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The 1947 flying disc craze was a rash of unidentified flying object reports in the United States that were publicized during the summer of 1947. The craze began on June 24, when media nationwide reported civilian pilot Kenneth Arnold's story of witnessing disc-shaped objects which headline writers dubbed "Flying Saucers".
The Roswell incident is a collection of events and myths surrounding the 1947 crash of a United States Army Air Forces balloon near Roswell, New Mexico. Operated from the nearby Alamogordo Army Air Field and part of the top secret Project Mogul, the balloon was intended to detect Soviet nuclear tests. [1] .
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The Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting occurred on June 24, 1947, when a private pilot claimed that he saw a string of nine, shiny unidentified flying objects flying past Mount Rainier at speeds estimated to exceed 1,200 miles an hour (1,932 km/h). This was the first post-World War II sighting in the United States that garnered nationwide news coverage an...
At 8:04 pm (PST), United Airlines Flight 105 took off in a DC-3 from Boise, Idaho, bound for Pendleton, Oregon. In a sign of the times, on departure Boise tower jokingly suggested the crew "be on the lookout for 'flying saucers'". During the flight, co-pilot Ralph Stephens reported sighting an approaching light and turned on the DC-3's landing ligh...
The following day, Smith's first-hand account of the sighting was published by various outlets nationwide, including United Press.Writing in 1948, one journalist recalled: "no report shook the incredulous so much as the account of Captain Emil J. Smith, veteran airline pilot, and his crew... Here was substance, something that seemed above flimsy re...
Air Materiel Command ultimately concluded that "since the sighting occurred at sunset, when illusory effect are most likely, the objects could have been ordinary aircraft, balloons, birds, or pure illusion." The Air Force would later point out the power of suggestionlikely influenced observers during the craze. Despite official explanations, the Fl...
Jul 8, 2010 · 1947: Days after something shiny crashed in the New Mexico desert, the Roswell Army Air Field issues a press release that says the military has recovered the remains of a “flying disc.”...
Dec 18, 2019 · It began in the summer of 1947, at the dawn of the Cold War, when the U.S. Army Air Forces sent out a shocker of a press release, announcing they’d recovered a “flying disc” from a ranch near...
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Jul 5, 2017 · Donovan Webster. July 5, 2017. On July 8, 1947, a headline in the local paper in Roswell, New Mexico ignited 70 years of "flying saucer" sightings. NASM. In Roswell, New Mexico, exactly seven...
Jun 13, 2022 · On the morning of July 3, 1947, rancher Mac Brazel found some debris scattered over about 200 square yards near a service road on the ranch where he worked. Later reports became muddled, but his first description to the press was of finding strips of papery material that were covered with shiny foil.
