UFOs: We Are Not Alone
OUTLINE
I. THINGS IN THE SKY
A. THE FIRST DOCUMENTED SIGHTING
B. THE FEVER SPREADS
1. PILOT ENCOUNTERS
2. THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY
II. DENTS IN THE EARTH
III. UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENON
A. THE WRITING ON THE WALL
B. GEODES
IV. WHAT ABOUT RELIGION?
A. THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE
B. THE ANCIENT GREEKS
C. THE AMERICAN INDIAN
V. CONCLUSION
WE ONCE BELIEVED THAT THE EARTH IS THE ONLY PLANET IN THE UNIVERSE THAT
SUPPORTS LIFE. TODAY THERE IS OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE THAT NOT ONLY SUGGESTS, BUT
SUPPORTS THE VERY REAL POSSIBILITY THAT WE MAY SHARE THE UNIVERSE WITH OTHER
INTELLIGENT BEINGS.
ON JUNE 24TH, 1947, WHILE SEARCHING FOR THE REMAINS OF A DOWNED MARINE
C-46 TRANSPORT LOST SOMEWHERE IN THE MOUNT RANIER AREA, A YOUNG IDAHOAN
BUSINESSMAN NAMED KENNETH ARNOLD SPOTTED SOMETHING THAT WOULD CHANGE HIS LIFE
FOREVER. JUST NORTH OF HIS POSITION FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF 9,500 FEET AND AN
UNPRECEDENTED AIRSPEED OF 1,700 MPH HE SPOTTED NINE CIRCULAR AIRCRAFT FLYING IN
FORMATION AND ACCORDING TO HIS ESTIMATE THE AIRCRAFT WERE APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE
OF A DC-4 AIRLINER ( JACKSON 4).
THIS ACCOUNT WAS THE FIRST SIGHTING TO EVER RECEIVE A GREAT DEAL OF
MEDIA ATTENTION. THIS SIGHTING GAVE BIRTH TO THE PHRASE "FLYING SAUCER" COINED
BY A REPORTER NAMED BILL BEGRETTE. ALTHOUGH NOT THE FIRST UFO SIGHTING IN
HISTORY, KENNETH ARNOLDS ACCOUNT IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FIRST DOCUMENTED UFO
SIGHTING. THE FOLLOWING DAY MR. ARNOLD DISCOVERED THAT IN ADDITION TO HIS
SIGHTING THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHERS IN THE MOUNT RANIER AREA THAT SAME DAY
(JACKSON 6).
WHEN MOST OF US THINK OF UFO SIGHTINGS, WE PICTURE AN UNEMPLOYED, HALF-
CRAZED, ALCOHOLIC HICK LIVING IN A TRAILER PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF SMALL TOWN, USA.
OFTEN TIMES THIS DESCRIPTION, ALTHOUGH A LITTLE EXAGGERATED, SEEMS TO FIT
FAIRLY WELL. IN THE PAST, WHEN THE AVERAGE PERSON... [continues]
OUTLINE
I. THINGS IN THE SKY
A. THE FIRST DOCUMENTED SIGHTING
B. THE FEVER SPREADS
1. PILOT ENCOUNTERS
2. THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY
II. DENTS IN THE EARTH
III. UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENON
A. THE WRITING ON THE WALL
B. GEODES
IV. WHAT ABOUT RELIGION?
A. THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE
B. THE ANCIENT GREEKS
C. THE AMERICAN INDIAN
V. CONCLUSION
WE ONCE BELIEVED THAT THE EARTH IS THE ONLY PLANET IN THE UNIVERSE THAT
SUPPORTS LIFE. TODAY THERE IS OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE THAT NOT ONLY SUGGESTS, BUT
SUPPORTS THE VERY REAL POSSIBILITY THAT WE MAY SHARE THE UNIVERSE WITH OTHER
INTELLIGENT BEINGS.
ON JUNE 24TH, 1947, WHILE SEARCHING FOR THE REMAINS OF A DOWNED MARINE
C-46 TRANSPORT LOST SOMEWHERE IN THE MOUNT RANIER AREA, A YOUNG IDAHOAN
BUSINESSMAN NAMED KENNETH ARNOLD SPOTTED SOMETHING THAT WOULD CHANGE HIS LIFE
FOREVER. JUST NORTH OF HIS POSITION FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF 9,500 FEET AND AN
UNPRECEDENTED AIRSPEED OF 1,700 MPH HE SPOTTED NINE CIRCULAR AIRCRAFT FLYING IN
FORMATION AND ACCORDING TO HIS ESTIMATE THE AIRCRAFT WERE APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE
OF A DC-4 AIRLINER ( JACKSON 4).
THIS ACCOUNT WAS THE FIRST SIGHTING TO EVER RECEIVE A GREAT DEAL OF
MEDIA ATTENTION. THIS SIGHTING GAVE BIRTH TO THE PHRASE "FLYING SAUCER" COINED
BY A REPORTER NAMED BILL BEGRETTE. ALTHOUGH NOT THE FIRST UFO SIGHTING IN
HISTORY, KENNETH ARNOLDS ACCOUNT IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FIRST DOCUMENTED UFO
SIGHTING. THE FOLLOWING DAY MR. ARNOLD DISCOVERED THAT IN ADDITION TO HIS
SIGHTING THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHERS IN THE MOUNT RANIER AREA THAT SAME DAY
(JACKSON 6).
WHEN MOST OF US THINK OF UFO SIGHTINGS, WE PICTURE AN UNEMPLOYED, HALF-
CRAZED, ALCOHOLIC HICK LIVING IN A TRAILER PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF SMALL TOWN, USA.
OFTEN TIMES THIS DESCRIPTION, ALTHOUGH A LITTLE EXAGGERATED, SEEMS TO FIT
FAIRLY WELL. IN THE PAST, WHEN THE AVERAGE PERSON... [continues]
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