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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 that civilians and the sheriff had been kept away from the wreckage v 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 following morning, Saturday, August 2, the Army verified that the officers killed were Captain DAVIDSON and Lieutenant 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 or BURT McMURTIE. In this call the anonymous caller stated that, "Don't think I'm doing this for you." 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 m.m. 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 M he should get in touch with a flyer named iM 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’g San Francisco." LANCE stated that he had checked with Captain MMIL § United Airlines who denied knowing any pilot by the name of MORGAN; denied ever having flown over Montana, LANTZ stated that. MORRBILO received another anonymous call in which the caller stated 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, “LAN tated that in view of the fact that the information as to the Intell: ce, officers on the had’ been: as é bsequently been verified by the Army, he story 5 released that the B-25 was carrying disc fragments returning to Hamilton Field, California and furnishing the inference that the plane had.been sabotaged or shot down, LANTZ stated that about 8:00 P, M. on Sunday, August 3, he contacted ¢ TH 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 d when he called and found out it-was the Boise Statesman, he had hung up. He stated 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 This time SMITH informed’ LANTZ that he had been with Major GEORGE wblic Relations Officer from McChord Field, all afternoon until about SMITH informed LANTZ that he had told the Army authorities every- % w about the flying disc fragments story from the time that OLD left Boise, Idaho and he had left Seattle, Washington. This time admitted that there were some of the supposed disc fragments in ARNOLD's room at the Winthrop Hotel and that ¢! AN and DAHL had been in the room Thursday afternoon, On Monday PAUL LANTZ stated that he called HAROID DAHL who advised that if this were not used in the paper, he and FRED = Bie