A podcast for UFO & UAP beginners · Season 1
Episode 1Summer of Saucers
Kenneth Arnold's 1947 sighting gives us the flying saucer, with stops at the 1896 airships, WWII foo fighters and the 1952 Washington radar blips along the way.
In this episode
The cases
Every case we cover has a field guide entry: what the record shows, what people claim, and the best explanation so far.
Kenneth Arnold's Nine Objects
The sighting that gave the world the phrase 'flying saucer'.
Near Mount Rainier, Washington
The Great Airship Wave
Fifty years before 'flying saucers,' Americans saw mysterious airships.
California, then across the Midwest and Texas
Foo Fighters
Allied night-fighter crews reported glowing balls of light pacing their planes.
Skies over Europe and the Pacific
The Washington, D.C. Flap
Radar blips over the Capitol, jets scrambled and the biggest Pentagon press briefing since WWII.
Washington, D.C.
Show notes
Check the sources
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