Antonio Inoki, WWE Hall of Famer, founder of New Japan Pro Wrestling, and destroyer of Muhammad Ali’s legs is also a member of Japan’s House of Councilors, which is kind of like being a US senator. he recently had some serious concerns in between his trips to North Korea to bring diplomacy through wrestling. During a budget committee meeting, the Upper House member wanted to know “if aircraft were ever scrambled to meet extraterrestrial threats, and if research was being done into alien visitors”.
Luckily, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani was able to assuage Inoki’s fears, stating:
“When the Air Self Defense Force detects indications of an unidentified flying object that could violate our country’s airspace, it scrambles fighter jets if necessary and makes visual observation.
They sometimes find birds or flying objects other than aircraft but I don’t know of a case of finding an unidentified flying object believed to have come over from anywhere other than Earth.”
Now I want to see a remake of Independence Day where aliens try to blow up Inoki’s chin, but it’s just too powerful.
(Via CNN)
