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that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer had received from the Fire Chief at
Harbor, Washington, to the effect that Dahl had some flying disc fragments.
At this time Dahl admitted to Vogel that the entire story was false.
Relative to Arnold, Dahl and Chrisman stated that he was paid by
Ray Palmer of the Fantasy magazine and possiblf the Boise 'statesman' to come
to Tacoma and obtain a story from t hem regarding the flying disc fragments.
On July 31 and August l , a total of five anonymous calls were
received by a Tacoma Times reporter and the United Press Wireman at Tacoma
giving information regarding t he meeting at the Winthrop Hotel over the disc
fragments and stating that the B-25 had been shot down or sabotaged which
killed Captain Davidson and Lieutenant Brown, inferring that t his was done
because the intelligence officers were carrying disc fragments in their plane .
Dahl and Chrisman stated that these calls could only have come from
themselves, Arnold or Smith, wi10 , they stated, had a friend on the Chicago
Times and was possibly selling the story to the Chicago Times through this
friend.
Dahl and Chrisman denied ma:o.ng these calls.
Smith, upon interview, stated that reporter Iantz of the Tacoma
Times and Morello of the United Press office in Tacoma had informed him that
Arnold had several anonymous calls and from the accuracy of the information
transmitted Smith believes they were made by either Dahl or Chrisman.
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