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Podcast: Macroaggressions
Episode: #411: The Origin Story Of The Flying Saucer | Ryder Lee
Description: Documentary filmmaker and host of “Raised By Giants” podcast, Ryder Lee, is back to discuss the media manipulation associated with the origin story surrounding the first published reports of somebody seeing a flying saucer in the sky. Kenneth Arnold’s story has been retold countless times, but are they getting the wording correct, and did he ever use the term “flying saucer” to describe what he said? The answer changes the trajectory of UFO research.
What was the role of the American intelligence agencies in feeding scare stories about UFOs into the minds of impressionable people while in various st...