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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]
The Rhodes UFO photographs, sometimes called the shoe-heel UFO photographs, [2] purport to show a disc-like object flying above Phoenix, Arizona, United States. [1] The two photographs were reportedly taken on July 7, 1947, by amateur astronomer and inventor William Albert Rhodes .
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.
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects; Great 1954 Greek UFO flap; Michigan "swamp gas" UFO reports in the US [6]: 167–180 1967 UFO flap in Britain [2] [3] 1977 Colares flap in Brazil [7] 1984 Hudson Valley UFO sightings in the US [8] Gulf Breeze UFO incident of 1987–88 in the US [9] Belgian UFO wave of 1989–90 [10] 1994 Michigan UFO event
1947 flying disc craze (2 C, 11 P) M. Maury Island incident (5 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 1947"
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".
Gov. Ron DeSantis filed a complaint last month against R House over its drag shows, citing a 1947 state Supreme Court case that shut down the Ha Ha Club.
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.