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This is part five of the FBI's UFO file, a set of Bureau memoranda and reports from 1947 to 1949. Most of it covers the FBI's inquiry into the Maury Island flying disc story in Tacoma, which concluded that the disc fragments were ordinary rock formations and that the story was a hoax. It also examines the fatal crash of a B-25 at Kelso and finds no sign of sabotage. The file includes other items: the Rhodes disc photographs, a proposed flying saucer convention in Alexandria, Louisiana, and ash from a fire near Scranton that someone suggested came from a flying saucer.
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## C and in which they admitted the rock formations had no connection with any flying discs is being forwarded to the Bureau herewith. The statement contains no information of value and therefore is not being set forth herein. Regarding the meeting which was held in the Minthrop Hotel on Thursday, July 31, stated that they both met there about 1:00 P. M. They stated that they all left room about 3:00 P. M. and that took to Berry's Airport at Tacoma and flew his plane to Seattle where he picked up Captain stated that he picked up at Berry's Airport about 5:00 P. M. and that came to room about 7:00 P. M. stated that he and left about 8:30 P. M. when he drove to Seattle to get his car and that went home at this time. stated they returned about 11:30 P. M. at which time the Army Intelligence officers were in room and that left about midnight. He stated that he returned to room Friday afternoon for approximately one-half hour from 2:30 to 3:00 P. M., at which time and were still there and neither seemed to be able to recall if was in room on Friday, August 1. The best that could be obtained from and as to what took place in room was to the effect that most of the talk was about flying, that no one seemed very interested in the rock formations and that they had no connection as far as they knew with any flying disc. Stated that wanted to obtain pictures of the place where the rock formations were obtained and that the Army Intelligence officers did not appear to be interested in any manner whatever. ## operates the Millwater Avenue, Tacoma, Washington and has recently been working with him buying timber. They have also been associated with the Harbor Patrol Association at Tacoma, Washington which furnishes patrol and police protection to parts of the harbor area which are not patrolled by Tacoma police or Sheriff's officers. Tacoma, Washington, Army serial number During the war he was a pilot and it is believed presently holds a Reserve Officer's commission as a Captain. Regarding the B-25 which crashed, killing Captain DAVIDSON and Lieutenant BROWN of the 4th Aire Forces, Captain A-2 Officer, Mc Chord Field, advised that this investigation of the crash reflected an exhaust stack had burned out on the left engine which in turn caught the left wing afire and that when the left wing broke off, it also broke off the tail. The plane at the time of the crash was carrying Captain DAVIDSON, Lieutenant BROWN, the hitch-hiker and a man as Crew Chief to take care of the airplane. The Crew Chief and the hitch-hiker parachuted to safety, but Captain DAVIDSON and Lieutenant BROWN were killed. He stated that their investigation reflected no indication of any sabotage whatever. A check of the records of the Winthrop Hotel at Tacoma, Washington revealed that giving his address as Mountview Drive, Boise, Idaho rented room 502 from July 30 at 7:43 P.M. until
FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 74 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.