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FBI file 62-HQ-83894 Flying Discs, section 3

Department of War · 2026-05-08 · 190 pages · text from the file's own layer

This section of FBI file 62-HQ-83894 on flying discs collects 1947 FBI memoranda, teletypes and Army Air Forces intelligence papers. It includes F. M. Johnson's report of discs near Mt. Adams on June 24, 1947, the Maury Island claims of Harold Dahl and Fred Crisman, the fatal B-25 crash at Kelso, Washington that killed investigators Davidson and Brown, MIT findings that New Hampshire fragments were ordinary cast iron, and A. C. Urie's Twin Falls sighting. It ends with the Bureau discontinuing its disc investigations.

  • p. 137 …He advised that he v:oulcl be :!;lad to answer any further inquiries and will cooperate…
  • p. 159 …This letter is entitled "Cooperation of FBI with A.AF on Investigations of 'Flying Disc' Incidents…
  • p. 161 …It is requested that each A-2 informally coordinate and cooperate with the FBI, generally keeping…
  • p. 181 …SMITH, Assistant Chief of Staff - Intelligence, Headquarters Air Defense Command, Mitchel Field, New York, concerning "Cooperation…
  • p. 184 …It is requested that each A-2 informally coordinate and cooperate with the FBI, generally keeping…
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th ~ew oh1 t, r/., gt,. •• D. rmms. was o.t a tm houoe nc r the eo•n• o!'
'ho ara•h and wa11 ir jnr•4• 8gt. TAFF ~hen 1•4 an o;abul ·new to ct• . -1
wi:10 auba•~u•ntly ~ukon to• lo~ 1 hoaplt 1. At oe10 ~r t.n attecp,
11 4• :'\o iiel•phono Q.• 'S JIAl-nLTO?i Plm.D bu\ no ananr ■ reoeiYOclJ
hc:rire\'Cr• it waa known tha.t HAUILTO?f APS ••• ••ar o!' t.ha inoident an4
would notl.fy Sq. D. At 0700 PST Ct.pt. LlTfifBW. departed 1n a C-46 tor
lilll.SO. t.t 0746 PST ~ 'WI\• ontaoted by ph~no ellii C1Yon tl.oah roporti .
At 0905 PSf OA?!' Ll'l''me."Lt phonod an<i infenad th11i; he hn4 placed CAP'lAlR
FO!lS &RG in oharge of Arq por1ou~ 1 p rocffdtnr, tc the •oane ot the ora,h.
Co M. l aoa~ch waa· neoo8sary a o1Till•n• in the area know tho xao~
1 tion of tho craah nd h•d report.ec.l tin.din~ on• ( 1) bo~ in t.h~ ll'l'♦ ol- ••
CAPl'. LITTRELL prepared \o fly ttt'• 1'AFF o.nd MA'l'IffilYS to COHOHD FJ&LL
tor d1o l att ntiou. arrh1ng a 03,5 PST. The 11urvhn,r-e et.ntud th t ~
thc-.1 bolioY- cl 1tbor ,ho l)Hot nor oo--p1lot. h.aa p re.ohutod f'roo tho
plo.uc. 'l'ht! o :taco of: 'th 1nc1dont • flt tMo tiC".o deto1•mlnt1d to be a r1N
in tho l rt u:q;tn • CJ.Pt L!ffiU";J.t 8 inforr.od by Sgt;. fl.FF that h
belie~ oln1si!'iocl doctm nts hnd bean abocrd tho planc,1 C~f '.FORSlWRO
a 1natructod t-o telko n OOH&U")' pro0t/.ut1onn. An Mbu.ltinc t the pl ne
a1: 'CCHO D FhLD onrry1ns h two 11urviT'1r8 and took: thc:n to tho hoGpltal.
Int rrotrt-tion Tavonled t~t tho l 1't •~ciuo hnd o u;ht fir 1u tho power
• ction and rlCl:llo Wl~ Gpro to tho rll&ht dock AlJnodt 1ci:::ed•
1atoly.. The or-., oh1ot, llAT.tlffiJS1 aa1et cl TAf!'F 11l e.tto.ching h1u ohaat
pool; d ~/Jt'F abundonc:,4 tho plano tan cst1=t d nlt1tudo or lO 000 rt
(eii• tot 1• 4oubto4 but la not conaidored11ZOooa1 r11y rol~vimtj.
TI ,S holped tho pilot nd oo-p11ot ttaoh their chaot cka (nll por•
aomiol hnd '.»oo\'i nr111r; th• blll'ndsa) and •• bo lort -th pk.no ,me • r• th•~
th• CO"':S)iloti • p paril'\8 to :follow. Trut pilot hM1 •tartod o leave &."'If!,
to th beet r•oollectio» ot • 1'llfils. • pci.rtl lly -.to.n4iDG na holcU.ng
thD c nt:tol ~h ol vt1. t hi left rid. W.i'iiti:7 • S •t•t•tl.ttnta rin 1 t t}; t
propor 03r ~ncy ~rooed~res hnd been porror:lo4 out that ho ~l e bat n-
°"'lopcd the ~ntir• lei'\ a1do l!:!Oet i diately. TAPf at t 4 \ t , beoauao
()t th full moon nd goo4 1rl•S.bl11ty• he so. UA'f'l!El'JS J avo tho ;,l~• Md
as bl to follow th plane to tile round ana thQt ho anv no ono ol••
lb il out. Tho •hip • uv lop d in f'lamao and m. boc1nninc to f 11 a rt
botor hittins th ·round w'nor 1t exploded ond burud about on.o (1) ail•
trm wt.are )us• TAPP, leGed.. U t ill o. tn,o. end not l:r.owin~ how to
r leaae his paraohut or ho ~\llck-detaor.abl• kinct. out himaolt looH troa
tho t tio•a Y.ith hie pouet mire. Be kick d end ~trugglcd end eventually
ju d ~o th• gro~nd, ~ooeiYin5 jolt oD i~aot b~t 8 unAble to gu•••
how t r ho ha4 !'c.llen. l!o thon tollowd a oow tb tor ~n e tin\ed twv
(2) ell • to a !'a.m h0\!1 • arr1v1~ rter TJIBWS . ~ anwh11 ; a • T.EIE\7&
ol• r.-d th• plan~ ho t\arnad nd tho plane 1triko tho round, e,:plod.e
nd burn. Juart be.fore or just at 'tbc 1m or 1tipac\ .be a . ~n obj11of;
-.l'iro thromt olo r or tho r,l no but did tot know whoth&r 1t ma ,p<1rc1J1l
or r rt at th~ pl•n•• ?4AfE :\iB alao 11~ in a tree, anct att~r rr 1ug h1:selt
~ hi r- oaa, foll to 'tho uoiu.14 w..•r• he ~Jur d hl ck. lost
conoolou neae and on rocoverinz ni. to tho burning planu, bout t'l.t'by

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