TeletypeUrgent teletype Portland to Director and Seattle re human skull found in Mt. Hood National Forest11 January 19751 page
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Part 35, page 278

DB Cooper-13254Serials SE 164-81-6839

Document date 11 January 1975

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 35 p. 278 (DB Cooper-13254), Teletype, dated 11 Jan 1975, serial SE 164-81-6839 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-35/pages/278

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MR 003 PD PLAIN 3:30 P M URGENT 1-11-75 LJQ TO: DIRECTOR SEATTLE (L64-8L) FROM: PORTLAND (L64-4L) (P) NORJAK.

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FOR INFORMATION OF BUREAU AND SEATTLE, A SKULL OF A MALE HUMAN CAUCASIAN WAS FOUND SEVERAL DAYS AGO IN THE RIPPLE BROOK RANGER AREA, MT. HOOD NATIONAL FOREST, EASTERN CLACKAMAS COUNTY, ORE., BY U.S. FOREST SERVICE. OREGON STATE MEDICAL [REDACTED] STATES SKULL APPEARS TO BE THAT OF A PERSON APPROXIMATELY EARLY 30'S IN AGE. AREA WHERE SKULL FOUND NOW UNDER THREE FEET OF SNOW. DUE TO FACT SKULL FOUND WITHIN HALF MILE OF TREE IN WHICH METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENT PARACHUTE HAS BEEN HANGING FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS, SPECULATION AROSE AS TO POSSIBILITY SKULL THAT OF UNSUB THIS MATTER. THIS UNWARRANTED SPECULATION CAME TO ATTENTION OF PRESS AND NUMEROUS INQUIRIES BEING RECEIVED FROM PRESS REPRESENTATIVES. NOTE THAT LOCATION WHERE SKULL FOUND IS GREAT DISTANCE FROM EITHER DROP ZONE OR FLIGHT PATH

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164-81-6839 [illegible] at [illegible] 19[illegible]

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DB Cooper-13254

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