Editing Fred Crisman (section)

===Role in Maury Island incident===
In 1947, Crisman was involved with Harold Dahl in the [[Maury Island incident]], an early [[Unidentified flying object|UFO]] incident widely considered to be a hoax, even within Ufology.<ref name="csi_creators">{{cite web |last=Nickell |first=Joe|author-link=Joe Nickell |title=Creators of the Paranormal |url=https://skepticalinquirer.org/2016/10/creators-of-the-paranormal/ |website=The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry |date=October 26, 2016 |publisher=Center for Inquiry|access-date=March 15, 2018|archive-date=May 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516221606/https://skepticalinquirer.org/2016/10/creators-of-the-paranormal/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Harrison2007">{{cite book |last=Harrison |first=Albert A. |author-link=Albert Harrison (psychologist) |year=2007 |title=Starstruck: Cosmic Visions in Science, Religion, and Folklore |publisher=Berghahn Books |isbn=978-1-84545-286-5 |pages=123– |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ORNcQUBAEjUC&pg=PA123 |access-date=October 2, 2013 |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012231551/http://books.google.com/books?id=ORNcQUBAEjUC&pg=PA123 |url-status=live}}</ref> Dahl believed the 1960s TV series, ''[[The Invaders]]'' was based on Crisman's life.<ref name="Gulyas" />

In the January 1950 issue of Fate Magazine,   Crisman insisted the incident was not a hoax. Wrote Crisman: "Why, if we were such blackguards and deliberately caused the deaths of two Air Force Pilots and the loss of a $150,000 airplane did not the government or some agency there attempt to seek justice through the courts of the state and federal government".<ref name="LeF"/>

On July 22, 1967, Crisman spoke at a UFO convention in Seattle about the Maury Island incident.<ref name="LeF"/>