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the ufo and creature encounter report

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from kofu japan by charles lear in 1975

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two seven-year-old boys in kofu japan

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reported an encounter with a flying

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saucer and its occupants they were taken

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seriously and an investigation revealed

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not only other witnesses but also

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physical evidence to back up their story

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the case was re-examined almost 40 years

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later by investigators from the space

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phenomena observatory center and in

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their opinion still holds up a report

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was given to the aerial phenomena

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research organization and the center for

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ufo studies by matsushito hayashi of the

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japan space phenomena association a

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two-part article using extensive

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japanese sources was written by otaku

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papa it is titled kofu incident a creepy

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alien got off a ufo and tapped a

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japanese boy on the shoulder and is

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posted on otakupapa.net

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according to the article on sunday

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february 23 1975 masato kono and

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katsushiro yamahata were roller skating

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on a concrete slab in a vacant lot at

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around 6 30 p.m looking up they saw two

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lights moving towards them from the east

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according to the version of events in

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one of otaku papa's sources ufos in

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space written by hachiro kubota and

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published in 1975 the lights were seen

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by the boys to be orange objects as they

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got closer at this point the boys could

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see that the objects were circular with

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three spinning structures on the bottom

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the boy's description of the objects are

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very much like the classic adamski type

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saucer according to writer hiroshi

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minamayama otaku papa's other source for

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this moment in the story only one object

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came over the boys while the other flew

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off as the objects kubota's version

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hovered over their heads a tube came out

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of the bottom of one of them with

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clattering noises twice it then made a

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noise like a camera shutter the boys got

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the idea that the tube was some sort of

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weapon they took off their skates and

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ran for cover in a nearby graveyard

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hiding behind tombstones the boys

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watched the saucers which were still

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hovering one of the saucers was larger

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than the other and it flew off to the

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northeast while the smaller one moved

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towards a vineyard the boys headed for

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kono's home in the hanodi complex

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according to otako papa the boys said in

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an interview with shinochiro namiki and

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matsushita hayashi of the jsps that when

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they got to the road on the west side of

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the complex they saw what they thought

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was a red flame up ahead they ran down

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the road which led to a dirt road that

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led to some vineyards because it was

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winter there were no grapevines on the

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vine support cables being held up by the

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many rows of concrete poles the boys saw

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a red light flickering in one of the

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vineyards and got to within a few dozen

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yards it then moved sideways to the

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center of the vineyard and turned into a

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pale light the object flew up to a

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substantial height and then came back

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down through a gap in the vine supports

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and landed in the middle of the vineyard

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otaku papa also presents kubota's

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version in which the boys saw an orange

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light in the center of the vineyard that

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blinked on and off repeatedly and then

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faded otaku papa makes note of the

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discrepancies and sticks to kubota's

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version from here on the boys now saw a

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silver flying saucer that was eight feet

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in diameter and five feet tall in the

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middle of the vineyard and were curious

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enough to forget their former fears they

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described it as having a dome on top

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sitting on what looked like an upside

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down plate surrounding the dome were

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several square shining blue windows the

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boys said there was no sound from the

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craft or in the area and that sand flew

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up as they were looking at it they

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observed it for about five minutes kono

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on the east side of the craft saw black

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characters that looked like

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hieroglyphics on the craft's body they

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seemed to be stickers kono assumed these

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space characters as the boys called them

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spelled out flying saucer

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yamaha tried to sketch the characters

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but had trouble remembering exactly what

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they looked like as kono stood looking

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at the characters he heard a sound like

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a lock being opened and a door swung

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down that had a staircase on its inside

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kono said the inside of the craft was

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filled with machinery instruments and

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flashing red blue and green lights in

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the midst of this there was a humanoid

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creature about four and a half feet tall

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kono described it as having a brown head

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with no hair and no eyes or nose rather

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than a face it had a series of

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horizontal wrinkles the size of a pinky

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finger and it seemed as if it might have

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been wearing a mask where its mouth

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would be there were three silver

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metallic fang-like features about two

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inches long it had large rabbit-like

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ears with a hole in the middle of each

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one and its head and shoulders were

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bigger in proportion to the rest of its

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body than a humans would be

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it had four-fingered hands that were

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brown and wrinkled like the front of its

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head it was wearing a one-piece silver

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suit with a gray belt and had two-toed

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shoes on the back of the suit there was

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what looked like a zipper and the neck

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seemed to connect to what might have

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been a mask on its head it was carrying

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what looked like a gun with an end like

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a trumpet belt the creature came down

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the stairs its legs were bowed as it

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walked and kono said he didn't hear any

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sound as it did so a feeling of dread

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came over kono as the creature stood in

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front of him yamaha was on the other

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side of the craft at that time he heard

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a clatter on kono's side and went around

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to investigate he was tapped twice on

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his right shoulder and he turned around

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to see the same creature kono had just

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seen the creature emitted a strange

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sound like a tape recorder being played

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at high speed both boys thought it was

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trying to say hello and when asked if it

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spoke japanese kono said no yamaha was

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terrified he collapsed and pretended to

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be dead he opened his eyes slightly and

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watched the creature walk around at a

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fast pace as if it was making

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observations of the area around the

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craft kono came running from the other

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side he helped yamaha up and told him to

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run yamaha was too scared to move so

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kono put him on his back and carried him

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when they got to the end of the vineyard

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kono put his friend down and they turned

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around they were able to see inside of

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the saucer and saw another creature just

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like the first sitting in a chair and

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holding a joystick in front of a monitor

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screen the creature turned and looked at

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them and they both ran away when they

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got the konos home they excitedly told

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their parents yamaha's parents were over

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for dinner about their experience and

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kono's mother scolded them for being

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late she thought they had made up their

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story as an excuse but the boys

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surprised her by insisting it was true

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they started tugging on their mothers

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pleading with them to come out to the

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vineyard and see for themselves

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next week the boys are taken seriously