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August 27, 1947
n:lrector, FBI
Re :
Flying Discs - Tacoma, "n .
1947, however, when Cr ISMA.N was approached in this regard, and they had gone
to the boat house v-.here CHRIS !Al kPot his boat, CHRISMAN could not seem to
make the boat run, nr-d after m4kitg some excuses that he hnd to rettrn to his
office, had stated that he woula return in a.bout an hour, and by thet time
his mechanic should have tre boat repaired and they could all proceed to Wsuri
Island.
r .
'QNOL
informed that CHRIS'
never returned, end thrt they were
unable to locate CHRISllA at any of the telephone numbers he had ~iven them.
They located inAEL in a movie, accord'ng to AR 'OLD, and that DAHL,
after making so~e efforts to locate C~IS
, ,~d informed them the.t CHRIS'
h~~ le't town for a few days .
He furt ,er inforned that about this time the
oress contacted them and told them an inform~nt had called and told them
+hRt
1~'
~son his way to Alaska ir an Army pl ane .
r . ~ OLD advised tt- 11 t Captain S T"'
had informed him th<J.t he had
~~de an appointment with lajor ANDERS at McCord Field and intended to tell
~jor SANDJmS the complete stor: .
Q.iring the afternoon, Capta·n SITH and
ajor SANDERS came to the hotel roo~, eccording to AF OLD, and some of the
frs nents the.t DA 1L had brought to r . J. ~OLD' s roor.i, followin5 the conference,
vere shown to llaior SAND3RS . Upon vievrinl" +he f r agments, l"',jor S.U -p5, accord­
ing to ·r . AR OL~, st,o,ted that tr.ey were roting but slag fro~ the coppAr ~il l ,
however, before
A. jor SAP :t'PS left, he
t1thPred up every fragment in the room,
accorr i ,., to 'r.
"L , and took them with hi.., .
·r . AR OLD stated that he
then left for Boise, Idaho .
r . ARNOL
produced a letter dAted August 5, 1947 , from PALMER
in which PAL!:ER attempts to encourage r . A~ OL to continue his irives•ig tion
into the flyinl discs .
This letter is lllso beirg enclose l to the .burnau.
r . ARNOLD also rave SA JETTE a oopy of the article sent to r . PAL,~::P and
to the Comrrw.nd1nl"'. General, ••ri ht .l.'"iel , :1,;ayto , Ohio, re •11r ling his sighting
of the ~ine discs near ~owt Painier on June 24, 1947.
This article is also
being encl ose I to the Bureau .
. ARt1OLD advised that he is vitally interested
in this matter and knows that ther e nn1st be somethin~ to the flying discsstory
He st~ted that he will do everything in his pov;er +o help tre Bureau in this
matter.
·e also advised that he has no conr.ectio:1 wh1>tsoever vlth the :!oise
StatesmPn.
He stated that the Boise Statesman has never p-id him for any
information he has given them.
He infonned that he sincerely believes that
the Boise Stites'"' n is attemptin@, as ha is, to get to the bottom o~ tle flying
discs story.
1T . AM'OLD stated thqt he has told the above story to Army
Intelli ence a d 11\jor SA1 DERS ar. to no one else , w 1th the exception of
SA JET~., .
DAVE JOIDSOO, Boise Statesman, loise , Idaho, advised.that the Boise
Statesman has never paid r . AR OLD for any news item he has given them, and
has never approached him in this ,nanner .
lie stated that the Boise Statesman
is riot attempting to push t.~e flying discs story , but Ill':?rely attempting to
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