Interview report (FD-302)Re Air National Guard examination of parachute found near Lemmon Valley, NevadaDictated 11 April 19721 page
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Part 110, page 465

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Dictated 11 April 1972

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date 4/13/72

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Sargeant [redacted], Air National Guard, Reno, Nevada, examined a disarrayed parachute that was found near Lemmon Valley, Nevada on April 8, 1972, and turned over to the Washoe County Sheriff's Office, Identification appearing on a portion of this parachute was as follows:

Canopy Assy. DWG. No. 48E7639-1 Order No. AF33 (038) - 6575 Serial No. AF 49-205 NF Date of mfg. FEB. 1950 Mfg'd by IRVING Air Chute Co., Inc. Mfg. No. 115590

Sargeant [redacted] after examining this parachute, advised that numerous hand stitchings appearing on this parachute would indicate that it was used as a tent or some form of shelter and that it had been exposed to all kinds of weather for at least five or six years.

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Sub.386 164-81-3000 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED MAY 8 1972 FBI — SEATTLE

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On 4/10/72, Reno, Nevada File # LV 164-60 by SA DENNIS J. BARRY, JR.:bsh Date dictated 4/11/72

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