Kenneth Arnold's 1947 Sighting Maury Island Sightingand the Kelso Crash

an ongoing Mystery and Investigation by theNorthwest Museum of Legends and Lore and the

Seattle UFO / Paranormal Group

Visit the Northwest Museum of Legends and Lore to see the documentation, the Newspaper articles and the FBI report on the B-25 Bomber crash.

Debris from the crash and what could have been an artifact from a UFO.Look for the new upcoming book Maury Island UFO Case - The Mystery behind the Air Force's first

plane crash in 1947.

Kenneth Arnold

Visit http://www.kennetharnoldufo.com/June 24th, 1947, Kenneth Arnold, a federal Marshall had a sighting over Mineral, Washington, at 9,000 feet near Mt. Rainier of nine "skipping discs" flying

North to Southin which the story made international news and in which media was to coin the term "flying saucer".

Arnold was to later write his 1952 book, The Coming Of The Saucers, published with Ray Palmer.Kenneth Arnold's background:

Kenneth Arnold was an Eagle Scout, a field representative for the American Red Cross , an All-State Football player. He began selling fire controlequipment throughout the Northwest, and

was a member of an "aerial posse" for the Ada County, Idaho, Sheriff. He was also a relief Federal U.S. Marshall and occasionally flew Federal prisoners toMcNeil Island Federal Penitentiary.

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Kelso Crash: Mystery behind the Air Force's first plane crashAug. 1, 1947

Now on Display: Debris from the Air Force's first plane crash

- a B-25 Bomber and what could be an artifact from a UFOthe plane was carrying when it crashed.

James Greear on his property with parts of the B-25 bomber that crashed.

Bill finding the part now on display at the museum.Please note all items were found on the surface and no digging was involved.

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...Bill finds an old battery and James finds more surface debris.

Aug. 15, 2007.

The museum Directors Philip Lipson and Charlette LeFevrededicated a plaque at the site Aug. 1st to the military officers who risked their lives protecting evidence.

Material found from Air Force¹s first plane crash in Kelso Washington1947. Seattle Museum of the Mysteries announces on display material from the historical Kelso Crash: theAir Force¹s first plane crash. After 60 years, material from the Air Force¹s first plane crash, a B-25Bomber has been recovered from a wooded area in Kelso Washington. Note debris found prior to Sept. 26, 2007 was free and clear for salvage.Charlette LeFevre and Philip Lipson, Directors of the Seattle Museum of the Mysteries in anexpedition to the location of the crash Aug. 15, 2007 along with property owner James Greear made aremarkable discovery -that there were still numerous air plane parts apparently overlooked by theinitial cleanup in August of 1947.

initial cleanup in August of 1947.

In the early morning hours of Aug. 1, 1947, a B25 Bomber left McChord Field and crashed in Kelsowith what has always been considered a mysterious cargo of black lava rock slag reported to have beenejected from an unidentified craft during a sighting over Maury Island. Capt. Davidson and FirstLieutenant Frank M. Brown were flying back to Hamilton Air Force Base in California whenreportedly their left engine caught on fire and crashed in Kelso killing both officers. As this crashoccurred Aug. 1, 1947, the day the Air Force separated from the Army, this historically became the AirForce¹s first military crash and first fatalities. It is believed both Davidson and Brown knew theurgency of the situation but stayed with the plane until the last moments.

On March 18, 2006 the museum Directors interviewed Robert Davenport of Kelso, Washington and herelated clearly how as a fifteen year old boy he and his father were the first persons at the crash site. Hedescribed the site as dangerous as there were still numerous small fire explosions due to the igniting ofpockets of spilled fuel. The plane had impacted the hill at the base of three alder trees and there wasburnt debris everywhere. The military had used Davenport¹s property as a base camp and spent over aweek in cleaning up the debris. Also found in the area was a large black stone which directors believemay have been one of the pieces of slag the officers may have been hoping to analyze. The Directorshope to pick up the mission 60 years later to analyze the possible slag in question for its properties. The directors believe the officers, whether or not they believed the evidence they were carrying onboard was legitimate, risked their lives to secure what they believed to be evidence. The museumDirectors also hope to dedicate a plaque at the historical site Aug. 1 to commemorate the officers whogave their lives in the line of duty.

