ACUFO-1945-05-00-OKINAWA-1
US ufologist Jerome Clark indicated in his 2003 book "Strange Skies - Pilot Encounters with UFOs" that in May or June 1945, the crew of a Marine transport plane flying east of Okinawa noticed something unusual in the cloudless sky about a quarter of a mile away. On first impression, the observers thought it was a large balloon, bit on second look they saw that it was an immense cylindrical-shaped structure, with three much smaller metallic discs behind. The discs then entered the cylinder, giving witnesses the clear impression that it was a carrier vessel. The cylinder then shot off at a fantastic speed.
In his ufology database, US ufologist Larry Hatch gave the source as the monograph "From airships to Arnold: a catalogue of UFO reports in the early 20th century (1900-1946)", by Richard H. Hall, first published in 2000.
| Date: | May or June 1945 |
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| Time: | ? |
| Duration: | ? |
| First known report date: | 2000 |
| Reporting delay: | 5 decades. |
| Country: | Japan |
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| State/Department: | Okinawa |
| City: | Okinawa |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | Several. |
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| Number of known witnesses: | ? |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Reporting channel: | Ufologist Richard Hall. |
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| Visibility conditions: | ? |
| UFO observed: | Yes. |
| UFO arrival observed: | ? |
| UFO departure observed: | Yes. |
| UFO action: | Absorbs 3 smaller discs and flies away. |
| Witnesses action: | |
| Photographs: | No. |
| Sketch(s) by witness(es): | No. |
| Sketch(es) approved by witness(es): | No. |
| Witness(es) feelings: | ? |
| Witnesses interpretation: | ? |
| Sensors: |
[X] Visual: Several.
[ ] Airborne radar: [ ] Directional ground radar: [ ] Height finder ground radar: [ ] Photo: [ ] Film/video: [ ] EM Effects: [ ] Failures: [ ] Damages: |
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| Hynek: | ? |
| Armed / unarmed: | Unarmed. |
| Reliability 1-3: | 1 |
| Strangeness 1-3: | 3 |
| ACUFO: | Possible extraterrestrial craft, unknown credibility. |
[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH:
543: 1945/06/00 12:00 1 127:44:00 E 26:41:00 N 3211 ASP JPN OKN 7:6
OKINAWA:PLANE CREW:3 DISKS ORBIT LRG CYL:ENTER CYL+CYL >> away:/Letter>:NICAP
Ref# 65 HALL,Richard: Frm AIRSHIPS to ARNOLD Page No. 27: IN-FLIGHT
[Ref. jck1:] JEROME CLARK:
The author says that in May or June 1945, the crew of a Marine transport plane flying east of Okinawa noticed something unusual in the cloudless sky about a quarter of a mile away. On first impression the observers thought it was a large balloon. On second look they saw that behind the immense cylindrical-shaped structure were three much smaller metallic discs. The discs then entered the cylinder, giving witnesses the clear impression that it was a carrier vessel. The cylinder then shot off at a fantastic speed. In later years there would be no shortage of reports of comparable disc-carrying cylinders, which ufologists would call "motherships."
(Ref. nip1:) "THE NICAP WEBSITE":
May or June, 1945; Okinawa
Daylight. The crew of a Marine transport witnessed a cylindrical object with three smaller dics which appeared to enter the larger object, then took off with tremendous acceleration. (NICAP)
All that we are told is that the plane was a Marine transport plane.
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The case is obviously extraordinary, but its credibility is not assured; it is not known where the story comes from, no witnesses are named, etc.
Possible extraterrestrial craft, unknown credibility.
* = Source is available to me.
? = Source I am told about but could not get so far. Help needed.
| Main author: | Patrick Gross |
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| Contributors: | None |
| Reviewers: | None |
| Editor: | Patrick Gross |
| Version: | Create/changed by: | Date: | Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | December 4, 2023 | Creation, [lhh1], [jck1], [nip1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | December 4, 2023 | First published. |
