Kenneth Arnold: Munthu yemwe adayambitsa dziko lapansi ku Flying Saucers

Ngati mumafufuza tsiku lenileni losonyeza chiyambi cha kutengeka mtima kwathu ndi mbale zowuluka, wopikisana nawo amene amatchulidwa kawirikawiri ndi June 24, 1947. Limeneli linali tsiku limene Kenneth Arnold, woyendetsa ndege wachinyamata wa ku Idaho, ankawulukira kamwana kake. ndege, CallAir A-2, pamwamba pa tawuni ya Mineral m'chigawo cha Washington.

Woyendetsa ndege Kenneth Arnold ndi chojambula cha imodzi mwa ma UFO omwe adawona pafupi ndi Mt. Rainier mu 1947
Woyendetsa ndege Kenneth Arnold ndi chojambula cha imodzi mwa ma UFO omwe adawona pafupi ndi Mt. Rainier mu 1947

Kumwamba kunali koyera, ndipo kunali kamphepo kayeziyezi. Pamene Kenneth Arnold anali paulendo wopita ku chiwonetsero cha ndege ku Oregon, adatenga mwayi wofufuza pang'ono m'dera lozungulira Mount Rainier - gawo lomwe ndege ya Marine Corps C-46 yachitika posachedwa pafupi ndipo mphoto ya $5,000 inali kuperekedwa kwa aliyense amene akanapeza malo owonongekawo.

Mwadzidzidzi, monga momwe Arnold amakumbukira pambuyo pake, adawona kuwala kowala - kung'anima chabe, ngati kunyezimira kwa dzuwa pamene igunda galasi pamene galasi likugwedezeka. Anali ndi utoto wabuluu. Poyamba, iye ankaganiza kuti kuwalako kuyenera kuti kumachokera ku ndege ina; atayang'ana uku ndi uku, anangoona ngati DC-4. Zinkawoneka ngati zikuwuluka pafupifupi makilomita 15 kuchokera kwa iye. Sizinali kuthwanima.

Kenneth Arnold: munthu yemwe adayambitsa dziko lapansi ku Flying Saucers
Chojambula chotsatsa cha filimu ya 1950 'The Flying Saucer.' © Chithunzi ngongole: Colonial Productions

M'mafunso pambuyo pake, Arnold adafotokoza zakuyenda ngati kaiti-mchira mumphepo, kapena mbale yodumpha pamadzi. Anawerengera liwiro lawo kukhala pafupifupi mamailo 1,200 pa ola. Ngakhale adanena kuti anali ndi malingaliro "odabwitsa", Arnold sanakhulupirire kuti adawona zaluso zakuthambo. Iye ankakhulupirira kuti inali chabe mtundu wina wa jeti woyesera.

Atafika, Arnold anauza mnzake zimene anaona. Anthu akhala akuwona zinthu zosadziwika zikuwuluka mlengalenga kuyambira kalekale anthu asanathe kuthawa, koma kukumana kwa Arnold kunali koyamba kuwonedwa pambuyo pa nkhondo ya UFO ku US ― nkhaniyo idafalikira mwachangu.

Magazini ya pa June 26 ya The Chicago Sun inali ndi mutu wakuti “Supersonic Flying Saucers Sighted by Idaho Pilot,” yomwe imakhulupirira kuti ndiyo kugwiritsa ntchito koyamba kwa mawu akuti mbale yowuluka.

Pafupifupi milungu iŵiri pambuyo pake, pa July 8, nkhani inamveka ya ngozi ya mbale yowuluka pa famu ya ku Roswell, New Mexico. Chochitikacho chadziwika kuti chimayambitsa mikangano pakati pa akatswiri a ufologists, monga akuluakulu a boma adanena kuti zowonongeka, pamodzi ndi mitembo yaing'ono yomwe inafotokozedwa ndi mboni, inali buluni chabe ya nyengo.

Kodi ngozi yomwe idachitika ku Roswell inali imodzi mwazombo zomwe Arnold adakumana nazo mwezi wathawu?

1947 idakhala chaka cholembera malipoti a UFO. Nyuzipepala kuzungulira US ndi Canada adanenanso kuti anthu 853 adawona zaluso zosadziwika bwino, zosachepera 250 zomwe ofufuza awona kuti ndizodalirika chifukwa cha mbiri ya magwero kapena kulondola kwazomwe zanenedwa.