The following pdf file contains all of
the resized Project Blue Book documents below and is now
housed on the NICAP site for security reasons. 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 Far East –
Pacific Ocean (east of Japan) Reference:
Japan Gazetteer, prepared in the Office of
Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington,
D.C., September 1955. UFO Location (Text) Latitude 31-15 N, Longitude 143-30 E (D-M) |