Maury Island UFO MysteryNew photo and documentation discovered on UFOlogy¹s first modern day case. June 20, 2006 By Charlette LeFevre and Philip Lipson Directors, Seattle UFO/Paranormal Group and Seattle Museum of the Mysteries

The Maury Island UFO Mystery is a complex case spanning several months in the summer of 1947 in the Puget Sound area of WashingtonState. The mystery occurred two weeks before Roswell and first involved UFOs seen over Maury Island, followed by the famous KennethArnold sighting of UFOs over Mt. Rainier and ended with the tragic crash of a B-25 Bomber and the deaths of two military intelligenceofficers. This article focuses on the crash site of the B-25 Bomber, a first ever interview with a local who was first on the scene and a newlydiscovered photo of the crash site, believed to be the only photo available of the Air Force¹s first plane crash.

The Maury Island UFO Incident The mystery starts with a UFO sighting by Harold Dahl on June 21, 1947, 2:00 pm over Maury Island Washington. Dahl along with his sonand two crewmen were salvaging logs south of Maury Island when they saw six doughnut shaped disks hovering over the bay. One diskwas wobbling and appeared to be in trouble. It lowered itself to about 500 feet above the water and was joined by five other disks. Uponwhat appeared to be assistance from one of the disks, the floundering disk dropped what appeared to be shiny aluminum metal on the beachfollowed by black lava like rock (or slag) into the water which created steam upon hitting the water. The falling slag wounded Dahl¹s sonCharles and killed their dog. Charles was taken to the local hospital in Tacoma for first aid and the dog¹s body was buried at sea on theirreturn trip. Kenneth Arnold¹s UFO Sighting Three days later on June 24, 1947, a pilot and Federal Marshall by the name of KennethArnold saw nine disks ³skipping² across the North face of Mt. Rainier and was to become the sighting in which media coined the term³Flying Saucer². He was interviewed by local and national press including Edward R. Murrow and his sighting made radio and newsheadlines around the world. He was later interviewed by 1st Lt. Frank M. Brown along with Capt. William L. Davidson from Hamilton

headlines around the world. He was later interviewed by 1st Lt. Frank M. Brown along with Capt. William L. Davidson from HamiltonField in California.

Kenneth Arnold meets Harold Dahl and the MilitaryKenneth Arnold was interested in UFOs after his sighting and answered a request by Ray Palmer - an editor in Chicago to investigate thenearby Maury Island sighting and a meeting was arranged with Harold Dahl at the Winthrop Hotel in Tacoma where Arnold was joined byUnited Airlines pilot Capt. E. J. Smith. The officers 1st Lt. Frank Brown and Capt. Davidson were called back at the request of KennethArnold to also review these witnesses. The officers met with Kenneth Arnold and Harold Dahl and collected all the fragments of rock totake back with them to Hamilton Field. It was about midnight on July 31, 1947 when they finished interviewing and they called for acommand car to pick them up as they seemed in a hurry to return to Hamiliton Field as it was Air Force Day - the inauguration day of theseparation of the Air Force from the Army and all planes were needed. Kenneth Arnold in his book ³The Coming of the Saucers² commentsthat just as the Army command car pulled up in front of the hotel where he and Capt. Smith were staying, Fred L. Crisman - Harold Dahl¹ssupervisor came by and started taking a large Kellogg¹s corn flakes box (believed to be a large box with flaps) out of his trunk and KennethArnold helped Crisman unload this box from his car into the trunk of the command car. Arnold states he could see the top of the boxflapping open and ³Inside the box were a great number of large chunks of material that looked similar to the fragments we had in our room².Arnold yelled ³Goodbye and good luck² as the command car drove away. That was the last time Arnold and Capt. Smith were to see theofficers. Soon after returning to his hotel room, a Tacoma Times reporter Ted Morello called to say that a mysterious telephone informanthad told him what had taken place in their hotel room. This informant¹s information appeared accurate to the point that Arnold thought asmall transmitter had been planted somewhere in their room although they could never find one. 1

