Year File · 1803 7 cases on file
Selected Cases
Featured · 1803

Utsuro-bune - The Hollow Ship
Hitachi Province, Japan
In 1803, Japanese fishermen allegedly encountered a strange vessel adrift off the coast - a round, hollow ship with crystal windows containing a young woman holding a box. The story, recorded in multiple Edo-period documents, is one of the earliest detailed accounts of a UFO-like encounter and its occupant.

Utsuro-bune Encounter
Hitachi Province, Japan
Japanese fishermen encountered a strange, hollow vessel containing a beautiful woman with unusual features. The 'hollow ship' is considered by some researchers to be an early UFO close encounter.
All Cases
Archive · 1803
- 1803 Apparition The Hammersmith Ghost Hammersmith, London, England
- 1803 Apparition The Hammersmith Ghost Panic Hammersmith, London, England
- 1803 Apparition The Hammersmith Ghost Panic of 1804 Hammersmith, London, England
- 1803 Apparition The Radiant Boy of Corby Castle Corby Castle, Cumbria, England
- 1803 Other Utsuro-bune Hitachi Province, Japan
- 1803 UFO Utsuro-bune - The Hollow Ship Hitachi Province, Japan
- 1803 UFO Utsuro-bune Encounter Hitachi Province, Japan