Sunday, June 24, 2012

A Tip Of the Hat to Kenneth Arnold

Tonight we celebrate Kenneth Arnold.  I will agree with anyone who says this would be better if Kenneth Arnold was a family friend and I have photos of him at christenings and backyard barbecues.  I can't say that, because Mr. Arnold was not a family friend.  Moving on, on this day back in 1947, Kenneth Arnold was flying his airplane from Chehalis to Boise when near Mt. Rainier he saw them.  Arnold saw 9 objects "flying like a saucer would."  Kenneth Arnold was first person ever to report a flying saucer or UFO.  Take that Roswell!  While refueling in Pendleton, Oregon, Arnold described his close encounter to the editor of the local paper and within two days the AP had picked it up.  Before Arnold there had been a total of zero reported UFOs, after Arnold, 150,000 and counting.  So, here's to a true trailblazer, Kenneth Arnold.  I will agree with those who will say that an actual photo of a flying saucer would be really cool, heck even pictures of flying saucers would be cool.  Instead the visitor's center and the Grand Coulee Dam , it sort of looks space shippy.  
Enjoy
Dan

1 comment:

jerrie said...

Especially with that cool green glow.