AudioBlog: Metal From the UFO

From the days of the earliest citizen UFO investigators, metals
associated with UFO reports have been held up as evidence for
extraterrestrial visitation. Labs have been employed in testing and
claims have been made that the results support a non-earthly origin
for the material in question. While some of these claims have been
dismissed, others continue to be debated. The first modern UFO era
citizen investigator was Kenneth Arnold, who was also the first
modern era UFO witness. Arnold had seen a fleet of UFOs while
flying near Mt. Rainier on June 24, 1947. Arnold was offered an
assignment by publisher, Ray Palmer, who was looking for a good
story for the premier issue of his new venture, Fate magazine.
Palmer had received a letter describing a sighting near Maury
Island, off the coast of Tacoma, Washington. Six donut-shaped craft
were reported, one of which seemed to be having difficulties. It
discharged hot material that allegedly injured the witness’s son
and killed his dog. Palmer asked Arnold to look into the story, and
Arnold asked for $200. Palmer wired him the money and Arnold became
the world’s first privately funded UFO investigator. Read
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