Local residents in Yamanashi Prefecture, at the foot of Mt. Fuji, are striving to make their city Kofu a tourist magnet with extraterrestrial help from an alien. Next year marks the 50th anniversary of an incident in which two elementary school children claimed to have encountered unidentified flying objects and an alien. It is dubbed one of “three major UFO incidents” reported in Japan. Radio personality Kiichi Tokutake is among a group of people organizing events to celebrate the anniversary and boost the city’s appeal. “I want to make Kofu a mecca for UFO enthusiasts,” he said. Tokutake’s p…