The Maury Island Incident Mural - The Picture Worth a Thousand Words

Your tour starts here (just east of the intersection of 6th Avenue South and South 223rd Street in Des Moines), with the now-famous mural depicting the June 21, 1947, UFO sighting. The mural features an amazing number of the complicated story's key elements - the flying discs, reigning fire and "slag," a boat in the wrong place at the wrong time, the ill-fated family dog Sparky, the original "Man in Black," and the tragic, fatal fire aboard the Army Air Force B-25 bomber piloted by the two intelligence officers that had been assigned to investigate Harold Dahl's UFO sighting.

The mural was commissioned by John White, a Burien, Washington resident and the Executive Producer of the 2014 film. A well-known civic prankster is alleged to have convinced the mural artist to insert an image of John's face on the Man in Black. Another rumor - the white cargo van frequently obscuring easy access to the mural is actually the "hide in plain sight" headquarters for a secret govenment surveillance operation that tracks people interested in the controversial story.

Don't forget to take a photograph with the mural - and share it on Facebook with the Maury Island Incident Historical Society.

The next stop is a short walk to the west, toward Cliff Avenue South and Puget Sound. But first! Watch the short film from Seattle Southside Scenes that interprets both the mural and The Maury Island Incident!