FBI report insert SE 164-81 'Search of Suspected Area' and skydiving club inquiry
Part of: Re aerial and ground search, canvasses in Clark and Cowlitz Counties, Washington
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 114 pp. 65–66 (DB Cooper-27120, DB Cooper-27127), Report — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-114%3A065-066
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SE 164-81 TJM:kdl
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SEARCH OF SUSPECTED AREA
Based upon information received from the Seattle Division on November 25, 1971 preliminary steps were taken to alert all law enforcement agencies in Cowlitz, Lewis, Wahkiakum, and Clark Counties concerning the search which was to be instituted for the subject. A meeting was held with members of the Clark and Cowlitz County Sheriff's Offices and local agencies at the Woodland, Washington City Hall and Police Department which was designated as search headquarters in view of its proximity to the Wood- land airport at which facilities were available for fixed wing aircraft and helicopters. Arrangements were made for helicopters and fixed wing aircraft to be available on November 26, 1971 and the search area was divided into seven sections, one of which was located in the Lewis River area of Cowlitz County and the others in the north- eastern section of Clark County.
On November 26, 1971 personnel of the Clark County Sheriff's Office, under the direction of Sheriff EUGENE COTTON, and Undersheriff THOMAS MAC DOWELL, con- sisting of twelve cars and four aerial observers, seven cars of the Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office, and eleven deputies under Sheriff CHARLES E. GILL and Chief Deputy [illegible], In addition, three officers of the Woodland, Washington Police Department and six Agents were at the scene.
On November 26, 1971, after law enforcement officers were briefed on facts known to that point and what was being sought and having been familiarized with the prime search area of 150 square miles, the various ground units were dispatched to Cowlitz and Clark Counties with instruc- tions to contact all available residents and businessmen on every road in the assigned section to secure information concerning the subject. The description, then available, was furnished to all personnel involved in the search. Further instructions were given to the officers to request individuals contacted to contact their neighbors and acquaintances to insure that all residents of the prime search area were cognizant of the hijacking and the descrip- tion of the subject.
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DB Cooper-27120 164-81 - Sub E
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On December 3, 1971 [REDACTED] was b6 contacted at Brush Prairie, Washington and gave information b7C on a disbanded parachute jumping club, The Century SkyDivers. He advised [REDACTED] [REDACTED] at Evergreen field for a number of years and in his opinion the problems a person would have in jumping from an aircraft such as the Boeing 727 and landing safely were very great. He advised that the one main problem a person would have making such a jump would be vertigo.
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Investigation conducted in the vicinity of Ridgefield, Washington to resolve sighting of individuals near railroad track by conductor of Burlington-Northern Railroad with matter resolved with negative results.
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Investigation to locate CB transmitter with skip name of [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] and interviewed December 3, 1971 with negative b7C results re information on flights or parachutists.
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An airplane belonging to [REDACTED] of b6 Vancouver, Washington was checked at Pearson Air Park, b7C Vancouver, to determine condition of headliner and information furnished by [REDACTED] was found to be correct with regis- tration number [REDACTED] and no KDR letters visible on plane.
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Contact made at Skycraft, Inc. at Vancouver, Washington and [REDACTED] of that company advised a beacon b6 marker receiver is so small it would be very easy to conceal b7C one in one's pocket and pick up a signal from the ground when you were in a plane in the air near the transmitting signal.
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Investigation to establish alibi of GARY SAMDAL of Rockford, Illinois was conducted at Longview, Washington by contact with relatives and friends.
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DB Cooper-27127 164-81- Sub. E
Serials: SE 164-81