Edo Period UFO Sightings?
These pictures are from a document entitled "Hyouryuukishuu" (Tales of Castaways), which was printed in during the late Edo Period (1603-1868). It is a compilation of tales ofAA Japanese sailor who are shipwrecked and lost at sea and end up washed to shore in foreign lands.AA Among these stories is one of an encounter with a UFO that had landed in the ocean.
Pink Tentacle has a very interesting and long article on this text and others that refer to the same event. Go take a look.