Kenneth Arnold’s June 1947 Sighting Near Mount Rainier
What Kenneth Arnold reported on June 24, 1947, how the flying-saucer phrase emerged, and what the National Archives record can and cannot establish.
[ PRIMARY CITATION // NATIONAL ARCHIVES (NARA) · CTD-0022 ]
WITNESSES & UNITS
Kenneth ArnoldSENSORS & EVIDENCE
Archived investigative case file
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