ReportRe aerial and ground search, canvasses in Clark and Cowlitz Counties, Washingtonpage 6 of 8
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Part 115, page 45

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On November 30, 1971 all doctors, clinics, hospitals, and agencies which could render medical assistance to an individual who could have broken limbs or severe abrasions from being in a heavily wooded area were contacted and were also circularized with a composite photograph and description of the subject in Clark, Lewis, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum, and Skamania Counties.

One individual was developed as meeting the physical description of the subject and was identified as

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b6 per FAA b7C per FAA

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A Bonneville Power Administration helicopter and one fixed wing aircraft upon a partial clearing of the weather continued an air search concentrating on the area which has a center point of a circle as furnished by Northwest Airlines. The search took in an area approxi- mately 150 miles square and nothing of a positive nature was found.

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Federal Aviation Administration representatives in Portland, Oregon on November 30, 1971 advised even though the fan marker beacon east of Kalama, Washington was not operational, it would have been possible for someone in the hijacked aircraft to make use of a locator signal from an FAA beacon on Mt. Bryndon in Kelso, Washington if a beacon signal receiver had been used in the plane.

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Further house to house canvassing was conducted by Agents in the prime search area near the center of the circle as provided by Northwest Airlines. Nothing of significant value other than that already secured was found.

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On December 1, 1971 a fixed wing aircraft from Woodland, Washington was aloft and covered an area during a slight period of clear weather which encompassed the area from Woodland, Washington north to Silver Lake in Cowlitz County, a distance of 40 miles and a section 10 miles on either side of the flight path of the hijacked aircraft. While this was being conducted, Agents in ground units

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