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August 19, 1947 AVIDSON, Following this recitation, Lieutenant BROWN SMITH,. said that-he and Captain DAVIDSON were of Yt nig be some truth inthe current flying dis : heir inmediate superiors (presumably A A-2 at Hamilton Field) did not I BROWN. arid DAVIDSON then held a brief disctssion as to whether should return that same night to Hamilton Field and they decided that they would, All five of the men then went down to the lobby where BRON detached himself from the group ti entered a phone booth to call for a car from McChord Field. SGMITH-also left the group and met BROWN outside the phone n booth where they held a short discussion relative to the credibility of CRIS- = £4 ROWN indicated to SMITH that he should attemt to find he level and that BROWN would call him the following The group then proceeded. to the front of the Hotel brought his car to the front of the Hotel and took from Ls trcialc a box of the alleged flying disc fragnents picked up on Maury Island. ffered them to BROWN and DAVIDSON and when the Army car arrived from McChord the box of fragments was placed in the car with the officers. CRISMAN departed alone and ARNOLD. and SMITH went in search of something to eat and later returned to the Hotel for the. night. On Friday morning, August’ 1, 194'7, ARNOLD received a call om CRISMAN informing him that a B-25 had crashed during the night and it was ieved to be the same plane which BROWN and DAVIDSON were flying. Following call CRISMAN and DAHL came to the Hotel room and from the room CRISMAN called McChord Field in an attempt to get information about the crash. took the phone from CRISMAN and spoke to a Colonel GREGG, identifying lf and asking if the B-25 which crashed was the only one Pah had taken from McChord Field the previous night. GREGG told him that it was. Follow- call ARNOLD called RAYMOND PALMGR in Chicago and la Sorsasd him of the s night's conversations and the fact that DAVIDSON and BROWN. were believed been killed. PALMER told ARNOLD ms aes continue his investigation of he. it neident and that he, PALMER, we ger interested. SMITH then took the phone from ARNOLD: and asked PAIMER if h he . could shed any light on the situation. SMITH was unable to say what PALMER's reply to CRISMAN WES e Fol- lowing these telephone discussions S{ITH says that he called MAURICE EROpDY whom he identifi as a personal friend of His and an aviation editor ‘of the Chicago Times, SMITH states that he had prefiously made an agreement with RODDY in Chicago that should he evér run across any flying disc stories bili ag showed pee as of news value, that he would contact ys and this call was a result that agreement. Shortly afterward, Colonel GREGG called him red McChord Field stating that Hamilton Field had requested ‘the at ARNOLD, SMITH, CRISMAN and DAHL submit their addresses to Hamilton Field for convenience of any Army investigation .of the incident which may be forthcomings After this call the four men went to a restaurant for lunch. During the caves of this meal SMITH excused himself from the table and attempted to call SAC BOBBITT of the Port— land - Field Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation with whom he cleims acquain- oocrmrr tance. BOBBITT, however, was unavailable and SMITH was unable to complete the