Weatherday: The first UFOs

Acrobatics at Foynes Air Show (2018).

Rather cloudy with patchy light rain or drizzle precedes heavier rain in the afternoon, followed by occasional showers in the evening. Possibly thundery at times, giving a risk of spot flooding. 

Highest afternoon temperatures of around 17 degrees, in light to moderate easterly winds.

On this day in 1947 American businessman Kenneth Arnold saw a number of objects “flying like saucers” while piloting a small plane over Mount Rainier in Washington. It is considered the first modern sighting of UFOs and gave rise to the term flying saucer.

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