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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.
“Seattle”23 pages
Page #4 P'.r1day the l ·st: At approximately 8 o ' c1ock 1n t..he morning, Mr. Crismon oalled up our hotel room and acquainted us with the tact that the B- 2.5 had crashed. Also that he had called MoChord 1'1eld and from intormation he received also verified the taot that the t wo men in the ship were Cs.pt . Davidson and Lieut . Brown, plus a f1lght engineer and a hitch-hiker. This left both Mr. Arnold and myself ln a very bad sta(;e of concern. Approximate-· ly an hour later Mr. Crismon and Mr. Dahl made their appearanoe in the hotel rocn. I still wasn't sure t hnt this was the same B-25 that the two Intelligence ottioers had left in last night. Yr. Crismon then again called McChord Field and talked to a Colonel Gregg. and the tact was verified again tha ~ the two pilots were Davidson and Brown. Atter an hour or so Yr. Crismon and Ur • . Dahl le!'t the hotel room. with a plan in mind ot the tour of us meeting the next morning (Saturday) tor breaktast and going out to Maury Island. That evening (Friday) there was a message tor me to call this part1oular tel-ephone number that as on the message . I called this .number and was asked by the party to please call thEm from a pa,ystatlon,. This party was a Mr. Lantz, a reporter on the Tacoma Tim.es. He told me, "I most certainl1 am doing myself out of a good story but I thought you ought to know that somebody has been oalllng this paper and giving us a bloa-b1•blow description ot all that bas taken ·place 1n your roan since you arrived. " To verily this , 11.r. Lantz repeated back to me discussions that I felt had only been taking place 1n our .room. Mr. Lantz also made the statement that there was a leak eit her tram t he switchboard operator or our room had been tapped. I asked Ur. Lantz why he was tipping us otf with this infonnation. He made the statement that he dld.Jl't mind doing this if in return that any l.ntonnation that I may let out woul.d be given to him.. Atter this conversation with Mr. Lantz I went back to our room and told Ur. Arnold, mat took plac~ on the telepho•e• Saturday morning: Mr. Arnold and I met Mr. Dahl and Fred Crismon tor breaJd'ast. e then drove out to the boat to go to the island. The boat as unserviceable at the time so we went baok to the hotel. Ur. Crismon said that he would call later on in the day and let us know when the boat would be repaired . That was the last time I saw Ur. Crismon. Approximately 11 o'clock Saturday morning Mr. Crismon phoned me and made the statement it would be impossible for him to keep this appointment with me . le were cut off by the switchboard operat or as this \las classified as not an Emergency oall. The reason we were cut ott was due to a strl~e in all the Tacoma hotels .
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