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UFO sightings in Japan: 116 reports

SkyUnknown lists 116 UFO sightings in Japan, from 1948 to 1966, drawn from official records: Project Blue Book (NARA). The busiest year was 1952, with 19 cases.

For these 116 cases, the source gives no conclusion: Project Blue Book conclusions sit in scanned files not yet transcribed.

Most frequently named places: Misawa AB (7), Misawa AFB (5), Honshu (4), Far East (4), and Kadena AFB (3).

cases
116
unidentified
0
period
1948–1966
source
1
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Sightings by decade

4
1940s72
1950s40
1960s

All sightings

DatePlaceStatus
July 196624.75°, 124.75°Conclusion not available
September 1965OkinawaConclusion not available
September 1965YokohamaConclusion not available
April 1965Misawa ABConclusion not available
July 1963Far EastConclusion not available
June 1963Misawa ABConclusion not available
June 1963ShimyaConclusion not available
October 1962NahaConclusion not available
April 1962Kadena, OkinawaConclusion not available
October 1961Kadena ABConclusion not available
September 1961Far EastConclusion not available
August 1961Far EastConclusion not available
August 1961Naha ABConclusion not available
August 1961SaseboConclusion not available
July 1961Far EastConclusion not available
July 1961Misawa AFBConclusion not available
July 1961Tachikawa ABConclusion not available
June 1961Naha ABConclusion not available
May 1961Atsugi, Japan 80 mi W yokotaConclusion not available
May 1961Okinawa & VicinityConclusion not available
April 19611000 mi East Yokota JapanConclusion not available
April 1961KadenaConclusion not available
April 1961Yokota JapanConclusion not available
March 1961Misawa ABConclusion not available
February 1961Misawa ABConclusion not available
December 19603407N 140-27-30E JapanConclusion not available
December 1960JapanConclusion not available
November 1960S of Kyushu IslandConclusion not available
October 1960E of Misawa ABConclusion not available
October 1960HonshuConclusion not available
October 1960OkinawaConclusion not available
September 196040 mi SE Of Misawa ABConclusion not available
September 1960Kadena Air BaseConclusion not available
September 1960OkinawaConclusion not available
August 1960E of Kyushu IslandConclusion not available
August 1960Vicinity YokohamaConclusion not available
July 19602 Mi E of Miho ABConclusion not available
July 1960MisawaConclusion not available
July 1960Misawa ABConclusion not available
February 1960JapanConclusion not available
September 1959Camp KinserConclusion not available
September 1959KadenaConclusion not available
September 1959NahaConclusion not available
September 1959Naha ABConclusion not available
May 195936.00N 141.4SE JapanConclusion not available
February 1959W of NoshironinatoConclusion not available
March 1958Kunashiri IslandConclusion not available
February 1958HokkaidoConclusion not available
January 195825- Mi SW of TokyoConclusion not available
January 1958Tachikawa-Ykota AFBConclusion not available
December 1957Chitose-HokkaidoConclusion not available
December 1957ItazukeConclusion not available
December 1957Sea of Japan E of VladivostokConclusion not available
November 1957Johnson Air BaseConclusion not available
November 1957SW Of TokyoConclusion not available
November 1957Shiroi ABConclusion not available
November 1957Shiroi Air BaseConclusion not available
October 195744.43°, 141.48°Conclusion not available
September 1957Chitose Air BaseConclusion not available
September 1957Kadena AFBConclusion not available
December 1956Itazuke ABConclusion not available
January 1956HonshuConclusion not available
January 1956ItazukeConclusion not available
November 1955HokkaidoConclusion not available
June 1955Chitose ABConclusion not available
May 1955Chitose ABConclusion not available
May 1955TokyoConclusion not available
April 1955KisarazuConclusion not available
March 1955TokyoConclusion not available
February 1955Near OkinawaConclusion not available
January 1955FujuConclusion not available
November 1954OkinawaConclusion not available
October 1954MIHO ABConclusion not available
October 1954OFF OF OKINAWAConclusion not available
September 1954MachiatoConclusion not available
April 1954Kadena AFBConclusion not available
June 1953Okinawa, NahaConclusion not available
April 1953FukuokaConclusion not available
March 1953HonshuConclusion not available
March 1953Misawa & Northwest HokkaidoConclusion not available
February 1953HOKKAIDOConclusion not available
February 1953Misawa ABConclusion not available
February 1953Misawa AFBConclusion not available
February 1953OKINAWAConclusion not available
January 1953HonshuConclusion not available
January 1953Misawa AFBConclusion not available
December 1952HOKKAIDO ISLANDConclusion not available
December 1952ITAZUKE AFBConclusion not available
December 1952SOUTHERN JAPANConclusion not available
October 1952ASHIYA AB JAPANConclusion not available
October 1952N. KYUSHUConclusion not available
September 1952TOKYOConclusion not available
September 1952Tsu ShimaConclusion not available
August 1952ASHIYA ABConclusion not available
August 1952Haneda AFBConclusion not available
August 1952TOKYOConclusion not available
August 1952YOKOTA AIR BASEConclusion not available
July 1952ASHIYA ABConclusion not available
May 1952Misawa ABConclusion not available
May 1952Misawa Air BaseConclusion not available
May 1952SE Of JapanConclusion not available
April 1952JAPANConclusion not available
April 1952OKINAWAConclusion not available
March 1952Sea Of JapanConclusion not available
March 1952Sea of JapanConclusion not available
October 1951Kadena AFBConclusion not available
February 1951Johnson ABConclusion not available
February 1951SakhalinConclusion not available
January 1951Japan 3515N-1355OEConclusion not available
June 1950Misawa AFBConclusion not available
May 1950100 Mi East of Honshu JapanConclusion not available
March 1950Motobu Peninsula, IslandConclusion not available
August 1949Misawa AFBConclusion not available
May 1949Honshu IslandConclusion not available
January 1949Nakagori VillageConclusion not available
November 1948WakkanaConclusion not available
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