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Maury Island hoax

DATE29 Jul 1947
LOCAL TIME—
LOCATIONPuget Sound near Maury Island, Washington, United States
COORDINATES47.44°N, 122.48°W

Fred Crisman mailed an account from employee Harold A. Dahl, along with a cigar box of metal wreckage, to Raymond A. Palmer who had previously published the Shaver Mystery stories. Dahl claimed that his dog was killed and his son was injured by debris in an encounter with six flying doughnut-shaped objects. He also reported that he was subsequently...

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