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24th June 1947: The first widely-reported UFO sighting was made by private pilot Kenneth Arnold

24th June 2024
Tagged as: Aircraft, America, Flight, Science, Space, Technology, UFO, United States, USA, Washington State

In what Kenneth Arnold later complained was an ‘historic misquote’, the press coined the now-ubiquitous phrase ‘flying saucers’ to describe the UFOs.

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17th December 1969: Project Blue Book, the United States Air Force’s systematic study of UFOs, officially terminated

17th December 2023
Tagged as: Alien, America, Cold War, Space, UFO, Unidentified Flying Object, United States, United States Air Force, USA, USAF

Project Blue Book began in 1952 to systematically assess and analyse reports of UFOs, and accumulated data from 12,618 reports.

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14th April 1561: The Nuremberg celestial phenomenon sees a ‘dreadful apparition’ in the sky over the German city

14th April 2023
Tagged as: Atmosphere, Extra Terrestrial, Germany, Medieval, Nuremberg, Parhelion, Sun, Sundog, UFO, Weather

Modern UFO enthusiasts have used the Nuremberg celestial phenomenon as evidence of extra-terrestrial life, although scientists have also put forward their own explanations of why hundreds of people saw what was described as an aerial battle raging in front of the sun.

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24th June 1947: The first widely-reported UFO sighting was made by private pilot Kenneth Arnold

17th December 1969: Project Blue Book, the United States Air Force’s systematic study of UFOs, officially terminated

14th April 1561: The Nuremberg celestial phenomenon sees a ‘dreadful apparition’ in the sky over the German city

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

6th October 1927: The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson, the first major “talkie” movie, premieres in New York City

5th October 1962: James Bond and The Beatles each make their debut with Dr. No and Love Me Do

4th October 1582: Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar

3rd October 1952: Britain conducts Operation Hurricane, its first test of an atomic bomb

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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