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This FBI FOIA release, obtained via MuckRock, contains a July 11, 2018 FBI referral letter to the Air Force about Emma Best's request for records on Fred Lee Crisman. The referred material is a 1947 Army Air Forces A-2 intelligence investigative report on a flying disc incident reported at Tacoma, Washington. The agent inspected Dahl's boat and found no trace of damage. The file also holds a July 22, 1947 Venture Press letter asking a pilot to investigate the Maury Island story.
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# DEADQUARTERS FORCE AND FORCE # Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 Intelligence Tacitlon Mold, California TITLE Investigation of Flying Diso INVESTIGATION MADE AT Tacoma and Rolen Washington FILE No. 4AF-1203-1 CONTROLLING OFFICE Air Defense Command, Mitchel Yield PERIOD COVERED 31 July through 7 August 1947 CASE CLASSIFICATION Incident STATUS OF CASE Pending REASON FOR INVESTIGATION: Investigation initiated at the request of Air Defense Command, reference 1tr (g AEO, dtd 7 Jul 47, file 0388.51D, subj: Investigation of Flying Sloe. ## 32403F3101 On 31 July 47, tele phoned it. Brown requesting he return to Iacoma because believed he had some very vital information on the flying disc. interviewed a of the United Air Lines, and Dr. at the Win throp Hotel in Tacoma, Washington, on the night of 01 July 1947. The summary of their interrogation and findings was related to Public Information Officer, Hothord Field, by and Major lander rotold the results of the investigation to this officer from his notes. and were not available for interview while this officer was in that area, although every effort was made to contact them. Further investigation of this particular incident was left with Incident Agent, FBI, Tacoma, Washington. It was apparent from newspaper clipsings, telephone calls to this officer, and conversations with Major Gander, that a United Press correspondent, of the Tacoma Times, was instrumental in keeping this case alive. This officer and although quoted many times in the press, did not discuss this matter with the press during the period of this report. The anonymous mystery caller in Facebook could possibly be ___.
FOIA release, cited by the archive. 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. 7 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.