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. othf ree reports received from Lieutenant Colone l A-2, Fourth
..Air Force, Hamilton Field, Cinavlioflovrinngia , reported sightings of
discs.
The Los Angela: Office is being furnished with a photostatic copy
the report of Lieutenant Colonel dated August 1s, 1947 concerningthe
investigation conducted at the Muroc Flight TBeasste, Muroc, California-
TBhuette Office is being furnished with a photostatio copy of the
repor otf LCieoulotneenla nt dated Augu 2s0t, 194 w7hic shets forth e £76
letter received fromM
He1cna, Montana.
Thi osffic ies nctoanintatacti ning with LCieoulotneenla nt Q 76
and will furnish the Bureau with a. subsequent report from him concerning the ob- servation
osf Mr_8acra:aento, California, who hasreported
certain observations which he believes may involve a flying disc at Placerville,
California, on August 14, 1-94#39;?»
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s is , wa tos th# ee3f T9f;he t oehcritagtin s watolhr# ayis3, rlbe9l;a ted TI e patrolling in his at near aury
Q land, hsshington, sighted six flying discs, oonf e which fluttered to the
earth and disintegrated, showering hbiosat with fragments which caused sane
da eme th. beo aant kdille hdi dsog w. rote a lettetorg
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by leh grp a e ab co nf mis ing n 1c.ry,
hen engag Boise, Idaho, who was tfhirest to report
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Hamilton Field, California, all met in room at various times during»;
the afternoon and evening of July 31, 191;? and discussedthe flying disc
satso ry related b y The Army Intelligence Officers, Captain
DAVIDSON and Lieutenant BRO-..~ lel-fIt, a2b:0o0u t A. If. the morning of August l,
l9£;? to return to Hamilton Field, California for fair Force Day ian F5-25 and
were carrying some of the reported disc fI¬:1-{f:I18I# T3h9e;lt lSef.t engine on the B-2 b5u r ann eexdh satua wscthk iinc tuhr cnau tgh lheetf wt i anfgir teh,Ae7 wing subseque bnrtelaykin ogff and tearin ogff the tail. TBh-e25 crashed,C
killing Captain DAVIDSON and Lieutenant BEOZIN. However, the Crew Chief and
a hitch-hiker parachuted to safety. Intelligence Officers at ;IcChord Field,
Washirxgton advised there was no indication of any sabotage. The plane crashed
at Kelso, Washington a2p:50n ro;:imately A. IE. August 1, l9l+7.
Five anonymou csalls were received by a -
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a5n:3d0 P. -,, .=.u_-;u 2,st 191$. lhe first -call T-EL tSao
a1p1p:3ro0x imately .3. 1.1., July 31, in which the caller stated that there was
a meeting taking place at that time in r5o0o2m of the Tfinthrop Hotel concerning
the disc fragments found on Maury Island. The second call was received between
1.1=o0 A . rs. and 12=oo noon, August 1, 191+? by the in
which the caller advised that at that ma oment big meeting was taking place
in rnouommber 502, Winthrop Hotel; that the B-25 which crashedwas
carrying disc fragments and that I-FEieclCd hord officials had stated it was
shot down or sabotaged. The third call was received Friday, August l, 19A? a5t:30 P. ?i. by the Tacom ina w,hic the callesrtated
that the B-25 which car ashed he so, aashington was carrying flying disc fragm aenn tdhtsa tthe dea odffice wres Creapt DaAinV1 aTn LIdie#u3t9eA;nJaEnCtN BP.0 .7... ITn2Jte, llige Oncffeice arts Hamil Ftoienld C,aliforn Tiah.icsall
was prior to the release of the dead officers#39 n;ames by Army authorities and
the caller indicated th:..t when tnhaemes were released, it would verify the
information he was furnishing was correct. The fourth phone call was received
at ar:;92roximately P5:.h 5#3 F9r;tid.,ay, A1u gust by the_ in
which C8-11 the caller stated tBhe--25 was definitelrshfit down and that if he
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191+? at Whiflh time the caller stated tJh-e25 was shot down from the air with
8 20 I11-HM Cal-Flor tha;at the Marine olane found recently on ?.# R39.-;Jt,.in_ie hrad also bee Snh dooigw ann tdhıtqwould be take ton Brig FhitelTduesday
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forwarded herein. deny, however, -- that they actually started
the flying disc story and their actual part in the story. United Airlines pilot I
states that on July 31, 19!-.7, both related their
original flyig disc fragment story. Information gathered would indicate that
the anonymoupsh one c waellsre possibly madeb y _in order to build
~up the flying disc story to the point where they cmoualkde aprofitable sale . of the sttoor y_ -ChicagoI llinois. fNahocat vse been de[v7e7l,o-l_ u wldhi chwo de fniit yepl rove that* 1»:-zde these chaollwseever, from all
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f#39; hamvea de the anonymous calls. The detailed interviews of the persons con c-ted
regard tot his flying disc satorerybeing_ set out. #39;belo._w ._~ I - .
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advised thaitn tehaer part 0June, l?L.7 hw eas requested bthye Seattle
er to cohne ck astory which he was informed had been obtained
from the r-per wnshinzton.__Ihe_s.tory_uas_sup;.osed to have l
originated witf. _stated that the story__wast o the effect
that .-while patrolling in his boat near MauryIs land, saw five or six p
fl#y3in9g; discs, oneo f whichf luttered towardt he grounda nd finally disintegrated.
