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30
May

Kenneth Arnold

Often considered the first modern UFO witness. While flying near Mount Rainier in Washington state on June 24 1947, Kenneth Arnold saw nine extremely fast moving disks skipping across the sky. An AP wire reporter described them as flying saucers” — a name which stuck. Due to the publicity surrounding his report, and because he […]

15
May

Harold Dahl

By Obscurantist In People

A harbor patrolman (or perhaps lumber scavenger) who witnessed/created the Maury Island Incident of July 21, 1947. Dahl claimed that while on his boat near Maury Island in Washington state, his son was injured and his dog was killed by a slag-squirting UFO. He was told by a man dressed all in black not to […]