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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. 37 …VOGEL stated that he had never, in his experience, had such pressure brought upon him to…
  • p. 41 …CRIS:1AN and DAHL stated they have never sent any additional samples and that the next…
  • p. 47 …Si.ITTH states that he has never received an answer to that wire. Following this, ~:ITH…
  • p. 93 …d Captain DAVI!'S0t1 , however , they were never contacted . He further stated that he and Captain…
  • p. 94 …r . 'QNOL informed that CHRIS' never returned, end thrt they were unable to locate CHRISllA at…
  • p. 125 …URIE and his two boys maintained that they had never before seen one ot -the discs…
  • p. 138 …although Mr . ~rnold has never consulted aeronautioal charts of the type the Army uses. Mr. Jrnold…
  • p. 139 l Incident 4AF 1208 I flying throu~h the atr I would never ea7 a word…
STANDARD FORM NO. 114 •
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DATE: Sept;Elllber 4, 1947Director, FBI
A.IRMA.ILSAC, San Francis co SPECIAL DELIVfflY
REPORTS oaYING DISCS
EncJ.oeed is a copy of a letter dated August 25, 1947, with
attachment frcm Lt. Col.. DONALD L. SPRINGER of A-2, Hamilton Field,
California. Even thoug)l Col. SPRINGER feels that Mr. JOHNSON may
have read somel/of his claims in a newspaper, Col. SPRINGER believes
that Mr. F. M JOHNSON should be interviewed in this matter.
In accordance with Bureau Bulletin No. 42, dated July 30,
1947, Portl.and is requested to exhaustively interview Mr. F. M.
JOHNSON, 106 N.W. First Ave., Part.land, Oregon, regarding hiB
alleged sighting of a "flying disc" on June 24, 1947. Copies or
the result of this interview should be furnished the San Francisco
Field Office tor distribution to the 6th Army Intellig«ica.
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