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unusual facts about flying disc


The Mississauga Blob

The Mississauga Blob was the name given to a flaming object—later identified as a frisbee—that fell on a back-yard picnic table in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, at about 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 16, 1979.


Aerobie

Directly modeled after the ancient Indian (Sikh/Punjabi) battle weapon, the Chakram, an Aerobie is a flying ring used in a manner similar to a flying disc (Frisbee), for recreational catches between two or more individuals.


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Aerobie

In the 1970s, Alan Adler began attempting to improve the flying disc, considering its design characteristics.

Roswell UFO incident

The many rumors regarding the flying disc became a reality yesterday when the intelligence office of the 509th Bomb group of the Eighth Air Force, Roswell Army Air Field, was fortunate enough to gain possession of a disc through the cooperation of one of the local ranchers and the sheriff's office of Chaves County.