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August. 19, 1947 N would see him after lunch, LANTZ stated that about noon DAHL and N contacted him at which time DAHL stated that he and his son had been exploring a gravel pit on Maury Island and found some strange rock formations. He stated they picked up some of these samples and that FRED CRIS, saw them and they went back over to Maury Island at which time additional samples were obtained and that CRISMAN sent these to a friend of his at the University of Chicago to have analyzed, They stated that they received a report and that ‘apparently this friend had asked a newpaperman to find out where the rock formations were obtained. CRISMAN and DAHL told LANTZ that sometime after the first flying disc story had appeared, they received a tele- gram from Trans-Ocean Press from Chicago wanting infomation on the flying Ghad fragments. FRED CRISMAN stated that they had at no time indicated-the ions’ were a part of a flying disc and that Captain piryert ma and 1 JOLD were not. interested in the rock formations and they denied giving them to SMITH and ARNOLD, TED MORRELLO, a United Press Wireman, Tacoma, Washington furnished substantially the same information that was obtained from, PAUL LANTZ, the Tacoma Timées.reporter, regarding the anonymous phone calls which he had received, He stated further that the first call he received was on Friday, August 1, at around 5:30 P. M.. At this time the caller stated that the B-25 which crashed at Kelso, Washington was carrying disc fragments and that the two officers killed were Captain DAVID. and Lieutenant BROWN, officers with Army A#2 Intelligence at Hamilton Field and that the fragments were top secret material. He stated the caller indicated that. when the Army released the names of the dead officers it would verify that the information he was furnishing was correct, LLO stated that the second call he received at’ approximately 6:45 P. Me Friday, August 1 at which time the caller’stated that the B=25 was definitely shot down and that if he contacted Amy Intelligence A=2, the man in charge would not deny it. MORRELLO stated he thought’ the man said to con- tact Colonel GUYS, but it was found out it was.Colonel GREGG who was in charge of Army Intelligence A-2. The caller further stated that the Sheriff's Office had been kept away from the crash and that’no civilians had been allowed near the plane. MORRELLO stated the third call he received at 5:30 P. M., August 2, Z that this time the caller stated that one of the men who had been conferring with Captain SMITH and NETH: ARNOLD ¥ aken to Alaska that day. The caller further stated that’ the B-25 was sh ot n from the air with a 20 mem. cannon; that the Marine plane found recently on Mt, Rainier had also been shot down; that Captain SMITH would be taken to Wright Field Tuesday morn and that :a ted. Airlines p by t ame of MORG w with Captain TH: when they shot at over } The stated ‘he was leaving for San Francisco would. be back PAUL LANTZ and TED M ILO both stated that they had-made é effort to* question the anonymous caller to obtain his identity a seless and that if they started questioning him he would fas dee