FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 05

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the story in Tacoma. informed at this time that after receiving this letter he had called by telephone in Chicago as a result of which call had forwarded him $200.00 expense money for covering the story. Shortly thereafter, at about 7:30 P.M. arrived at the Hotel room and the discussion began among the four men present as to what had seen on Maury Island. professed reluctance to tell the story, claiming that several unfortunate incidents had occurred subsequent to his seeing the flying discs and he believed the entire incident had brought him bad luck. In this connection he stated that four or five days subsequent to his sighting the flying discs, a man called at his home and had a conversation with him the course of which was warned to forget all about everything he had seen on or near Maury Island. In addition to that, he stated that his sixteen year old son had run away from home following the incident and had been picked up by the police somewhere in Montana. After some further discussion finally agreed to tell his story of the flying disc incident in front of him after eliciting a promise from that he would not discuss the matter for at least two weeks. It should be noted that he had previously told his story to the police. At this point related the incident which has already been described and which he alleged had taken place on or about June 23 or 24. While relating the incident mentioned that he had taken pictures of the flying disc which he had seen but that the printed films were marred with white spots. When he had concluded his story, related that he had gone the following day to Maury Island to verify what he had told him concerning the fragments and had at this time picked up several fragments and taken them with him. At this time related that he also saw one of the flying discs hovering over the Island but that it had disappeared into a cloud. Then and had finished telling their story told the group that he had earlier in that evening called Captain DAVIDSON and Lieutenant BROWN, Army Intelligence officers and that they were on their way to the Hotel room. At this point protested that he did not wish to tell his story before anyone else and he was advised by that if such was the case why didn't he just leave and not be there when they arrived. Then left the room and went downstairs. He departed alone. Drone back to Boeing Field near Seattle where he desired to pick up his own personal car, which he did. They then returned to the Hotel where they found Captain DAVIDSON and Lieutenant BROWN in room 502 with Lieutenant BROWN. They met them at the door and seemed excited, explaining to Captain DAVIDSON had just drawn a reproduction of a freak disc which had supposedly been seen by a woman in Arizona and that this drawing was an exact reproduction of the flying disc which he, had seen several weeks before, nearing Mt. Rainier. States that shortly after this seemed very anxious to tell his and Lieutenant BROWN, informing him that they had promised not to release the story for two weeks and that if Lieutenant BROWN were allowed to tell the story at this time, BROWN and DAVIDSON must agree not to release the story for one month. Following this agreement, related that and his story of the flying discs over Maury

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