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Oe A neg tee Ene arta ere ma go = seman u fey eos Te 67 a rae SD aS De eT aM . o 5 r a vot yh. a oF . 7 . . ‘ +. tthat's what he wanted then to say". S from either QMMMImas to what each specifically had done to start the “. £lying disc story. - August 19, “i947 refuse to furnish any further information, Ce ee | On August 55 1947 special \ccxt ie... contacted in the resident agency office, Tacoma, Washington by At this time asked if the Seattle Office was investigation the crash of the B-25 and he was informed that no investigation was being conducted by the Seattle Office. MMB at this time related in a rambling story thet he / VY had picked up some strange rock formations which he had forwarded to a friendd /* of his in the University of Chicago to have analyzed and that later, in some manner unknown to him, these rock formations had been reported as being frag- ments of & flying disc, re oy Te On August 7, 1947 ites — ae inter— viewed at the Tacoma resident agency office, Both at first denied any knowledge of how the rock formations which they had picked up to have alalyzed became connected with the flying disc stories. Both denied maicing any statement to anyone that these rock formations were portions of a disc fragment. It was apparent from the start of the interview thatQ@iliMwand ere not telling their complete and true connection with the flying disc story. They refused to give any definite information as to what they said or had done which caused them to become involved in a flying dise story, but gave evasive answers and repeatedly stated that they had nothing to do with it and were at a loss to understand how they became connected with the flying disc story. After considerable ee tte! they stated that in the early part of Jungthey sent to@@MMMMMMBeof the(Ziff-Davis Publishing Company which published th@\Fantasy magazine in Chicago and the Venture magazine in Evanston, Illinois some rock formations which they had found on Maury Island. They stated they sent these formations, asking @MlMeto have them analyzed. They stated that v6 “later te and asked for more samples, advising he had failed to analyze the samples, stat they have never sent any additianal gamples Dell weaw and that the next they heard ——A the rock formations which they had sent = ast VOUT Willy Lae G@MMRwias when he called ‘and asked if the rock formations could ~ have come from a flying disc. stated he made some remark that they possibly ' gould have come from a flying dise and that he immediately sat dorm and wrote — & Letter to which was in the latter part of June in which he atated the material could have been portions of a flying disc. MMM claimed that he . thought he told Gilli ove: the phone something about being in his boat when _ . he obtained these rock formations, but stated he could not recall what he had written to azmmeent claimed that he passed the whole thing off as a Joke. ere questioned at length in an attempt to obtain specific {information as to exactly what each one had done with regard to the rock forma- tions. However, each stated that the only thing they had done was tel eal the formations could have come from a flying diac in view of the fact it appeared No definite information could be obtained