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was Just a few days after the first flying disc stories had appeared in the paper
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stated that-took him in the kitchen and proceeded to talk about this flying
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tBheoise Statesnan shortly before, or at the time left Boise
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down because of the fact that it carried flying disc fragments.»st-ated
that on Thursday, July 31, at approximately 11:30 A. H. he received an anorgrmous
phone call in which the caller stated that_and ArmyIntelligence
officers were meeting in room 502 of the ffinthrop Hotel to check on the flying
disc story from which fragment ws ere obtained on Maury Island._sta.ted he
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stated that he might have sane information for him. asked the caller if
he was not the same party that had called the previous date and he said yes.
Tchaeller then related that at that momenthere waa s big meeting in progress in T m, 502 in, the Winth Hrotpe thl;a tthe s-2 w5hi ccrhashtheadt
morning Kelso was carrying flying disc fragments from California and t-h at .
!!cChord Field officials had stated the plane was sabotaged or shot down. ,The
caller then hung up after making some statement to the effect that he waa s #39;
switchboard operator. .stated that he went to the Winthrop Hotel on Friday
about noon and found that there was no male operator on duty. He stated he then
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and two days lvaeterirfied ttnhaety were army Intellig
stated that the acnaollnery mous again later contacted
his b thnatme, and atthis tismtaeted he did not call
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In this call the anonymous caller stated that, Don #39;t m doing r
you. He then asked if the story had been put on the wire and v:hen_
said yes, the caller stated, We want this tgoet back to New Jersey. The
caller further stated that the B-25 was shot down by a 20 m.m. caanndn on that
the marine nlane which was recently found wrecked on the side of ıt. Rainier,
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Field on luesday and that °aturday one of the men who found fragments of the
fl Qisc was to be flo»n toAlaska bated hut in voife w tie fact
t r information as to the Intelligence officers on the B-25 had been as
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stating that Captain DaAnVdI DS#3O9N;
were the Inte igence officers that were killed itnhe
that civilians and the sheriff had bkeeepnt away from
Anny guarding it. He stated the anonymous caller then
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had not been released yet by the Army and that thwiosuld verify his statements. wstated that thfoel lowing mSorantiunrgd,a y, 2.-, nthigLeur msty
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to nth-at he shouldg et in touci. witha flyer named -with
ikited .-lirlhnes who, he stated, was with _92~#39;h@I1 they Wire $11011 at
over Montana. The caller then stated, I#39;ll see you Tuesday. I#39;m goin to
Fan Francisco. stated that he had checked with of
United Airlines who dkennoiewdi any pilot by the name odenied ever haCv, I# 39; hi »#39;
ins flowonv er lontana. tated that cceived anot7h e: r
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was released that the B-25 was carrying disc fragments returning to
Field, California and furnishing the inference that the plane had been ated thaabto ut 8P:.0 K0o .n SunAduagilu st 3,
t his home,
stated he had not gainvye n story out to the Post
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lntelligencer at Seattle; stated that he had gotten a telegram to call anumber
in Eoise and when he called and found out it was the Boise Statesman, he had
hung up. He stated that the Boise Statesman then contacted him, at which tine
he admitted he had seen the disc fragnents, but that he did ntaotke any of 1
tThheins. time _informed -hthea t had beenw ith_
Q Public Relations Officer from LZcChord Field, all afternoon until about
3=1,5 P .- inr j that he hadt old the Army authorities every-thing
that he and knew about the flying disc fragments story from the
tine that left Boise, Idaho and he had left Seattle, Iuzhington.
l This time that there were some oft he supposedd isc i#39;r:.j#39;92ents
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if M c.-.-.*.=.a=wc~..=d hi .m..:. a =.+ w ..h :iJcnh92lll H -_m...e.- ..___.. tat-ed that he an ..d his son .. had be_en
exploring a gravel pit on Maury Island and found some stran e rock formations.
