Uma ubufuna usuku oluqondile lokukhomba ukuqala kokuthatheka kwethu ngamasoso andizayo, imbangi okukhulunywa ngayo kakhulu uJuni 24, 1947. Lokhu kwaba usuku uKenneth Arnold, umshayeli wendiza oyimfundamakhwela wase-Idaho, endiza ngendiza yakhe encane. indiza, iCallAir A-2, phezu kwedolobha lase Mineral esifundazweni saseWashington.
Izulu lalicwathile, kuheleza umoya opholile. Ngenkathi u-Kenneth Arnold esendleleni eya embukisweni wezindiza e-Oregon, wathatha ithuba lokuhlola kancane endaweni eseduze neMount Rainier ― indawo lapho kube nokuphahlazeka kwakamuva kwendiza yokuthutha i-Marine Corps C-46 endaweni, futhi umklomelo ka-$5,000 XNUMX wawunikezwa noma ubani owayengase akwazi ukuyibona leyo ngozi.
Kungazelelwe, njengoba u-Arnold ayezokhumbula kamuva, wabona ukukhanya okukhanyayo - ukukhanya nje, njengokubenyezela kwelanga lapho kushaya isibuko lapho ingilazi ijika kanjalo. Yayinodayi oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Ekuqaleni, wayecabanga ukuthi ukukhanya kwakuvela kwenye indiza; lapho eqalaza, nokho, wayebona nje i-DC-4. Kwakubonakala sengathi indiza ibanga elingamakhilomitha angu-15 ukusuka kuye. Bekungacwayizi.
Ezingxoxweni kamuva, u-Arnold wachaza ukunyakaza njengomsila wekite emoyeni, noma isoso eleqa emanzini. Wabala ijubane labo laba cishe amamayela ayi-1,200 ngehora. Nakuba athi wayenomuzwa “oshaqisayo,” u-Arnold akazange akholwe ukuthi wawubonile umsebenzi wezandla wangaphandle komhlaba. Wayekholelwa ukuthi kwakumane nje kuwuhlobo oluthile lwendiza yokuhlola.
Lapho efika, u-Arnold watshela umngane wakhe ngalokho akubona. Abantu bebelokhu bebona izinto ezingaziwa zindiza esibhakabhakeni kusukela kudala ngaphambi kokuba abantu baphumelele ukundiza, kodwa ukuhlangana kuka-Arnold kwaba okokuqala okubikiwe kokubonwa kwe-UFO yangemva kwempi e-US ― izindaba zasakazeka ngokushesha.
Uhlelo lwangoJuni 26 lwe-Chicago Sun lwalunesihloko esithi “Supersonic Flying Saucers Sighted by Idaho Pilot,” okukholakala ukuthi iwukusetshenziswa kokuqala kwegama elithi isoso elindizayo.
Cishe emasontweni amabili kamuva, ngoJulayi 8, kwaqubuka indaba mayelana nokuphahlazeka kwesoso elindizayo epulazini laseRoswell, eNew Mexico. Lesi sigameko sesidume kabi sekuwumdonsiswano oqhubekayo phakathi kwezazi ze-ufologists, njengoba izikhulu zikahulumeni zithi izidumbu, kanye nezidumbu ezincane ezichazwe ngofakazi, bekuyibhaluni lesimo sezulu.
Ingabe ukuphahlazeka kwaseRoswell bekungomunye wemikhumbi engaziwa u-Arnold ahlangabezane nayo ngenyanga edlule?
I-1947 yaba unyaka wesibhengezo semibiko ye-UFO. Amaphephandaba ase-US naseCanada abike ukuthi kubonwe abantu abangu-853 bemikhumbi engaziwa, efana nesoso, okungenani engu-250 yayo ethathwe njengokwethembeka ngabaphenyi ngenxa yesithunzi semithombo noma ukunemba kwemininingwane ebikiwe.
