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Kenneth Albert Arnold (March 29, 1915 – January 16, 1984) was an American aviator, businessman, and politician. He is best known for making what is generally considered the first widely reported modern unidentified flying object sighting in the United States, after claiming to have seen nine unusual objects flying in tandem near Mount Rainier ...
- Businessman, aviator
- March 29, 1915, Sebeka, Minnesota, US
- University of Minnesota
- January 16, 1984 (aged 68), Bellevue, Washington, US
The Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting occurred on June 24, 1947, when private pilot Kenneth Arnold claimed that he saw a string of nine, shiny unidentified flying objects flying past Mount Rainier at speeds that Arnold estimated at a minimum of 1,200 miles an hour (1,932 km/h).
Feb 22, 2010 · Learn about Kenneth Arnold, the civilian pilot who reported seeing nine blue-white objects flying in a V formation over Mount Rainier in 1947, sparking a wave of UFO sightings and investigations. Explore the governmental response, the Roswell incident, and the cultural impact of UFOs.
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Jun 24, 2022 · Private pilot Kenneth Arnold claimed to see nine shiny, disk-shaped objects flying fast over Mt. Rainier on June 24, 1947. His description sparked a media frenzy and popularized the term "flying saucer" for unexplained aerial phenomena.
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. The press coined the terms flying saucers and flying discs for the objects, based on Arnold's description
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Jun 24, 2015 · It was when the pilot, Kenneth Arnold, tried to describe the motion of the objects to a reporter for the United Press that the mix-up occurred. He said they flew “like a saucer if you skip it...
Jun 15, 2014 · If you wanted to put a precise date on the origins of our obsession with saucers, the most-cited contender is June 24, 1947. That was the day that Kenneth Arnold, an amateur pilot from Idaho,...
