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Alien spacecraft have never invaded Japan
Japan’s defence minister has been forced to assure MPs that the country has never been invaded by aliens.
Speaking in parliament earlier today, Gen Nakatani promised lawmakers that there had been no alien breach of Japanese airspace, and that no government studies into extra-terrestrials were under way.
Defence Minister Gen Nakatani (above)responded to questions from an MP about potential alien invasions (AFP)
Nakatani said the nation’s war planes can be scrambled whenever there is a report of an unidentified flying object but, so far, they had not encountered visitors from space.
Nakatani addressed the ‘alien question’ after an enquiry from one of Japan’s more flamboyant MPs – wrestler-turned-politician Antonio Inoki.
‘When the Air Self Defence Force detects indications of an unidentified flying object that could violate our country’s airspace, it scrambles fighter jets if necessary and makes visual observation,’ he said.
‘They sometimes find birds or flying objects other than aircraft but I don’t know a case of finding an unidentified flying object believed to have come over from anywhere other than Earth,’ he said.
At a meeting Wednesday of the budget committee in Japan’s upper house, Inoki had asked if aircraft were dispatched to meet extra-terrestrial visitors and ‘whether studies aliens are going on’.
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