The B-25 Bomber Crash - the Air Force¹s first Fatalities Arnold the next morning around 9:20am received a call from Fred Crisman informing him that the radio was mentioning news of a B-25bomber that had exploded and crashed twenty minutes after take off from McChord Field. The B-25 Bomber had crashed near KelsoWashington when the left engine caught on fire. Arnold was later to hear a recorded interview by Ted Morello of Sgt. Elmer L. Taff whowas one of the survivors of the plane crash. Sgt. Taff related fifteen to twenty minutes after take off it was noticed that the left engine wason fire. Sgt. Matthew's had tried the emergency fire fighting system which did not work. Then Lt. Brown squeezed through the doorwayand commanded them to strap on their parachutes. Lt. Brown had his harness on but not his parachute. He harshly commanded them bothto jump. ³Lt. Brown quickly told him how to pull the rip chord when he was sure he was clear of the ship and actually forcibly shoved himout of the plane into the night². Taff related a good ten minutes had elapsed between the time he parachuted out at 10,000 ft. until the firereached serious proportions and the plane started to dive. Taff also related of how shortly before they took off the pilot and copilot loaded aheavy cardboard box aboard the B-25. Taff noticed it particularly because it seemed very heavy for one man to carry. This box was placedover to one side of the compartment that he and the engineer occupied. Ted Morello also informed Kenneth Arnold that the B-25 Bomberthat landed at McChord Field was under military armed guard every minute it was at the field. It was implied by the nature of that statementthat this was unusual and Morello was scared for their safety. 1 A local newspaper article also gave clues to what happened aboard theplane. Woodrow D. Matthews, crew chief of the bomber reported helping Davidson and Brown into their parachutes and that at the time hejumped, flames from the blazing left engine were pouring into the cockpit. It was reported that Brown was ³standing in the aisle ready toleave the plane ³ when Matthews himself jumped out. 6 Brown was found at the crash site with his parachute harness on but had apparentlyreturned to the cockpit. His body was found in the wreckage. Matthews related that the only reason he could see that the officers did not getout was that the left wing might have crumpled, trapping them in the plane. 6 T/4 Woodrow D. Matthews, crew chief of the bomber whoput the parachute on Sgt. Taff saving his life was proposed for the Soldier¹s Medal. An FBI report states the left wing was found 125 yardsfrom the plane impact site and likely fell off throwing the plane into a plummeting spin. 3 Later that day Kenneth Arnold again received acall from Ted Morello. The mysterious informant that kept calling Morello stated the B-25 bomber from Hamilton Field had been shotdown by a 20mm cannon. The Tacoma Times that day¹s headlines read ³Sabotage Hinted in Crash of Army Bomber at Kelso and a sub-headline read ³Plane May Hold Flying Disk Secret². Written by Paul Lance the article stated the plane had been sabotaged or shot down toprevent shipment of flying disk fragments to Hamilton Field, California, for analysis. ³The disk parts were said by the informant to be thosefrom one of the mysterious platters which plunged to earth on the Maury Island² recently. Leading substance to the caller¹s theory is thefact that twelve hours before the Army released official identification, the informant correctly identified the dead in the crash to be Capt.William L. Davidson and 1st Lt. Frank M. Brown. This Tacoma Times article also stated ³At McChord field an intelligence officerconfirmed the informants report that the B-25 Bomber had been carrying Œclassified material¹. 1

Paul Lance was later to die two weeks later of unknown reasons. Pathologist studied his body for thirty six hours but could not find anycause of death. 7 Arnold was later informed that the crash was caused by the loss of an exhaust collector ring on the left engine. It wasnever explained by the military why Capt. Davidson and Lt. Brown never notified anyone by radio of their distress nor why theythemselves did not parachute. It is likely both Davidson and Brown knew the urgency of the situation but stayed with the plane until the lastmoments and then it became too late. There has been no indication that the officers were conducting any additional classified missionsother than interviewing the UFO sighting witnesses and carrying any other type of evidence on board. Seattle Post Intelligencer Aug. 3,1947 AP report states ³Pieces not Located² Brig. Gen. Ned Schramm, chief of staff, Fourth Air Force, said he knew nothing about reportsthat the plane was carrying ³classified² or secret material² ³As far as I know, the plane was supposed to come in here empty.² he said, ³andthere wasn¹t a single, solitary, secret thing aboard². 9 Air Rescue Service Final Mission Report (4) states ³at 0930PST, a message from Sq.Binformed that top secret material was in the navigators kit and to request Commanding Officer McChord Field to expedite all availableinformation to Commanding Officer Hamilton Field². 5

