MemoASAC Bibler to SAC Seattle re artist's conception and search personnel30 November 1971page 2 of 2
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Part 13, page 14

DB Cooper-2798Serials SE 164-81

Document date 30 November 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 13 p. 14 (DB Cooper-2798), Memo, dated 30 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-519 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-13/pages/14

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SE 164-81

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I told him that we had used only law enforcement personnel; that this was extremly rugged terrain and not the kind of territory you could lay off in a grid and search minutely at arm's length. He said to include in our next teletype something about the terrain.

4. He also said to include in our next teletype something about weather conditions in the drop area at the time the drop occurred.

5. He also wanted to know if we had given consideration to hiring a professional parachutist or make a simulated drop with a dummy and following it to the ground. He wondered if anything could be gained by such a maneuver.

I pointed out to him that anything we did by way of simulating the conditions would be a very broad approximation since we didn't know exactly where the plane was, assuming that the hijacker did go out at 8:12 PM, when they felt the "oscillation". Since this would vary with such factors as wind direction; which side of the flyway the plane happened to be on at the time, etc. He said he understands this but he would like us to think about it.

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DB Cooper-2798