Comments on: UFO’s through the years http://depletedcranium.com/ufos-through-the-years/ Bad Science And Scary Science Wed, 23 May 2012 23:59:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: drbuzz0 http://depletedcranium.com/ufos-through-the-years/comment-page-1/#comment-24234 drbuzz0 Thu, 20 May 2010 00:21:48 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=168#comment-24234 I'm not saying that Kenneth Arnold could have seen an actual YB-49. He was just slightly too early for the first flight of the YB-49. However, there were other flying-wing aircraft at the time, such as the XB-35, which the YB-49 was based on. Also the Northrup N1M and N9M test aircraft. Also, the YB-49 was not developed secretly. The aircraft was featured on newsreels and other media coverage. My point is not that he actually saw a YB-49. What I'm saying is that in 1947, the YB-49 and flying wing aircraft represented the cutting edge of aircraft design and were the most exotic, futuristic aircraft. When someone thought about what the future of aircraft would look like, this is what would come to mind. It might be likened to how today the future is things like unmanned aircraft or maybe some exotic concept plane like the Boeing Sonicruiser or one of the recent military orbital space plane test vehicles. I don't know what Kenneth Arnold saw. I do think his accounts were influenced by what the state of the art in aircraft of the time was. I’m not saying that Kenneth Arnold could have seen an actual YB-49. He was just slightly too early for the first flight of the YB-49. However, there were other flying-wing aircraft at the time, such as the XB-35, which the YB-49 was based on. Also the Northrup N1M and N9M test aircraft.

Also, the YB-49 was not developed secretly. The aircraft was featured on newsreels and other media coverage.

My point is not that he actually saw a YB-49. What I’m saying is that in 1947, the YB-49 and flying wing aircraft represented the cutting edge of aircraft design and were the most exotic, futuristic aircraft. When someone thought about what the future of aircraft would look like, this is what would come to mind.

It might be likened to how today the future is things like unmanned aircraft or maybe some exotic concept plane like the Boeing Sonicruiser or one of the recent military orbital space plane test vehicles.

I don’t know what Kenneth Arnold saw. I do think his accounts were influenced by what the state of the art in aircraft of the time was.

]]> By: Pablo Ayo http://depletedcranium.com/ufos-through-the-years/comment-page-1/#comment-24233 Pablo Ayo Thu, 20 May 2010 00:10:38 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=168#comment-24233 Hi, About Kenneth Arnold, I find quite interesting your idea to compare the objects he seen in 1947 with the very similar "flying wing" Northrup YB-49. But, a theory to be complete have to be prooved in the details. So, the first flight of the YB-47 happened the 1st October of 1947, by the other hand the UFO sightning of Arnolds take place june 24 1947, as to say four months earlier. If that sound confusing, image that Nortrup have created only two (2) prototypes of the YB-47, and one crashed june 5th 47, 19 days earlier that Arnolds witnesses nine (9) objects flying near Mount Rainier, very far away from Muroc Air Field. So, I guess that will be hard to prove that Kenneth Arnold have seen nine YB-49 flying up there. So, the answer have to be seek elsewhere. Hi,
About Kenneth Arnold, I find quite interesting your idea to compare the objects he seen in 1947 with the very similar “flying wing” Northrup YB-49. But, a theory to be complete have to be prooved in the details. So, the first flight of the YB-47 happened the 1st October of 1947, by the other hand the UFO sightning of Arnolds take place june 24 1947, as to say four months earlier. If that sound confusing, image that Nortrup have created only two (2) prototypes of the YB-47, and one crashed june 5th 47, 19 days earlier that Arnolds witnesses nine (9) objects flying near Mount Rainier, very far away from Muroc Air Field. So, I guess that will be hard to prove that Kenneth Arnold have seen nine YB-49 flying up there. So, the answer have to be seek elsewhere.

]]> By: Larry Grimm http://depletedcranium.com/ufos-through-the-years/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Larry Grimm Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:08:07 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=168#comment-421 My favorite spaceship is the Winnebago looking spaceship in Spaceballs. It's clean, slick, comfortable design would be a favorite for any space traveller. My favorite spaceship is the Winnebago looking spaceship in Spaceballs. It’s clean, slick, comfortable design would be a favorite for any space traveller.

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