Japan Probe report that Japan's chief cabinet secretary Nobutaka Machimura said UFOs (meaning alien spacecraft, not flying objects that have not been identified) are real.
Yes, UFOs do exist, Japan's top government spokesman said on Tuesday.The comment by chief cabinet secretary Nobutaka Machimura drew laughter from reporters at his regular briefing on government policy.
Earlier the cabinet, responding to an opposition lawmaker's question, issued a statement saying it could not confirm any cases of unidentified flying objects.
"This is an issue that the nation is interested in – it is a defence issue and a confirmation operation needs to take place," Ryuji Yamane, a lawmaker from the main opposition Democratic Party who submitted the question to the cabinet, told Reuters.
