We are not alone

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OUTLINE

I. THINGS IN THE SKY

A. THE FIRST DOCUMENTED SIGHTING

B. THE FEVER SPREADS

1. PILOT ENCOUNTERS

2. THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY

II. DENTS IN THE EARTH

III. UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENON

A. THE WRITING ON THE WALL

B. GEODES

IV. WHAT ABOUT RELIGION?

A. THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE

B. THE ANCIENT GREEKS

C. THE AMERICAN INDIAN

V. CONCLUSION

WE ARE NOT ALONE

WE ONCE BELIEVED THAT THE EARTH IS THE ONLY PLANET IN THE

UNIVERSE THAT SUPPORTS LIFE. TODAY THERE IS OVERWHELMING

EVIDENCE THAT NOT ONLY SUGGESTS, BUT SUPPORTS THE VERY REAL

POSSIBILITY THAT WE MAY SHARE THE UNIVERSE WITH OTHER

INTELLIGENT BEINGS.

ON JUNE 24TH, 1947, WHILE SEARCHING FOR THE REMAINS OF A

DOWNED MARINE C-46 TRANSPORT LOST SOMEWHERE IN THE MOUNT

RANIER AREA, A YOUNG IDAHOAN BUSINESSMAN NAMED KENNETH

ARNOLD SPOTTED SOMETHING THAT WOULD CHANGE HIS LIFE FOREVER.

JUST NORTH OF HIS POSITION FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF 9,500 FEET AND

AN UNPRECEDENTED AIRSPEED OF 1,700 MPH HE SPOTTED NINE

CIRCULAR AIRCRAFT FLYING IN FORMATION AND ACCORDING TO HIS

ESTIMATE THE AIRCRAFT WERE APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF A DC-4

AIRLINER ( JACKSON 4).

THIS ACCOUNT WAS THE FIRST SIGHTING TO EVER RECEIVE A

GREAT DEAL OF MEDIA ATTENTION. THIS SIGHTING GAVE BIRTH TO THE

PHRASE 'FLYING SAUCER' COINED BY A REPORTER NAMED BILL

BEGRETTE. ALTHOUGH NOT THE FIRST UFO SIGHTING IN HISTORY,

KENNETH ARNOLDS ACCOUNT IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FIRST

DOCUMENTED UFO SIGHTING. THE FOLLOWING DAY MR. ARNOLD

DISCOVERED THAT IN ADDITION TO HIS SIGHTING THERE WERE SEVERAL

OTHERS IN THE MOUNT RANIER AREA THAT SAME DAY (JACKSON 6).

WHEN MOST OF US THINK OF UFO SIGHTINGS, WE PICTURE AN

UNEMPLOYED, HALF-CRAZED, ALCOHOLIC HICK LIVING IN A TRAILER

PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF SMALL TOWN, USA. OFTEN TIMES THIS

DESCRIPTION, ALTHOUGH...