FLYING SAUCERS

FLYING SAUCERS
   In 1947, U.S. businessman Kenneth Arnold was flying his plane near Mt. Rainier in Washington when he reported a strange sight - nine "discs" in the sky. He described their pattern as being "like a saucer would be if you skipped it across the water." And that's how the term "flying saucer" was born.The flying saucer craze was to become a part of 1950s culture. More recently, tales of Unidentified Flying Objects, or UFOs, pop upeverywhere. Some viewers have claimed that they were prodded and poked by the aliens within. SF writers, for the most part, find such stories unbelievable. What interests them is the public’s obsession with the phenomenon of spaceship sightings and first contact experiences.
   See:UFOS.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia. . 2011.

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