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Sighting record / 1975

Akita Airport control-tower disc sighting

October 17, 1975 · Old Akita Airport, Araya, Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan
27Thinly documented UAP Disc / saucer 12 sources

October 17, 1975. Mid-morning at the old Akita Airport, on the coastal dunes of northern Japan. To the south, over the wooded hill of Ōmoriyama, something hung in the sky. A disc. Glowing gold. In the control tower, Tazawa Takumi studied it through binoculars. Two plates placed together, the top one inverted. A Toa Airlines captain on the runway saw it too. So did about 50 people across the airport. For about five minutes it simply hovered. Then it was gone, toward the sea. No photograph survives. No radar caught it. Nobody has ever explained it.

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Context

In 1975, Akita Airport was not where it stands today. The old field sat at Araya, on coastal dunes at the mouth of the Omono River, west of Akita City. It had one runway, 1,500 metres long. It opened in 1961 and closed in 1981.

Sources (12, most influential first)

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  2. Today in history: 17 October, golden UFO seen in Akita, spotted by airport controllers (1975) · Mynavi Kaigo no Mirai Lab· 2024-10-17 · Press, book, documentary · news
  3. 1976 chronology · NICAP · Research organisation · org report
  4. October 1975 UFO and alien sightings · Think About It Docs · Wiki, blog, podcast · blog
  5. UFOs in the Land of the Rising Sun · UFOinfo · Research organisation · org report