-=> Quoting Jack Sargeant to Paul Andinach <=-
 >  HP> A fifty year old case. An experienced pilot, Kenneth
 >  HP> Arnold, saw a train objects that flew extremely fast
 >  HP> from his private aircraft. They didn't look like aircraft,
 >    False. In fact, Arnold's initial conclusion was that they were
 > some new kind of winged aircraft.
 JS> Arnold described them as crescent-shaped objects bobbing up and down
 JS> like saucers do when skipped across water.
   My statement is based on an interview with Arnold by a respected reporter, 
in which Arnold was very keen on setting the record straight.
 JS> A reporter picked up on
 JS> this, and coined the phrase "flying saucer." This began the POPULAR
 JS> use of the term "flying saucer," regardless of the usage of the term
 JS> in past times as you have suggested.
   I didn't mean to suggest that. I know that popular use of the term began 
with Arnold's interviews.
   I was trying to say that reports of vehicles that could be described as 
flying saucers predate that, even if they weren't called "flying saucers" at 
the time.
Regards,
Paul
... Gotta run. My neighbors just sighted Elvis making crop circles.  
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