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

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August 27, 1947
n:lrector , FBI
Re : Flying Discs - Tacoma, "n .
1947, however , when Cr ISMA.N was approached in this regard, and they had gone
to the boat house v-.here CHRIS !Al kPot his boat, CHRISMAN could not seem to
make the boat run, nr-d after m4kitg some excuses that he hnd to rettrn to his
office, had stated that he woula return in a.bout an hour, and by thet time
his mechanic should have tre boat repaired and they could all proceed to Wsuri
Island . r . 'QNOL informed that CHRIS' never returned, end thrt they were
unable to locate CHRISllA at any of the telephone numbers he had ~iven them.
They located inAEL in a movie, accord'ng to AR 'OLD, and that DAHL,
after making so~e efforts to locate C~IS , ,~d informed them the.t CHRIS'
h~~ le't town for a few days . He furt ,er inforned that about this time the
oress contacted them and told them an inform~nt had called and told them
+hRt 1~' ~son his way to Alaska ir an Army pl ane .
r . ~ OLD advised tt- 11 t Captain S T"' had informed him thtsoever vlth the :!oise
StatesmPn . He stated that the Boise Statesman has never p-id him for any
information he has given them . He i nfonned that he sincerely believes that
the Boise Stites'"' n is attemptin@, as ha is , to get to the bottom o~ tle flying
discs story . 1T . AM'OLD stated thqt he has told the above story to Army
Intelli ence a d 11\jor SA1 DERS ar. to no one else , w 1th the exception of
SA JET~., .
DAVE JOIDSOO , Boise Statesman, loise , Idaho, advised.that the Boise
Statesman has never paid r . AR OLD for any news item he has given them, and
has never approached him in this ,nanner . lie stated that the Boise Statesman
is riot attempting to push t.~e flying discs story , but Ill':?rely attempting to
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