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saw t hem and they went back over to I»-Iau irsyland awthich timeadditional
samples were obtained and ttlh1eastes ent to a friend of his at--the
University of Chicago to have analyzed. They stated that they received a rep aonr ttdha atppa trhein fsrtiley hnad aads k nedewp taop fien ordmu5tao
where the rock formations were obtained. Qt-r1d-told _t#39;nat
sometime after the first flying disc story had appeared, they rae ceived tele- gram
from TPrraensss- Ocean from Chicago wanting inf ocnnation on the flying
disc fragments .titted that they had at no timeindicated--the
rock formations were a part of a. flying disc and that Captain and
were not interested in the rock formations and they denied
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furnished c =ub#s3ta9n;tia l lr 5 the same i n ormation that t e#e39 o;btain . ed fr0a1_
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received. He stated further that the first call he received was on Friday, _
August 1, at around 5:30 P. 1!. At this time the caller stated that the B-25
which crashed at Kelso, Washington was carrying disc fragments and that the
two officers kwilelered Captain DAVIDSON and Lieutenant BRO!-I, officers with
Army A-_? Intelligence at Hamilton Field and that the fragments were top secret
material. He stated the caller indicated that when the Array released the names
of the dead officers it would verify that the information he was furnishing was
correct. stated that the second call he received at approximately
6:A5 P. H. Friday, August l at which time the caller stated that the B-25 was definit sehlyo dtow ann tdha itf he conta Actrem Idnytellige An-c2 te,heman
in char-_ w-;oeuld not deny it. w% tsted he though tthe man said to con-* . -
tact Colonel- but it was found out it was Colonel- who was in charge
of Army Intelligence A-2. The caller further stated that the Sheriff#39O;sffice
ha- d been Kaewpet. i from the cras h aan d th t no ci vi liens hllad been allowed near the pl8.n i¬?. state tdhe third call he receiv aetd 5:3 10 1. -.: i.h,zgu 2-s, t
anl that this time the caller stated that one of the men who had been rrinferring
with Captain ml .#39;.#39;é1S trlcen to Eilasic tahat day. Qhacaller
further stated that the B-25 was shot down from the air with a20 m.n1. cannon;
that the Karine plane found recently on Lit. Rainier had also been shot down;
that Captain hve; ould taken to .#39;. F-ieril;d*_h Ttuesday morninr: and that a
United Airlines pilot by the name of_flew with Captain ~.:hen they
were shot at over I-Tontana. The caller stated he was lfeoarv ing San Francisco
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#39; On August 5, 191+ S?pecial Agent
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#3 a9t; this time asked 11 the Seattle Office was the crash
of ~the B-25 and he was informed that no investigation was being cboynducted
the Seattle Office . at this time related in a ramblin sgtory thathef/;,
had picked up some strange rock formations which he had forwarded to a friendˇ/~
of his in the Uonf iversity Chicago thoave analyzed and that later, in some
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viewed atthe Tacoma resident agency office. Both at fir#s3t 9;
denied aw okfn owledge how the rock fworhmicaht ions they had picked upto
have alalvzed became connected with the flying disc stories. Both denied
making amr statement to anyone that these rock formations were portions of a
di fragment. It was afrpopma rent the sotfa rt the interview that.a.nd .
were no telling their compl aented true connec wtiiothn thef]y@
disc story. They refused to give any definite information as to what they said
or had done which caused them to become involved i1 a .¬#39;l dyiishcg story, but A#39;
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# a3n9d; were -at a loss to understand how they became connected with the flying disc
story After considerable questio they stated that in the early poafrt June/a sneyn tot _f ˇbxglg-i Pf-uDbalvisis Chionmg wpahnipcyhublished
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later WIOte and asked for more samples, advising he had failed to analyze
the samples, stateJ.. they have never sent any additional %ples
and that the next they heard re arding the rock formations which they had sent i f was wh he cenal *l-eadnd ask ife thd reo fcokrm ca-oJtiuolnds
,d have come from a flying disc. stated he me a some remark that they possibly
~ choauvled come from a flying disc and that he immediately sat down and wrote
a letter to- which was in the latter part of June in which hestated
th t ial could ave been poof rtions a flying disc. claimed thathe
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contains no i nformation of value and therefore i s not being set forth herein.
Regarding the meeting which was held i n the Iiinthro Hotel
on Thursd Jauyl,y 31, tated thrtt they-b 1otth#39;*
tahberoeut 1:00 P . TI. The sytate tdhat they all l eft room about
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to get his car and that went home at this time. stated they
returned a1b1o:3ut0 P. LE. at which time the Army Intelligence officers. were
i n room and that Left about midnight. He stated that he return teod #39;1o Forimda ayfterno fonr aperox:| o#n3e9-;h.ma hloafutAer ]_y
from 2=3o to 3=0o P. $5., et which time and were still there and
neither seemed to be able to recall i f -:us i n room on Frida;r,
August l . The best that could be obtained from and-es to whet
took place i n room was to the effect that most of the tell: waabsout
flying, that no one seemed very i nterested i n 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 wherethe
rock formations 1-were obtained and that the Army Intelligence officers did not
appear to be i nterested i n any manner whatever.
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tection to oarts of the harbor area which are not patrolled by Tacom paolice h
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presently holds a Reserve Officer#39 c;osmmission as a Captain.
Regarding thBe-25 which crashed, killine Captain DAVIDSON
and Lieutenant seam of the tth dire Forces, C:J.ptain ;.~2
Officer, Hc Chord Field, advised that this i nvestigation of the crash reflected
an exhaust stack had burned out on the l eft engine which i n turn caught the
l eft wing afire and that when the l eft ting broke off, i t also broke off the
tail. The plane at. the time of the crash was carrying Captain DAVIDSON,
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interview on August 12, 191+? with Captain
United Airlines pilot: It should bneoted that
y received publicity for having supposedly seen
flying; discs or similar objects oJnuly 1+, last while on aroutine United Air- Jines fligohut t oBf oise, Idianh coo mpwainthy hcism pilot
concerningin tchiidse nt. Cap-vtasitna tes that hey tooofkf froimo ise,é7C
Idaho at 3:12 F. YT. and hI-efaord-ethdwest at__3O0 degrees and -while still cli#39;~1fT.n;;
at 8,000 feet, copil0t -called his attentior; to some objects itnhe
sk ahead of them about ten degrees left which neither one could identify.
