UFOs: Japan to draw up plan for potential UFO encounter in light of Pentagon video

JAPAN will draw up protocols for UFO encounters in the wake of the US Pentagon releasing a video of a strange object discovered by American pilots

Although the US downplayed the potential existence of aliens on Earth, Japan is now expected to draw up plans in case one of its pilots has a similar encounter.

The Japan Times said Japanese pilots have never encountered a UFO, but authorities want to be prepared in case this scenario does ever arise.

Right now, the Japanese Defence Ministry's strategy for a craft entering Japanese air space is to deploy fighter jets to discoverer where the craft came from and to shoot down the object if necessary.

However, Japanese authorities are wary that a UFO could be detected from the ground, and if one could be shot down.

For this reason, military leaders in Japan will draw up a protocol on how to react to a UFO encounter.

Defence Minister Taro Kono told The Japan Times: “To be honest, I don’t believe in UFOs.