In 1947, a pilot named Kenneth Arnold was flying from Chehalis, Washington, to Yakima.
We are honored indeed to have here in our studio this man, Kenneth Arnold, who we believe may be able to give us a first-hand account and give you the same on what happened.
Arnold said there, motion was like saucers skipping over water.
Arnold began doing interviews with both media and military officials about what he'd seen.
Here's Mark Pilkington again, explaining what happened to Arnold next.
Then Arnold's story also took a dark turn.
As Pilkington notes, Arnold was asked to assist in an investigation into the UFO encounter involving the fishermen in nearby Washington State.
Shortly after leaving a meeting with Kenneth Arnold, two Air Force investigators who worked with military intelligence boarded a cargo plane with fragments retrieved by Dahl and examined by Arnold.
Years later, Arnold told reporters that the eventual information stalemate from the military after the crash startled him more than the actual UFOs he'd seen over Mount Rainier.