*states that he c alle adCAA roa pdeiorator at OntariCo,r egon r-eaqnude s-ted
hJ.m to step outside his rsahdaiock and see if he could see any of these
objects overhead. The CAA radio operator replied in the negative.
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.T#39in;- ltyh 5e offices of the v.#39;here both wereb eing,
izterviewed concerning their sighting of fl_#39;,d#is3c9s;i.. n-gs tates thrt he
next met about twhreeeeks ago in Boise, Idaho at -.-zhich time he,
was on another flir-ht through Boise, Idaho and had a. ten minute lay-over there,
n thiso ccasion was in compaonfy C aptain. .#39;ILLIAI#a3n9d; L}:fi:#39;=11 * e 11 rr#39; rs and#39;a
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itnhe eaaftrelyrnoon at which time he asked .to come overt o Tacc-maa nd
join him as he was investigating a flying disc sftoor ry someone b.aacskt
and somef ragrients were involved which liight binetcrc;ste~- in seei.ng.
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thsetory in Tacoma . i!1f02#39;1.#39;.e thd:-n.#ti3-9.1;e-t..hat
after receiving this letter he had called by telephone in Chicago
as a roefs ult which call_had forwarded him 51200.0 e0xpensme oney
for covering the story. Shortly thereafter .1 at about 7 :3 0 P. *-._
arrived at the Hotel room and the discussion began among tfhoeur menpresent
aos ,0 what had seen on i. iaury I sland; professedreluc-tance
to tell the story, claiming that several unfortunateincidentihai
occurred subsequent to his seeing the flying discs and he bclieved_the entire
incident had brought him bad luck. In this connection he stated #39;t fonur#3o9r;st
five days subsequent to his sighting the flying discs, a man called at his
home and had a conversation with him the coof urse which_,was warnedto
forget all about everything he had seen on or near Iiaury Island. In addition
ttohat, - stated that his sixteen year old son had run away fromhome
followin tghe inciden atnd had been puipc ked by the police somewhinere
LE On tA» a na. fter some further dl S#3C9;L1S S#3l9O; n fin#a3l9l;y agreed to tell his story
of the flying disc incident i n forof nt fter eliciting a promisefrom
that he would not discuss the matter for at least two w sen sI.t should be not ed#39;1 pr#e3v9i;o t-ohul s hdhsliy-tsor#y3 to9 8;i,.d .-.t
this point related the incident which has already been descri-:=c a:w1nhdich
he alleged had taken place on or about J2u3n e or 21 Ifhile relating the
incidentmientioned that he had taken poifc tures the flying disc vhioh he ha sdee bnu ttha tthe printe fidlm wser mearr wedith whit sepots.#39;-}hen
had conc hluisd steod Eryh,ted tha hte ha gdo tnhefeollowing
day o 1-Iaury Island to verify wh had told him concerning the fragments
and had at this time puipc ked several fragments and taker. them 1-:itn him. At
this time related that he also saw oonf e the flying discshovering
over the Island but that it -had dies eared into a cloud. .#39;.l:en.r.-nd
ca fdinishe tedlling tshteoirry atold tghreoup that he had e.-.1-inlier
that evening called Captain D..VID5O aI9n2dT Lieutenant BRO-# A3r9m;.yiInute-,lligence
officers and tthhaety were on their way to the Hotel room. At this point
protested that he did not wish to tell hsitsory before anyone else and he
was advised by: tihf at such was the case 1.-:h idn# h3e9 j;ut st leave andnot . w toeh deneo wtrwhe tnhes aen rtyaivire stdh a.r. oegnneep.ar dtreodv lee b-f tath tco r BekooaoenFmiidnegld
near Seattle 1#39;.he d#e3s9i;red to puipc k his own personal car, which he old.
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_ excited, explaining to hat Captain DAVIDSO hNad just drawn a reproduction
of a freak disc which-had supposedly been sbeye n a woman in Arizona and that
this dr.a#3 w9;a.s a#n39 e;;.;#-l3e9 rte;ipnrgoduction of the flying disc which uni, had
seen sweeveekrsa l before, nearing Mt. Rainier. states that sr h o tl yU ter -£ .sisc-eme vder aynxi toou tesll is asntodr=y to the ..orf.f.i:-;; cers B. efo threis wa dson heo,we vheard, a discus wsiothLnieutenant
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Island to BI#39; a!¬nd D!*H-#39;IDFT FOoTllo. wirzg trheicsitation, Lieutenant !#39;ˇ1#39;iO#92 J-. ,- in anster to a query fro m SE1j. t.h;at he uno Cnotain #39;..VIDSO wNere of
tohpeinion that there mbeig ht some truth in the current flying disc stories,
but that their immediate superiors presumably A-2 at Hamilton Field! did not
agree with them. BIIUJN and D.ˇ.-ID.30 tNhen held a brief discussion as to whether
they should return that same night to
they would. All fivc of the men then
Ilamilton Field and they decided that wen dtow ton the lobb wyhe 2r?e I--ERI f.
detached himself from the group and ean tered phone booth to call for 2. ca
from IIcChord Field. also left the group and .#3 a9n;.on.:3 otutside the p?_:_=:92.booth 1.#39 t;hheeyre held a short discussion relative to the credibility of-
story. £{{o.n i-nI dicated to that he should attemt to find
out if the story was on the level and
day regarding this matter. Tghroeup
at which time wrought his car
his trunk a hox of the alleged flying
He offered them to BHOJN and DAVIDSON
Field the box of fragments was placed
that BIlO..lI would call him the following
then proceeded to the front of the Hotel
to the front of the Hotel and took from
disc fragments puipc ked on Iziaury Island.
and when the Army car arrived from I.?cChord
in the car with the officers.
den Qarted alone and w--einnt search of :o.=nethin$r4- to#39 c;urt and later
returned to the Hotel for the night.
