>  -=> 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.
The first "pictures" to accompany his story was a drawing of cresent
shaped objects, not unlike our B-2 bomber.
Regards,
Jack
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