The Why Files: Operation Podcast

E613 - The CIA, Men in Black and the Plot to Take Out JFK | The Maury Island Incident

Published: October 6, 2025

Duration: 42:09

June 1947. Harbor patrolman Harold Dahl witnesses six metallic objects over Maury Island, Washington. One drops molten slag onto his boat. A stranger in a black suit arrives the next morning, knowing details Dahl shared with no one.

Two military investigators examine the debris. Their plane crashes. The evidence vanishes.

Sixteen years later, witness Fred Crisman surfaces in the JFK assassination investigation. Declassified files reveal he was a CIA disruption agent. On November 12, 1963, Kennedy issues a classified memo demanding UFO disclosure and cooperation with the Soviets. Ten days later, he's gone.

The same operatives who...
The CIA, Men in Black and the Plot to Take Out JFK | The Maury Island Incident - The Why Files: Operation Podcast