Bob Davenport - First on the Scene

Bob Davenport - First on the Scene On March 18, 2006 we interviewed Robert Davenport of Kelso, Washington at a local restaurant and he related clearly how as a fifteen yearold boy his neighbor had alerted his family of a report of a crash in the area and he how went with his father immediately to the site. He andhis father were the first persons at the crash site in the early morning hours of Aug. 1, 1947 later to be joined by other neighbors and locals.He stated the crash site was easy to find due to all the smoke rising from the numerous small fires. He described the site as gruesome anddangerous as there were still numerous small fire explosions due to the igniting of pockets of spilled fuel. The plane had impacted the hill atthe base of three alder trees and there was burnt debris everywhere. Davenport described how it was hard for the Sheriff¹s cars to make itup the rough roads and several cars had their fuel tanks damaged. This was confirmed by other newspaper reports. The military had usedtheir property as a base camp and spent over a week in cleaning up the debris and moving the larger pieces to a nearby corn field.Surprisingly, our inquiries regarding this crash was the first he had ever heard of this plane crash having any connection to UFOs and hewas not aware of any secret or classified material on board.

The First Photo (see above photo)After the interview we decided to check out the local area and see if we could find any further newspaper articles on the crash as theprevious year we had discovered a Kelso article that provided more details of the crash area. Our efforts proved more fruitful than we hadimagined. We discovered not only another article but a photo of the crash site. 8 The photo was likely taken in the early morning hours by alocal photographer for the small newspaper long before the military arrived. As the date was Aug. 1st it was likely printed for the eveningedition of the newspaper. We believe this is the only photo available of the crash made available to the public and the first historical photoof the Air Force¹s first plane crash and fatalities. The photo suddenly made the incident seem even more real - more so than any otherdocument could describe and gave a weighted impact to the deaths of Capt. Davidson and 1st Lt. Frank Brown. This photo is believed to bethe only printed photo by a newspaper as Kenneth Arnold stated the military authorities had roped off the surrounding 150 acres around thecrashed plane and nobody was allowed within that area. According to Kenneth Arnold not even the Civil Air Patrol themselves couldapproach the crash site. 7

Military, Media and attempted Cover Up? According to a recently discovered article on the crash, in the Longview Daily article published shortly after the crash of August 1, entitled³Springer Arrives To See Crash Scene² some indication is given that there was an attempt to provide a different explanation for the officer¹sinvestigations. Was this perhaps an early example of government disinformation? The article states ³ Information reaching The Daily Newsconcerning the flight tended to dispel rumors of flying discs or secret missions, indicating that the aviators, Capt. William L. Davidson, SanFrancisco, and 1st Lt. Frank M. Brown of Vallejo took off from McChord Field bound for Hamiliton Field, California, early Fridaymorning to gain some night flying time on their logbooks.² This may have been one of the military¹s first attempt at a cover up to the press.Seattle Post-Intelligencer I.N.S. article states ³a Fourth Air Force officer verified Capt. Davidson¹ and Lt. Brown¹s deaths but stated that thereport that their ill-fated bomber was returning with classified or secret material was ³just a flight of fancy². 5

