The strange encounter took place in the Kera area of Kochi City. On the afternoon of August 25, 1972, a 13-year-old student named Michio Seo sighted a strange object flying above a rice field while walking home from school.
From a distance he watched the small and mysterious object floating on a rice field. Later that day, Michio told his best four friends about the curious flying object. At that night, they reached the rice field and surprised when the small object returned. They spotted the object flying over the rice field, lighting up the night with a pulsating silver light. When one of the boys tried to approach to object, it suddenly made a loud "pop" sound and started to glow blue. Frightened, they turned and fled without looking back. Over a week later, several of the boys once again saw the bright object in the rice field. On September 6, the boys and a few of their friends found the object on the ground in the field. It appeared to have crash-landed. They now armed with a camera, wisely decided to take a picture before approaching the object. At this time, 14-year-old Hiroshi Mori decided to bend over and lift the object with his bare hands and one of the boys took a picture. The silver, hat shaped object weighed 1 kg and measured roughly 20 cm wide and 10 cm in height. The bottom surface was perforated with an array of tiny holes and imprinted with designs depicting what appeared to be a bird, some waves, and another flying object. Something rattled around inside the object when shaken. That night, Hiroshi wrapped the curious object in a plastic bag and placed it inside his backpack. They decide to take the object to Fujimoto’s home, Fujimoto’s father, Mutsuo, was the director of the Center for Science Education. Mr. Fujimoto gave the object a cursory examination, assuming that the find was of little significance. He would later claim regret of not having studied it more closely. However, the following day, when they went to examine the object once more, it was gone. It had seemingly completely disappeared.
From a distance he watched the small and mysterious object floating on a rice field. Later that day, Michio told his best four friends about the curious flying object. At that night, they reached the rice field and surprised when the small object returned. They spotted the object flying over the rice field, lighting up the night with a pulsating silver light. When one of the boys tried to approach to object, it suddenly made a loud "pop" sound and started to glow blue. Frightened, they turned and fled without looking back. Over a week later, several of the boys once again saw the bright object in the rice field. On September 6, the boys and a few of their friends found the object on the ground in the field. It appeared to have crash-landed. They now armed with a camera, wisely decided to take a picture before approaching the object. At this time, 14-year-old Hiroshi Mori decided to bend over and lift the object with his bare hands and one of the boys took a picture. The silver, hat shaped object weighed 1 kg and measured roughly 20 cm wide and 10 cm in height. The bottom surface was perforated with an array of tiny holes and imprinted with designs depicting what appeared to be a bird, some waves, and another flying object. Something rattled around inside the object when shaken. That night, Hiroshi wrapped the curious object in a plastic bag and placed it inside his backpack. They decide to take the object to Fujimoto’s home, Fujimoto’s father, Mutsuo, was the director of the Center for Science Education. Mr. Fujimoto gave the object a cursory examination, assuming that the find was of little significance. He would later claim regret of not having studied it more closely. However, the following day, when they went to examine the object once more, it was gone. It had seemingly completely disappeared.
