Kenneth Arnold

Kenneth Albert Arnold (March 29, 1915[1] – January 16, 1984[2]) was an American aviator and businessman. He is best known for making what is generally considered the first widely reported modern unidentified flying object sighting in the United States, after claiming to have seen nine unusual objects flying in tandem near Mount Rainier, Washington on June 24, 1947.

This article is about the businessman and pilot. For the programmer, see Ken Arnold.

Kenneth Albert Arnold
Born(1915-03-29)March 29, 1915
Sebeka, Minnesota
DiedJanuary 16, 1984(1984-01-16) (aged 68)
Bellevue, Washington
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
OccupationBusinessman, aviator

UFO sighting
Main article: Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting

Personal life

Arnold and his wife Doris had four daughters. He died, aged 68, from colon cancer at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue, Washington.[3]

Bibliography

References
  1. Project 1947, "Some life data on Kenneth Arnold"
  2. Find a grave, Cremated, and ashes given to his wife
  3. Collins, Curt (March 15, 2017). "UFOs, Kenneth Arnold and the American Bible". blueblurrylines.com. Archived from the original on January 20, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2018.

Sources
  • Arnold, Kenneth; Palmer, Ray (1952), The coming of the saucers: a documentary report on sky objects that have mystified the world, Boise, Wisconsin: Privately published by the authors, p. 192, 3021444
  • Clark, Jerome, The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning, Volume 2, A-K, Detroit: Omnigraphics, 1998 (2nd edition, 2005), ISBN 0-7808-0097-4
  • Campbell, Steuart, The UFO Mystery Solved, Explicit Books, 1994, ISBN 0-9521512-0-0
  • Obituary, Idaho Statesman, January 22, 1984
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