On Friday morning, August l, 19b7, -1-eceived a call
from informing him that a B-25 had crashe during the night and it wase
this believed cal to -landbe the same came lane which to the BROTJ Hot aI nd reolo DAVIDSON amn fdro were tmhe flying. rooAm
Fo owing acain called 192-icChor Fdield in an attemot to get infomation about the crash.
colt the phonfreom
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been killed. told to discontinue his investigation of
the incident and that he, was no lonr-er interested. -then took
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if heuc sohu aelnd lyinh otnthe
situation. was unable to say wha gt reply tonnes. Fci
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that should he ever run across any flying disc stories which showecl
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call. After returning to the Hotel room,
attemsting to gain i nformation, but tdh ey .. give -erw. Later, e.Kr. e of the call aenddıwke toi m on thetelephone
but_refused to give out any i nformation. further relates that while
the. four men were i nthe room at this time, an envelope was shoved under the
door and that he retrieved i t from thei loor. states that tho appearance
of this envelope seeme tdo startle. considerably and that i n fact,
turned white as a sheet until- read thneote unsigned which was a commu- nication
to the Hotel advising that a strike of Hotel employees was eminent and
that guests should not expec rtoom an d t#e39le; phon seervice mu hcl o ng er . Shortly
after this ııidentieft the Hotel room elfter promising, to
#3 ta9k;e to Henry Island the following mOInln- ,Saturday!. _ p and.-the wne onut fot dr inn aen ordn-th reetiur #rn!,ou. anndotien
the box requesting him to call a certain tele hone number. e did this from
the L Iotel room and was answered by 1 bnv Who re_quested
to go out and call him from a pay station. complained andwas i nform btepwdtoh et anony tmeloeupsh coanlle hsa bdee renceivbeyd
him that a discussion regarding flying discs had been taking place i n room 502
at the Winthrop Hotel which i nvolved Jenny Ir.tel1.ig,ence officers. Fromthe
i nformation w#39;nic#39 r;neiciei#v3e9d;,1i ia-dwas convinced that the anonymous
caller must have been present at the discussion also, as.#39;was seemingly
i n possession of pertinent remarks which had been madei n the room.
states tha t he did not give.n.ny further i nfomatio n#39; an d tth a i n conclu- oion
of the call, he returned to the Hotel room and he and_retired for~
the nig#h3t9. ;
morning, August 2, 191+? redeived a tele- phone
call 111 Chicago, but was unable to give him any
further i nf him, however, that he would call him baa
at 2:30 called from a coffee sho npearbaynd
an unknown man i n the Coffee Shop for
P8 rson was discussi.ng somel umber business #39;th- andl
eft after breakfas Ot.nl eavin -tghe coffe BehOp,.$k8 about
and
the negatives of the photographs which he claimed to have tao ken f th e flying
discs .said the negativ weesri en the glov ceompart omfe hnist car, by es
a searc ohf thei nstan gtlov ceompart wmae fsrnutitless. The fou trhen pr /
ceededi n-s car to the dock t -he#r3e9; the y were to embark for Iiaury Island .
The boat, however, could not be started and the trip was postponed until later
i n the day. #39;h aitle the dock, however, .taoe ked be shown the damage
to the boat which had allegedly occurred when the fragments showered down on
Maury Island. pointcd on t 1 ht a#39 m a;: y ha ve been repairs to the windshield
and l igh#ts39; on th e bt c a ,i but mas not _ personally satisfied that these repairs
-. were made as a result of any such i ncident. then drove
# h3a9n;d -back to the 1-Ictol at appro ximately l O:I+5 R. M. and .to1»d them
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Jinthrop Hotel. -ctated that the przrpose of this meeting was to try to
find outs omething m atohbreoe u t anonymous pchaollnse w hichh ad told
him aHbeo ut, and still refused to give out any further information
regarding theT hursday evenincogn ference toe nd were informed by-that
the nwas afraid of bsecionogped othne story andw as going
to print something on tdh aty. and _then returned to -h-1 hotel
and shortlyt hereafter received ap hone cell from but the ca_llw as
cut off by the switchboard operators ince it was not aenmergency ca-ll.
and then returned toth e Hotel obby vshethree y f eo.u nd tele_¢jramfrom
-asu:|.ng them to chailml at either Broadway orP roctor _is not
sure of the exchange.. alled this number, but x.as not there.
states that he went the- nY to the Hestern Un lo Tn# 39; egle ra hOffice and dispatched acollect elegram tomat the éwhich containaed
brief resume of the incidents #39;.#h3a9d; .ohcicchu rred and which requested to
wire _a telephone numberv :herecould breached after 6:00 P. II.
