| Wreckage from the first crash of an Air
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| | during the next twenty-four hours.
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| Force Aircraft on August 1, 1947 seems
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| | According to witnesses, Captain Davidson
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| like something that only the military
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| | and Lt Brown boarded a B-25 with a box of
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| might be interested in. Or maybe not.
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| | material from their investigation and
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| Much of the original wreckage was left to
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| | took off from McChord Field with two
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| rust in the forest and no recent attempts
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| | other crew members. Shortly afterward,
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| have been made to relocate or recover it
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| | their left engine caught fire and the
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| by any branch of the Military. Instead,
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| | fire fighting system malfunctioned. After
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| civilians have been looking for pieces
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| | ordering the other crew members to bail
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| from the crashed B-25 for years. That's
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| | out, Davidson and Brown were trapped when
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| because the crash site near Kelso,
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| | the aircraft began to collapse around
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| Washington, may contain material that's
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| | them. Both perished in the crash. This
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| simply out of this world After ten years
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| | was the very first crash of an Air Force
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| of searching, Jim Greer located pieces
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| | plane because it happened on the day that
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| from the B25 in a ravine near Goble Creek
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| | the Air Force officially separated from
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| east of Kelso. He has turned some of the
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| | the Army. It's ironic that the crash may
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| material over to the Museum of Mysteries
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| | have been directly linked to the UFO
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| in Seattle. Their interest is in the
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| | phenomenon. An article in the Tacoma
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| paranormal aspects of the crash. That's
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| | Times claimed that the B-25 was shot down
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| because the aircraft was carrying two
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| | by a 20mm canon or sabotaged to keep the
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| Officers that participated in the
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| | material salvaged from the Maury Island
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| investigation of a Washington UFO
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| | event from being examined at Fort
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| incident and material from that
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| | Hamilton. After the B-25 crash and the
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| investigation. 1947 is a memorable year
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| | Men in Black incident involving Dahl, the
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| for UFO enthusiasts. The saucer sightings
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| | two witnesses became concerned for the
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| by Kenneth Arnold in the State of
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| | safety of their families. When Arnold and
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| Washington and UFO crash or crashes in
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| | Smith came to view the boat that Dahl
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| New Mexico tend to dominate our
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| | said was damaged by the falling debris,
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| attention. It's easy to forget that over
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| | Captain Smith expressed some doubts. He
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| 850 sightings of a credible nature were
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| | felt that repairs on the vessel were
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| reported by U.S. Newspapers. These
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| | inconsistent with the kind of damage that
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| include amazing events alleged to have
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| | was originally reported. Rather than
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| occurred near Maury Island in Washington.
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| | explain that whole sections were
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| Real or imagined, those events and their
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| | replaced, Dahl simply told Smith that he
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| aftermath reveal a stunning cover-up that
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| | was no longer going to cooperate with the
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| has never been fully investigated or
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| | investigation and just wanted to be left
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| explained. Harold Dahl, his son Charles,
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| | alone. Some reports say that the two
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| the family dog and two crew members were
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| | witnesses admitted it was all a hoax, but
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| on a patrol boat looking for salvage logs
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| | neither Dahl or Crisman ever admitted
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| in the Puget Sound on June 21, 1947. They
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| | making such statements. Another report
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| were just off Maury Island (today called
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| | said that the material Dahl and Crisman
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| Vashon Island) when the UFO incident
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| | presented to the investigators was just
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| began. The group witnessed six
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| | worthless slag from a local smelter.
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| 'donut-shaped' craft above their
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| | Apart from the fact that there was
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| position. Harold said that the objects
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| | nothing in it for Dahl or Crisman to
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| were about one hundred feet in diameter
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| | create a hoax and both had more to lose
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| and had a 'bright metallic' appearance.
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| | than gain, there is some evidence to
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| Five of the crafts were circling a sixth
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| | support their side of the story: - FBI
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| which Dahl said was 'wobbling' and seemed
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| | Teletype from J. Edgar Hoover, 8/14/47:
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| to be in distress. After some sort of an
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| | "It would also appear that Dahl and
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| explosion, the sixth craft discharged a
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| | Crisman did not admit the hoax to the
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| large quantity of debris. The debris
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| | army officers..." - Return Teletype to
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| resembled cooled volcanic lava, had an
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| | Hoover from Special Agent George Wilcox:
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| aluminum-like appearance and fell in the
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| | "Please be advised that Dahl did not
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| form of large flakes. These flakes hit
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| | admit that his story was a hoax but only
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| and damaged their boat, injured Charles
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| | stated that if questioned by authorities
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| and killed the family dog. Afterward, all
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| | he was going to say it was a hoax because
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| the objects rose rapidly into the sky and
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| | he did not want any further trouble over
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| took off in the direction of the ocean.
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| | the matter." - In the January 1950
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| Dahl headed to Maury Island where he
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| | edition of FATE Magazine, Fred Crisman
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| stopped to assess the damage to his boat
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| | called allegations that he admitted the
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| and take photos. Finding more debris, he
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| | case was a hoax a "bald-faced lie." -
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| collected it and then proceeded to
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| | Neither Ray Palmer or Kenneth Arnold ever
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| Tacoma. After taking his son to the
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| | said the case was a hoax. Even stranger
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| emergency room, Dahl reported the entire
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| | were the events that occurred after the
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| incident to Fred Crisman, the harbor
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| | investigation by Arnold, Smith, Davidson
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| patrol supervisor. Crisman didn't believe
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| | and Brown: - The crash of the B25 is
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| him, so he returned to the area on Maury
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| | surrounded by allegations of sabotage or
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| Island which Dahl described. Crisman
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| | downing by friendly fire. - The crash of
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| found what seemed like tons of the
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| | Kenneth Arnold's airplane under
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| strange material along the shoreline.
