The Kenneth Arnold UFO Incident: The Birth of the Modern UFO Era
Kenneth Arnold, a seasoned pilot with over 9,000 hours of flying experience, was on a business trip in his Call Air A-2 airplane. On June 24, 1947, he was flying near Mount Rainier in search of a missing Marine Corps C-46 transport plane when he noticed a bright flash of light. Initially, Arnold thought it might be a reflection from another aircraft, but when he looked around, he saw a series of nine shiny, crescent-shaped objects flying in formation...