Still a MysteryIndeed, these new discoveries demonstrate that not all cases are investigated fully and time may reveal more information on a mystery thatremains as complex and unsolved today as it was almost sixty years ago. This incident serves to commend the actions of the officers thatwhether or not they believed the slag was legitimate or that the stories were contrived, these two intelligence officers took the witnesses andsightings seriously enough to interview the pilots and witnesses and risked their lives to secure what they believed to be evidence. Thisarticle is dedicated to the men and women who take a risk to find the truth. Charlette LeFevre and Philip Lipson will continue to investigatethis case, and document this Northwest mystery. __________________________________________________________ 1. Arnold, Kenneth and Palmer, Ray. ³The Coming of the Saucers², 1952. Ray Palmer, Amherst, Wisconsin. 2. Arnold, Kenneth, Fate Magazine, Vol. 1, #1, 1948, The Mystery of the Flying Disks. 3. FBI Report 1947. 4. Air Rescue Service Final Report, McChord Field, Tacoma Washington, Aug. 4, 1947 5. Seattle Post Intelligencer, I.N.S. article, ³Airline Head Mystified Over ŒFlying Disk¹ Fragment Story², Aug. 3, 1947. 6. Longview Daily,³Springer Arrives To See Crash Scene², Aug. 4, 1947. 7. Arnold, Kenneth. ³Proceedings Of The First International UFO Congress², 1980, Warner Books, New York, NY. 8. Stark, Brent. Dahlquist photo. Longview Daily News, ³Air Force Day Marred As B-25 Crashes Here², Aug. 1, 1947, pg. 1. 9. AP, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, ³2 Flyers Died in Crash on ³Disk² Mission², Sun. Aug. 3, 1947, pg. 1.

The UFO community worldwide has proclaimed June 24th International UFO Research Day in honor of Kenneth Arnold.

Fate Magazines first issue features and article by Kenneth Arnold "The Truth about the Flying Saucers.

Maury Island UFO Incident

Three days before Kenneth Arnold's famous 1947 saucer sighting on Mount Rainier, on June 21, 1947 inPuget Sound a Washingtonian named Harold Dahl watched five flying saucers come to the aid of a sixthwobbling in the sky just off Maury Island (now Vashon Island). The saucers spewed hot ash and slagthat wounded Dahl's son and killed their dog. Their dog was buried at sea before they returned andHarold sought medical attention for his son at the hospital.

This occurance was to be investigated later by the military Captain William Davidson and FirstLieutenant Frank M. Brown. The officers interviewed Dahl at Tacoma's Winthrop hotel and collectedevidence of black lava rock. On August 1, 1947 their modified B-25 bomber crashed in KelsoWashington on their return flight with the evidence. According to the FBI, the military report and thetwo survivors, the left engine had caught fire and the officers stayed with the evidence. The KelsonianTribune headlines announced the next day " Flying Disk Investigators die in Army Bomber Wreck".

Harold Dahl was soon after visited by a "Man in Black" at a Tacoma cafe and soon after would claim theincident was a hoax.

Winthrop Hotel today 2005 in Tacoma. Location of the interview with the military officers.

Winthrop Hotel today 2005 in Tacoma. Location of the interview with the military officers.

The first page of the Maury Island Mystery from Key Comics. Tad, Nancy, Philip, Charlette and Kenn Thomas at Maury Island investigating and looking forblack lava slag. Kenn Thomas holding a possible artfact?

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Men in Black - the first documented case was in the Northwest

"The first instance of the mysterious Men In Black appearing in the history and lore of UFOs happenedin the Puget Sound region as part of a sighting known as the Maury island case. Three days beforeKenneth Arnold's famous 1947 saucer sighting on Mount Rainier, a Washingtonian named Harold Dahlwatched five flying discs come to the aid of a sixth wobbling in the sky. The saucers spewed hot ash andslag that wounded Dahl's son and killed his dog. Shortly after Dahl began telling others about what hadhappened, he was visited by a "Man In Black", who advised him not to say anything more to anyone.Dahl did not heed the warning. Soon, his logging business began to fail, his wife fell ill and his sondisappeared, only to reappear in a distant state, waiting tables, with no memory of how his lifecircumstances had changed. After that, Dahl vowed to never again tell the tale of the Maury Island UFOand, if asked, he would claim henceforth that it was a hoax. These events preceded by five years theclaims of UFO writer Al Bender, generally regarded as the first claim for the existence of Men in Black.Bender, the head of a group called the International Flying Saucer Bureau in Bridgeport, Connecticut,became physically ill after receiving a visit from three MIBs in 1952, who told him to remain quietabout his knowledge of UFOs. - Find out more in the book Maury Island UFO by Kenn Thomas."

" the man wore a black suit, however, and drove a black 1947 Buick sedan when he arrived the day afterDahl's encounter with the flying doughnuts [Maury Island UFO Incident]. After he accepted the strangeman's invitation to breakfast, Dahl drove himself to a small cafe in downtown Tacoma followed by theblack-suited man in the black Buick...." - Maury Island UFO Incident by Kenn Thomas, Illuminet Press.

