Greg Eghgian

He did not utter the phrase flying saucer, but a very, very clever journalist who knew a good headline when he heard one said, ah, flying saucer, and it became flying saucer. And we know that this becomes a kind of very ready-made meme out there.

He did not utter the phrase flying saucer, but a very, very clever journalist who knew a good headline when he heard one said, ah, flying saucer, and it became flying saucer. And we know that this becomes a kind of very ready-made meme out there.

It goes viral, really, way before the internet, because Gallup Poll does a survey and finds that nine out of 10 Americans six weeks later know of this term flying saucer.

It goes viral, really, way before the internet, because Gallup Poll does a survey and finds that nine out of 10 Americans six weeks later know of this term flying saucer.

It goes viral, really, way before the internet, because Gallup Poll does a survey and finds that nine out of 10 Americans six weeks later know of this term flying saucer.

I mean, from that point on, that summer of 1947, as you're talking about, there were hundreds of reports across the United States. And then they start up in other parts of the world as well. And this whole phenomenon, this wave of sightings, Kenneth Arnold sighting that summer, also gets worldwide international news coverage.

I mean, from that point on, that summer of 1947, as you're talking about, there were hundreds of reports across the United States. And then they start up in other parts of the world as well. And this whole phenomenon, this wave of sightings, Kenneth Arnold sighting that summer, also gets worldwide international news coverage.

I mean, from that point on, that summer of 1947, as you're talking about, there were hundreds of reports across the United States. And then they start up in other parts of the world as well. And this whole phenomenon, this wave of sightings, Kenneth Arnold sighting that summer, also gets worldwide international news coverage.

So it becomes a kind of focal point and an origin point, right, for what's going to follow. Because from that point on, this thing that wasn't just a one-off. It's clear that there's other people seeing very similar things. That becomes a cause for people to now begin to ask the question, what is it? How do we make sense of it? If it is a set of objects, whose are they? What are they doing?

So it becomes a kind of focal point and an origin point, right, for what's going to follow. Because from that point on, this thing that wasn't just a one-off. It's clear that there's other people seeing very similar things. That becomes a cause for people to now begin to ask the question, what is it? How do we make sense of it? If it is a set of objects, whose are they? What are they doing?

So it becomes a kind of focal point and an origin point, right, for what's going to follow. Because from that point on, this thing that wasn't just a one-off. It's clear that there's other people seeing very similar things. That becomes a cause for people to now begin to ask the question, what is it? How do we make sense of it? If it is a set of objects, whose are they? What are they doing?

What's the intention here? The idea of aliens being behind it was not high on people's lists. That was not where people instantly went. And that was going to take a while before that actually gains any kind of real ground with people. But nonetheless, it was a mystery.

What's the intention here? The idea of aliens being behind it was not high on people's lists. That was not where people instantly went. And that was going to take a while before that actually gains any kind of real ground with people. But nonetheless, it was a mystery.

What's the intention here? The idea of aliens being behind it was not high on people's lists. That was not where people instantly went. And that was going to take a while before that actually gains any kind of real ground with people. But nonetheless, it was a mystery.

And it was one that unsettled people, particularly if you remember the context, which is this is just very shortly after World War II. People had seen what secret weapons could do. So this was a really, really perplexing, baffling, and even kind of scary thing for a lot of people.

And it was one that unsettled people, particularly if you remember the context, which is this is just very shortly after World War II. People had seen what secret weapons could do. So this was a really, really perplexing, baffling, and even kind of scary thing for a lot of people.

And it was one that unsettled people, particularly if you remember the context, which is this is just very shortly after World War II. People had seen what secret weapons could do. So this was a really, really perplexing, baffling, and even kind of scary thing for a lot of people.

Yeah, I mean... The idea that people would see anomalous things in the skies, in the heavens, and that these were meaningful, these were significant. The sky wasn't just observed, it was read for messages. Yes. That goes back to ancient times. The idea that we are not alone, that we might not be alone in the universe is also an old one.

Yeah, I mean... The idea that people would see anomalous things in the skies, in the heavens, and that these were meaningful, these were significant. The sky wasn't just observed, it was read for messages. Yes. That goes back to ancient times. The idea that we are not alone, that we might not be alone in the universe is also an old one.

Yeah, I mean... The idea that people would see anomalous things in the skies, in the heavens, and that these were meaningful, these were significant. The sky wasn't just observed, it was read for messages. Yes. That goes back to ancient times. The idea that we are not alone, that we might not be alone in the universe is also an old one.