Re Air National Guard examination of parachute found near Lemmon Valley, Nevada

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Interview of Air National Guard sergeant re examination of Lemmon Valley parachute

Dictated 11 April 1972

Part 110page 4651 pageDB Cooper-50149

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-110:465-465

Document: FD-302 interview of Air National Guard sergeant re examination of Lemmon Valley parachute
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 110 p. 465 (DB Cooper-50149), FD-302 interview, dictated 11 Apr 1972, serial SE 164-81-3000 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-110%3A465-465

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date 4/13/72

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Sargeant [redacted], Air National Guard, Reno, Nevada, examined a disarrayed parachute that was found near Lemmon Valley, Nevada on April 8, 1972, and turned over to the Washoe County Sheriff's Office, Identification appearing on a portion of this parachute was as follows:

Canopy Assy. DWG. No. 48E7639-1 Order No. AF33 (038) - 6575 Serial No. AF 49-205 NF Date of mfg. FEB. 1950 Mfg'd by IRVING Air Chute Co., Inc. Mfg. No. 115590

Sargeant [redacted] after examining this parachute, advised that numerous hand stitchings appearing on this parachute would indicate that it was used as a tent or some form of shelter and that it had been exposed to all kinds of weather for at least five or six years.

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Sub.386 164-81-3000 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED MAY 8 1972 FBI — SEATTLE

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On 4/10/72, Reno, Nevada File # LV 164-60 by SA DENNIS J. BARRY, JR.:bsh Date dictated 4/11/72

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

DB COOPER-50149

Serials: LV 164-60, SE 164-81-3000