[Ads-l] Very Slight Antedating of "Flying Saucer" in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

Mon Mar 8 13:16:27 UTC 2021

At least one of the those published on 26 June has a dateline of 25 June. Kenneth Arnold's sighting was on 24 June 1947.

“Sees Mystery Aerial ‘Train’ 5 Miles Long.” Chicago Daily Tribune, 26 June 1947 (Dateline: 25 June), 1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers.

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The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction has 27 June 1947 as its first citation. A search in Newspapers.com yields many newspaper citations dated 26 June 1947.

Fred Shapiro

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