Arnold, K.

Japanese: アーノルド,K. - あーのるど
Arnold, K.

…Usually translated as “unidentified flying object”. It is said that on June 24, 1947, American businessman Arnold K. Arnold first witnessed nine mysterious objects flying at high speed while flying in his private plane over Mount Rainier in Washington State on the west coast. He likened the shape of the objects to a saucer, and so the name “flying saucer” was born. The translation is “flying saucer”, but there have been original sightings of flying objects in Japan since World War II, and some claim that the name was invented at that time. …

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Japanese:

…通常,〈未確認飛行物体〉と訳される。1947年6月24日,アメリカの実業家アーノルドK.Arnoldが西海岸ワシントン州のレイニア山付近上空を自家用機で飛行中,高速で飛翔する九つのなぞの物体を目撃したのが最初とされ,その形状を〈受け皿(ソーサー)〉にたとえたことから,〈フライング・ソーサーflying saucer〉という呼び名が生まれた。〈空飛ぶ円盤〉はその訳語だが,日本でも第2次大戦中から独自の目撃例があり,その際にこの名称が発案されたと主張する向きもある。…

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