[Ads-l] antedating "unidentified flying object"

[Ben Zimmer]

See my WSJ column on "UFO" from February, which includes the 1947 and 1949
cites:

https://on.wsj.com/3Edux7t

--bgz


On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 11:00 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> OED: 1950, s.v. "unidentified."
>
> 1947 _Times-News_ (Twin Falls Idaho) (July 6) 1: Within a 20-minute period,
> at least 35 of the unidentified flying objects were seen by nearly 60
> persons who were picnicking at Twin falls park [sic] Saturday.
>
> 1948 in L. H. Truettner  & A. B. Deyermond _Unidentified Aerial Objects:
> Project Sign_ (Wright Patterson AFB: HQ Air Materiel Command, 1949) ii:
> "Project Sign" - Identification of Unidentified Flying Objects.
>
> 1949 Ibid. iii: No definite evidence is yet available to confirm or
> disprove the existence of unidentified flying objects as new and unknown
> types of aircraft. A limited number of incidents have been identified as
> known objects.
>
> <goog_2001972183>
> https://archive.org/details/ProjectSIGN/page/n3/mode/2up?q=%22u.a.o.%22
>
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