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1947
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August 19, 1947
this meeting.
KENlffi:TH ARNOLD, Captain EMIL J . .S:ITTH, FRED CRI~~, Hi ;'OID
DAHL, Captain DAv.:::DSON and Lieutenant BROHN of Army A- 2 Intelligence from
Hamilton Field, California, all met in ARNOLD 1s room at various times during
the afternoon and evening of July 31, 1947 and discussed the flying di sc
story as related by CRIS!JAN and DAHL.
The Army Intelligence Officers, Captain
DAVIDSON and Lieutenant BROWN, left about 2 :00 A. ~,. the morning of August 1,
1947 to return to Hamilton Field, California for Air For ce Day in a B-25 and
were carrying some of the reported disc fragments .
The left engine on the
B- 25 burned an exhaust stack which in turn caught the left vdng afire, the
wing subsequently breaking off and tearing off the tail. The B- 25 crashed,
killing Captain DAVIDSON and Lieutenant BRO IN.
However, the Crew Chief and
a hitch- hiker parachuted to safety.
Intelligence Officers at ~cChorcl Field,
Washington advised there was no indication of any sabotage.
The pl ane crashed
at Kelso, .,ashington approximately 2: 50 A. H. August 1, 1947.
Five anonymous calls were received by a reporter, Tacoma
Times, and the United Press ,;ire.man, Tacoma, between 11:30 A. '.!., July 31,
and 5:30 P. 1f. , August 2, 1947.
The first call was to a Tacoma Times r eporter
approximately 11:30 A. 11., July 31, in which the caller stated that there was
a meeting taking place at that time in room 502 of the ','linthrop Hotel concerning
the disc fragments found on Maury Island.
The second call war received between
ll:00 A. '!. and 12:00 noon, August 1, 1947 by the Tacoma Times reporter in
which the caller advised that at that moment a big meeting was taking place
in ARNOLD' s room nwnber 502, ~,inthrop Hotel; that the B- 25 which crashed was
carrying disc fragments and that UcChord Field officials had stated it was
shot down or sabotaged. The third call was received Friday, August 1, 1947
at 5:.30 P. M. by the United Press nireman, Tacoma, in which the caller stated
that the B- 25 which crashed at n.elso, -.1ashington was carrying flying disc
fragment s and that the dead officers were Captain DAVIDSON and Lieutenant
BROvlN, A- 2 Intelligence Officers at Hamilton Field, California.
This call
was prior to the release of the dead officers' na~es by Army authorities and
the caller indicated that when the names were released, it would verify the
infol:mation he was furnishing was correct.,
The fourth phone call was received
at approximately 6:45 P. ''. , Friday, August 1 by the United Press ·rireman in
which call the caller stated the B- 25 was definite}rshot down and that if he
contacted Army Intelligence officers, they would not deny it. The fifth phone
call was received by the United Press 'ireman, Tacoma, at 5:30 P. ~:. August 2,
1947 at Vlhich time the c,n}ler stated the B-25 was shot down from the air with
a 20 m.m. cannon; that the 1hrine plane found recently on :•t. Rainier had also
been shot down and that Captain SHITH woul d be taken to ~iright Field Tuesday
morning.
~!hen the Army authorities released the names of the dead Intelligence
officers which verified the information as given by the anonymous caller, the
Tacoma TL~es printed this story on August 2, 1947 and carried several articles
thereafter inferring that the B- 25 had been shot down or sabotaged because of
the fact that it was carrying disc fragments.
DAHL and CRIS!i.AN have admitted
that the material which they sent to RJ..Y PAUfER had no connection vd.th any
flying discs and have given a signed statement to that effect which are being
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