Seaside Town to Build Center for UFO Study

This document, a press report from the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) dated January 7, 1994, details the plans of Hakui, a small city on the Japan Sea coast in Ishikawa Prefecture, to construct an international center for the study of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). The project, expected to take two years, aims to house a library containing over 10,000 official documents related to UFO phenomena, accessible to both specialists and the general public. City official Toru Wada expressed the city's intention to become a focal point for collecting and disseminating information on the subject. The city has spent a decade acquiring these documents from various sources, including the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Among the collection is a 1950 report from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the recovery of three alien bodies, each 90 centimeters tall, and fragments of a spacecraft measuring 15 meters in circumference, following a crash near the Mexican border. Josen Takano, a 38-year-old municipal planning employee, is leading the effort. Takano, who has personally collected thousands of books on the subject, emphasizes that the center will not offer official conclusions on the existence of UFOs, but rather provide information for individuals to form their own judgments. The center itself is designed to resemble an oval-shaped UFO, spanning three stories and 6,200 square meters. Takano continues to gather materials through a network of enthusiasts across 12 countries, including Britain, France, and Canada.