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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]
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.
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".
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"
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.
On June 24, 1947, civilian pilot Kenneth Arnold reported a sighting of 'flying discs'. By June 27, disc sightings were being reported nation-wide. [1]On July 1, Twin Falls Times-News declared that "flying saucers have invaded" the Twin Falls region after a forest ranger and his companion reported seeing eight to ten "discs" flying in a V-shaped formation over Galena Summit. [2]
They were printed in the newspaper The Arizona Republic on July 9, along with Rhodes's account of his sighting of the object. [1] Published near the end of the 1947 flying disc craze, the photographs were among the first showing an unidentified flying object. [3] They continue to be discussed by commentators. [4] [5] [6]
The pair claimed that the events had occurred on June 21, 1947. The incident is widely regarded as a hoax, even by believers of flying saucers and UFOs. [1] [2] On August 1, two Air Force officers tasked with investigating the incident were killed when their plane crashed outside of Kelso, Washington.