Rantings of an Apprentice Polymath

Japan’s incoming first lady not only believes in UFOs, she says she’s been to Venus. Miyuki Hatoyama, 66, recalled her extremely close encounter in her recent memoir, recounting an experience she says happened to her 20 years ago: “While my body was asleep, I think my soul rode on a triangular-shaped UFO, and went to Venus,” she wrote, according to Britain’s Daily Telegraph. “It was a very beautiful place, and it was really green.