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    The 1947 flying disc craze was a rash of unidentified flying object reports in the United States that were publicized during the summer of 1947. The craze...
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    With no phone or radio, Brazel was initially unaware of the ongoing flying disc craze, until he visited his uncle in Corona, New Mexico on July 5. The next...
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    Over 800 reports were made publicly during the 1947 flying disc craze. Such reports quickly spread throughout the United States, and some sources estimate...
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    occurred on June 24, 1947, when private pilot Kenneth Arnold claimed that he saw a string of nine, shiny unidentified flying objects flying past Mount Rainier...
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  • coined the snappy tagline, "flying saucers", which captured the public's imagination. During the 1947 flying disc craze, over 800 'copycat' sightings...
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    Rhodes UFO photographs (category 1947 flying disc craze)
    Published near the end of the 1947 flying disc craze, the photographs were among the first showing an unidentified flying object. They continue to be discussed...
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    Twin Falls saucer hoax (category 1947 flying disc craze)
    was a hoaxed flying disc discovered in Twin Falls, Idaho, United States, on July 11, 1947. Amid a nationwide wave of alleged "flying disc" sightings, residents...
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  • The Roswell Incident (1980 book) (category 1947 flying disc craze)
    debris recovered in 1947 by personnel of the Roswell Army Air Field. The Roswell incident took place amid the flying disc craze of 1947, sparked by widespread...
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  • in Britain Pansy Craze in the late-1920s to mid-1930s in the United States 1947 flying disc craze in the United States Dance crazes, alternative name...
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    A flying saucer, or flying disc, is a purported disc-shaped UFO. The term was coined in 1947 by the news media for the objects pilot Kenneth Arnold claimed...
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