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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.
“United Press”17 pages
~ ... 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, ,. £et~~Special ~~~~f~ harge ENCLOSURES DAM;PHL:11:EK 100-18945 CC - Butte Portland San Francisco Chicago - 14 -
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