Ancient Sightings - Utsuro Bune (Hollow Ship)

Legend of the “Utsuro Bune”:

  
  Japan has many old legends of its culture and history, and huge quantities of them are still now unknown to the occidental people. One of these stories and legends has caught the eye of many ancient astronaut theorists.

 

  This story takes place on February 22 in the spring of 1803, near the village of Harashagahama north of Japan, when something strange washed up onto the shore. The strange craft measuring 3m tall and 5m wide was said to be made from red sandalwood and metal. It also had openings made of glass or crystal.

    

  This spread curiosity in the village and people rushed down to see the unusual object. This object became known as Utsuro Bune (“Hollow ship”).

  Inside the craft, the people saw strange writing in a language and style unknown to any of them. And something that stunned the villagers was that, they found a young lady inside de craft holding a strange box.

 

Image – Japanese drawings of the Utsuro Bune and the Lady.

  When she spoke, she spoke in an unknown language, and in her arms she held a timber box about 60cm in length. To the people, it appeared as though the box was very special to the young woman and she did not allow people to touch it.

  The villagers didn't know what to do with this strange lady, she didn't s spoke their language, all she did was smile or look blank. Later an elder suggested that maybe she was a outcast from another island or region and that her punishment was to be abandoned into the sea, and that her husbands head was in the box, according old Japanese traditions. The villagers were worried if the government found out they were protecting or hiding a outcast, possibly a criminal, so as a solution they put back in her "boat" and pushed it back into the sea for it to drift away. 

 

Image39 – Close up image of the strange symbols and the lady with the box.