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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.

  • p. 9 …Depar tment of Justioe, ~ Seattle , Washington . \ Attached aUl'Ullary for11arded for your information. 1 Inola DONALD…
  • p. 33 …Smith of United Airlines of Seattle , Washington to attend this meeting. Dahl and Chrisman maintained they…
  • p. 34 • ' •. r .· ,, that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer had received from the Fire Chief at Harbor, Washington, to…
  • p. 37 …June, 1947 he was requested by the Seattle ,-~---w.ot::Lcci±c:....,..Jiu:nu:t..e…
  • p. 39 …at his home, 3027 ..est Laurelhurst Drive, Seattle at which time S:ilTH stated he had…
  • p. 41 …no investigation was being conducted by the Seattle Office. CRI~L\N at this time related…
  • p. 42 …when he drove S:!ITH to Seattle to get his car and thL>t DAHL went…
  • p. 43 …retained as an exhibit i n the Seattle Office . The following information was obtained by Special…
  • p. 44 …CRIS'!'!AN drove SllITH back to Boeing Field near Seattle where &.'ITH desired to pick up…
  • p. 48 …About an hour after his arrival in Seattle, which was approximately 7:30 F'. 1'. , LANTZ…
  • p. 49 …JOHN NOLAN at the County-City Building, Seattle and made a deposition of the facts relating…
  • p. 52 …in Seattl.e tor a very brief time and the second time in Boise, Idaho Y…
  • p. 54 …Crismon that I sb.ould like to pick up my oar in Seattle. llr. Crismon drove…
  • p. 56 …Notary Public In and for the state or aahington, residing at Seattle• •
  • p. 89 …FPB ERISJWJ' A1\Tr &\F0LTI "i,..,.__ l}ABL, TAC0V , ''."AS>fDTGTCltJ ·· · ~ SECURITY ,~ATTER - X Re Seattle…
  • p. 92 …He stated he flew to Seattle and got Captain Sl'ITH, and that Lieutenant ffP011N and…
  • p. 95 …considered as Referred Upon Completion to the Seattle Office . • JEJ:FPMc Encs . (RE~ISTERED) AIR 'f…
  • p. 115 ''t 1f FBI SEATTLE 8- 14- 47 5-18 PM . /2 ~ ~RECTOR FBI ROUTINE /.!., F~t…
  • p. 143 …FBI SEATTLE 8-14- 47 5-21 PM /4RECTOR FBI URGENT L. R. BRUMMETT. SID'l…
  • p. 175 …Report on a 'Flying Saucer 1 • 11 lfo action being ta}fen by Seattl e . - 2 (\
  • p. 178 …A,ttrICHOLS, Seattle:...,.w;s~ton, August 12, 1947 SECURITY MATI'ER X· The newspaper , Seattle…
  • p. 180 …102nd Street, Seattle, and their version of the object corresponded with that of NICHOLS and STANLEY…
  • p. 186 …writer that while driving between Ellensburg and Seattle, Washing• ton, about 3:30 P.M., on…
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