Japan Air Self-Defense Force emblem (Text: Wikipedia)

(Image: wikimedia.org)

The Mitsubishi F-2 support fighter is the primary

fighter aircraft of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force

(wikimedia.org photo)