Thus, historically, the Northwest was the first documented encounter of "Men in Black" shortly after the"Maury Island UFO incident - the "Roswell of the Northwest" and just three days before KennethArnolds sighting of nine discs seen over Mt. Rainier in 1947 and when media coined the term "flyingsaucer".The mystery even though well documented and numerous people were involved including military, hasnever been solved.

Visit the Northwest Museum of Legends and Lore to see the documentation, the Tacoma Times articlesand the FBI report on the B-25 Bomber crash.New articles from local paper. The government's first attempt at a cover up two weeks before Roswell.

UFO Hunters - an Embarrassment toUFOlogyby Charlette LeFevre and Philip Lipson Seattle UFO Paranormal Group2/6/08

If one thought UFO Hunters on the History Channeldefined UFO researchers, rest assured they do not. Asidefrom a basic recounting of the story of the Maury IslandIncident, the first show of this series is about how fourguys can do a shallow job of not only research butinvestigating. But perhaps that was their intent, todisinform by embarrassing themselves and the field ofUFOlogy. The best that can be said about the new UFOHunters show on the Maury Island sighting was that theyused interesting fonts and had a few decent graphics.

The spokesmen for the show, Bill Birnes and his geekgang basically got overly excited by trivial matters suchas diving into the frigid waters of Puget Sound to collectordinary rocks, and finding airplane parts that hadalready been found and reported upon six months earlierby the Seattle UFO/Paranormal Group.

What they neglected could fill volumes. There washardly a mention of Kenneth Arnold whose sightingover Mt. Rainier is when media coined the term ³flyingsaucer² and his investigation of the the Maury Islandincident. There was also no mention of Fred Crisman, akey character and witness to the case who had anotorious background in CIA matters and had beenlinked to the Kennedy Assassination. Unfortunately, the³UFO Hunters seemed to focus on a ³gee-whiz²approach, pretty much neglecting the importance of thestory which had featured the first appearance of the Menin Black, involved one of the first disinformationcampaigns by the military and a mysterious informant tothe local papers and much more. There was no mentionof the work of Maury Island researcher Kenn Thomasand no interviews with any persons who havehistorically studied the case.

If they were going for ratings, they failed there too. Afew reenactments would have helped. But understandobviously the show was about them, not the history andobviously this was low budget. Instead we get to hearPat Uskert¹s complain about his dive into the coldwater¹s of Puget Sound for a futile look for slag alongthe miles and miles of Maury Island¹s shores. Hisdedication though is steadfast as he states the importance

dedication though is steadfast as he states the importanceof the case and that ³No stone should go unturned². I canonly imagine Bill Birnes yelling at Pat to keep lookinguntil he comes up with something! One diver, with noinformation or indication where the slag is, no sonar dataas reference, sifting through the rocks with his hands.What are the chances he would find evidence of slag thatmay or may not have been dumped sixty years ago? Butbehold, Pat surfaces with a quarter size black rock forthe crew!

Easily mistaken for evidence we later see Ted ³Mr. MIT²Acworth stating this is only igneous rock as he casuallytosses the rock from hand to hand. No chemicalspectrometer lab testing needed for this sample! Nosiree! Its nice to know fine upstanding graduates of ourfinest Universities using their utmost skills in makingsuch academic assessments. I am left to consider if Tedis making a slight dig at Pat. Perhaps but it is possiblethat Pat Uskert is still diving in Puget Sound as he³..overturns every stone². If you knew nothing aboutMaury Island, and were half asleep by the TV, theymight have finished the job for you, along withproviding a couple scenic pictures of Puget Sound. Notsurprising, the show failed on many levels. There waslittle information, no entertainment, and boringparticipants who they themselves did not seem to enjoytheir roles. But I guess after hearing Bill Birnes bark somuch, I guess I too would be annoyed.

Our recommendation is check any case first hand withmaterial in books and on the internet - it will be vastlymore rewarding.

The Seattle Museum of the Mysteries and theSeattle UFO / Paranormal Group are not associated with History Channel's UFO Hunters

The museum disassociated withthe film company Motion Pictures Productions after they would not agree to not dig and

disturb the crash site.

