Case: GG-2026-149
Status: Historic
Documentation rating: C
Location: Hitachi Province, Japan
The Utsuro-bune, or “hollow ship,” is an Edo-period Japanese story describing a strange vessel said to have drifted ashore in Hitachi Province in 1803. According to versions recorded in several nineteenth-century texts, local fishermen encountered a round or bowl-like vessel constructed from unfamiliar combinations of wood, metal, and transparent panels. Inside was a young foreign-looking woman who spoke an unknown language and closely guarded a box that she would not allow others to touch. The vessel was also described as containing unfamiliar writing or symbols. Unable to communicate with th…
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