Document date 30 May 1972AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 111 p. 266 (DB Cooper-50654), Teletype, dated 30 May 1972, serial SE 164-81-3371 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-111/pages/266
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NR 006 SE PLAIN
1016 PM NITEL 5/30/72 FEE
TO ACTING DIRECTOR (164-2111)
FROM SEATTLE (164-81) IP
NORJAK.
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ON MAY THIRTY INSTANT, SHERIFF WILLIAM CLOSNER, STEVENSON,
WASHINGTON, ADVISED THAT ONE [REDACTED b6/b7C] HAD FOUND WHAT
APPEARED TO BE THE REMNANTS OF A PARACHUTE HARNESS WHICH HAD BEEN
BURNED AT A LOCATION APPROXIMATELY EIGHTEEN MILES EAST OF THE
MERWIN DAM IN SKAMANIA COUNTY, WASHINGTON. MERWIN DAM IS IN
WESTERN EXTREMITY OF AREA PREVIOUSLY SEARCHED BY UNITED STATES
ARMY. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF CLOSNER, THE CLOTH HAD BEEN BURNED OFF
AND ONLY THE REMNANTS OF THE HARNESS REMAIN.
[REDACTED b6/b7C] BEING LOCATED AND WILL BE REQUESTED TO ACCOMPANY
AGENT TO SITE WHERE RAMNANTS FOUND.