Interview of Multnomah County Sheriff's Office sergeant re recovered Naval parachute
Interviewed 5 January 1972Dictated 11 January 1972
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Id: Cooper-Part-93:124-125
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-93:124-125 Document: FD-302 interview of Multnomah County Sheriff's Office sergeant re recovered Naval parachute Id: Cooper-Part-93:124-125 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-93%3A124-125 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 93 pp. 124–125 (DB Cooper-41494–41495), FD-302 interview, interviewed 5 Jan 1972, serial PD 164-41-768 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-93%3A124-125
FD 302 (REV 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
1/11/72 Date of transcription
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Sergeant [REDACTED], Intelligence Unit, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, Portland, Oregon, furnished the following information:
[REDACTED] advised that a green Naval type parachute was recovered from the residence located at [REDACTED] Portland, Oregon, on [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Midway Sanitary Service. [REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] stated he recovered the parachute lying on top of a garbage can located at the rear of the residence. [REDACTED] advised that investigation by his office has determined the occupants of [REDACTED] [REDACTED], to be [REDACTED], date of birth [REDACTED], and [REDACTED], date of birth [REDACTED], and that the above mentioned persons have moved into that address within the [REDACTED].
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SAs [REDACTED] physically observed the parachute in question and determined the following identification markings were noted:
1. Number [REDACTED]
2. A patch with the following information appearing thereon: U.S. Navy parachute, 28 ft, rip stop back type, Mfg. by Irving Air Chute, Inc., Buffalo, New York, USA. The Navy number and manufacture serial number obliterated by ink stamp; contract number [REDACTED]
3. Appearing on metal snaps for leg and shoulder harnesses was the number [REDACTED]
4. On the inside or rear of the foam rubber pad appeared the number [REDACTED]
5. Appearing beneath the foam rubber pad were the words Mfg. by Irving Air Chute, Inc., under license granted to the U. S. Government by Pioneer Parachute Company, Inc., Manchester, Connecticut
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Interviewed on 1/5/72, Portland, Oregon File # PD 164-41-768
by SA [REDACTED] SA [REDACTED] JGW:tam Date dictated 1/11/72
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DB Cooper-41494
PD 164-41
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6. Number [REDACTED] August, 1949 7. The number [REDACTED] apparently block-stamped
Sergeant [REDACTED] then provided SA [REDACTED] with three polaroid color photographs of the parachute that had been recovered.
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DB Cooper-41495
Serials: PD 164-41, PD 164-41-768