Document date 3 December 1971AIDates: 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.
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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TWO PARACHUTISTS LANDING AMONG TREES AND BOULDERS BETWEEN HIGHWAY
NINETY-THREE AND FLATHEAD LAKE. [REDACTED] FURTHER DESCRIBED THIS
LOCATION AS BEING APPROXIMATELY IN THE NORTH ONE-THIRD OF FLATHEAD
LAKE ON HIGHWAY NINETY-THREE. THERE WERE POWER LINES ON THE RIGHT
SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, TELEPHONE LINES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE
HIGHWAY, WITH APPROXIMATELY A THIRTY PERCENT INCLINE FROM THE HIGH-
WAY TO THE LAKE.
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[REDACTED] INDICATED THE PARACHUTISTS LANDED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY
TO THREE OR FOUR LOG CABIN-TYPE HOUSES IN A COVE ON THE LAKE.
[REDACTED] STATED BOTH PARACHUTISTS WERE USING SPORTING-TYPE
PARACHUTES WHICH WERE RED, WHITE, AND POSSIBLY BLUE IN COLOR. ONLY
ONE OF THE PARACHUTISTS WAS CLOSELY OBSERVED AND IT WAS DETERMINED
HE WAS WEARING A COLORED CRASH HELMET, GOGGLES, AND A GREENISH-
BLUE ALL WEATHER OUTFIT.
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[REDACTED] FELT THIS INCIDENT MIGHT POSSIBLY BE RELATED TO
CAPTIONED MATTER IN VIEW OF THE FACT THE PARACHUTISTS HAD MADE
THEIR JUMP IN EXTREMELY POOR WEATHER CONSISTING OF A LOW CLOUD
COVER, HIGH WINDS, AND INTERMITTENT SNOW. IT WAS HIS BELIEF THAT
EXPERIENCED SKY DIVERS WHOULD NEVER MADE A JUMP IN SUCH BAD WEATHER.
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