From Kenneth Arnold's 1947 Sighting to Modern Data: The United States' Persistent Fascination with UFOs
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Kenneth Arnold’s 1947 sighting popularized flying saucers and started America’s long fascination with beings in the sky; belief in alien UFOs endures, fed by government actions and pop culture, reinforced by recent security fears, with NUFORC data showing California leading in reports and Charlotte as the top North Carolina city, even as officials say extraterrestrial life does not exist.
