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~ ‘ ae phe ne wee deena ie eine OE pea ea ane eat bai eStats . tt ae * ~ Shot eye t ai ; be August 19, 1947 a oe forwarded herein, QREMEMEMEEEBBB. deny, however, that they actually started the flying disc story and their actual part in the story. © United Airlines pilot, states that n July 31, 1947, both related their oripinal flying disc fragment story. Information fathered would indicate that the | anonymous phone calls were possibly made by in order to build up the flying disc story to the point where they could make a profitable sale of the story to QM Chicago, Illinois. No facts have been develoned hi which would definitely prove that ade these calls, However, from ald facts and information gathered, it appears he is probably the most likely to “have made the anonymous calls. The detailed interviews of the persons contace . ted in regard to this flying disc story are. being eet out. below. Oo, mo The following investdgation was conducted by special Agent GI =: Socom, Washington on August 6, % 1947: ‘acoma, washington, advised thet in the early part of June, 1947 he was requested by the Seattle er to check on a story which he was informed had been obtained from the ARR SSE rsa, Washington, The story mwas supposed to have originated wit @MMEMEMs.ated that the story was to the effect that dle patrolling in his boat near Maury Island, saw five or six ' flying discs, one of which fluttered toward the ground and finally disintegrated, 24hi-2 tes | ge of the disc were reported to have showered down on the boat Ol in * hee re yee Fone Soe ge = ts « Vee yeh oa fe ee ge ghtivhastioe, Pee oe apt fay oe, lena Naess tanen, Feed ante ey the causing some damage and ki his dog. tated that he went o the home Tacoma, washington to check with -) him on this flying disc story. He stated that as best he could recall, this fe was just a few days after the first flying disc stories had appeared in the paper and was on a Sunday evening. He belfeved it was the early part of June, He stated that @iitock him in the kitchen and proceeded to talk about this flying disc story in low muffled tones. He stated that @Macted rather suspicious ~~ and that shortly his wife came into the kitchen and was in a considerable rage, - telling Geto @dmit that the entire story was 4 plain fantasy which he had .. @reamed up, He stated that after his wife told Q¥to admit the entire story a was false, that then admitted that there was nothing whatever to the story «. - and it was an entire hoax, QM stated that in view ef the enraged condition “~~” of GM wife, he imnodiately left and reported to the\Seattle Post Intelligencer that the entire story was a hoax and that they should fot print it in any way, He further stated that he advised the Seattle Post Intelligencer thatg@ggyP was a mental case and that nothing which he had reported should be carried as far as a news story. stated that since that sine he had received repeated ~ +m Prune tha 4 ata PeqQuests irom the poise Statesman requesting informat «stories reportedly originating with _ that he had never, in his experience, had such pressure brought upon him to release a news story and that he repeatedly advised the Boise Statesnan that the story of ceeing the flying discs ey was a complete cease . + -_ 3 7” a . wo . a ow, . ; oe tts hm 7 . . . . Poot ee oy . wor et tide wo + ree wT re’ ee roeeeen is ote -” ovata eee os mane: eaned hat ad a pai ae 2 tee Ate Saopelat : oo, pany aoe aM, set BO TE SOOT bo tye