Part 34, page 252
DB Cooper-12886Serials SE 164-81
Document date 31 May 1974
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 34 p. 252 (DB Cooper-12886), Report, dated 31 May 1974, serial SE 164-81-6D58 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-34/pages/252
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SE 164-81
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[...] parachutes they were the property of [REDACTED] address [REDACTED] Kent, Washington, phone number [REDACTED] advised on 5/20/74 that the parachutes used by Unsub. had no hooks on which to fasten a chest pack, i.e., auxiliary parachute. [REDACTED] stated that an experienced parachutist would be able to fashion ties to the "back pack", i.e., main parachute, which would allow the auxiliary parachute to be fastened to the "back pack" and it could be used in an emergency.
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The main parachute used by Unsub. is described as follows:
Model NB6 (Navy Back Pack 6) in a sage green nylon container with matching harness, without "D" rings to attach an auxiliary parachute. The parachute has a 28-foot white nylon flat circular canopy with a specially fitted foam padded cushion. The pilot chute is also white. The "chest pack" parachute used by Unsub. was a training pack dummied up to look like a good parachute for training purposes. It has no pilot chute and its canopy is white in color.
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On 11/22/73, the Portland, Oregon Journal Newspaper offered a reward of $1,000 for the first missing $20 bill "recovered from the loot collected two years ago by D. B. COOPER, the still missing parachuting airplane hijacker." In a Portland, Oregon Journal article dated 11/26/73, the following information was published:
"The Journal is making its 'Secret Witness' plan available for use in helping recover the 'Cooper cash,' the $200,000 that disappeared the night of Nov. 24, 1971, with the parachuting hijacker popularly known as D. B. COOPER.
"The plan can be used with or separate from the newspaper's offer to pay $1,000 for the first $20 bill to be turned in that can be verified by the FBI to be part of the money Cooper obtained from Northwest Orient Airlines prior to jumping from a jetliner he had commandeered. It can be used to return the money, enter into negotiations for its return or to provide information on the whereabouts of the elusive hijacker.
"The 'Secret Witness' plan will enable someone with one or more of the missing bills to surrender the money and still keep his or her identity secret.
"Here is how to use the plan:
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DB Cooper-12886
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