Kenneth Arnold’s Nine Flying Saucers, 1947
Guide:Around 1947, “The 1947 Kenneth Arnold Sighting of Nine Saucers in a Chain” records material on one sighting, or a set of sightings, of UFO·UAP or related anomalous phenomena. The guide fills in gaps about the people, the setting, and publicly available information; embedded videos and original links are left unchanged. Existing body summary: 📋 Case information table Item Information Event name Kenneth Arnold (Kenneth Arnold) Sighting of Nine Saucers in a Chain—the Beginning of the Modern UFO Era Time June 24, 1947 Location Washington State, United States, Rai
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📋 Case information table
| Item | Information |
|---|---|
| Event name | Kenneth Arnold’s Sighting of Nine Saucers in a Chain—the Beginning of the Modern UFO Era |
| Time | June 24, 1947 |
| Location | Near Mount Rainier, Washington State, United States |
| Event type | Pilot sighting / the event that began the modern UFO era |
| CE classification | CE1 |
| Confidence | ★★★★★ (5 stars — the starting point of modern UFO history) |
🔍 Event details
On June 24, 1947, private pilotKenneth Arnoldwhile searching near Mount Rainier, Washington, for a missing C-46 transport, sightednine disc-shaped objects flying in a “V” formation. Arnold described them as “like saucers skipped across the water”—and from that came“Flying Saucer” (flying saucer)the term.
Arnold was an experienced pilot (9,000+ flight hours in all). He carefully estimated the objects’ speed at about 1,700 miles per hour (2,700 kilometers per hour), far beyond any known aircraft in 1947. Right after the sighting he landed at Yakima Airport and reported it to the military, and the news was quickly carried by the national press.In the weeks that followed, a wave of UFO sightings broke out across the United States—including the Roswell incident。
This event is widely regarded asthe starting point of the modern UFO era。
📚 References
- Kenneth Arnold, United Press interview, June 25, 1947
- Project Blue Book Case #1
- Wikipedia: Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting
