Japan has set up a working group to investigate UFO sightings after a Pentagon report published last year identified the country as a “hotspot” for the appearance of unidentified anomalous objects. Gizmodo.
The working group that will investigate sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena, known as UFOs, consists of numerous parliamentarians, including former representatives of the Japanese Ministry of Defense.
The working group is no longer concerned with finding evidence for the existence of aliens, but speculates that these phenomena could be drones or advanced secret weapons. This means that these objects could pose a threat to Japan’s national security.
One of the group members said that although UFOs are generally considered extraterrestrial, there is a possibility that they are actually weapons or spy drones in disguise that could pose a significant threat.
Japan was named as the center of unexplained UFO activity in a report published last year by the US Department of Defense. He investigates observations of unknown phenomena. Since then, Japan has become increasingly interested in UFO research.
Japan’s efforts mirror similar efforts by the United States and other Western countries in recent years. Last summer, the US Congress held hearings on the subject of UFOs, with several former Pentagon officials saying the US government was hiding much data about these phenomena from the public.
Last year, a Pentagon report based on data collected on UFO sightings between 1996 and 2023 called Japan a “hotspot” with a large number of unidentified flying objects. Later, another Pentagon report stated that there was no evidence that UFOs were extraterrestrial objects.
