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Sr'ITH RELATES Tl11
HE AND APJ~6Ln MADE s~B~E-
ST ATTEMPTS To co
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TO ~AURI ISLAND WITH CRISMAN AND DAHL ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDA~
AUGUST FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD, DUT WERE PUT OFF BY CHRIS1•1AN 41s) DAHL
FOR Vl\RI OUS REAS0~1S,
SMITH STt1 TES THAT REPOF. liR[C'ANTZ OF TACOMA TIMES
A~ELLO OF UNITED PRESS OFFICE TACOM/\ INFORMED HHi AND ARNOLD OF THE
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A1JOt,YMOUS PHONE CALLS , AND FROM ACCCURACY OF THE INFO TRANSMITTED BY
THESE ANONYMOUS CALLS, SMITH BELIEVES THEY WERE MADE BY EITHER DAHL OR
CHRISMAN.
sj'rTH ADi'1ITS CALLING HIS PERSONAL FRIEND MAURIC~DY,
AVIATION EDITDR OF CHICAGO TIMES, ON FRIDAY, AUGUST FIRST LAST, TO INFOR·t
HIM OR THE TACOMA INCIDENT AS PER A PREVIOUS AGREEMENT BET\o:EEN THEM THAT
SMITH WOULD LET RODDY IN ON ANY FLYING DISC STORIES WHICH HE ~IGHT RUN
INTO .
SMIT
ALSO ADMITS THAT HE TOLD REPORTER JOHNSON OF IDAHO STftTESM~
IN TELEPHONE CONVERSATION SATURDAY NIGHT, AUGUST SECOND LAST , THAT CAPTAm
DAVIDSON AND LIEUTENANT BROWN WERE CARRYING FhACMENTS WITH THEM ON THEIR
FATAL FLIGHT.
SMITH SAYS THAT DAHL TOLD HIM ON SATURDAY NITE AUGUAT
SECOND LAST THAT HE, DAHL, IF CONTACTED BY THE ARMY OR OTHER AUTHORITIES
UAS GOING TO SAY THAT. THE ENTIRE STORY WAS A HOAX.
SMITH STATES THAT
HE TOLD HIS COi'PLETE STORY TO MAJOi' S'\NDERS OF ilCCORD FIELD, TAco:·A, ON
. SUNDAY
t10RM INC' , AUGUST THIRD
LAST , AND THAT ARNOLD LEFT TACOMA .
UNLESS ADVISED TO CONTRARY, LANTZ AND liORELLO WHO ARE BOTH TACOMA
NEWSPAPERMEN ~ENTIONED ABOVE, WILL NOT BE CONTACTED FOR VERIFICATION
OF !Ila SMITHS STC~Y ABOVE .
UNABLE TO LOCATE FIRE CHIEF OF HARBOR ,
TO (rR IFY INFOP.MAT I ON
RECEIVED BY HIM FROM DAHL AND CHRISMAN .
S_I~CE THIS STORY OJU.~T...;n ru_s:ATTLE
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