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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.
“United Press”17 pages
Newspaper Serving TWIN FALLS, IDAHO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1947 Heads Up, Follis! The Discs Are Flying A [' » ii ~ ~ ❖' ajf........ ( •. ~:.;~t ~--¥."';;:,, ~ ~ t .~.. < ,~". JIIIC'ila. ., -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) "' "' "' "' "' "' "' "' "' "' "' "' "' "' "' If. 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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