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

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August 27, 1947Director , FBI
Re : Flying Discs - Tacoma, Wn .
Mr . AR OLD stated he received a telephone call from the press upon
returning to his hotel room, and that the press wanted to know about the flying
disc fragments , and he told them that he was not talking until he had proved
it. He stated he did not know how the press ever knew he wes in Tacoma. or had
seen DAHL.
Mr .· ARNOLU informed that at 9:30 A.M. the next morning , July 31, 1947,
~AHL and CHRIS}~\N appeared at his hotel room and nAHL again asked him to uo home
and forget about the discs, that his story was not false , but that he had had
enough trouble . DAHL said that his boy had been missed one morning a~d had been
found at Lust, lfontana, waiting on tables in a cafe; that he did not know how
he had got there and that too many things were happening . ~fr . AR\OLD stated
that when l)Afil, and CHRIS,IAN came to his hotel room, they had an armful of
fragments , and that CHRISWAN had then informed about how he had seen an object
resembling those seen by DAHL. CHRISMA""1 stated he had talren the patrol boat
on July 23 , 1947, and had gone to ¥8.uri Island and had found the beach littered
with lava . CERIS'~N stated he had looked up and had seen a balloon- like object
with port holes and windows , which had disappeared into a large cloud. ARNOLD
stated that he asked DAHL again to see the pictures of the objects ; that llAHL
had again agreed to show them to him. Mr . AR''OLfl informed that he had then
asked ,Am, and CHRISt•AN if it would be all right for him to call a friend ,
Captain SMITH, who had also seen some flying discs and let him s~e the fragments
and hear ur . DAHL ' s story . rAHL dissented, however , CHRISMAN readily agreed.
He also stated that he had placed a call to Lieutenant BR0""1 ard Captain
DAVI~SON , Army intelligence officers at Hamilton Fiel d, and had asked them to
come to his hotel , as they had previously instructed him to report to them any
thing of an unusual nature or of interest regardin~ the flying discs .
He stated he flew to Seattle and got Captain Sl'ITH, and that Lieutenant
ffP011N and Captain DAVIDSON had come to his room about 4:00 P. M. -~r. A.-q' OLD
advised that he he.d asked Lieutenant BRO'lffl just what he had found out regarding
the discs • and Lieutenant BRO,IN had confidentially informed him that they had
obtained a picture of a disc , which appeared to be authentic, which picture
was taken by a man in Phoenix , Arizona. The picture , according to Lieutenant
BRO.~. was of a circular object with a hole in the center, and of another object
that looked like a flying wing. He stated that when Lieutenant BRO:,'ft-T told him
this that he immediately thought of the object seen by DAHL. He stated that
after hearing DAHL' s story• Lieutenant Bl?0':1 ar d Captain DAVIflSON' s attitude
had changed immediatel y, and that they appeared disinterested . It was then
suggested that they all go to Ma.uri Island and look for the disc fragments.
Lieutenant BRO,'(N and Captain DAVIDSON stated that they had to return to Hamil ton
Field immediately . Mr . ARNOLD stated that Lieutenant BR011N and Captain AVIDSON
were very careful to gather up all of the fragments which had been brought to
the r oom by DAHL and CHRIS':Af-1 .
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