TeletypePortland to Director and Seattle re Clackamas County skull, NORJAK11 January 1975page 1 of 2
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Part 9, page 294

DB Cooper-1003Serials PD 164-41, PD 164-41-1425, SE 164-81

Document date 11 January 1975

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

F B I

Date: JANUARY 11, 1975

Transmit the following in ____PLAINTEXT____ (Type in plaintext or code)

Via ____TELETYPE____ ____URGENT____ (Priority)

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TO: DIRECTOR [handwritten: MEs FBIHQ @ 3:23PM] SEATTLE (164-81) [handwritten: GJW FBISE @ 3:30PM]

FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) (P)

NORJAK.

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FOR INFORMATION OF BUREAU AND SEATTLE, A SKULL OF A MALE HUMAN CAUCASIAN WAS FOUND SEVERAL DAYS AGO IN THE RIPPLE BROOK RANGER AREA, MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST, EASTERN CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OREGON. [handwritten: by USF.] OREGON STATE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR, DR. [REDACTED] STATES SKULL APPEARS TO BE THAT OF A PERSON APPROXIMATELY EARLY 30'S IN AGE. AREA WHERE SKULL FOUND NOW UNDER THREE FEET OF SNOW. DUE TO FACT SKULL FOUND WITHIN HALF MILE OF TREE IN WHICH METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENT PARACHUTE HAS BEEN HANGING FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS, SPECULATION AROSE AS TO POSSIBILITY SKULL THAT OF UNSUB THIS MATTER. THIS UNWARRANTED SPECULATION CAME TO ATTENTION OF PRESS AND NUMEROUS INQUIRIES BEING RECEIVED FROM PRESS REPRESENTATIVES. NOTE THAT LOCATION WHERE SKULL FOUND IS GREAT DISTANCE FROM EITHER DROP ZONE OR FLIGHT PATH

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RPH:deb[signature] (1) BLIND NOTE: Note Clackamas County Sheriff's Office [filed source above] information is [REDACTED] | 164-41-1425

Approved: [signature] Sent [signature] Per [signature] Special Agent in Charge

[stamps: Searched / Serialized / Indexed] GPO: 1970 O - 402-735 DB Cooper-1003