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The Gallop Poll - August,1947
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August 1947 Gallup Poll"
(www.galluppoll.com)
Q. What do you think these saucers are?"
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33% |
- Imagination, optical illusions, mirages, etc
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29% |
- Hoax 10% US secret weapon, part of atomic bomb, etc.
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15% |
- Weather forecasting devices
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3% |
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1% |
- Searchlights on airplanes
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2% |
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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." |
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