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August 18, 1947
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FLYT ',. r-~;10.S SIGPT3D BY FRED
CRISMAN and HAROID A. DAHL,
TACO ...il'
••\SHINGTON
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Dear Sir:
The following, in~ral, are the facts }'~garding the
flying disc story that started by F:l
vRIS'. ~ •r and 1-LROID A.-f.U1rnL which
subsequently resulted in news stories~ the acoma TLnes, the ~oise Stateaman
and th~hicaeo Times that a B- 25 carrying Army Intelligence officers was shot
down 'or sabotaged over Kelso~ ,ashington on August 1, 1947 because it was carry­
ing so~e flying disc fragments .
The original story, as related by FRED CPIS!WJ and .l:L\ROLD_
DAHL, was to the effect that DAHL, while patrolling in his boat near .:.:aury
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land, ,ashington, sighted six flying discs, one of which fluttered to the
~ earth and disintegrated, showering his boat with fragments ,,nich caused some
the boat and killed his dog.
H.,ROID D • .HL wrote a letter to RAY A.
•ff- Davis Company which publishes fantastic adventure magazines in
sen· g him f:r;pgments of the flying disk and relating the above story.
..,AL.:.!ER requested---1:rans- Radio ~.rews in C1 .icago to verify the story as related
by H.~ROID DAHL and FRZD CPIS:.W~legraphed RAY i .1,L'..IER confirming DAHL I s story.
RAY PAU.::ER then engaged im!f\TE
. r'NOID,, .Boise, Idaho, who was the first to report
sighting the flying di sc and w om Ri,Y P,-.Il'.ER had previously made a contract for
story regarding the flying disc, to come to Tacoma and check the story as
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related by FRED CRIS:UN and HAROID DAHL.
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KEI-J::ETH .\t,NOLD came to Tacona, ..ashington July 30, 1947 and
arranged for a meeting the following day, July 31, with FRED C"'.IS!.:Ai.' and H.\ROID
502, ,iinthrop Hotel, Tacomq,, :15.shington.
KE:!NEJH' .•ttNOID also
called to attend the meeting Captain ~~v;r): S'ITTH, United Airlines Pilot who
had also reported seeing flying disc fragments, and Army Intelligence to attend
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