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originally posted by: ConfusedBrit
..are we able to pinpoint when UFOs in the 1940s actually came to be regarded as potential "ET" vehicles rather than foreign spy vehicles?
In the early part of the 20th century, Charles Fort collected accounts of anomalous physical phenomena from newspapers and scientific journals, including many reports of extraordinary aerial objects. These were published in 1919 in The Book of the Damned. In this and two subsequent books, New Lands(1923) and Lo! (1931), Fort theorized that visitors from other worlds were observing Earth. Fort's reports of aerial phenomena were frequently cited in American newspapers when the UFO phenomenon first attracted widespread media attention in June and July 1947.
He basically disagreed with and pocked fun at anybody - theologians, philosophers, scientists - who said that they had any kind of answer.
And then the punchline was, he didn't believe a word of his theories, even when his adherents tried to convince him of the truth of his own conjectures.
originally posted by: IMSAM
a reply to: ConfusedBrit
Actually there are many cases where the ufos are talked about like they were living things. I wonder though if arnold had "felt" anything to reach that conclusion or how did he reach it in general.
originally posted by: 11SK1180
After the battle huge black triangle craft turned up,
originally posted by: karl 12
These excerpts from NICAP's assessment(s) of UFO accounts prior to and right after Kenneth Arnold's iconic "flying saucer" sightings indicate how clean UFO sightings in the 1947 time-frame were, and why most were not ballyhooed:
"Published records have referred to a total of forty-nine UFO reports for the period June 1st through June 24th, by more than seventy-five witnesses, two thirds of whom have been fully identified. These figures raise an interesting question: why did none of these seventy-five witnesses report their unusual observations until after Arnolds story had been published? In a number of those reports, the witnesses tried to account for their initial silence..
The Purity and Psychology of Early UFO Reports
See 46:10
1937: January, Van Buren, Missouri
A local pilot chased a flying disk. The pilot would later become a state government official.
A/C Code: PGXE codes: _ __
Sources:
PROJECT IDENTIFICATION
by H. D. Rutledge, page 213.
Hatch, Larry, *U* UFO database
AIRCRAFT/UFO ENCOUNTERS PRIOR TO 1942 By Jan Aldrich
originally posted by: ConspiracyMysteries
Great stuff, there also been lots of reports of orbs of light etc in Irish folk lore. I know in the 19th century there was newspaper reporting people getting taken and orbs of lights
THE CELTIC ALIEN: FAIRY FAITH IN THE UFO ERA
citeseerx.ist.psu.edu...
Description: One of the earliest formation cases was reported February 28, 1904, by a ship in the North Pacific off San Francisco. Three members of the crew of the USS Supply, at 6:10 a.m. local time, sighted an echelon formation of three “remarkable meteors” which appeared near the horizon below clouds, moving directly toward the ship. As they approached, the UFOs began soaring, rose above the cloud layer, and were observed climbing into space, still in echelon. The lead object was egg-shaped and about the size of six suns (about 3 degrees of arc). The other two were smaller and appeared to be perfectly round. They remained visible for over two minutes. (Meteors, of course, do not travel in echelon formation, change course and climb, nor remain visible for two minutes).
Source: NICAP / Richard Hall (1964) citing “Monthly Weather Review” (1904)
link
originally posted by: game over man
It's very weird there are no flying saucers reports anymore.
originally posted by: game over man
Maybe they were misidentified in the first place?
originally posted by: karl 12
originally posted by: game over man
It's very weird there are no flying saucers reports anymore.
Have you actually bothered to look?
originally posted by: game over man
Maybe they were misidentified in the first place?
Hey maybe they were - some pretty specific close range descriptions over the years though.