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Kenneth Arnold 1947: Pilot’s Sightings of Nine Saucer-Like Craft North of Mount Rainier

DATE1947
LOCAL TIME—
LOCATIONLocation unrecorded
COORDINATES46.89°N, 121.69°W

Explore the Kenneth Arnold 1947 sighting, nine objects near Mount Rainier, the birth of flying saucers, and why their identity remains unknown.

[ PRIMARY CITATION // HISTORICAL ARCHIVE · CTD-0016 ]

WITNESSES & UNITS

Kenneth Arnold

SENSORS & EVIDENCE

Pilot & ATC sighting report