states that he has nrecveirved aannswer to that wire. Following this,states thhaet aanthda t he and _r:ersei tting tihne
loofb by the C#39;l;nn{pTi.oct al when ent.redand gave thezr. each ct; of the
latest edition of the T£;.CO:!!=. Tiizesw hich cinoentctl :.; story llinting; an sa+b1ot
in the crash of the Army B 5 which killed Captain D..VID3CI=T and Lieutenant BIC 1.. stated thath e acnodn tinued toc cu speya i tntshe Hotel lobby
most of the afternoon inasmuch as they were unable to receive calls in the Patel.
room due to the Hotel employees strike. hrelates that he received acall
in the late afternoon from _advising; him to call th#39;t evening at
-:30 as- had further information regardingt he anonymoucsa lls. also
1-.~ceive ct¬.#-3l:9:;d jrare.q#u3e9s;tnin g thath e ca1_#39;Luhicn he did .*.:.r7 founi u._=.t# i3t 9;;:as_Of the He retfsu ngdiv e any further infon.1thaitsio tniniaeH..to wever, tshheorertalyft er, goalie
from Boise and advised that the Army had released a story through Prigarlier
Ceneral 5I#39;IPJr1eIv.§e aling the confidential assignment which BRO F3. and TLVIDSCI-I
£#39;.e:.ndg baegeend onIn. viewo f this release, requested to an;-:#39;.:one question for him which was, L-.ere they carrying any alleged disc fragments
on thep lane? anadn swered, Yes, they were.I -ollovn#39;.ng this
ca} led as per his earlier request and was infomed that f the
had received another anonymous phone cell at which titmhee v: ice
s-i #3th9 ;1 t the 5.;nr:y B-25 carrying Captain _..#39;.ID3CLIiIe auntedn ant 2?.C had
- been sh L do=.-in with 20 .....#3s9h;enl.l s and that the Ifazrine plane found oz; t.
Iaxinier had also been shot down with 20 msh.mel.ls. The voice we oton
that _w;oulc1 be called back to liright Field on Tuesday. Then
#39;.:.=l-Zedh ew vhzya s piving out this information the caller replied that it
not for the benefit of the newspapers, but that he was interested isneeing
that the information got back to ˇew Jersey. The voice also informed
d. #3L»9 -;t h tiim e thoante of the two persons who hadb. een talking to and #39;
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in effect Take care of my business. I#39; blle out of town for three or four
days. had a letter with him but he did nsohtow it toor-
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icke udp a typewr ainte tdhre dnrove an -d1-lack é
ey aske hdim if he wa gsoin tgo take them to naur iyslan tdhe 7
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day and he replied that he was not. He further stated that {.8 was sick of the
entire business and that if he was ever contacted by the Anny or the authoriins
nroceeded to tell Major the entire story of the incidents which
h t and su este tdothat he also tella_jort#39;:#afternoon. Follow ing this,
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entire story of w at had occurred .did so. iiajor afterlooj-zing
at the fragments .#39;; whleCreh still in the room suggested that they drive out U-.2
the Smelter near Tacoma as he believed the slag at the Swmouelldte r oe_.r a
1+#39;. i. . L. ,, .-.=.. distinct resemblance to these fragments. The three men then drove tc Li. ?t#39;;.-r .:= t_nd. #39 a;r;ulcs n=o_t;ed t#c3. b9;e deınitely si ~¢# t3o9 t;hlaer fragment s.#39;hIlc#39;
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informetdh ahti m_1 ad not ybeet en c -o nfbtoaurtcht ttehtdah te £7c Federal Bureau oInf vestigation was setting atrap for h1.rn- er
advises that on Friday, August 8, 19147, he appeared before I-awyer_
at the County--City Building, Seattle and made a deposition othf e facts relating
to the incidents in Tacoma frTohmursday afternoon, July 31, last until Sunday
morning, August 3, last.
- Acopy of this deposition is now in possession othf e writer #39;
and is being forwarded herewith to the Bureau. It should be noted that this t
deposition is inno way as complete as the statement taken bthye writer above
and asneytting out of this deposition in this communication wboeu ld superfluous-
Copies of this communication are being sent to the Butte,
Portland, San Francisco and Chicago Offices for their information oUnnlyle.ss
advised bthye Bureau to the contrary, instant investigation is considered closed
bthyis office.
For thinef orma ottihfoen Bureau, Captain?
Intelligence Officer, IvIcCho-rd Field, Ft. Lewis, Washington advised a the weekly
O.N.I.-S.I.D.-F.B.I. Intelligence conference that the Public Relations Officer 1,,
at Hcˇhord Field had received atelephone call fraonm individual at Army Air pI
Forces Headquarterast liashington, D. Cd.u, ring which ctahlel Public Relations Officerr weqause stoebdt atoins i gan ed stafIteOmme nht i¢h
cboeu ld published and thus publicly close the matter. Captain further
related that he had no additional information itnhis matter and that he did
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| h _ . _ E/PL being first duly sworn o,h oath,deposes
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This is a narrative statement as to what tpoloakce in
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, t wboeu ld a good idea for me to some téc #39;ia_£mq l_isatnedn to the
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This ahead met two times previous - once on 3#39;uly#at the office or the P.I. in Seattle tor a very brief time and the
second time in Boise, Idaho wI hen was passing through on one or
hi? trips,
In this conversation with.v0n the pI hone, madetl
statement that it would be impossible for me to go over to Tacoma
due to my going out to Salt Lake City the next morning. He said
that hweould fly over from Tacoma -dick me up at Boeing Field 19 CI agre toe tdhi psropo tsriotimona M LI O#n3o9t;c10ck - 7 at the Boeing Field and we new back and landed Barry#Airpor Wt.e wpei re c k ed u p at the airp ort lad who
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100 feet in diameter, circular in shape, and it appeared that
there was a hole in the center of each as he could see the sky
through this hole. He also mentioned that on the inside of the
circle or the hole, that portholes were visible. Their speed was
negligib ales they appear teod hove orve ar given egot. Onoer
these objects appeared to be in trouble. Aon other Ject came
over and atop peared make contact. Atter making this contact tor
approximately two minutes, irtose to its original position.
