AudioBlog: When UFOs Were Flying Disks

Hoaxes have been a part of the flying saucer/UFO mystery from its
very beginning. Shortly after Kenneth Arnold’s sighting report on
June 24, 1947, people started coming forward with physical disks
they claimed to have found in their yards, in fields, or to have
actually seen flying through the air in flames and then crash.
Claimants ranged from school children to professional adults, and
there is even a report from a Catholic priest that received a good
deal of press. The priest’s case, as well as others of this sort
ended up in FBI files. The disks that were displayed were obviously
home made, sometimes quite crudely, but there was the possibility
that these could be responsible for valid sightings reports by
people who were truly mystified. Read more