America's flying saucer craze began with a UFO sighting near Mount Rainier

A 1947 sighting over Mount Rainier launched America's UFO craze.
Hyperallergic

What’s a UFO Show With No Flying Saucers?

Voice of Space: UFOs and Paranormal Phenomena at the Drawing Center has ambitious goals. The wall text asks: “What role do UFOs and paranormal phenomena play in shaping our understanding of the ...
Yahoo

'Flying saucer' arrives at NASA for Artemis 3 moon mission in time for World UFO Day | Space photo of the d...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Did a flying saucer just land at NASA? It sure looks like it. This is actually the weather cover for the core stage of NASA's ...
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'Waiting for their flying saucer': Louisiana experts weigh in on new Pentagon UFO files

The National UFO Reporting Center has documented nearly 1,200 UFO sightings coming from people in Louisiana, but experts say 95% of the sightings nationally can be explained later. Now, as the ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1947, an Alien Ship Allegedly Crashes in Roswell, New Mexico, Leading To Countless Songs About Extraterrestrials

No matter where in the United States one might be from, everybody knows about the infamous Roswell, New Mexico incident that occurred in 1947 on this very day. It was a culture-changing moment and the ...

A look at the speakers for this weekend's Chehalis Flying Saucer Party

With the Chehalis Flying Saucer Party — officially called FSP2026 this year — set to kick off Friday, Sept. 11, believers and ...