Before Aliens: When Flying Saucers Were A Cold War Threat

<p>What’s scarier, aliens or commies? Today we’re talking about a period during the tense, paranoid and uncertain early Cold War where Americans saw a rash of UFO sightings, setting off a panic. It wasn’t the prospect of little green men that put the country on edge, it was the idea that these objects could be Russians with secret technology…and we would be defenseless. </p><p><br></p><p>I use the 1950 B-film “The Flying Saucer” as a good illustration of where America’s mind was at around 1947-50. </p><p><br></p><p>I’ll also discuss the origin of the “flying saucer” term and the famous Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting that kicked it all off. </p><p><br></p><p>As always, go to Red Dragon Herbs to get yourself some tea to support this podcast </p>