AudioBlog: Letters From the Maury Island Principals in the Merseyside UFO Bulletin: Part 2

by Charles Lear, author of “The Flying Saucer
Investigators.”In last week’s blog, we looked at some
correspondence we came across in the January-February 1969
Merseyside UFO Bulletin between Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
Research Association Director Gary Lesley and Maury Island
principals, Fred Crisman and Harold Dahl. We started by looking at
an exchange between Lesley and Dahl. In a letter dated July 23,
1967, Lesley asked Dahl for copies of photos that were allegedly
taken of a flying saucer, a written statement from Dahl, and for
Dahl to contact Crisman and get a written statement from him as
well. Dahl replied in a letter dated August 22, 1967, that he would
“allow” Lesley to have copies of the photos, would provide a
statement that would have to be approved by Crisman, and would
contact Crisman but added that it would be unlikely that Crisman
would reply to Lesley. Dahl went on to paint a picture of Crisman
that didn’t seem to fit the facts that researchers looking into
Crisman’s life uncovered. In contrast to what Dahl told Lesley to
expect, Lesley got a letter from Crisman, and this is what we’re
looking at this week. Read more