FBI file 62-HQ-83894 Flying Discs, section 3

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• • August 27, 1947Director, FBI
Re: Flying Discs - Tacoma, Vin.
of the information available regarding the disc fragments and that he understood
that DAEL had told the press about the disc fragments, stating there was nothing
to the story and-thet it was a phoney. DA:iL immediately replied that his story
was not false or phoney, but that what he had seen and what had happened to him
was so unusual and fantastic that he wanted to forget about the disc fragments .
DAHL then agreed to tell Ur. ARNOLD the foll~Hing story, providing his name and
t he Harbor Patrols woul d be left outs
DAEL stated that his dog had been kill ed and his boy hurt and that
the wheel mount on his harbor patrol boat had been struck by disc fragments ,
and that about twenty ton of this material had fallen on the beach at ~uri
Island, and into the bay, and that a day after this incident, a man about forty
years of age had contacted hi m and told him, 11 1 know what you saw at ltauri Island
and I'm telling you in a nice way to for get about it and keep your mouth shut . 11
nAHL stated that he had obtained a larre number of the fragments and had taken
them home , but that F~CKJ.fAN , his superior officer, had told him to send
the fragments to RAYMO~D PALMF:R at Chicago; that PALr"ER woul d analyze the specimens
f ree of charge. 1).AHL continued stating that on the afternoon of June 21, 1947,
he was on patrol with his boy, dog , and two seamen near a cove on the east side
of Yauri Island . He stated that" he looked up through the windshield of the boat
and at a height of about 1, 000 feet , he saw six round circular grey objects
that looked like l ar ge inner tubes slightly squashed . These objects appeared
to be about 100 feet across and in t he center was a hole about twenty-five feet .
f',AHL said he assumed they were some type of a balloon . The object in the center
was lower than the rest of the other objects, and the other objects were circling
around it. The object in the center seemed to be descending while the others
followed. As the objects descended he saw port holes around the inside of the
object and what appear ed to be windows . He stated that t he object in the center
descended to about 500 feet, and that suddenly one of the circling objects came
down and touched the object in the center and remained in this position for a
few minutes , while the other objects continued to circle above . The object
which had descended and touched the object in the center and which was lower,
then rose and took its pl ace with the other objects .
}11 of the objects then started to rise an d wha t appeare d to be news
papers came out of the center of the object in the middle of the circling object .
Then the sky seemed to rain lava, the lava coming from the object in the center
and DAHL headed the boat for shore . He state d that the lava coming from the
object in the center appeared to be a white metal, and as it fell into t he water,
clouds of steam rose from the water . He state d that some of t he lava l ande d on
the beach , He also stated that his dog was killed a nd a l so a sea gull in addition
to his boy being hurt by the fallin g lava. Mr. ftB~ OLD continued stating that
rARL had said that he had taken pictures of the object and that i f Mr . AW1 0LD
wanted them, he could have the ner:atives . A. U, took '!r . Am OLD to t he home of
his secretary t ha t evening a nd showed him some of t he disc fragments he had
picked up , which were smooth on one side e.nd rou srh on the other, accordin~ to
l ir . AP"" OLf •
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