Citizen letter to FBI reporting possible parachute sighting at Lake Merwin
Document date 30 April 1972
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Id: Cooper-Part-94:249-249
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-94:249-249 Document: Citizen letter to FBI reporting possible parachute sighting at Lake Merwin Id: Cooper-Part-94:249-249 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-94%3A249-249 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 94 p. 249 (DB Cooper-42311), Letter, dated 30 Apr 1972, serial 164-V1-1022 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-94%3A249-249
Portland, Oregon April 30, 1972
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gentlemen:
Last Thursday, while fishing in Lake Merwin, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] looking north to the mountain- side, sighted a large white object on the upper side of a tall fir tree, which had the appearance of a parachute. They reported what they had seen to a Washington State Police officer, and decided after further consideration that you also might be interested.
[REDACTED] may be reached in his office in [REDACTED] and is willing to furnish details of what they saw, and it's location.
Yours Truly
[REDACTED]
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[handwritten] 164-V1-1022 SEARCHED [illegible] INDEXED SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED MAY 3 1972 FBI — PORTLAND
DB Cooper-42311
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(1) [illegible] Portland (2) [illegible] (3) [illegible]
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b6 b7C
Serials: 164-V1-1022