10 Most Compelling Pieces Of Evidence That Prove Aliens Have Visited Earth
7. 1947, Kenneth Arnold, The First Flying Saucer & The Dawn Of Ufology
On June 24, 1947, a private Idaho pilot by the name of Kenneth Arnold was flying from Chehalis, to Yakima, Washington, on a business trip. It was during this flight that he spotted a string of nine unidentified, shining, metallic, flying objects. The objects flew past Mount Rainier, moving at supersonic speed. A feat modern aircraft had only recently achieved and up until then, only in nose dives. Arnold clocked the crafts at a minimum of 1,200 miles an hour (1,932 km/hr). A U.S. Marine Corps C-46 transport airplane had crashed near Mount Rainier. A $5,000 reward was offered for the discovery of the lost plane. The skies were completely clear. He spotted a light coming from behind him, and after pulling all the necessary manoeuvres and even rolling his windows down to make sure it wasn't simply a reflection, he concluded it was another craft. 30 seconds after seeing the first flash of light, Arnold saw a series of bright flashes in the distance North of Mount Rainier, a total of nine of them were now flying in a straight line to his left. The objects flew in a long chain, had no tail and emitted no contrails. The objects approached him and suddenly flew passed him. He said they moved, like "saucers skipping on water" and with that, the term "Flying Saucer" was born. The objects were said to hold a diagonal echelon formation, all lined up like a flock of birds, and they weaved from side to side ("like the tail of a Chinese kite" as he later stated). They darted through the valleys and around the smaller mountain peaks and would occasionally flip or bank on their edges, in unison, as they turned or manoeuvred. Their motion caused bright, mirror-like flashes of light. The encounter gave him an "eerie feeling". He first thought he was seeing test flights of a new U.S. military aircraft. When he did the calculation, he estimated their speed at over 1,700 miles per hour (2,700 km/h). This was about three times faster than any manned aircraft in 1947. Not knowing the exact distance where the objects faded from view, he decided to conservatively and arbitrarily round his previous figure down to 1,200 miles (1,900 km) an hour, still faster than any known aircraft of that era. Army pilots told him that briefings before combat often mentioned seeing "objects of similar shape and design" and they assured him that he "wasn't dreaming or going crazy." In a July 19th interview, Arnold had this to say, "The disks are not from any foreign country. The Army would give the answers if it could -- if they don't have the explanation now, they certainly could do something to find out. If the Army has no explanations the disks must be -- 'and I know this sounds crazy' -- from another planet." In an interview in April of the following year he stated, "Since my first observations and report of the so-called 'flying disks' I have spent a great deal of money and time thoroughly investigating the subject... There is no doubt in my mind that these objects are aircraft of a strange design, and material that is unknown to the civilisations of this earth." Did that at least creep you out a little bit? No? Okay, well, let's check out the case it lead right into, a case Kenneth Arnold himself spent much time and money investigating.
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He said they moved, like "saucers skipping on water" and with that, the term "Flying Saucer" was born. The objects were said to hold a diagonal echelon formation, all lined up like a flock of birds, and they weaved from side to side ("like the tail of a Chinese kite" as he later stated). They darted through the valleys and around the smaller mountain peaks and would occasionally flip or bank on their edges, in unison, as they turned or manoeuvred. Their motion caused bright, mirror-like flashes of light. The encounter gave him an "eerie feeling". He first thought he was seeing test flights of a new U.S. military aircraft. When he did the calculation, he estimated their speed at over 1,700 miles per hour (2,700 km/h). This was about three times faster than any manned aircraft in 1947. Not knowing the exact distance where the objects faded from view, he decided to conservatively and arbitrarily round his previous figure down to 1,200 miles (1,900 km) an hour, still faster than any known aircraft of that era. Army pilots told him that briefings before combat often mentioned seeing "objects of similar shape and design" and they assured him that he "wasn't dreaming or going crazy." In a July 19th interview, Arnold had this to say, "The disks are not from any foreign country. The Army would give the answers if it could -- if they don't have the explanation now, they certainly could do something to find out. If the Army has no explanations the disks must be -- 'and I know this sounds crazy' -- from another planet." In an interview in April of the following year he stated, "Since my first observations and report of the so-called 'flying disks' I have spent a great deal of money and time thoroughly investigating the subject... There is no doubt in my mind that these objects are aircraft of a strange design, and material that is unknown to the civilisations of this earth." Did that at least creep you out a little bit? No? Okay, well, let's check out the case it lead right into, a case Kenneth Arnold himself spent much time and money investigating.