Kenneth Arnold

Kenneth Albert Arnold (March 29, 1915 - January 16, 1984) was an American aviator and businessman, widely regarded as the herald of the age of Ufology and mass sightings following his reporting of unidentified flying objects that he witnessed on 24 June 1947 while flying near Mount Rainier, Washington.

U.F.O. Research

 * "When I came within a half mile of two of them in 1952, I felt they were aware of me and I certainly was aware of them. Yet while I had the feeling objects were alive and not machines, it seemed to me they had the ability to change density." [...] "These things are with us, whether we like it or not, and they've been with us for at least 600 years." (Kenneth Arnold, quoted in newspaper interview with Idaho State Journal, 29 March 1966)

Political Career and Later Life

 * Republican candidate for Governor - 1962 - withdrew
 * Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Idaho - 1962 - lost (107,821) to incumbent William E. Drevlow (128,697)
 * Republican primary candidate - First Congressional District, Idaho - 1966 - lost primaries with two delegate votes
 * Campaigned on behalf of Barry Goldwater, 1970

Arnold had retired to Meridian, Idaho by the late 1970s, where he resided until his passing in 1984.

Resources

 * PROJECT 1947: The Kenneth Arnold Page (project1947.com)