Part 41, page 42
DB Cooper-11410Serials SE 164-81
Document date 30 May 1973
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 41 p. 42 (DB Cooper-11410), Report, dated 30 May 1973 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-41/pages/42
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SE 164-81 Editorial
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On [guess: November] 26, 1971 the banks of Lake Merwin, partly located in the prime search area, were completely patrolled by [illegible] of the Coalition County Sheriff's Office with all suspicious sightings personally checked. One sighting of a white object on the south side of the lake was unable to be checked on November 26, 1971 but on November 27, 1971 was checked by helicopter with negative results.
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On November 26, 1971 two Army helicopters, one Bonneville Power Administration helicopter, and one [illegible] (County helicopters plus five fixed wing aircraft from [guess: Woodland] and [guess: not] Vancouver, [illegible] were aloft over the search area/[illegible] seven hours of total flying time. Several sightings of unidentified items were checked by ground contact with negative results.
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On November 27, 1971 the search was continued with the same number of personnel, ground units, three helicopters and seven fixed wing planes. The search on this day encompassed a [illegible] mile [illegible] on [illegible] laid out on a upon [illegible] [illegible] [guess: defined] by [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] as a [illegible] position at [illegible] [illegible] of [illegible] left the planes [illegible] [illegible] at [guess: ranging] ten miles on the [illegible] and west side of the [guess: airline] [guess: flight] path and [illegible] [illegible] from the vicinity of [guess: Kelburn], [guess: Washington] to the suburbs of Vancouver. Washington was [guess: included] [illegible] [illegible] crossed by the [illegible] mentioned with negative results. All sightings of suspicious items were checked with negative results.
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The ground search on November 27, 1971 consisted of contacts by personnel in ground units with as many individuals as possible in the search area.
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On November 27, 1971, in addition to contacting all individuals in the search area all airfields with any aircraft or parachuting schools or activity were contacted from Vancouver - Camas, Washougal area to Woodland. A number of individuals contacted at these locations gave information pertaining to skydivers, pilots, clubs in- volved in skydiving and other information, all of which has been checked with negative results.
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DB Cooper-11410