Part 111, page 263
DB Cooper-50651Serials 164-2111, SE 164-81
Document date 31 May 1972
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 111 p. 263 (DB Cooper-50651), Teletype, dated 31 May 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-111/pages/263
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NR 038 SE PLAINTEXT 11:42PM NITEL 5/31/79 TIM TO: ACTING DIRECOTR, FBI (164-2111) FROM: SEATTLE (164-81)
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NORJAX.
RE SEATTLE NITEL MAY THIRTY LAST.
SEARCH OF THE AREA WHERE ORIGINAL PARACHUTE REMNANT WAS DISCOVERED BY [REDACTED] REVEALED ADDITIONAL PIECES OF PARACHUTE HARNESS. ALL OF THESE REMNANTS WERE EXAMINED TODAY BY EARL J. COSSEY, MASTER PARACHUTE RIGGER, WHO PERSONALLY MADE UP ALL FOUR OF THE PARACHUTES FURNISHED TO THE HIJACKER IN THIS CASE. HE STATED THE REMNANTS DEF- INITELY ARE NOT FROM ANY OF THE CHUTES HE PREPARED. THIS ELIMINA- TION IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE STRAPS ARE A DIFFERENT COLOR; THAT ONE OF THE STRAPS HAS HAD A PIECE HAND SEWN TO EXTEND THE LENGTH OF THE STRAP AND FURTHER THAT THE HARNESS IS EQUIPPED WITH A "CAPEWELL" QUICK RELEASE DEVICE, WHICH WAS NOT ON EITHER OF THE BACK PACKS FURNISHED TO THE HIJACKER.
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COSSEY HAS MORE IN DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOUR PARACHUTES MENTIONED ABOVE SINCE HE ACTUALLY ASSEMBLED THEM FROM THE COMPONENTS AND THEN FURNISHED THE TWO BACK PACKS TO [REDACTED] HE THEREFORE IS IN THE BEST POSITION TO IDENTIFY THESE CHUTES.
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SINCE COSSEY HAS POSITIVELY ELIMINATED THE ABOVE MENTIONED REMNANTS AS BEING IDENTICAL WITH ANY PART OF THE CHUTES FURNISHED TO THE HIJACKER, THE REMNANTS ARE NOT BEING FURNISHED TO THE LABORATORY.
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E N D PLS HOLD FOR ONE MORE
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