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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).
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.
A July headline from the New York Times read: “flying objects near Washington spotted by both pilots and radar: Air Force reveals reports of something, perhaps ‘saucers,’ traveling slowly but jumping up and down.” [11] September 12, 1952: Flatwoods: West Virginia: Flatwoods monster
An alleged flying saucer photographed over Passaic, New Jersey, in 1952. A flying saucer, or flying disc, is a purported disc-shaped unidentified flying object (UFO). The term was coined in 1947 by the U.S. news media for the objects pilot Kenneth Arnold claimed flew alongside his airplane above Washington State.
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 ...
On June 24, 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold reported that, while in the air over southwest Washington State, he had seen a string of nine shiny objects flying past Mount Rainier at high speeds. [1] [2] The press coined the terms flying saucers and flying discs for the objects, based on Arnold's description
Kenneth Albert Arnold (March 29, 1915 – January 16, 1984) was an American aviator, businessman, and politician.. Arnold is known best for reporting what is generally considered the first widely publicized modern sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) in the United States, after claiming to have seen nine silver-colored discs flying in unison near Mount Rainier, Washington on June 24 ...
Flying saucer car: People find vehicle to be out of this world. The mostly aluminum rig sits on the chassis of a 1991 Geo Metro. A steering wheel is cut down to resemble an airplane's yoke.