The Daily Mail reported that the International UFO Research Department opened on June 24 - a day before the Pentagon published a 9-page report on unidentified aerial phenomena.
The lab is located in the campus of UFO Interaction Hall in Ioino, Fukushima Prefecture. This is a place to display artifacts related to UFO. The research department director is Takeharu Mikami, 51, editor-in-chief of Mu Occult magazine.
Even now, even if the UFO is discovered, information is only shared at the individual level, says Mikami. I hope the lab will serve as a basis for information reception and leading to new discoveries. I want to clarify everything".
Fukushima, originally known as the "locality of UFO," after a sparkling conical hat-shaped object was spotted near the province's Senganmori mountain in the 1970s. Therefore, director Mikami expressed his hope that residents in the area would share the photos of the UFO that they took for the laboratory to support the research.
"In isolation, look up to the sky and look for unusual things. I hope the institute will be the basis for more information about UFOs so that we can learn more about what they are," said director Mikami.
