Phoenix to Seattle re pickup truck lead and Flathead Lake parachutist sighting (pages two through six)
Document date 3 December 1971
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Id: Cooper-Part-13:224-225
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-13:224-225 Document: Teletype Phoenix to Seattle re pickup truck lead and Flathead Lake parachutist sighting (pages two through six) Id: Cooper-Part-13:224-225 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-13%3A224-225 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 13 pp. 224–225 (DB Cooper-3059–3060), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-13%3A224-225
PAGE FIVE PX 164-100
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TWO PARACHUTISTS LANDING AMONG TREES AND BOULDERS BETWEEN HIGHWAY NINETY-THREE AND FLATHEAD LAKE. [REDACTED] FURTHER DESCRIBED THIS LOCATION AS BEING APPROXIMATELY IN THE NORTH ONE-THIRD OF FLATHEAD LAKE ON HIGHWAY NINETY-THREE. THERE WERE POWER LINES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, TELEPHONE LINES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, WITH APPROXIMATELY A THIRTY PERCENT INCLINE FROM THE HIGH- WAY TO THE LAKE.
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[REDACTED] INDICATED THE PARACHUTISTS LANDED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THREE OR FOUR LOG CABIN-TYPE HOUSES IN A COVE ON THE LAKE.
[REDACTED] STATED BOTH PARACHUTISTS WERE USING SPORTING-TYPE PARACHUTES WHICH WERE RED, WHITE, AND POSSIBLY BLUE IN COLOR. ONLY ONE OF THE PARACHUTISTS WAS CLOSELY OBSERVED AND IT WAS DETERMINED HE WAS WEARING A COLORED CRASH HELMET, GOGGLES, AND A GREENISH- BLUE ALL WEATHER OUTFIT.
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[REDACTED] FELT THIS INCIDENT MIGHT POSSIBLY BE RELATED TO CAPTIONED MATTER IN VIEW OF THE FACT THE PARACHUTISTS HAD MADE THEIR JUMP IN EXTREMELY POOR WEATHER CONSISTING OF A LOW CLOUD COVER, HIGH WINDS, AND INTERMITTENT SNOW. IT WAS HIS BELIEF THAT EXPERIENCED SKY DIVERS WHOULD NEVER MADE A JUMP IN SUCH BAD WEATHER. END PAGE FIVE
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DB Cooper-3059
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b6 b7C
PAGE SIX PX 164-100
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IN AS MUCH AS THIS INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO [REDACTED], SUPPOSEDLY THE PRESENT RESIDENCE OF [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] IT IS FELT FURTHER INVESTIGATION CONCERNING THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARACHUTE JUMP SHOULD BE CONDUCTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED] BUTTE, AT [REDACTED] WILL INTERVIEW [REDACTED] [REDACTED] REGARDING ANY KNOWLEDGE OF CAPTIONED MATTER. WILL CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION IN AN EFFORT TO SECURE FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARACHUTE JUMP MADE BY THE ABOVE DESCRIBED TWO MEN ON THE AFTERNOON OF NOVEMBER TWENTYFIVE LAST.
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PENDING. A + D. END DCA FBI SEATTLE CLR
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DB Cooper-3060
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b6 b7C
Serials: PX 164-100