At this time the object that appeared to be in trouble
seemed to throw a lot of debris tron one oi the port-holes. These
objects then disappeared tron view. Sc me o t this debris that
landed broke in the wheelhouee or the boat, the spotlight, and the klaxon W. hil tehis debri wsas fmalyli ng, boy and Hr.Q
got off the boat and hid under some logs. This debris that e
killed our dog and a sea gI ull. ashed Hr. whnt was done wit.
the dog. Be made the statement they threw the dog into the water.
This stor wya tsold to Mr Q. wh tohe nex dtay.
went out to this Island to check on this s cry. He verified the
C tact or the damag toe the boat, also to the tact that thereappear
7 teoab equ ift apv 2 ieJ?ces of eitheroorc k meta oln the_shorHe.r
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Maury Island, he also saw a disk. This disk was or the sameshape
and contour as the objects explained by rir. .
at this point iir. gels;-itied tor he as to thereasc
he was investigating this story. Mr. stated ta h t he receiu-#39;
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Evanstcn, Ill nois. The g st of this letter was that 2.-Ir.
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or these fragments that were found on iiaury island. iii.
alsc made the statement in the letter that the Chicago
varsity failed to analyze ten e.s fra ents and that would an-. I - please investigate the story. Mr . was sen t a westeUrnnion
check for $290.90 to take care 9! any Bree-H86 that he mieht 141011;
while making this investigation.
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bring btao ck the hotel room. l ir._ departed.
At this time I mde the statement to Mr. that I
should l itkoe puicpk nu car i n Seattle. Hr. drove me to
Boeing field, Seattle. After l eaving me at Boa ng Field, he drove back to Tacom anad I drove my own ca? back to Tacoma A.fter I had
put my car i n the garage at Tacoma wuepn to the Winthrop Hotel andi n the row at that time v.-a Hsr.i i Hr. --__- a#n3dE9a;*p-Davidson from Army Intelligence. Lieutenant Brown wasdownstairs
getting sandwiches and coffee. when Lieut. Brown came back, the
stories were again related and Lieut. Brown mane a statement that
all the facts of these es would be hino ld strictest confiden:
until released by Mr
After Mr had told all the facts, relating not
only his own story of Hhre. asked for thoepinion
of both officers as to whet they thought. Lieut. Brown made the
statement that he would l ike to obtain some of these fragments to
take back to Hamilton F-ield..
At this time Capt. Davidson and Lieut. Bro-an were debati
the thought as to whether to stay over night i n Tacoma or l eave fo:
Hamilton Field i mmediately, as the B-25 they were flying was
supposed to be at Hamilton Field the next day for the Air Show.
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Friday the let: at approximatel y# o39#;839;c inlotchke
morning, Hr called up our hotel room and acquainted us with the tact gab the B-25 had crashe adl.so that he hadcalled
Hcohord Field and from information he received also verified the
tact that the two men in the ship were oapt. Davidson and Lieut.
Brown, plus a flight engineer and a hitch-hiker. This left both
Hr. and myself a very bad state of concern. Approximate ly an hou lar ter Mr . an Md r.made their appearainnce
the hotel room. I still wasn#39 s;ture that this was the same B-25
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then again called licChord Field and talked to a Colonel
d the fact was verified again that the two pilots were
Davidson and Br#o3w9n; . _
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hotel room with a plan i n mind of the four of us meeting the neit- morning
Saturday! for breakfast and going out to Maury Island.
#39;i ev#e3n9i;nhgat Friday! there was a message tor me to call
this particular telephone number that was on the message. I calla
this number and was asked by the art to please call them from a pa stat i opn . This arty was a M3 .r a onthe_ é He told mIe mo cset rtain almy do!g myse oluf ot f g#3o9o;story but I though yt ou ought to know that somebo hdays beenoalli
this paper and giving us a blow-by-blow description of all that-.ha
taken place in your room since you arrived. To verity this, Hr.
repeated back to me discussions that I felt had only been
taking place i n our room.
- lir._also made the statement that there was e leak
either from the switchboard operator or our room had been tapped.
I aske Hdr. Qwhy he was tippi s n gu oft with this information.
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told-Hr. what took place oen telephone.
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anonymous caller. But no opinions at this time were veoitihcee:d
by moer Min-
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him by me. We then drove back t the Winthrop Hotel where Major was introduce toMd r. by me and agaliisnt ened to
Mr. P story. Hr.ı n ep dI darted from the Winthrop
Hots Sunday afternoon at approximately 4:30.
