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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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... August 19, 1947
all of his infor.nation in the hands of the Army. $'£.ITH stated that a couple
of days later he called .iajor S~NDERd at ,.,.cChord Field and asked him if there
was any recent information concerning the incident. a!ITH states that •.fajor
SMTOERS infonned him that CRISJA}T had not yet been contacted, but that the
Federal Bureau of Investigation was "setting a trap for him". S'ITH further
advises that on Friday, August 8, 1947, he appeared before Lawyer JOHN NOLAN
at the County-City Building, Seattle and made a deposition of the facts relating
to the incidents in Tacoma from 'l'hursday afternoon, July 31, last until Sunday
morning, August 3, last .
A copy of this deposition is now in possession of the writer
and is being forwarded herewith to the Bureau. It should be noted that this
deposition is in no way as complete as the statement taken by the writer above
and any setting out of this deposition in this communication would be superfluous .
Copies of this communication are being sent to the Butte,
Portland, San Francisco and Chicago Offices for their infonnation only. Unless
advised by the Bureau to the contrary, instant investigation is considered closed
by this office .
For the infonnation of the Bureau, Captain R. G. BJORNING,
Intelligence Officer, ~1cChord Field, Ft . Lewis, .,ashington advised at the weekly
O.P.I.- S. I .D.-F. B. I . Intelligence conference that the Public Relations Officer
at McChord Field had received a telephone call from an individual at Army Air
Forces Headquarters at ,;ashington, D. C. , during wh.ich call the Public Relations
Officer was requested to obtain a signed statement from DAHL and CRIS?'iAN which
could be published and thus publicly close the matter. Captain BJCRNING further
related that he had no additional information in this matter and that he did
not handle it.
Very truly yours,
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£et~~Special ~~~~f~ harge
ENCLOSURES
DAM;PHL:11:EK
100-18945
CC - Butte
Portland
San Francisco
Chicago
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