Cylinder over Kobe, HYŌGO PR · Japan
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was traveling home by train after finishing work in Himeji when I noticed an object in the sky. At first I thought it was a really shiny airplane but then I noticed it had no wings or tail. It appeared to be moving at the same speed as the train, at least from my perspective. There was only one object that day but after speaking with a friend recently, she mentioned seeing similar objects around our area. Unfortunately I lost sight of it behind clouds but I managed to take a photograph of it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #168600). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Ministry of Defense (Japan) · records window 2020-11-21 → 2020-12-08