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VENTURE PRESS
305 S TUDIO BUILDING
1718 S H ERMAN AVENU E
E VANSTON, ILLINOI B
Au&1t 5. 1947
!Ar. Kenneth Arnold.
Box 387,
Boise~ Idaho
Dear Mr. .\rnold:
It seems that Mr. Maurice Roddy of the Chicago Times got the
atory from Mr. Sir.1th, because he oslled me, told me he was
running it. I knew only 'What you'd told me over the phone.
Now, it seems the newspapers a.re pestering th~ very devil out
of all ycu fellows. cr1sma.n wired me for inst1uotions. and I
told him to cay nothing tb the newspapers, because he'll look
silly if the army explains th1~ as •meteors~ or something like
that.
I don't blame you for being alarmed, but I trust you've had no
trouble i n your flying since then. Let's get that straight-­
there's no horrible plot 1n#olved.
It's probably true that the
t\llO m<,n killed were just aaoidents. It could be true th..'1.t it
wo.s not an aooident, but I don •t think there was any connect ion
with the disks. or anything of that nature, nor is the material
from Murray Island to blame.
Certainlt I don't think you'd suffer from completing your report
on your mission, and sendin0 me iour affidavit. Also, you'll
have some money coming for that, and no sense to tossing the.t out
of the window. It i s unfortunate that the thing seemed so big
you had to call in army intell1genoe, but 1 t lit 11 take them a
long tiJae -co proceed to the point (I've reaohed 1nthis disk mystotY•
You see, you aren't the first to see them.
They've been known
for nearly forty years, and I have amplo pr~of of that. But
jOur experienoe was the first real break toward a solution.
I 'd
hate to have you drop t he matter when al 1 reaa1ning to do is to
file your report with me.
Crisman is willing to contribute his share.
I hope you ~111 too.
This tl ing 1.1ust not be hushed up and fo rgotten. It's muoh too
important t<'.> the people of Amerioa, if not the 110rld.
Antl no
censorship of the matter is logal. You needn't fee.r that angle.
You certainly did a bang-up job of investignt1ont also you wrote
one of the best article a about your aune 24 experience I 've ever
seen.
Piease do the same on t his last business.
Yuu On it to
those two men 1rho were killed.
I 'd also like to know what developed on those pictures you took
of those ndacks", or whatever they were.