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

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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.

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TWIN FALLS, IDAHO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1947
Heads Up, Follis! The Discs Are Flying A
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-This Is an artist's con ception of the flying disc t hat A. C. Urie saw Isides, a nd could well be t h e inspiration for something new in women's
sweepin g- t hrough Sna ke river canyon six miles west of Blue Lakes hats, such as a "flylnr saucer" creation. (Drawing by Vic Goer tzen-
ranch. It seemed t o be powered by jets emitting a fiery glow on both staff engraving)
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Flying Saucer Reported Flashing DoWil Canyon
At 1,000 Miles Per ·Hour; Two Others Are Seen
By JOHN B ROSNAN
Just as Magic Valley and the
nation were starting to let go o!
lampposts after reeling under a.
welter of flying saucer reports, two
more Twin Falls county men re
vived speculation on the mystery
with vivid descriptions of discs they
saw.
~ From A. C. Urie, who operates
I.he Auger Falls Trout farm six
miles west o! Blue Lakes ranch in
• • ke river canyon, came perhaps
~ most detailed account of one of
the fast-flying objects the nation
has yet produced.
The flying saucer Urie saw was
skimming along through Snake river
canyon at a height of about 75
feet at 1 p. m. Wednesday. At 9:30
a. m. the same day, L. W. Hawk
ins, Twin Fa11s county commis
sioner and former county sheriff
from Filer, also saw two circular
objects soaring along at a great
height near Salmon dam 40 miles
southwest of Twin Falls.
Here is Urle's eye-witness de-
scription of the flying discs seen by
him and his son, Keith, 8, and Billy,
10:
"I obtained a close-up view o!
the flying saucer as It passed by the
trout farm at l p. m. Aug. 13 going
down Snake river canyon at a height
of about 75 feet from the canyon
floor. I would estimate the speed
at about 1,000 miles per hour."
Urie explained that the incident
occurred while the two boys were
com.Ing across the river from the
north side in a boat. He had be-
come concerned about what was de
laying them, and had walked down
toward the river to see tl they were
all right.
"I had a side view at a distance
o! abo'.lt 300 feet and almost on a
level with the thing," Urie con
tinued. "Two of my boys, Keith
and Billy, were below me and they
also saw it at about a 45-degree
angle. They both got a bottom and
a side view, and we were a11 look
ing at It from the south side of the

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