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| | mysterious circumstances on August 3,
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| While picking up some of it, he said that
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| | 1947. He was almost killed and later
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| an object appeared and dropped more.
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| | claimed his aircraft had been sabotaged.
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| Meanwhile, Dahl was visited by a "man in
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| | - The untimely and mysterious death of
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| a dark suit" the next day. The man told
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| | Paul Lance, the Tacoma Times Reporter who
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| Dahl that he saw something he was not
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| | claimed that the B25 might have been
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| supposed to see and warned him not to
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| | purposely brought down by government
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| discuss it. Just three days after the
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| | operatives. He died two weeks after the
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| Maury Island incident, Kenneth Arnold
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| | article appeared in print. No actual
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| reported seeing a formation of strange
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| | cause of death could be determined. - The
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| looking objects traveling at incredible
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| | sudden death of Ted Morrello, the United
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| speeds near Mount Rainer, Washington.
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| | Press reporter who called Arnold just
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| Because Arnold was a former military
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| | after the Dahl Meeting claiming full
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| aviator and well-respected private pilot,
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| | knowledge of the proceedings. - The
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| the press jumped all over his sighting.
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| | closing of The Tacoma Times which went
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| Arnold was later contacted by Ray Palmer,
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| | out of business shortly after the article
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| editor of Amazing Stories. The two
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| | about the B25 was published. Unlike most
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| discussed his sighting, became friends
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| | hoaxes, the Maury Island UFO incident is
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| and forged a working relationship. United
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| | not unique among sighting or physical
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| Airlines Captain E. J. Smith was a friend
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| | evidence cases. The scene originally
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| of Kenneth Arnold, but initially
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| | described by Dahl has been repeated many
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| skeptical of his sighting until he had
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| | times. Several objects are seen together,
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| one of his own. During a flight from
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| | one crashes or is in distress and others
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| Boise, Idaho, to Tacoma, Washington on
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| | assist. Strange material is ejected,
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| July 4, 1947, Smith noticed a formation
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| | dropped or simply deposited. The material
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| of saucer-shaped objects near his
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| | can be metallic, fibrous or even
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| aircraft. They first appeared just after
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| | biological. There are many reasons for
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| 9pm, then vanished and reappeared several
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| | anyone interested in UFOs to take a
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| times for over forty-five minutes.
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| | second look at this case. Including the
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| Captain Smith, Co-Pilot Ralph Stevens and
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| | military response to the crash. Robert
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| Stewardess Marty Morrow all saw them. The
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| | Davenport of Kelso, Washington, was one
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| importance of the Arnold and Smith
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| | of the first people to view the B-25
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| sightings cannot be stressed enough.
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| | crash site. He said that small fires were
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| These witnesses were experienced pilots,
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| | still burning due to all the unused fuel
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| not starry-eyed civilians looking at
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| | when he and a few others found the
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| something in the sky that a trained
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| | wreckage. When the military arrived they
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| observer might immediately recognize as
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| | expelled everyone, sealed 150 acres
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| commonplace. That would make any opinions
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| | around the crash site and took over the
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| they had about the Maury Island UFO
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| | area for about a week. They used part of
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| incident all the more important. Their
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| | Davenport's land as a base camp. Despite
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| involvement began with a letter to Ray
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| | combing through debris and moving some
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| Palmer from Fred Crisman. Palmer quickly
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| | larger pieces to an open field for
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| contacted Arnold and asked him to
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| | further inspection, the bulk of the crash
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| investigate the Maury Island story.
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| | material was left behind. This seems
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| Arnold agreed, but asked Smith to help.
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| | strange for an investigation involving
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| He also contacted the military and
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| | the very first crash of an Air Force
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| requested that they send investigators to
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| | plane. It appeared that they were more
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| be present during the initial interviews.
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| | interested in looking for something in
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| Arnold and Smith arrived in Tacoma and
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| | the aircraft than trying to determine the
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| met with Harold Dahl at the Winthrop
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| | cause of the crash. It's doubtful that
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| Hotel on July 31, 1947. Also present were
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| | the validity of the Maury Island UFO
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| a Captain Davidson and 1st Lt. Frank
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| | incident will ever be resolved to
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| Brown. Crisman showed up with cereal
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| | anyone's satisfaction. It's also unlikely
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| boxes filled with material from the
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| | that any of the material from that event
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| Island which he presented to the Military
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| | will ever be recovered from the B-25
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| Officers. In a hurry to return to
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| | crash site. However, it's important to
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| Hamilton Field for Air Force Inauguration
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| | remember that Maury Island occurred
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| Day, Davidson and Brown left the hotel
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| | before the Arnold sighting, before
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| just after midnight. Air Force
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| | Roswell and is certainly surrounded by
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| Inauguration Day was the day that the Air
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| | unusual circumstances and unresolved
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| Force officially became a separate branch
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| | issues. Whether the actual sighting
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| of the military. After the session with
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| | occurred or never happened, you have to
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| Dahl was completed, Arnold returned to
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| | be amazed by the response of the
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| his hotel room. He almost immediately
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| | government within a government. Visit
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| received a call from Ted Morello, a
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| | for more UFO and Paranormal News,
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| United Press reporter. Morello seemed to
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| | Information and Commentary.
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| know everything that went on in the hotel
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| | Author: Bill Knell Author's Website:
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| room where the impromptu investigative
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| | Terms To Use Article: Permission is
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| had taken place and wanted a comment
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| | granted to use this article for free
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| about it. Arnold was upset and suspected
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| | online or in print with the addition of a
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| a hidden microphone had been used to
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| | link to or that URL printed with the
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| obtain the information. That wasn't the
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| | article.
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| only surprise Arnold was to experience
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