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UFO case file · UFO-5236

Tokyo unidentified-object report — July 16, 1976

CE1Japan1976-07-16

Tokyo, Japan

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Case description

At About 6:30 p.m. on July 16, 1976 at Tokyo, Japan, seven staff members of the National Police Agency criminal investigation section saw an unidentified object that circled over the Imperial Palace, about 400 yards from the police building. The object circled at a low altitude for about 10 minutes, then flew out of sight. (Agence France-Presse story, Washington Post, July 18, 1976.).

Recorded details

Local time
About 6:30 p.m.
Craft description
Seven staff members of the National Police Agency criminal investigation section saw an unidentified object that circled over the Imperial Palace, about 400 yards from the police building. The object circled at a low altitude for about 10 minutes, then flew out of sight. (Agence France-Presse story, Washington Post, July 18, 1976.)
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