1947 flying disc craze
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title:
1947 flying disc craze
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The 1947 flying disc craze was a rash of unidentified flying object reports in the United States that were publicized during the summer of 1947. The craze began on June 24, when media nationwide reported civilian pilot Kenneth Arnold's story of witnessing disc-shaped objects which headline writers dubbed "Flying Saucers". Such reports quickly spread throughout the United States; historians would later chronicle at least 800 "copycat" reports in subsequent weeks, while other sources estimate the
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Reports of unidentified flying objects
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_flying_disc_craze
date created:
2022-03-23T02:17:37Z
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2024-09-08T20:52:01Z
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