65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_003, FBI Flying Disc File on Maury Island Fragments and Kenneth Arnold, 1947
- Date
- 1947 (dated items)
- Location
- Tacoma, Washington area, and other locations (as stated)
- Agency
- FBI
- Release
- Release 01 (May 8, 2026)
- Type
- document
Summary
This section covers FBI inquiries into Harold Dahl and Fred Crisman's claims of fragments at Maury Island, their July 31, 1947 meeting with Kenneth Arnold at the Winthrop Hotel, and a related plane crash investigation. One page states that Dahl wrote to Ray Palmer suggesting the fragments "could have come from a flying disc"; Dahl and Crisman later admitted the statement was false. Other pages assess Arnold's reported distances and discuss an instrument examined by a laboratory.
Note
Summary covers selected pages of a large file and is not exhaustive.