{"id":7872,"date":"2011-07-07T10:07:26","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T04:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/?p=7872"},"modified":"2012-11-16T13:30:10","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T07:30:10","slug":"the-kera-ufo-encounters-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/2011\/07\/the-kera-ufo-encounters-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"THE KERA UFO ENCOUNTERS REVISITED!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/category\/monsters\/out-of-this-world\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1120\" title=\"out-of-this-world\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/out-of-this-world.gif?resize=100%2C99\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a>In a case that might have served as one of the inspirations  for the Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams blockbuster \u201cSuper 8,\u201d a group of  Japanese kids had repeated run-ins with a small, silver UFO, which they  managed to not only photograph, but actually capture for a brief time  during the summer of 1972.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There is inexplicably little information to be found \u2014 in the western  world anyway \u2014 regarding the strange series of events that began on  August 25th, 1972, in the Kera area of K\u014dchi City, which is the capital  of K\u014dchi Prefecture on the Shikoku island of Japan. On the afternoon in  question a 13 year-old student named Michio Seo was on his way home from  middle-school when he allegedly caught site of an unbelievably small metallic object hovering over a rice field.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Hiroshi-Mori.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7874\" title=\"Hiroshi Mori\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Hiroshi-Mori-300x284.jpg?resize=300%2C284\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" \/><\/a>The awestruck Seo watched the odd apparatus zip back and forth above  the waterlogged paddy. The airborne object resembled a dull, silver hat  with a flat bottom and a narrow lip. The curved dome atop the lip was  relatively steep and level at the apex. Seo would later compare the  objects movements to that of a bat making hairpin turns in pursuit of  its insect prey.<\/p>\n<p>Seo\u2019s curiosity swiftly usurped his fear and he began to approach the  miniature flying saucer, but before he could get too close the object  allegedly shot a blinding beam toward the teen. Seo, not wishing to  further provoke the UFO \u2014 or its possible occupants \u2014 quickly fled the  scene.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"http:\/\/mysteriousuniverse.org\/2011\/07\/the-bizarre-case-of-the-kera-ufo-encounters\/\" target=\"_\">The Bizarre Case of the Kera UFO Encounters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a case that might have served as one of the inspirations  for the Steven Spielberg, J.J. 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