Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting - Wikipedia On June 24, 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold saw what he described as 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)
1947: Year of the Flying Saucer - National Air and Space Museum What Kenneth Arnold saw while flying past Mt Rainier on June 24, 1947, remains a mystery He spent the rest of his life trying to explain it and inadvertently added the words “flying saucer” to the vocabularies of millions of people around the world Learn about the story behind it
Kenneth Arnold - UFO, 1947 Flying Saucer | HISTORY On June 24, 1947, the civilian pilot Kenneth Arnold reported seeing nine objects, glowing bright blue-white, flying in a “V” formation over Washington’s Mount Rainier
Kenneth Arnold Sighting Fran Ridge: June 24, 1947; Mt Ranier, Washington At 3:00 P M , pilot Kenneth Arnold, was flying his airplane near Mt Rainier and noticed some flashes of light He then saw the source of the flashes; a string of nine very bright metallic objects
The 1947 Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting The modern phenomena of UFOs and “flying saucers” began in Washington state on June 24, 1947, when Kenneth Arnold spotted nine mysterious, high-speed objects “flying like a saucer would” along the crest of the Cascade Range near Mount Rainier
Kenneth Arnold and the Origin of the Modern UFO Movement On June 24, 1947, American pilot Kenneth Arnold reported a mysterious aerial encounter near Mount Rainier in Washington State This sighting would become one of the most significant events in UFO history
Project Blue Book: The Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting, Mt. Rainier . . . The Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting occurred on June 24, 1947, when businessman Kenneth Arnold was flying his private plane near Mount Rainier in Washington State According to his report, he observed nine unusual, high-speed objects flying in a “V” formation