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maize the following foluntary stte.nant
to an of the Federal Bureau oi Investigation.
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star t ed contacted us by phone. He told us not to tell the news
papersetout the fragments and he would pay for an exclusivestory if
the irag::.e-nts could be from a flying disc. .
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getting; ou stom noet etsc r.eg a# n39r;1gd the . fr ag qen!ts. and £7C
indicating they could have come from flying discs.
. The next thing; we heard was about the first of July when we got s - , Oce Haens tselegr farom Cmhicagsoki anng abo tuhtes tleyingIé Trans
dis gcragme Wnt teso.ld the tmo gorg tehte entirmeatter.
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T3.c~ above is the entire and true story as regards our connection with
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editor of the Oregonian,has stated that Captain William Lgdbavidson and LieutFernaannkt HiXoBf trhoFewo nu rthH AeAaFd quarteFrrsa,n Sciasnc o,
were in Portland on Jyu 27, 19h?. While in Ihrtland they interviewed Dick
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a fonnation of ten flying discs over Bakersfield, California. Richards added
that Davidson and Brown had also interviewed the following four experienced
pilots who were amontgh e first to report seeing discs, Kennethiırnold, bnsi
irom BoiseId, aho; CaptaEin. J?§Smitah ,c o-pilot;R alph§Stevens, UAniited
and DaveRJohnsoanv,ia tion editor, IdahoStatesnan. In order to determine
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Ohio, and from him gained the impression that the AAF instituted this investigation_
to wash out the disc_reports since they are definitely not of AAF origin.
On Friday, August l,the plane in which AAF investigators, Captain
Davidson and Lieutenant Brown, were flying, crashed at Kelso, Washington and both
were killed. The wreckage was screened by RAF Intelligence from McChord Field.
The Tacoma News Tribune and through them toe United Ppruets s out astory that
the plane was carrying parts of adisc whhaidc h struck aboat wned by Farold
Dahl and Fred Chrisman. It has also been inferred that this plane was sabotaged
to prevent these disc parts from being examined.
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Investigation by the Bureau has reflected that this plane was defi
not carrying parts of adisc and taheprpeears to be no substantiation of a
charge.
For your further information there is attached a bmlienmdorandum
fionr th more detail the results of the investigation surrounding the above
crash. No further inquiry is being made in this matter.
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a story that an aprlmanye which was allegedly carrying parts of a. disc which
had struck a boat owns db y Harold Dahl and Fred Chrisman had crashed on August
1, 19b7, killing two Air Force Intelligence officers who wereinterviewing
greens who were alleged to have seen flying discs.
when interviewed by Bureau Agents,
advised in 19147, that in the early part of June,
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Island, Washington. They sent a oi ar box of these formations to ne i r the #39;-and he i-or we i
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pay for an exclusive story if the materials they had sent him were fragmentosf
. a flyin g#3 d9ai ; sl c s i d he wrote_a _ letter in wgch he representedthe
it material as bae ing part of a flying disc, and bot and admitted t tthhaist statem wae esnnttir fealylse. h- -
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the garnodu nd fires would not have resulted, It is noted they landed l
approximately 700 feet from a railroad track and inquiries were conducted by
MET to determine whether or not the particles choauvled been originally a
part of aliner in asmoke stack or some other part of the steam engine. These
inquiries resulted in positive information that the particles did not come from
a train or locomotive. Measurements cf the four pieces examined revealed
that they had most likely been originally all part of one hollow cylinder,
eight inches in diameter and three sixteenth: of an inch in thickness. It
was felt that one piece falling from agreat height would have srteiltlained
a good part of its heat and probably would have smashed when it hit the ground.
Ascientist, whom _did not identify by namere, called thatc ast
~ iron cylinders of similar measurements had been used in New Mexico on
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plane. The osuse of the incident was at this time determined to be a fire
in the left engine. CAPT *gTTR2LwLa s infcrneo ey 5;t. IAFF that he
believed classified documents had boon aboard the plane; C$FT F3?3BLEG
was instructed to take necessary precautions. An ambulance moi tic plane
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section and flcmcs and smoke had spread to the flight deck almost inmedq
lately. The ore: chief, KAIHEGS, assisted TA?F in attaching his chest
pac; and TLHF abandonedth e plane aatn estimated altitude of 10,300 ft
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nsr¢:1o helped tho pilot and cc-pilot attach their cheat packs all per-sennel
had been nearing the harness! and as hleeft the plane one annrc that
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to th92 beet recollection of PATBERS, was partially standing and holding
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ens able to follow the plane to the ground and that hseow no one else
bail cut. The ship ens enveloped in flazce and roe beginning to fell apart
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from where he, IAFF, landed. ıe lit in a tree, and not knowing how to
release his parachute othf e quick-detachable kind, cut himself loose from
the harness with his pocket knife. he kicked and struggled and eventually
jumped to the ground, receiving a jolt on impact but as unable to guess
hoe for he had fallen. He then fclloeod a cow path for an estimated two
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cleared the plenu he turned and see the plane strike the ground, explode
and burn. Just before or just at the tine of impact he sew an object
atire thrown colfe ar the plane but did not know whether it was nperson
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