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Arnold, Kenneth, 1915-1984

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Personal name headingArnold, Kenneth, 1915-1984
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Other standard no.Q1121306
Birth date1915-03-29
Death date1984-01-16
Place of birthSebeka (Minn.)
Place of deathBellevue (Wash.)
Field of activityUnidentified flying objects--Sightings and encounters
Profession or occupationAir pilots Businesspeople Politicians
Found inThe coming of the saucers, ©1952: title page (Kenneth Arnold; Member Idaho Search and Rescue Mercy Flyers; Flying deputy for the Ada County Aerial Posse; acting deputy Federal United States Marshal; Aerial salesman and originator of the Great Western Fire Control System)
Wikipedia, April 1, 2024 (Kennieth Arnold; Kenneth Albert Arnold; born Sebeka, Minnesota, March 29, 1915; attended the University of Minnesota; started his own company, the Great Western Fire Control Supply in Boise, Idaho; He is best known for making what is generally considered the first widely reported modern unidentified flying object sighting in the United States; In 1962, Arnold won the Republican Party's nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, losing in the general election; died Bellevue, Washington, January 16, 1984)
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