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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. 2 …SPRINGER of A-2, Hamilton Field, California. Even thoug)l Col. SPRINGER feels that Mr. JOHNSON…
  • p. 5 …SPRINGER of A-2, Hamilton Field, California, dated August 27, 1947, with attachment s reporting the…
  • p. 8 HEADQOARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE Office of the Aa•iatant Chier of Statf, A-2 Intelligenoe Hamilton…
  • p. 33 …According to them Arnold called in ar:ny intelligence officers from Hamilton Field, California and one…
  • p. 36 …the morning of August 1, 1947 to return to Hamilton Field, California for Air For ce…
  • p. 39 …25 was carrying disc fragments returning to Hamilton Field, California and furnishing the inference that the…
  • p. 40 …with Ar-my A~2 Intelligence at Hamilton Field and that the fragments were top secret…
  • p. 43 …On the same date called Lieutenant BRO~'N at 5800 Hamilton Field, Cali fornia, collect • .ARNOW…
  • p. 45 …Shortly afterward, Colonel GRF.GG called him from McCrord Field stating that Hamilton Field had requested…
  • p. 53 …Arnold had made a telephone call to Hamilton ?ield to contact a Captain Davidson and a…
  • p. 54 …Davidson wero going baok to Hamilton Field and that he would get in tQuoh with me…
  • p. 60 …M>RINGER, A-2, Fourth _Air Foroe, Hamilton Field, California, involving reported aightings ot flying ~ disoe…
  • p. 87 …Colonel DONALD SPRINGER, A-2, Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field, California, advised that the Area Intelligence…
  • p. 92 …Captain DAVI~SON , Army intelligence officers at Hamilton Fiel d, and had asked them to come…
  • p. 149 …The article further reported that the plane crashed near Hamilton Field, California, and it w·as…
  • p. 159 …Springer, A-2, Ar-my Air Foroes, Hamilton Field, California, a copy of which is attached…
  • p. 181 …SPRINGER, A-2, Army Air Forces, Hamilton Field, California~ which letter is designated to certain Commanding…
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Director, FBI
Re : FLYING DISCS September 20, 1947
The article went on to state that it was believed at the time that there was
some correlation between the flying disc and the kurray Island explosion, and
that RAYl'OND PAU:'.ER, Chicago magazine editor, had employed APJfOLD to investi
gate and 11 cover 11 the 1!urray Island explosion.
The articl e went on to state that on August 1, 1947 , at Tacoma, Washington,
there was a conference among officials of the Army and Navy, who discussed
the possible relation between the i;urray Island explosion and the appearance
of flying discs . ARNOLD was supposed to have been in attendance at this
conference . At the conference, authorities br ought samples of a lava oxide
metal, allegedly taken from the scene of the ~urray Island expl osion.
'lhe article stated that following the conference, two pilots left by plane
for Hamilton F'ield, California , carr ying samples of the lava oxide metal .
The article further reported that the plane crashed near Hamilton Field,
California, and it w·as conjectured that the plane had exploded by reason of
the combustion of the lava oxide metal it carried.
From the above ne,vspaper article, it should be noted that RAYLOND PAIJ.lER.,
SHAVEF 1s employer, was from the start 11 exploiting11 the appearance of the
flying dis cs , possibly to enhance the appeal of SHA.VER 's stories . It is
possible , therefore, that the entire flying disc theory was conceived by
PAI.MER and SHAVE't .
OAG: lab
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