Please note as of Sept. 26, 2007 this area has been registered as a Historicaland Archaeological site with the State of Washington and is on private land.

The museum directors cleared regulation with the Air Force and the Museum of Flight thatdebris of Air Force plane crashes that crashed prior to Sept 1961 are free and clear for salvage.

Note also that this particular crash site was declared historical, and debris removed from this site after would be a violation of RCW 27.53.060.

RCW 27.53.060 RCW 27.53.060 Disturbing archaeological resource or site ‹ Permit required

‹ Conditions ‹ Exceptions ‹ Penalty. (1) On the private and public lands ofthis state it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or any agency

or institution of the state or a political subdivision thereof to knowinglyremove, alter, dig into, or excavate by use of any mechanical, hydraulic, or

other means, or to damage, deface, or destroy any historic or prehistoricarchaeological resource or site, or remove any archaeological object from

archaeological resource or site, or remove any archaeological object fromsuch site, except for Indian graves or cairns, or any glyptic or painted recordof any tribe or peoples, or historic graves as defined in chapter 68.05 RCW,

disturbances of which shall be a class C felony punishable under chapter9A.20 RCW, without having obtained a written permit from the director for

such activities.Longview Daily Article

Video of Lava Rock Analysis found at B-25 Bomber impact site

by Bill Beaty

If above link does not work, paste link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oocA1JlnvKw

Seattle - PI ArticleIs strange rock from UFO or just a piece of poppycock?

By Casey McNearthney, PI ReporterApril 23, 2007

Unidentified flying discs. Secret military missions. Governmentcover-ups. Related content Update: UFO debris? Not, it's a chunk

of rock, analysis shows The story Philip Lipson and CharletteLeFevre have been researching for years has almost all the

elements of a made-for-TV movie. As the story goes, agovernment employee swore he saw flying saucers three days aftera Tacoma man said similar UFOs spewed metal and lava onto hisboat. There was even a man in black. A witness later recanted his

statement -- some say out of fear -- after a military planesupposedly transporting classified debris exploded into flames.

"You don't want to know how complicated and bizarre this is," saidLeFevre, who, with Lipson, runs the Seattle Museum of the

Mysteries on Capitol Hill. Lipson and LeFevre believe that 60years ago a plane that crashed in Kelso contained slag from a

UFO. They've tracked down newspaper stories and testimony, andgathered the clues at their museum. ....

Kelso resident James Greear heard about the crash 10 years agoand had made several attempts to find clues. He found almost

nothing in the woods until earlier this month, when Bob Davenporttold him the exact location. Davenport, now 75, was 15 at the time

of the crash and one of the first people to rush to the wreckage.

of the crash and one of the first people to rush to the wreckage.Greear went to the crash site April 15 with Lipson and LeFevre. Inthe north fork of Globe Creek, a friend of Greear's found a blackchunk slightly larger than a softball that looks as if it could have

once been lava. "We are not making any claims of what it is,"Lipson said. But he and LeFevre are hopeful.....

"A Tradition of Heroes" History of Air Force Day Air Force logo Air ForceDay was established on August 1, 1947, by President Truman "in recognition of the personnel of the victorious Army Air Forces and allthose who have developed and maintained our nation's air strength." August1 was chosen to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment, in 1907, ofthe Aeronautical Division in the Office of the Chief Signal Officer of theArmy. Air Force Day came into being immediately after the signing of theNational Security Act of 1947, although the status of the air element of themilitary was uncertain. Thus, although it was called Air Force Day, its firstcelebration was staged by the Army Air Forces and not by the U.S. AirForce. Underlying the Air Force Day celebration was a need to increase"both official and public awareness of the priority of importance of air forcesin any system of national security," according to Mr. Truman. "The greatstrategic fact of our generation is that the United States now possesses livefrontiers -- the frontiers of the air -- and that the oceans are no longer sureramparts against attack."

In his message to the nation on the first Air Force Day, Mr. Truman said, "Iremind all of our citizens that the air power of the nation is essential to thepreservation of our liberty, and that the continued development of the scienceof air transportation is vital to the trade and commerce of a peaceful world."

Air Force Day was last observed on August 1, 1949.

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