Kenneth Arnold saw nine flying objects at impossible speed. This wasn’t Roswell. This was the beginning.
In 1947, pilot Kenneth Arnold witnessed something that would change history—nine metallic objects flying in formation at speeds no human aircraft could match. This wasn't Roswell. This was the true beginning of the modern UFO era.
The media called them “flying saucers.” The military scrambled. The world watched.
Join Divergent Files as we unravel the sighting that started it all—and why, even decades later, no one has debunked it.
What did Arnold really see? Was it technology beyond its time—or something not from this world?
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