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On June 24, 1947, Kenneth Arnold reported seeing nine bright objects flying in formation while flying near Mount Rainier. He was the first pilot whose sighting became a worldwide media sensation, and his report led newspapers to coin the term "flying saucer." However, Arnold was not describing the UFOs...

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Untold War Stories

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Kimi no na wa in real life? A dashcam in Kumamoto, Japan captured a fireball streaking across Japan’s night sky on Tuesday, August 19. Another live camera recording also caught the moment a ball of light briefly lit up the night sky in Kagoshima. Local media NHK reported that the “fireball,” which experts say was a particularly bright shooting star, was seen in various parts of Kyushu and Shikoku. Toshihisa Maeda, the director of the Sendai Space Museum described the “fireball” as a phenomenon in which dust particles or asteroid fragments from outer space glow brightly as they enter the atmosphere and burn up. “I imagine the surrounding area became as bright as day for a moment, and it's possible that it fell into the ocean as a meteorite," Maeda said. | via Reuters Video courtesy: marupeke/@ marubatu7, Nandenko via Reuters
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Kimi no na wa in real life? A dashcam in Kumamoto, Japan captured a fireball streaking across Japan’s night sky on Tuesday, August 19. Another live camera recording also caught the moment a ball of light briefly lit up the night sky in Kagoshima. Local media NHK reported that the “fireball,” which experts say was a particularly bright shooting star, was seen in various parts of Kyushu and Shikoku. Toshihisa Maeda, the director of the Sendai Space Museum described the “fireball” as a phenomenon in which dust particles or asteroid fragments from outer space glow brightly as they enter the atmosphere and burn up. “I imagine the surrounding area became as bright as day for a moment, and it's possible that it fell into the ocean as a meteorite," Maeda said. | via Reuters Video courtesy: marupeke/@ marubatu7, Nandenko via Reuters

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