Handwritten witness lead re aircraft and falling flare near Reno, Nevada; parachute and green cap found
Document date 4 March 1978
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Id: Cooper-Part-89:229-230
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-89:229-230 Document: Handwritten witness lead re aircraft and falling flare near Reno, Nevada; parachute and green cap found Id: Cooper-Part-89:229-230 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-89%3A229-230 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 89 pp. 229–230 (DB Cooper-39753–39754), Handwritten note, dated 4 Mar 1978, serial SE 164-81-1A (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-89%3A229-230
164-50 1a⁶ | 164-50-1A(30) 3/4/78- [REDACTED] b6 b7C [REDACTED - Calif]
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Was already on T.V. about hijackings - 8 or 10 minutes [guess: out] of Reno, Nevada [guess: Heard] sound of large aircraft - after dark - 8 or 9 pm - wife & [REDACTED] both b6 b7C saw [guess: flare] fall before [guess: moon] [guess: time] - Contacted S.O. at the time - never heard anymore about it.
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KEEP ATTACHED TO SEATTLE EXHIBIT 164A-81-1A (859)
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DB Cooper-39753
[guess: Observed] a yellow [guess: Toyota] or [guess: Datsun] pickup [guess: has] been - in area - appears to have been [guess: around] for [guess: something] -
Found parachute the afternoon of the 6th - a green ball cap - Chute rolled up at one time, packed up [guess: against] [guess: brush] - appeared to have been pilot chute rather than regular chute -
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DB Cooper-39754
Serials: SC 164-50, SE 164-81-1A