SAC Seattle re parachute found near Kalama River Road with NOAA radio sonde plastic nearby
This copy: Part 65 p. 250Also filed at Part 64 p. 102 (primary) · Part 73 p. 288
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To SAC Seattle re parachute found near Kalama River Road
Document date 18 September 1972
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Id: Cooper-Part-65:250-250
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-65:250-250 Document: Memo to SAC Seattle re parachute found near Kalama River Road Id: Cooper-Part-65:250-250 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-65%3A250-250 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 65 p. 250 (DB Cooper-27547), Memo, dated 18 Sep 1972, serial SE 164-81-3946 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-65%3A250-250
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) September 18, 1972
SA [REDACTED]
NORJAK OO: SEATTLE
RE: PARACHUTE FOUND NEAR THE KALAMA RIVER ROAD
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On September 7, 1972, SA [REDACTED] advised telephonically that he had discovered a parachute hanging from the top of a tall pine tree, approximately 15 miles from the end of the Kalama River Road. Thirty yards from the tree in which the parachute was found was a piece of white plastic on which was inscribed the following: "United States Depart- ment of Commerce, NOAA - National Weather Service, Radio Sonde."
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[REDACTED] stated the parachute was a reddish color with white shroud lines. The parachute appeared to be slightly smaller than a normal-sized parachute and appeared to have something hanging from the end of it that looked like part of a box.
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On September 7, 1972, [REDACTED] [REDACTED], United States Department of Commerce, National Weather Service, 909 First Street, Seattle, Washington, advised his department uses parachutes to recover radio sonde equipment attached to weather balloons. [REDACTED] explained that a balloon is released with the radio equipment attached to it. The balloon rises to a preset height, at which time the balloon explodes. The radio equipment then falls a short distance and a small parachute opens and carries the radio equipment safely to the ground. This parachute is slightly smaller than a regular-sized parachute and it is pink in color with white shroud lines. [REDACTED] further stated that housing the radio sonde equipment is a white plastic box with the following inscription: "United States Department of Commerce, NOAA - National Weather Service, Radio Sonde."
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DB Cooper-27547
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3946