Saturday, September 09, 2006

Always on the lookout for possible historical "cryptoterrestrial" encounters, I was most intrigued to find this:

Edo-period UFO (with illustrations)

The document recounts the stories of Japanese sailors who find themselves in foreign lands after becoming lost at sea, as well as castaway foreigners washed ashore on the beaches of Japan. To the Japanese people, who at the time had been living in a prolonged period of national isolation, these exotic tales must have seemed very fantastic.

Among these stories is the account of a wrecked ship with a very mysterious appearance.

2 comments:

mister ecks said...

"Aboard the drifting vessel was a finely dressed young woman with a pale face and red eyebrows and hair."

i wonder if the carpet matched the drapes (lol). echoes of Antonio Villas Boas's infamous encounter, perhaps?

Mac said...

i wonder if the carpet matched the drapes (lol). echoes of Antonio Villas Boas's infamous encounter, perhaps?

Yeah...the bit about the red hair is suggestive.