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Kenneth Arnold — Mount Rainier Sighting, June 24, 1947

Source label

U.S. Air Force

Catalog date

1947-06-24

Record type

pdf

Record summary

Air Materiel Command's case file on Kenneth Arnold's June 24, 1947 sighting of nine objects flying past Mount Rainier — the report that gave rise to the phrase 'flying saucer' in U.S. press coverage.

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