Kenneth Arnold: ʻO ke kanaka nāna i hoʻolauna i ka honua iā Flying Saucers

Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i kahi lā kikoʻī e ʻike ai i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kā mākou makemake i nā mea lele lele, ʻo ka mea hoʻokūkū i ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia ʻo Iune 24, 1947. ʻO kēia ka lā i lele ai ʻo Kenneth Arnold, he pilo pilo mai Idaho, i kāna mea liʻiliʻi. mokulele, he CallAir A-2, ma luna o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Mineral ma ka mokuʻāina o Wakinekona.

Pilot Kenneth Arnold me ke kiʻi kiʻi o kekahi o nā UFO āna i ʻike ai ma kahi kokoke i mauna ʻo Rainier i ka makahiki 1947.
Pilot Kenneth Arnold me ke kiʻi kiʻi o kekahi o nā UFO āna i ʻike ai ma kahi kokoke i mauna ʻo Rainier i ka makahiki 1947.

Ua akaka ka lani, a ua pa mai ka makani. I ka hele ʻana o Kenneth Arnold i kahi hōʻikeʻike lewa ma Oregon, ua lawe ʻo ia i ka manawa e makaʻala liʻiliʻi ma nā wahi e pili ana i ka mauna ʻo Rainier - ka ʻāina kahi i hāʻule hou ai kahi mokulele mokulele C-46 Marine Corps ma kahi kokoke. a he $5,000 ka makana e hāʻawi ʻia ana i ka poʻe i hiki ke ʻimi i ka ʻōpala.

E like me kā Arnold i hoʻomanaʻo ai ma hope, ʻike ʻo ia i kahi kukui ʻālohilohi - he ʻālohilohi wale nō, e like me ka ʻālohilohi o ka lā i ka wā e pā ai i ke aniani ke kihi ʻia ke aniani. He waihoʻoluʻu polū kona. I kinohi, manaʻo ʻo ia e hele mai ana ka mālamalama mai kahi mokulele ʻē aʻe; i kona nānā ʻana a puni, ʻo ka DC-4 wale nō kāna i ʻike ai. Me he mea lā e lele ana ma kahi o 15 mile mai ona aku. ʻAʻole ia i ʻālohilohi.

Kenneth Arnold: ke kanaka nāna i hoʻolauna i ka honua iā Flying Saucers
Hoʻolaha hoʻolaha no ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo 1950 'The Flying Saucer.' © Kiʻi kiʻi: Colonial Productions

Ma nā nīnauele ma hope mai, ua wehewehe ʻo Arnold i ka neʻe ʻana e like me ka huelo lupe i ka makani, a i ʻole he ipu e lele ana i ka wai. Ua helu ʻo ia i ko lākou māmā ma kahi o 1,200 mile i ka hola. ʻOiai ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he manaʻo "eeerie" ʻo ia, ʻaʻole manaʻo ʻo Arnold ua ʻike ʻo ia i kahi mokulele extraterrestrial. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia he mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o kekahi ʻano o ka mokulele hoʻokolohua.

I kona pae ʻana, haʻi akula ʻo Arnold i kahi hoaaloha e pili ana i kāna mea i ʻike ai. Ua ʻike ka poʻe i nā mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia e lele ana i ka lewa mai ka wā lōʻihi ma mua o ka holo ʻana o ke kanaka, akā ʻo ka hālāwai ʻana me Arnold ka mea mua i hōʻike ʻia ma hope o ke kaua UFO i ʻike ʻia ma US - ua laha koke ka lono.

ʻO ka paʻi ʻo Iune 26th o The Chicago Sun i holo i ke poʻomanaʻo "Supersonic Flying Saucers Sighted by Idaho Pilot," i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka hoʻohana mua ʻana o ka huaʻōlelo lele lele.

Ma kahi o ʻelua pule ma hope mai, i ka lā 8 o Iulai, ua haʻi kekahi moʻolelo e pili ana i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka ipu lele ma kahi hānai holoholona ma Roswell, New Mexico. Ua kaulana kēia hanana i kumu o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana ma waena o ka poʻe ufologists, no ka mea, ua ʻōlelo nā luna aupuni i ka ʻōpala, a me nā kino make liʻiliʻi i hōʻike ʻia e nā mea hōʻike, he baluna wale nō i hāʻule.

ʻO ka hāʻule ʻana ma Roswell ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea hana ʻike ʻole a Arnold i hālāwai ai i ka mahina i hala?

Ua lilo ʻo 1947 i makahiki hae no nā hōʻike UFO. Ua hōʻike ʻia e nā nūpepa a puni ʻo ʻAmelika a me Kanada he 853 mau ʻike i ʻike ʻole ʻia, e like me ka saucer-like, ma kahi o 250 o ia mau mea i manaʻo ʻia he hilinaʻi ʻia e nā mea noiʻi ma muli o ka inoa o nā kumu a i ʻole ka pololei o nā kikoʻī i hōʻike ʻia.