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The Kenneth Arnold sighting, June 24, 1947

1: The reports by Kenneth Arnold:

• Sound recording and transcription of the interview of Kenneth Arnold by Ted Smith broadcast on KWRC radio on June 26, 1947.
• About the so-called interview of Kenneth Arnold by Bill Bequette broadcast on WKPG radio on June 25, 1947.
• The report by Kenneth Arnold to the US Army Air Forces, July 1947.
• Memorandum about their interview of Kenneth Arnold by CIC agents Brown and Davidson, July 16, 1947.
• Kenneth Arnold's report in Ray Palmer's FATE magazine, February 1948.
• Transcription of a radio show by Edward Murrow based on a phone conversation with Kenneth Arnold in April 1950.
• Kenneth Arnold's self-published pamphlet in 1950.
• Transcription of a talk by Kenneth Arnold at the 1977 International UFO Congress, Chicago.
• Telephone conversations of Kenneth Arnold with Bob Pratt, 1978.

2 - Official documents:

• Case card in the US Air force Project Blue Book.
• The report by Kenneth Arnold to the US Army Air Forces, July 1947.
• Memorandum about their interview of Kenneth Arnold by CIC agents Brown and Davidson, July 16, 1947.

3 - In the 1947 Press:

Click here to read the newspapers of that time reporting on the Kenneth Arnold sighting.

There are so far more than 300 newspaper articles from 1947 on about Arold's sighting and its continuations in this section.

4 - What was said:

• Edward Ruppelt, formerly person in charge of the US Air Force, in 1956.
• "Arnold and the F.B.I.", article by John Keel, in the Flying Saucer Review (FSR), 1967.

5 - The explanations put forth:

• The explanation by F4U Corsair planes ot other planes with tails camouflaged in sky blue.
• The two explanations cited by USAF Major Quintanilla formerly of Project Blue Book in 1993 as published on the CIA website in 2016.

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