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

Department of War · 2026-05-08 · 190 pages · text from the file's own layer

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. 33 . .,... . •... \,,- August 14, 1947 FLYING DISCS The 11 Tacoma News Tribune" and through them the United Press…
  • p. 34 …by a Tacoma Times reporter and the United Press Wireman at Tacoma giving information regarding t…
  • p. 36 …Five anonymous calls were received by a reporter, Tacoma Times, and the United Press ,;ire.man…
  • p. 37 …ER.~EL, Associated Press 1ireman, Tacoma, .ashington, advised that in the early part of June, 1947…
  • p. 38 …He stated that he talked to .:CRRELLO, the United Press a'ireman, Tacoma, who advised that…
  • p. 39 August 19, 1947 United Press .1ireman, stating that Captain DAVIDSON and Lieutenant BRO::N were the…
  • p. 40 …TED H0RRELL0, a United Press \fi reman, Tacoma, •..ashington furnished substantially the same information that was…
  • p. 43 …SMITH, 3027 Hest Laurehurst Drive, United Airlines pilot : It should be noted that Captain SMITH has…
  • p. 46 …Later, a ~r. ~'OPJBILO of the United Press called and ~~ITH spoke to him on the…
  • p. 47 …infonned that MORR.ELLO of the Unit ed Press had received another anonymous phone call at…
  • p. 48 …ORRELLO in the United Press Office. There they read the latest press releases and had a…
  • p. 56 …Marlllo of the United Press and said that one ot the parties tha t Mr . Arnqld…
  • p. 89 …G4 I ~ Office Men~~,•o;,,,dum • UNITED • GOVERNMENT 65- 477 Dir ector, FBI : August 27. 1947…
  • p. 93 …He informed that PArL LAND and MORELLO, United Press men at Tacoma, appeared to know all…
  • p. 102 VENTURE PRESS 305 STUDIO BUILDING 171 B SHERMAN AVENUE E VANSTON, ILL INO I S June…
  • p. 109 …tnoer in Ill.itloia, • Jolm Corlett 0 United Press corrospond..nnt of Boice, Iooibility trot all…
  • p. 139 …due to the fact that he has been ridiculed by the press to such en extent…
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At. or rout 12:05 p.m., J~ 29, 1947, a sedan, driven b7 Stove
Herrr:ann and carrying H. J . (Bob) awn 1n t.ho .rront aeat and Kllrl. lbr.D3nn
in tt. rear seat., s pr-ocoodinG nortJrueot.er ly along the road leoding £ rom
Caeyon ~•eny to York., both in l!ontans. some 2.5 miles N. E. o! Helen:1-
n at n point approximtc~ 1/4 mile U•• or Canyon Ferry, (as ohown
on Foreot Service p to be 1n tm NE or llE~ or • 10 n011 Rm) Karl
suddenly shouted Sec it J See itJ There 1s a :Oy1ng saucer I" Steve ~d-
intoly sloned domi am dually broueht too sunan t.o a atop., he an:i Bob
&anft bile scanning the sey in the d.1.rcction pointed by Korl 1n an ei'£art to
soe tm 11flyine onucer11 ., but m..thout Guccess .
Approxmiately' ton seconds elapsed betl1cen the t 1m Xarl report.od aeoing
the •sauceru., coI:11.ng over the horiton at high .apeod trom the southv:oot, (Knrl
first thcraght 1t a meteor) and travel.11ng northeasterly, and the briJJeing of
the car to a stop.
As the car cane to a stop. :tove, Karl and Bob, m.multaneously, atm tho
follo;1iQc :
Direct~ ahead., (H .ii) 2 to 3 ell.es dismnt and approxi!:mto~ )(X)() .rt .
above the grcr.md., a bright disc hovering and .nutter.1.ng in the air. Dcoccnd
lnt; and rinin.,. through n vertical distance or fifty or a bWldrcd feet for a
period of about five seconds then., while at the top of nn ascent, tho ri.:H.oc"
suddenly moop:?d to the Northeast at treocndoua speed and di.sap red into
too clear air m.thi.n a diotance of 200 i't . Th t 1B to eay it did not p:30D
beyond an obstruction to 1'urtber v1Dibil1ty blt "c:elt.od into thin nir" iu:: :1.f
bccall!le of tre;;xmdoua apeod.
This disc as., from the vic"apo1nt or the observero, oppc.ron~ 3 ft .
in d.ilu:13tor circulnr un:1 of 110 ercat thiclmoDS - approxiL:ote~ .) or 4 incbos •
1
The oey uas blue .ith scattered m:Dll clouda, the 6Uil 1rao ohinin{;
bri.chtly nm the disc e).camed and ahir:::13rcd :1.n tho brlebt cru..'llicht oo it
covered m.th highly p:>liehed niclml•
After the "di.Ge" di&1. rcd.f ro:J Vien, the secbn and it occup:mto
roceeded nortJmostcrly alone tho road, llUt c~ discern no evidcnco of the
~sence or the "disc" along or adjacent to that 'tb>rotare .
It io to be rc:iemoored tmt too dimnotons as stated abov ro ac
',llf!Y appe3red to thO observan; OOl:lC 2 or 3 miles rrom the 1
'di0c11
nd the
true dimnm-ons ?:USt be cone:tdcrobly grcn.tor.
/s/ R. J • Uldclon.,
R. J . l!ADDI:21,
Divia1:on Pl.ant Ehgr .
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