{"type":"locations","slug":"maury-island-washington","title":"Maury Island, Washington","url":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/maury-island-washington","description":"Witnesses in 1947 described lights and falling debris near Maury Island, Washington; military, state and federal investigators disputed the account.","date":"1947-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["incident-site"],"status":"speculative","lat":47.2519,"lng":-122.5394,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"Maury Island in Puget Sound became associated with a prominent postwar UAP controversy in June 1947 when witnesses reported strange aerial lights and metallic debris associated with a nighttime incident near the water.[^1][^2]\n\nThe first documented account centered on Harold Dahl and Tacoma patrolman Captain Bernard Schrieber after authorities were informed that a fishing vessel had observed objects and recovered unusual fragments; a rapid chain of reporting followed in local and regional channels.[^3][^4]\n\nSubsequent federal and military review focused on source reliability, chain-of-custody concerns, and whether the debris claims could be authenticated, with official memoranda challenging the extraterrestrial interpretation as unresolved and likely fabricated by involved parties.[^5][^6][^7]\n\nBecause of these records and inconsistencies in corroboration, later historical summaries usually classify the case as a disputed origin narrative rather than a confirmed crash or recovery incident, even as it remains influential in UFO folklore.[^8][^9][^4]\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [NCAS mirror of the Condon Report: Maury Island case in historical context](https://files.ncas.org/condon/text/s5chap02.htm)\n[^2]: [FBI special agent payment-related correspondence context](https://www.mauryislandincident.com/why-an-fbi-special-agents-aug-19-1947-memo-to-j-edgar-hoover-is-so-important-to-the-maury-island-incident/)\n[^3]: [Captain Bernard Schrieber testimony summary from Ruppelt](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/17346/pg17346.txt)\n[^4]: [HistoryLink overview with named reporter details](https://www.historylink.org/File/2068)\n[^5]: [FBI memo and supporting documents archive](https://seattle-southside.s3.amazonaws.com/images/UFO-project/FBI-memo-and-other-docs.pdf)\n[^6]: [FBI Crisman file PDF scan](https://seattle-southside.s3.amazonaws.com/images/UFO-project/Crisman_FBI-FILE.pdf)\n[^7]: [FBI memo concluding investigation](https://seattle-southside.s3.amazonaws.com/images/UFO-project/FBI-memo-concluding-investigation.pdf)\n[^8]: [Agent Wilcox memo image](https://www.mauryislandincident.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/AgentWilcoxMemo1.jpg)\n[^9]: [Washington State Senate Resolution 8648: Maury Island Incident](https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Resolutions/8648-Maury%20Island%20Incident.htm)","readingTime":"2 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/maury-island-washington","title":"Maury Island, Washington","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/locations/maury-island-washington","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"continent":"North America"}