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Director, FB1 August 27, 1947 Flying Dises - Tacoms, . of the information aveileble regarding the disc fragments end that he understood iL had told the press about the disc fragments, stating there wes nothing to the story and. thet it was a phoney. DAHL immediately replied that his story was not false or phoney, but thet what he had seen and whet had happened to him was so unusual and fentestic that he wanted to forget about the dise fragments. DAHL then agreed to tell Mr. ARNOLD the following story, providing his name and the Harbor Patrols would be left outs DAHL stated that his dog had been killed and his boy hurt end that the wheel mount on his harbor patrol boat had been struck by dise fragments, and thet about twenty ton of this materiel had fallen on the beach at Mauri Island, and into the bay, and that a day after this incident, a men about forty years of age had contacted him and told him, "I know whet you sew at Mauri Islend and I'm telling you in a nice way to forget about it and keep your mouth shut." DAHL stated that he had obtained a large number of the fragments and had taken them home, but that FREDYDRICKMAN, his superior officer, hed told him to send the fragments to RAYMOND PALVER at Chicago; that PALMER would analyze the specimens free of charge. DAHL continued stating that on the afternoon of June 21, 1947, he wes on patrol with his boy, dog, and two seamen near a cove on the east side of Meuri Islend. He steted that he looked up through the windshield of the boet and at a height of about 1,000 feet, he saw six round circular grey objects that looked like large inner tubes slightly squashed. These objects appeared to be about 100 feet across end in the center was e hole about twenty-five feet. DAHL said he assumed they were some type of a balloon. The object in the center wes lower than the rest of the other objects, and the other objects were circling around it. The object in the center seemed to be descending while the others followed. As the objects descended he saw port holes around the inside of the object and what appeared to be windows. He stated thet the object in the center descended to about 500 feet, and that suddenly one of the circling objects came down end touched the object in the center end remained in this position for a few minutes, while the other objects continued to circle above. The object which had descended and touched the object in the center and which wes lower, then rose and took its place with the other objects. All of the objects then started to rise and what appeared to be news- papers came out of the center of the object in the middle of the circling object. Then the sky seemed to rain lava, the leva coming from the object in the center and DAHL headed the boat for shore. He stated that the lava coming from the object in the center appeared to be s white metal, and as it fell into the water, clouds of steam rose from the water. He stated that some of the lava landed on the beach. He also stated that his dog was killed and also a sea gull in addition to his boy bei hurt by the falling lave. Mr. ARNOLD continued stating that DAHL had said thet he had teken pictures of the object and that if Mr. ARNOLD wanted them, he could have the negatives. 1HL took M ARNOLD to the home of his secretary that evening and showed him some of the disc fre nts he hed picked up, which were smooth on one side end rough on the other, according to i. ARNOLD. eee.