That's really interesting; truly.

I think most of us can agree there is something out there. Why the secrecy? Why do other countries seem to take this issue seriously?

What I mean is; in many other countries it seems as though the government acknowledges something is going on but, what they don't know. Here, any MSM talk of UFOs is met with snickers, jeers and suppressed smiles.

I wonder why when I see stories like this.

Why US Secrecy? To control and reverse engineer technology ( anti gravity ) for the purpose of war and not for the purpose of PEACE AND HUMANITY.
US Presidents don't even have acces to these secret black project space programs.
I'm sure they have bases on the moon and mars. Even hubble telescope is a space weapon. They also have nukes in space.

This is nothing but a thought-exercise. It is not the aliens that Shigeru Ishiba is worried about. It's Japan's neighbors to the West that concern them.

Often, when governments engage in these thought-exercises, they will use a mock name or figure in place of a real country or leader's name. For instance, in preparing to invade Cuba during the Missile Crisis, US Marines training exercises involved them invading a mock Carribean nation and remove it's leader "Ortsac" (Castro backwards).

In the case of Minister Ishiba, he is using alien invasion as a code-name for China and the DPRK. The same concerns he expressed about a "preventable attack" also apply to China and North Korea. Do you think Japan is more worried about aliens, or about Kim Jong-il launching a nuclear missile? Asking lawyers to consider the legal ramifications of repelling an alien invasion prevents embarassment or raising tensions with their neighbors. The answers or policies they create around "aliens" could be easily applied to more terrestrial concerns.

Awesome explanation, thank you!

Originally posted by SaviorComplex
This is nothing but a thought-exercise. It is not the aliens that Shigeru Ishiba is worried about. It's Japan's neighbors to the West that concern them.

Argh, I had to change my response to you. At first, I thought he professed some belief AND made his point about the constitution of Japan in relation to defense. But on review of his statements, it does seem that he only goes as far as saying "They might exist, and if they do, they might be a threat". That serves the purpose you describe.

He doesn't say "I believe they exist and are controlled by intelligent entities".



[edit on 21-12-2007 by Ectoterrestrial]

The major problem with this subject is everyone expects this "Alien" attack to come from an outside source. But the sad truth is, its already over, and it came from within. Just look at what we Human Beings are doing to each other, globally!!!!

They planted their filthy seed of division, greed, and ignorance, then went on their merry way, leaving us to do the killing for them. Their greatest weapon was one we couldn't comprehend because it is spelled illogically, psychology!!


Good luck people, only one way out of the matrix and most cant see it.

Logic and light

Merry Christmas

Japan takes UFOs seriously. However, Americans don't take the Japanese seriously because maybe I think a lotta people assume that Japan also takes Godzilla seriously.

Not that they do, obviously! But Americans are dumb, so I wouldn't be surprised that Americans would read that and go "Yeah and dur duh dur duh dur Godzilla, hur hur hur!"

Originally posted by indierockalien
Not that they do, obviously! But Americans are dumb, so I wouldn't be surprised that Americans would read that and go "Yeah and dur duh dur duh dur Godzilla, hur hur hur!"

What in the world are you talking about?

I see a different angle on this: one that SaviorComplex's first post tackled.

The up-side is that Japan (and subsequently, other countries) will have to develop sophisticated equipment to encounter this 'threat'. This could propel our global civilization ahead technologically, perhaps even making us more capable of defending ourselves in the event of such an attack.

The down-side is that an extraterrestrial offensive weapon may be exponentially more devastating when applied terrestrially -- i.e., between nations.

So, while I'm not suggesting that this is the case, what if this was a covert-yet-blatant move by the Japanese Govt. to develop a new class of offensive and defensive weapons, which might otherwise be hindered by the restraints on Japan's military development?

Perhaps, if we would just stop ridiculing each other for a moment, we might make better sense of what's going on.

PS: Edited for minor grammatical changes.

[edit on 12/21/2007 by Mr Jackdaw]

Originally posted by SaviorComplex

Originally posted by indierockalien
Not that they do, obviously! But Americans are dumb, so I wouldn't be surprised that Americans would read that and go "Yeah and dur duh dur duh dur Godzilla, hur hur hur!"

What in the world are you talking about?

Godzilla!

obviously...

pshh.

But seriously, I don't know what I was talking about.

I just say things, Saviour.

They just come out, like mouth turds.

Peace.

nice good work, i think they are the only nation taking the issue into consideration of a possibility

Hi everyone,

I do not know in your countries but in mine (France) most of the medias made
fun of the Japanese government, what about you guys, did they talk about it seriously ?

Oh, by the way, do someone know if the Japanese government is having problems (crisis ?) with it's people ?

Peace

[edit on 22-12-2007 by Europa733]

Originally posted by SaviorComplex
Often, when governments engage in these thought-exercises, they will use a mock name or figure in place of a real country or leader's name. For instance, in preparing to invade Cuba during the Missile Crisis, US Marines training exercises involved them invading a mock Carribean nation and remove it's leader "Ortsac" (Castro backwards).

In the case of Minister Ishiba, he is using alien invasion as a code-name for China and the DPRK. The same concerns he expressed about a "preventable attack" also apply to China and North Korea. Do you think Japan is more worried about aliens, or about Kim Jong-il launching a nuclear missile?

A very good point! The question I guess is how much intelligence do the Japanese have about an extraterrestrial threat that they are not releasing to the public.

I find it strange that after sending satellites around the moon, japanese officials start talking about their belief in UFOs and now talking about national defense against such threat.
Did they really see something there?