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General Yoritsune
Witness
A Japanese military commander belonging to the Minamoto clan documented mysterious lights performing loops in the night sky near Kyoto in 1235 CE, and he reported this sighting to his advisors. The incident stands as one of the earliest documented UAP cases. The report generated an official explanation that attributed the phenomenon to "the wind making the stars sway," representing one of the earliest documented official dismissals of a UAP report.
References
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