Document date 6 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.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 14 p. 211 (DB Cooper-3575), Teletype, dated 6 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-80 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-14/pages/211
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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BETWEEN HIGHWAY NINETYTHREE AND FLATHEAD LAKE. [REDACTED] FURTHER
DESCRIBED THIS LOCATION AS BEING APPROXIMATELY IN THE NORTH
ONE-THIRD OF FLATHEAD LAKE ON HIGHWAY NINETYTHREE. 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 HIGHWAY TO THE LAKE.
[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.
[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 WOULD NEVER MADE A JUMP IN SUCH
BAD WEATHER.