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On June 26, 1947, the Chicago Sun coverage of the story may have been the first use ever of the term "flying saucer".. On June 24, 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold claimed that he saw a string of nine, shiny unidentified flying objects flying past Mount Rainier at speeds that he estimated to be at least 1,200 miles per hour (1,900 km/h).
NUFORC was founded in 1974 by Robert J. Gribble. [2] It has catalogued almost 170,000 reported UFO sightings over its history, most of which were in the United States. [3] In addition to record keeping, the center has provided statistics, graphs and maps to assist others looking for information.
UFOs and ufology; Notable sightings and hoaxes; Kenneth Arnold sighting; 1947 wave; Roswell; Mantell crash; Chiles-Whitted; Gorman dogfight; McMinnville photos; Mariana film; 1952 flap
A farmer took pictures of a purported "flying saucer". These were the first flying saucer photographs since the coining of the term. [93] 1950-08-15 Mariana UFO incident • NA, United States; Great Falls, Montana: The manager of Great Falls' pro baseball team took color film of two UFOs flying over Great Falls.
Data from Avrocar: Canada's Flying Saucer... and The World's Worst Aircraft: From Pioneering Failures to Multimillion Dollar Disasters General characteristics Crew: 2 Capacity: 1 observer/engineer Diameter: 18 ft (5.5 m) Height: 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) Wing area: 254 sq ft (23.6 m 2) Empty weight: 3,000 lb (1,361 kg) Max takeoff weight: 5,560 lb (2,522 kg) Powerplant: 3 × Continental J69-T-9 ...
A flying saucer shape was spotted in an Arizona sky — and it left TikTok users wondering if it actually was extraterrestrial.. The 11-second TikTok video posted on July 15 that now has 3.5 ...
The catalyst for the museum was the 1947 Roswell UFO incident, in which a rancher, W. W. "Mack" Brazel, discovered metal debris outside of Roswell, near a giant trench that spanned hundreds of feet. [4] The International UFO Museum and Research Center shares theories about the Roswell incident and other extraterrestrial life. [4]
The National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) is an unidentified flying object (UFO) research group most active in the United States from the 1950s to the 1980s. It remains active primarily as an informational depository on the UFO phenomenon.