Hitachi state folklore may describe perhaps one of the earliest UFO stories as posted by Epsi.  A mysterious 200 year old hand drawn Japanese accounts of a strange women from a metal bowl/disk shaped craft that flew out of the sea during the Edo period of Japan.  The Iwase Bunko Depository library has in its ownership a record known as the Hyouryuukishuu translated to the ‘Tales of Castaways’. The document was printed during the late Edo period which modern fans of the paranormal understand this vessel to be the ‘Edo-period UFO’. The evidence recorded tells the tales of Japanese mariners who find themselves in unfamiliar nations after becoming lost in the ocean, as well as castaway visitors washed  on the seashores of Japan. To the Japanese public, who during this period had existed living in a extended time of national seclusion, these unusual stories must have appeared extremely sensational.
Together with these tales is the report of a damaged ship with a extremely mystifying form. According to the record, this large craft washed up on shore at Harashagahama. The specifications of the craft were three meters tall by five meters in width, had been built from red sandalwood and metal and was equipped with openings of glass or crystal. The mystifying characters of an unfamiliar writing system were discovered etched inside the craft. Aboard the wandering vessel was a delicately decorated young lady with pale face and red eyebrows and locks. She was assessed to be amid eighteen to twenty years of age. Considering that she uttered an unfamiliar language, those that chanced upon her were incapable of determining from where she came.
In her arms, she grasped a basic timber case that looked to be of great importance to her, as she would permit nobody to approach it Check out the video of the incident below which contains detailed information about the Utsuro Bune UFO. http://www.ukarea51.com/739/utsuro-bune-japanese-edo-period-ufo-evidence

Lunar Orbiter Heading to the Moon for new Colony

President George W. Bush’s 2004 “Vision for Space Exploration,” plan is to build a lunar colony and eventually use the moon as a jumping-off point to put astronauts on Mars. But President Obama has not endorsed the Bush vision. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-lunar13-2009jun13,0,480876,print.story

Last year I took a trip to Japan and shot numerous photos on July 1, 2008. I recently looked at the photos and spotted this object. I think it shows a UFO. Thanks to MUFON CMS