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Miscs - Tacoma, r. ARNOLD stated he received a telephone call from the press upon returning to his hotel room, and that the press wanted to know about the flying disc fragments, and he told them that he wes not talking until he had proved He stated he did not know how the press ever knew he was in Tacoma or had ARNOLD informed that at 9:30 A.M. t next morning, July | appeared at his hotel room and DAHL again asked him to the discs, that his story was not false, but thet he hed he DAHL said that his boy had been missed one morning and had been Montana, waiting on tables in a cafe; that he did not know how he had got there and that too many things were happening. Mr. ARNOLD stated thet when DAHL and CHRISMAN came to his hotel room, they had an armful of fragments, and that CHRISMAN had then informed about how he had seen en object resembling those seen by DAHL. CHRISMAN stated he had taken the patrol boat on July 23, 1947, and had gone to Mauri Island and had found the beach littered with leva. CHRISMAN stated he hed looked up and had seen @ balloon-like object with port holes and windows, which had disappeared into a large cloud ARNOLD stated that he asked DAHL again to see the pictures of the objects; thet DAHL had again agreed to show them to him. Mr. ARNOLD informed that he had then asked DAHL and CHRISMAN if it would be all right for him to call a friend, Captain SMITH, who had also seen some flying discs and let him see the fragments and hear Mr. DAHL's story. DAHL dissented, however, CHRISMAN readily agreed. He also stated that he had placed a call to Lieutenant BROWN and Ceptain DAVIDSON, Army intelligence officers at Hamilton Field, and had asked th come to his hotel, as they had previously instructed him to report to thing of an unusuel nature or of interest regarding the flying discs. . He sta > flew to Seattle and got Yaptain SMITH, BROWN and Captain I DSON had come to his room about 4;00 P.) edvised that he he: ked Lieutenant BROWN just whet he hed found the discs, and Lieutenant BROWN had confidentially informed him that they he obtained a picture of a disc, which appeared to be authentic, which picture wes taken by | a man in Phoenix, Arizone. The picture, according to Lieutenent BROWN, was of a circular object with a hole in the center, and of another object that looked like a flying wing. He stated that when Lieutenant BROAN told him this that he himediately thought of the object seen by DAHL. He stated that after hearing DAHL's story, Lieutenant BRO end Captain DAVIDSON's attitude had changed immediately, and that they sppeared disinterested. It was ther suggested that they all go to Mauri Islend and look for the dise fragments. Lieutenant BROWN end Captein DAVIDSON stated that they hed to return to Hamilton Field immediately. Mr. ARNOLD stated that Lieutenant BROWN and Captain ‘IDSO were very careful to gather up all of the fragments which had been brought re the room by DAHL and CHRISMAI