In folklore, the Marshallese people have long considered the island to be home to timon (demons).

[2] Its first recorded sighting was by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Saavedra on 21 September 1529.

[3] Another sighting was reported by the Spanish expedition of Ruy López de Villalobos in January 1543.

[4] In 1885, the German Empire claimed Ujae Atoll along with the rest of the Marshall Islands.

[5] After World War I, the island came under the South Seas Mandate of the Empire of Japan.