MemoSA to SAC Seattle re caller reporting orange and white parachute in garage16 December 19711 page
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Part 16, page 257

DB Cooper-4579

Document date 16 December 1971

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum

TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81 Sub D) DATE: 12/16/71 Sub-D FROM : SA [REDACTED] b6 PARACHUTES → b7C SUBJECT: NORJACK

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On 12/16/71 at 5:50 pm SA [REDACTED] received a telephone call from [REDACTED] Seattle, telephone [REDACTED]. b6 He works for the [REDACTED] telephone [REDACTED], b7C has had some experience with chutes, although he has never had to jump.

On 12/16/71 in company of a realtor, he examined some property [REDACTED] miled east of [REDACTED] Washington on State Highway [REDACTED] (This can also be described as being about 3 miles west [REDACTED] Washington.) The property is on the south side of the road. [REDACTED] b6 in buying the property. b7C

The property is [REDACTED] employed in b6 [REDACTED] is to b7C move soon to [REDACTED] the above property to [REDACTED] were not home when he saw the property. [REDACTED] has a section map of the property, if needed.)

The property has two houses on it. The main house is white qith two dedar trees in the front. A quarter mile east of the main house is another house with a garage.

In this garage [REDACTED] saw, on 12/16/71 an orange and white b6 chute draped from the rafters over a pickup truck. The chute looked b7C new, but [REDACTED] could not see the rigging or harnass. From the way the chute was draped, it appeared whoever did it was familiar with chutes.

ASAC BIBLER was advised at 6:10 pm. He instructed to advise SA THOMAS MANNING.

6:15 pm MANNING was not home. Message left to call night clerk, who is to give MANNING the above information.

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[guess: manning] 6:47PM 12/16/71, [guess: we] D. [guess: Tick was trips] [guess: hard] [guess: Sur]

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SEARCHED ...... SERIALIZED [REDACTED] FILED [REDACTED] DEC 1 6 1971 FBI - SEATTLE [REDACTED]

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CNG (2) Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DB Cooper-4579