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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. 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…
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It is noted that the original Boston teletype refleoted that this inquiry
was being treated aa •19cret" matter at MI T. (b) (7)(D) has advised that
the comparatively Blll&ll number of research sci entists at LJ: T during the summer
are a l l oognizant of the incident and the results of the researoh. However,
no publicity has been given and it ia not anticipated that any will res\llt.
'!he Bureau's interest is not .known to the scientists at MIT. There ha1 been
no speculation that a guided missilo originating in a foreign land landed
in New Hampshire.
As indicated above, unloas tho Bureau requests spooi fioally further investigative
aotion. this oase is being olosed in the Boston O£tioe.
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