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/u/-AtomicAerials-
Mural and "alien obelisk" near Seattle commemorating the June 21-22 1947 Maury Island UFO incident, which killed a dog and spawned the "Men in Black" mythos! [oc]
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
3
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
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Live sighting record b9c229f3-9774-425f-b14f-3e551186a1cb.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Sunlight window
Daytime — sun above horizon
Sighting occurred during daylight hours
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Jun 21, 1947, 12:00 AM
Timezone
Pacific Time
Location
Seattle
Witness account
Narrative
On June 21, 1947, Harold Dahl was out cruising Puget Sound south of Seattle looking for logs to salvage when he saw six donut-shaped objects flying over his boat. According to Dahl, one of the objects began dumping white metal and some debris resembling lava rock which fell onto his boat, breaking a crewman's arm and killing a dog. The next day, in Dahl's story, he was approached by a man in a dark suit who warned him not to discuss the incident further with anyone, without giving any credent...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Seattle.
r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.
Grouped into the Maury Island Incident incident dossier.
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Source material
media
Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/UFOs.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.