04-19-1957   

       On April 19, 1957, at 11:52 A.M., two metal disks were seen entering the Pacific Ocean at 31°15' N. and 143°30’ E. A violent turbulence followed their immersion. The witnesses were Japanese fishermen on board the Kitsukawara¹ Maru. The point in question is among the deepest in the Pacific Ocean (more than ten thousand meters deep).                                                     

 

Reference for the above text is: Anatomy of a Phenomenon by Jacques Vallee, p.136, © 1965

Original reference: The Flying Saucer Review World Round-up of UFO Sightings and Events, New York: Citadel Press, 1958, p. 147 (Sanderson’s reference – Note # 46)     

ALSO (For additional information)  

       The Japanese fishing boat Kitsukawara Maru was sailing south of Yokahama [sic] with its five man crew on April 19, 1957. All hands saw the sudden appearance of two silver saucer-shaped metal craft plunge into the water nearby. Immediately afterward, the sea where they fell became furiously disturbed, boiling and churning violently. The crewmen searched for wreckage but foundnothing.                                                                                                                                     

 

Reference for the above text is: Official UFO Magazine, May 1977, Vol. 2, No. 3, “Mysteries of the Deep” by Lucius Farish and Dale Titler, p. 40, © 1977    

ALSO (For additional information)  

       On the 19th of April, 1957, crew members aboard the Kitsukawa² Maru, a Japanese fishing boat, spotted two metallic, silvery objects descending from the sky into the sea. The objects, estimated to be ten meters long, were without wings of any kind. As they hit the water, they created a violent turbulence. The exact location was reported as 31° 15' N. and 143° 30' E.⁴⁶

 

Reference for the above text is: Invisible Residents by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 39, © 1970. Note #46: See above.   

ALSO (For additional information)  

At 11:52 a.m. on the 19th, the Japanese fishing boat Kitsukawa Maru was en route to Japan from the South Pacific Ocean. The bosun and four crew members spotted two metallic, very silvery craft descending from the sky and suddenly dive into the water at about 143-30 E., and 31-15 N. After the craft submerged, a violent turbulence occurred under the surface where the objects vanished. The bosun thought at first the UFOs were jet planes, but they had no wings and were approximately 10 meters long. His boat searched the area but found no wreckage. (S.P.A.C.E.magazine, July 1957)

 

Reference for the above text is: MUFON UFO Journal, # 288, dated April 1992, p. 18, “Looking Back,” April 1957 by Bob Gribble.

 

Notes 1 and 2: The spelling of the ship’s name varies with the authors’ reference used, Kitsukawaraand Kitsukawa. I do not have the correct spelling at my disposal at this time.-CF-

 

UFOCAT PRN – 28022

UFOCAT URN – NONE    The Flying Saucer Review World Round-up of UFO Sightings and Events, New York: Citadel Press, 1958, p. 147    
UFOCAT URN – 028022 Anatomy of a Phenomenon by Jacques Vallee, p.136, © 1965
UFOCAT URN – 028021 Preliminary Catalog (N=500), #437 by J. Vallee, © 1966
UFOCAT URN – 180052 Challenge to Science by Jacques Vallee, p. 217-437, © 1966
UFOCAT URN – 077596 What We Really Know About Flying Saucers by Otto Binder, p. 153, © 1967   
UFOCAT URN – 028023 A Century of Landings by Jacques Vallee (N=923), #1012, © 1969
UFOCAT URN – 073296 Invisible Residents by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 39, © 1970        
UFOCAT URN – NONE    MUFON UFO Journal # 288, dated April 1992, p. 18, “Looking Back,” April 1957 by Bob Gribble
UFOCAT URN – NONE    Official UFO Magazine, May 1977, Vol. 2, No. 3, “Mysteries of the Deep” by Lucius Farish and Dale Titler, p. 40, © 1977    
UFOCAT URN – 122184 UFOs: A Century of Sightings by Michael Hall, p. 244, © 1999 
UFOCAT URN – 028024 Computerized Catalog (N=3173), #0274 by L. Schoenherr, no © date           
UFOCAT URN – 028020 Computerized Catalog (N=3073), #2318 by J. Vallee, no © date        

Far East – Pacific Ocean (east of Japan)           
Yokohama Harbor – Latitude 35.28 N, Longitude 139.42 E

Reference: Japan Gazetteer, prepared in the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., September 1955.        

UFO Location (UFOCAT)            Latitude 31.25 N, Longitude 143.5 E (D.%)     
UFO Location (Text)                 Latitude 31-15 N, Longitude 143-30 E (D-M)