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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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## INTAILS 1. During the afternoon of 31 July 47, Maho Daily Staatsen, telephoned Lt Brown, CIC sub-Detachment Command at Headquarters Fourth Air Force, and stated in substance That he, Arnold, and Capt Smith had arrived in Japan to investigate the purported flying dive explosion on a sur face craft on 21 June 47. This investigation was requested and financed by a No. Illinois. AGSA7'3 NOTE. See Inclosure 1 and Inclosure 2. The signature to Inclosure 3. in that of the Former Army Air Force officer and from all indications is a very patriotic American. On the receipt of Inclosure 2 at Headquarters Fourth Air Force, this officer requested the San Francisco FBI Office to check the Chicago FBI Office for and the Venture Press. The return answer, by telephone, was to the effect that the Chicago Indices of the FBI, the Chicago Police, and Credit Bureau had no record on or the Venture Press. 2. Lt Brown and Capt Davidson arrived at Notchord Field during the afternoon of 31 July 47. They changed from their uniforms to civilian clothing in the aircraft and, on being queried by Operations as to why they desired transportation to the coast, they replied they were to arrive a soon. ADEL'S NOTE This was in compliance with par 4, ltr Cr Bq ADG, File D853.81B, 7 Jul 47, subject Investigation of Flying Use. According to Major George Sender, Public Information Officer, NoChord Field, the Incom Time received an anonymous telephone call that were present in the Kinthrop Hotel for the purpose of conducting an investigation on the flying disc. The Incom Time checked and found this to be true, much to surprise. It Brown and Capt Davidson did interview stroked in the aircraft accident. stated to Major Sander that Lt Brown obtained from samples of an unidentified substance that were identical to those appearing in inoculures 3 to 7. The samples pictured in inoculures 3 to 7 were taken by from the same box that offered Lt. Brown and from which he obtained his samples. on the crashed aircraft, upon being interrogated by this officer, stated that he placed a heavy cardboard corlon in the rear compartment of the 11-26 that crashed. So did not look in the box nor hear any comments from Lt Brown or Capt Davidson as to its contents. 5. The following surreises what was related by Major Sender as to the substance of the interrogation by Lt Brown and Capt Davidsons that on 71 Jan 47 the proceeding south of Haury Island in the boat. Five flying discs came down out of the clouds and airoled slowly around the bay, dropping to an estimated elevation of 500 feet. These discs appeared round and W.D., P.M.G. Form No. 110
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.