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The guy who started it all - here is some information about Pelicans. Which is probably what Arnold saw.
"At first, I thought that they were geese because they flew like geese."
"Maybe it would be best to describe their flight characteristics as very similar to a formation of geese."
— Kenneth Arnold, 1948
Kenneth Arnold and Pelicans
June 26, 1947: Kenneth Arnold is interviewed live on KWRC radio in Pendleton, Oregon, by broadcaster Theodore A. "Ted" Smith. (NOT Bill Bequette)
Transcript
In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight.
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!
— Alfred Bester in 1943.
"At first, I thought that they were geese because they flew like geese."
"Maybe it would be best to describe their flight characteristics as very similar to a formation of geese."
— Kenneth Arnold, 1948
Kenneth Arnold and Pelicans
June 26, 1947: Kenneth Arnold is interviewed live on KWRC radio in Pendleton, Oregon, by broadcaster Theodore A. "Ted" Smith. (NOT Bill Bequette)
Transcript
In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight.
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!
— Alfred Bester in 1943.