| ID | #1530383573 |
| Added | Sat, 30/06/2018 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | |
| Phenomena | |
| Status | Investigation
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Initial data
On June 24, 1947, at about 3 p.m., American businessman Kenneth Arnold, who was engaged in the sale and installation of fire protection systems, was heading from Chehailis to Yakima (Washington State) in his two-seat CallAir A-2 service aircraft. Along the way, he decided to try to find the wreckage of the missing C-46 transport aircraft near Mount Rainier (Cascade Mountains), for information about the location of which a reward of $ 5,000 was promised.
Located at an altitude of 9,200 feet (2.8 km) above sea level near the city of Mineral (Washington State) Arnold decided to end the search and return to the course to Yakima. At that moment, he saw bright flashes, similar to reflections of sunlight from a mirror. Fearing that he might be dangerously close to another plane, Arnold looked around, but all he saw was a DC–4 transport plane about 15 miles (24 km) to the left and rear.
About 30 seconds after the first flash, Arnold saw a series of brightly glowing dots to his left, or north of the mountain. He thought it was glare on the windows of his plane, but a few quick tests (rocking the plane from side to side, removing glasses) confirmed that this was not the case, and the light was coming from flying objects.
The objects flew in a long line, and Arnold thought for a moment that it might be a flock of geese, but the altitude of the objects, their speed and bright brilliance refuted this guess. Then he thought that they might be a new type of aircraft, and began to look closely at their tails, as a result of which he was greatly surprised to find none of the observed aircraft.
In total, Arnold observed 9 objects located at a distance of 20-25 miles (32-40 km) from him.
Later, in his interview, he will describe them as follows:
I could see their outlines quite clearly against the snow as they approached the mountain…
They flew about 20-25 miles and disappeared from sight. For about three minutes, I watched as a chain of objects moving like saucers on water, like thrown flat stones, stretching for at least 5 miles, maneuvered between high mountain peaks. They were flat like frying pans and reflected the sun's rays like a mirror. I saw it all quite clearly and distinctly.
With a periodicity of several seconds, two or even three of them simultaneously seemed to dive, slightly changing the direction of movement, and this was enough for them, tilting to the edge and illuminated by the sun, to send its reflection to my plane.
Arnold landed in Yakima at about 16:00 and immediately told his friend Al Baxter, the general director of the airport, about these amazing observations. After that, the information got into the media.
26 Jun 1947 incident illumination in Chicagosan. Perhaps here was first used the term "UFO" (flying saucer).
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Hypotheses
Illusions associated with the refraction and reflection of light
Reflection is a physical process of interaction of waves or particles with the surface, changing the direction of the wave front at the boundary of two media with different properties, in which the wave front returns into the medium from which it came. The reflection may be specular (that is, such as is observed when using a mirror) or diffuse (in this case, the reflection is not saved the path of the rays from the object, but only the energy component of the luminous flux) depending on the nature of the surface.
Investigation
D. Menzel suggests that it could be a reflection of light from a "layer of fog or mist" or swirling masses of snow.
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