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Some of the most extraordinary and interactive encounters with UFOs or anomalous objects are surprisingly the least well-known.\\xa0 And yet elements of the tale once heard could seem to be quite familiar. Tonight\\u2019s subject appears to be just one of those cases.\\xa0 Although there are variations in the details of the incident, the general narrative goes as follows.\\xa0 In the afternoon or early evening of August 25, 1972, 13-year-old student Michio Seo was passing by a rice paddy in his neighborhood of Kera near Kochi City on Shikoku Island in southern Japan when something caught his eye.\\xa0 A small, strange hat-shaped device was flying erratically several feet above the field.\\xa0 With a dull silver metallic finish, and a wide brim sloping upward to a bell-shaped flat top, Michio would describe its flight pattern as like a bat zig-zagging to catch insects.\\xa0 Mustering his courage, Michio cautiously approached the tiny UFO until it seemed to sense his proximity and shot a bright beam of light in his direction, chasing him away.\\xa0 Michio Seo then did what any adventurous teenager would do, he rounded up his four best friends and returned to the scene, hoping to prove his wondrous discovery.\\xa0 To their surprise, the craft eventually returned, this time pulsating with multicolored light as evening fell.\\xa0 As one of the boys got closer, the gadget once again sensed the approach and sounded a loud pop and shone a blue glow, sending them all running.\\xa0 Over the next several weeks, the boys would play a cat-and-mouse game with the incredible gizmo, photographing it, even capturing and experimenting with it, only to have it mysteriously escape each time.\\xa0 While this account may sound like the inspiration for a Hollywood movie, there is shockingly little information about the incident outside of Japan.\\xa0 To add to the uniqueness of this encounter, not only is the contact unusually spirited, it\\u2019s characterized by elements of Pop Culture, Urban Legend, and Japanese folklore.\\xa0 However, with the tremendous research help of writers and podcasters Micah Hanks and Rob Morphy, we aim to get to the bottom of an amazing story about what\\u2019s become known as \\u201cThe Kera Object.\\u201d
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