The Gallop Poll - August,1947  

 

August 1947 Gallup Poll"   (www.galluppoll.com)

Q. What do you think these saucers are?"

  • No answer, don't know

33%

  • Imagination, optical illusions, mirages, etc

29%

  • Hoax 10% US secret weapon, part of atomic bomb, etc.

15%

  • Weather forecasting devices

3%

  • Russian secret weapon

1%

  • Searchlights on airplanes

2%

  • Other explanations

9%

Total

102%

(Adds to more than 100% because some gave more than one answer.)

"Guesses ranged all the way from practical to miraculous. Among the later was a woman, citing biblical text, who said it was a sign of the world's end. A man in the West thought the discs were radio waves from the Bikini atomic bomb explosion while another man saw in them a new product being put out by the 'Dupont people.'

"A few people smelled a publicity or advertising stunt, while others felt sure that the saucers were after all only some kind of meteor or comet."