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

Dictated 11 April 1972

Part 25page 1091 pageDB Cooper-8085

Also filed at: Part 110 p. 465

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-25:109-109

Document: FD-302 re Air National Guard examination of parachute found near Lemmon Valley, Nevada
Id: Cooper-Part-25:109-109
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 25 p. 109 (DB Cooper-8085), FD-302 interview, dictated 11 Apr 1972, serial SE 164-81-3000 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-25%3A109-109

FD-302 (REV. 3-17-69)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date 4/13/72

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[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

[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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164-81-3000 SE[ARCHED] INDEXED [SERIALIZED] [FILED] MAY 8 1972 FBI — SEATTLE

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On 4/10/72, Reno, Nevada File # LV 164-60

by SA [REDACTED] :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.

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DB Cooper-8085

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