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Part 114, page 66

DB Cooper-27127Serials SE 164-81

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SE 164-81 TJM:kdl

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On December 3, 1971 [REDACTED] was b6 contacted at Brush Prairie, Washington and gave information b7C on a disbanded parachute jumping club, The Century SkyDivers. He advised [REDACTED] [REDACTED] at Evergreen field for a number of years and in his opinion the problems a person would have in jumping from an aircraft such as the Boeing 727 and landing safely were very great. He advised that the one main problem a person would have making such a jump would be vertigo.

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Investigation conducted in the vicinity of Ridgefield, Washington to resolve sighting of individuals near railroad track by conductor of Burlington-Northern Railroad with matter resolved with negative results.

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Investigation to locate CB transmitter with skip name of [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] and interviewed December 3, 1971 with negative b7C results re information on flights or parachutists.

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An airplane belonging to [REDACTED] of b6 Vancouver, Washington was checked at Pearson Air Park, b7C Vancouver, to determine condition of headliner and information furnished by [REDACTED] was found to be correct with regis- tration number [REDACTED] and no KDR letters visible on plane.

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Contact made at Skycraft, Inc. at Vancouver, Washington and [REDACTED] of that company advised a beacon b6 marker receiver is so small it would be very easy to conceal b7C one in one's pocket and pick up a signal from the ground when you were in a plane in the air near the transmitting signal.

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Investigation to establish alibi of GARY SAMDAL of Rockford, Illinois was conducted at Longview, Washington by contact with relatives and friends.

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