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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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STANDARD•FORM NO. 64 •
•-. Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVER~ T
Director, FBI ' D ATE : September~47
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SAC, Philadelphia
SUBJE CT: FLYING OBJECT REPORTED OVER PHILADELPHIA
AUGUST 6, 1947 cD ~SABOTAGE
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Miss ELEANOR"NADDLE, 2114 Hobart Street, Philadelphia, who is employed
by the GEORGE rt.GREENlfALD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 1524 Chestnut Street, Phila-
delphia, advised as follows: ~•
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Between 10:30 and 10:~-P~• on August 6, 1947, she was sitting on
the steps of her home with CECELl¥FINE. She was facing north and observed
a large white object traveling a~ a very fast rate of speed to the-.south.
There -was a buzzing sound, not too loud but plainly audible, just after this
object passed through the air. This white object left in its traj.__r a-. thin
streak of smoke, which was grayish in color. ~
Miss CECELIA FINE, 5617 Arlington Street, Philadelphia, who is em- Ir Iployed by the PRESSMAN & GUTMAN COMPANY, INC., Room 1140, P.S.F.S. Building,
Philadelphia, stated she -was sitting on the steps of Miss NADDLE's home on \
the evening of August 6, 1947, around 10:45 p.m. engaging in conversation
with Miss NADDLE, when Miss NADDLE al:ruptly stopped in the· middle of her con
versation and appeared to be frightened. Miss FINE at that time was sitting
in a position in which she was facing south. She did not see any object in
the sky after noting Miss NADDLE's change of expression, but she did hear a
slight buzzing sound.
JOHN SNYDER, 1440 Vankirk Street, Philadelphia, an insurance agent,
who was a former pilot of B-24 ' s in the Army Air Corps, advised as follows:
He was sitting on the steps of his home around 10:45 p.m. on August
6, 1947, with his wife; and his neighbors, the KELLY family, were sitting on
their steps next door to the residence of SNYDER. All of the above parties
were facing east. SNYDER noticed at this ~ime an object, emitting a bluish
white flame, passing quickly through the air. The object was traveling from
northeast to southwest. Using his experience in the Army Air Corps as a guide,
SNYDER estimated the above object was between 1000 and 3000 feet in the air
and traveling at a rate of between 400 to 506 miles an hour. This object d1a ,
not lose elevation as it passed through the air and left either smoke or a
condensation trail in its former path, which sted for about two seconds .
A hissing sound accompanied the pas1~ng ·s object. This sound was moder- "'>
ate and not nearly as loud as th~~ a ompanyi.ng the passage of a rocke~t
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