ＵＦＯ解明議連、来月６日発足　超党派で専門機関設置目指す

　未確認飛行物体（ＵＦＯ）を含めた「未確認空中現象（ＵＡＰ）」を扱う専門機関を日本政府に新設しようと、超党派の国会議員が２８日、「安全保障から考える未確認異常現象解明議員連盟」の発起人会を国会内で開いた。議連の会長には自民党の浜田靖一国対委員長、幹事長には小泉進次郎元環境相が就任。６月６日に設立総会を開く。
　米国では国防総省に専門機関が設置されるなど、ＵＡＰに関する政府レベルの取り組みが進んでいる。議連は「カウンターパート」となる機関を日本にも設け、情報の収集・分析と米政府との連携を進めるよう日本政府に働き掛ける考えだ。（2024/05/28-15:44）

Japanese lawmakers met on Tuesday to create a nonpartisan group that will ask the government to establish an organization to investigate unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAP, also known as UFOs.
   The lawmaker group will be chaired by Yasukazu Hamada, parliamentary affairs leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, also from the LDP, will serve as secretary-general.
   The group will hold its founding general meeting June 6 after Tuesday's preparatory meeting, which was held in the Diet, Japan's parliament.
   The U.S. government has created a specialized organization in the Defense Department to probe UAP.
   The lawmaker group will urge the government to gather and analyze information on UAP and pursue cooperation with Washington by forming a counterpart organization.