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During the 1947 craze, experts in human behavior argued the reports were best explained as a psychological or social phenomenon. The flying disc craze was compared to Scotland's Loch Ness monster, the panic caused by the Orson Welles broadcast of War of the Worlds, and a sea monster panic caused by a US Armed Forces Radio hoax in Japan. [171]
In a 1952 article, an Arizona Republic reporter stated that he had sighted a flying disc in 1947 near White Sands, New Mexico, and later "was startled to see the tremendous likeness between what I had seen and the object photographed by William A. Rhodes". [28] Rhodes was interviewed in 1998 by KSAZ-TV. [3]
Articles relating to the 1947 flying disc craze, a rash of unidentified flying object reports that were publicized in 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".
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.
Animation of reports during the flying disc craze. Over 800 reports were made publicly during the 1947 flying disc craze. [1] [2] [3] Such reports quickly spread throughout the United States, and some sources estimate the reports may have numbered in the thousands.
An alleged flying saucer seen over Passaic, New Jersey in 1952. A flying saucer, or flying disc, is a purported disc-shaped UFO. The term was coined in 1947 by the news media for the objects pilot Kenneth Arnold claimed flew alongside his airplane above Washington State. Newspapers reported Arnold's story with speed estimates implausible for ...
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects was the first to reveal that on September 23, 1947, Lieutenant General Nathan Twining had issued a memo to Brigadier General George Schulgen of the Army Air Forces. [11] The subject line of the memo read "AMC Opinion Concerning 'Flying Discs. [11] '" The general tone of the memo was that unidentified ...
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).