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August 19, 1947 the rare «ie ig story in .Tacoma.. ARNOLD. informed SMITH at this after receiving this letter he had-called PALMER by telephone in Chicago as a result of ° uhich call PALMER had. forwarded him. $200.00 expense money for covering the story. Shortly thereafter, at about 7:30 P. M. HAROLD DAHL arrived at the Hotel room and the discussion began among the four men present as to what. DAHL and CRISMAN had seen on Maury Island. DAHL professed reluc~ tance to tell the story, claiming that several unfortunate incidents had occurred subsequent to his seeing the flying discs. and he believed the entire incident had brought him bad luck. In this connection he stated that four or five days subsequent to his sighting the flying dises, a man called at his home and had a conversation with him the course of which DAHL was warned to forget all about everything he had seen on or near Maury Island. In addition to that, DAHL stated that his sixteen year. old son had run away from home following the incident and had been picked up by the police somewhere in Montana. After some further discussion DAHL finally agreed to tell his story of the flying disc incident in front of SMITH after eliciting a promise from SMITH that he would not discuss the matter for at least two weeks. It should be noted that DAHL had previously told his story to ARNOLD and GRISMAN, At this point DAHL related the incident which has already been described and which he alleged had taken place on or about June 23 or 24. While relating the incident DAHL mentioned that he had taken pictures of the flying dise which he had seen but that the printed films were. marred with white spots. When DAHL had concluded his Story, CRISMAN related that he had gone the following day to Maury Island to verify what DAHL had told him concerning the fragments and had at this time picked up several fragments and taken them with him. At a) this time CRISMAN related that he also saw one of the flying discs hovering over the Island but that it. had disappeared into a cloud. When DAHL and CRISWAN had finished telling their story ARNOLD told the group that he had earlier in that. evening called Captain DAVIDSON and Lieutenant BROWN, Army Intelligence officers and that they were on their way to the Hotel room. At this point DAHL protested that he did not wish in tell his story’ before anyone else and he was advised by SMITH that if such was the case why didn't he just leave and not be there when they arrived. a Soatit DAHL and SMITH then left the room and went downstairs, DARL departed alone. -CRISMAN drove SMITH back to Boeing Field near Seattle where SMITH desired to pick up his own personal car, which he aids They then returned to the Hotel where they found Captain DAVIDSON and Lieutenant BR mn in room 502 with KENNETH ARNOLD, ARNOLD met them at the door and seemed excited, explaining to SMITH that Captain DAVIDSON had just drawn a reproduction of a. freak disc which had supposedly been seen by a woman in Arizona and tha LDMAT this drawing was an exact reproduction of the flying disc which he, ARNOLD, had seen several weeks before, nearing Mt. Rainier. SMITH states that shortly after this CRISMAN seemed very anxious to tell his and DAHL's story to the Army offi- cers. /Be e this was. don ow SMITH had a discussion with Lieutenant informing him that they had promised DAHL not to release the story for and that if CRISMAN were allowed to tell the story at this time, BROWN IN must agree not to release the story for one month. Following this . CRISMAN related DAHL's and his story of the flying dises over Maury a Fin