By Keith Basterfield, 13 September 2020
(UFOs – scientific research, Campbelltown,
New South Wales, Australia)
Quote from the article:
“The Japan
Times
On 28 April 2020, an article appeared in ‘The Japan Times’ titled ‘Pentagon
officially releases military videos of UFOs.’ The story told how the Pentagon
had released officially released three videos showing ‘unidentified aerial
phenomena.’ It went on to say:
‘In Tokyo,
Defense Minister Taro Kono said Tuesday that Self Defense pilots had never
witnessed a UFO. To be honest, I don't believe in UFOs,’ Kono said at a news
conference. The minister said he would consider protocols for SDF pilots in
case of encounters, including how to record and report any incidents.’
In a 2 May 2020 follow-up article titled ‘Japan Defense Ministry to
draft UFO protocols in response to U.S. footage,’ The Japan Times
reported that:
‘The Ministry will consider procedures for responding to, recording and
reporting on UFO encounters as their unknown nature might cause confusion among
Self Defense Forces pilots...Defense Minister Taro Kono said Tuesday that SDF
pilots have never encountered UFOs but that the ministry will develop protocols
for the possibility. According to the ministry, Air Self Defense Force fighter
jets from seven bases ranging from Hokkaido to Okinawa are scrambled to monitor
and identify aircraft of unknown nationality....If (UFOs) are encountered,
training will be cancelled immediately,’ an ASDF source said. ‘We will week to
identify it from a safe distance, including whether it is a drone and report it
to the Air Defense Direction Center for orders’....’To be honest, I don’t
believe in UFOs,’ Kono said, ‘But because the Defense Department released such
a video, I would like to hear from the U.S. side about its intentions and
analysis.’ ”
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:
‘A True Record: UFOs the Self-Defense Force Pilots Encountered Closely’
is published by Kodan-sha (July 2010).”
Wikipedia article: “Japan Self-Defense Forces”:
Wikipedia article: “Japan Air Self-Defense Force”:
Wikipedia article: “Tarō Kōno”:
Related posts:
realtvufos.blogspot.com/search?q=Japan
Tarō Kōno, former Japan
Minister of Defense
(Photo: wikimedia.org)
The Mitsubishi F-2 support fighter is the
primary
fighter aircraft of the Japan Air Self-Defense
Force
(Photo: wikimedia.org)
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