SAC Atlanta to SAC Seattle re cache with Air Force duffel bag found in northeastern Oregon
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Original title: Airtel SAC Atlanta to SAC Seattle re cache with Air Force duffel bag found in Hells Canyon area
Document date 31 August 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-95:077-079 Document: Airtel SAC Atlanta to SAC Seattle re cache with Air Force duffel bag found in northeastern Oregon Id: Cooper-Part-95:077-079 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-95%3A077-079 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 95 pp. 77–79 (DB Cooper-42476–42477), Airtel, dated 31 Aug 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-95%3A077-079
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 8/31/73
SAC, ATLANTA (164-254) (P)
NORJAK CO: SEATTLE BUFFALO 164-2111
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On 8/17/73, [REDACTED], residing at [REDACTED], Lilburn, Georgia, furnished the following infor- mation.
During the first week of November 1971, he was on an elk hunting trip in the northeastern portion of the state of Oregon. During this hunt he ran across a log shelter cabin and a cache of survival gear located in a remote place in this area. He is unsure of the significance of this cache but furn- ished this information after hearing about captioned case. He advised that a short time after the hijacking he was transferred by his company from Portland, Oregon, to Atlanta, Georgia, and only recently received his furniture and personal effects. Since some of the data contained herein was with his personal effects he was unable to furnish this information prior to this time.
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He produced a United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service map of the Joseph Hunger District, [guess: Wallowa] Whit- man National Forest, dated in 1968. He stated that this map is available through the headquarters of the forest service in Portland, Oregon. He stated that the area that he is relating to is located within sections 1, 12, or 13 of Range 40 east in Township 1 north as set out on the above described map.
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He states that he was off hunting by himself on this one particular occasion, when he stumbled into an area of heavy brush, he discovered a log shelter constructed entirely of logs five to six inches in diameter. The building being approximately four feet long by five foot wide and four foot high, the open- ing to the shelter was covered by logs propped in place and staked in position in the ground. At the time he was there there was approximately 12 to 13 inches of snow on the ground and this obscant of snow had been in the area for four to six weeks prior
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2 - Seattle 1 - Portland (Encl) 2 - Detroit 2 - Atlanta JMJ/clm (7)
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[SEARCHED] [INDEXED] [SERIALIZED] [FILED] SEP 6 1972 FBI — [guess: PORTLAND]
AT 164-264
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to this time. He noticed no [illegible] as [guess: tracks] [guess: textile] near the shelter or smoke at the time.
He was unable to look into the shelter to see that two [guess: questioned] therein and he did not possess any of the keys to examine it. He did notice a duffel bag [guess: hanging] from a tree some by. The duffel bag had the name [REDACTED] with Air Force number [REDACTED] [guess: lined] on the duffel bag. The bag appeared to be old and contained numerous tears and [guess: bear] holes. He examined the contents of the duffel bag and discovered that it contained raisin [guess: believers], long-abandoned man's undergarment, since grease, candles, a jacket, vitamins pills, and some hippie-type smoking pipes, which appeared to be handmade. He noticed no food, no cash, or chosen in the bag. He noted that several of those items still had price tags on them reflecting that they were purchased either at or Joe's or Andy and Ben both of which are Army [guess: camp] plan strange located in Portland, Oregon. He did not recall any [guess: election] of purchases.
He also noted that there was a [guess: host]-knapsack box, as stood by [guess: Christmas], hanging from a tree nearby. He recovered this box and tools it with him, the box bears the name Box Archery Company, Grayling, Michigan, registration number [REDACTED].
He stated that the area of the cache is located in what is known as Holli's Canyon, near the boundary between Oregon and Idaho. It is in located generally in a gully be- tween [guess: Ulady] Ridge and the most ridge located to the southeast. He states that the nearest community is in Imnaha, Oregon, located on the Imnaha River. To get to the area you take the East Point Road out of Imnaha and follow it to the end of the road. [guess: Past] Point Road and [guess: follow] it to the end and of the [guess: pavement], at this point you [guess: follow] the [guess: trail] that goes east on [guess: Ulady] Ridge and finally comes to a dead end. The road [guess: ends] at a small draw and the area of the cache is located about 300 or so yards from the end of the road.
He stated that this [guess: is] seasonal area has the appearance of being used during the summer months by [guess: packers/hikers] in [guess: this] area cer- tain [guess: times] [guess: wherein] [guess: dense] [guess: reaches] in the area and located nearby in a [guess: coupling] area which might be an overnight stopping point. On those [guess: protecting] trails. He stated that from this [guess: camp] [guess: site] camping area the other of the cache in [guess: pastures] 100 to 150 yards away up the side of a hill in heavy brush. The cache could not be seen from the emerging area but the area could probably be point- ed out by one of the [guess: passage] from the nearby ranger station at Hat Point.
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DB Cooper-42476
AT 164-256
[REDACTED] stated that with him on this trip was an individual named [REDACTED] she goes by the name [REDACTED], who is a builder in Portland, Oregon, but she resides in Aurora, Oregon, having home telephone number [REDACTED] thinks that probably [REDACTED] could point out the area where the party camped during this one night and might possibly be able to assist in locating the area of the cache. Other members of the hunting party were a young relative of [REDACTED] last name unrecalled, who is presently a student at one of the community colleges in the Portland, Oregon, area. The third member of the trip is [REDACTED] who is employed at [REDACTED] in the Portland area. [REDACTED] states that no one was [given] his [guess: clues] he found the cache and the others would know of his find [guess: based] only on the infor- mation he furnished them.
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Due to the fact that the [guess: Moil's] Canyon area is located a considerable distance from the possible flight path of the aircraft in captioned case, flying from Seattle to Reno, the significance of this information is not known to the Atlanta office, accordingly, no leads are being set out in the Portland area at this time. Leads are being [guess: denominated] for the Detroit office to determine if the box found by [REDACTED] is registered.
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DETROIT DIVISION
AT GRAYLING, MICHIGAN
Will contact [guess: Rear] Archery Company to determine if left handed bow number [REDACTED] has been registered by its owner with that company. If information is found will furnish the name to office of origin for appropriate additional investiga- tion.
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DB Cooper-42477
Serials: 164-2111, 164-256, AT 164-254, AT 164-264, SE 164-81
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