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August. 19,1947 United Press Wireman, stating that Captain DAVIDSON and Lieutenant BROWN were the Intelligence officers that were killed in the crash of the Ba25 and that civilians and the sheriff had been kept away from the wreckage with the Army guarding it. He stated the anonymous caller then said that the names had not been released yet by the Army and that this would verify his statements. PAUL LANTZ stated that the followin ng morning, Saturday, August 2, the ohn verified that the officers killed were Captain DAVIDSON and Lieutenant B BROWN and two days later verified that they were Army Intelligence officers, LANTZ stated that the anonymous caller again later contacted TED MORRELLO, calling him by that name, and at this time stated he did not call the Tacoma News Tribune or the Associated Press and denied calling PAUL LANTZ BURT McMURTIE In this call the anonymous caller stated that, "Don't think I'm ~aetne this for you.e" He then asked if the story had been put .on-the wire and when MORRELLO said yes, the caller stated, "We want this to get back to: New Jersey." The caller further stated that the B=25 was shot down by a 20 msm. cannon and that the marine plane which was recently found wrecked on the side of Mt, Rainier, having been missing for several months; had also been shot down. The caller stated to MORRELLO that he should get in touch with a flyer named MORGAN with United Airlines who, he stated, was with Captain SMITH when they were shot at over Montana, The caller then stated, "I'll see you Tuesday... I'm’ going to San Francisco." LANCE stated that he had checked with Captain EMIL SMITH of United Airlines who denied knowing any oa by the name of MORGAN; denied ever having’ flown over Montana. LANTZ stated that MORREILO received another anonymous call in which the caller stabed that SMITH would be sent to Wright Field on Tuesday and that Saturday one of the men who found fragments of the flying disc was to be flown to Alaska. “LANTZ stated that in view of the fact that the information as’ to the Intelligence officers on the B-25 had’ been as furnished by the anonymous caller, had subsequently. been verified by the Army, the story was released that the B-25 was carrying disc fragments cer Ne to Hamilton. Field, California and furnishing the inference that the pla e had been sabotaged or shot down. ~LANTZ stated that. about 8:00 P.M. on Sinday, August. 3, he contacted Captain EMIL SMITH at his home, 3027 West Laurelhurst Drive, Seattle at which time SMITH stated he had not given any story out to the Post Intelligencer at Seattle; stated that he had gotten a telegram to call a number in Boise and when he called and found out it-was the Boise Statesman, he had hung up. He ating that the Boise Statesman then contacted him, at which time he admitted he had seen the disc fragments, but that he did not take any of them. This time SMITH informed’ LANTZ that he had been with Major GEORGE a Bice Ap iss Relations Officer from McChord Field, all afternoon until about 3:45 P. Me. SMITH informed LANTZ that he had told the. Army authorities every~ thing that he vee ARNOLD knew about the flying disc fragments story from the time that KENNETH ARNOLD left Boise, Idaho and he had left Seattle, Washington, = ee time SMITH admitted that there were some of the supposed disc fragments n ARNOLD's room at the Winthrop Hotel = that CRISMAN and DAHL had been in the room Thursday afternoon. On Monday PAUL LANTZ stated that he called HAROLD DAHL who advised that if this ease not used in the paper, he and FRED os Rim