Portland to Director and Seattle re Clackamas County skull, NORJAK
Document date 11 January 1975
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 9 pp. 294–295 (DB Cooper-1003–1004), Teletype, dated 11 Jan 1975, serial PD 164-41-1425 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-09%3A294-295
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TO: DIRECTOR [handwritten: MEs FBIHQ @ 3:23PM] SEATTLE (164-81) [handwritten: GJW FBISE @ 3:30PM]
FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
NORJAK.
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FOR INFORMATION OF BUREAU AND SEATTLE, A SKULL OF A MALE HUMAN CAUCASIAN WAS FOUND SEVERAL DAYS AGO IN THE RIPPLE BROOK RANGER AREA, MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST, EASTERN CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OREGON. [handwritten: by USF.] OREGON STATE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR, DR. [REDACTED] STATES SKULL APPEARS TO BE THAT OF A PERSON APPROXIMATELY EARLY 30'S IN AGE. AREA WHERE SKULL FOUND NOW UNDER THREE FEET OF SNOW. DUE TO FACT SKULL FOUND WITHIN HALF MILE OF TREE IN WHICH METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENT PARACHUTE HAS BEEN HANGING FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS, SPECULATION AROSE AS TO POSSIBILITY SKULL THAT OF UNSUB THIS MATTER. THIS UNWARRANTED SPECULATION CAME TO ATTENTION OF PRESS AND NUMEROUS INQUIRIES BEING RECEIVED FROM PRESS REPRESENTATIVES. NOTE THAT LOCATION WHERE SKULL FOUND IS GREAT DISTANCE FROM EITHER DROP ZONE OR FLIGHT PATH
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[stamps: Searched / Serialized / Indexed] GPO: 1970 O - 402-735 DB Cooper-1003
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PAGE TWO, PD 164-41
OF FLIGHT 305. CLACKAMAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE BELIEVES SKULL IS PROBABLY THAT OF A LOST HUNTER OR HIKER, NOTING THAT MANY SUCH PERSONS ARE IN MISSING STATUS UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO LOCATE THE DENTAL CHARTS FOR SUCH MISSING PERSONS IN EFFORT TO IDENTIFY SKULL. PRESS INQUIRIES WILL BE ANSWERED WITH COMMENT THAT NO REASON KNOWN TO EXIST FOR SPECULATION SKULL COULD BE THAT OF UNSUB THIS MATTER.
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Approved: ________________________ Sent _____________ M Per ___ DB Cooper-1004 Special Agent in Charge GPO : 1970 O - 402-735
Serials: PD 164-41, PD 164-41-1425, SE 164-81