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FBI file: Kenneth Arnold

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This FBI file, a report from the Seattle field office to the FBI Director dated August 1947, covers the Maury Island flying disc story told by Fred Crisman and Harold Dahl. It says Kenneth Arnold looked into the story for Ray Palmer, and that Army Intelligence officers Davidson and Brown died when their B-25 crashed at Kelso carrying the supposed fragments. The FBI found no sign of sabotage. Crisman and Dahl admitted the material had no connection to discs, and the report names Crisman as the most likely anonymous caller.

  • p. 3 …VOGEL stated that he had never, in his experience, had such pressure brought upon him to…
  • p. 7 …CRISMAN and DAHL stated they have never sent any additional samples and that the next they…
  • p. 13 …Smith states that he has never received an answer to that wire. Following this, Smith states…

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