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Part 16, page 221

DB Cooper-4541

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 16 p. 221 (DB Cooper-4541), Handwritten note, serial SE 164-81-1968 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-16/pages/221

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may have been wearing plus the chute & all most people would think he'd be awful easy to spot. But it's not that easy. The Shadows and different colored foliage plus sunlight which of course (SUNLIGHT) you didn't have These Things can play some awful Tricks on the Searchers eyes. I've had people with me who couldn't see a deer 30 Ft. away in the [guess: Brushes]. Theres an awful [#] & lot of places a man could disappear in the woods and almost never be found. I personally believe he's hung up midway over

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DB Cooper-4541