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FD-350 (Rev. 11-11-75)

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Tattered Pair Of Pants Renews Skyjacker Probe

By DIANE CARMAN Journal Staff Writer

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Half a dozen Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, armed with search equipment, entered a remote area of Clark County Wednesday where skyjacker Dan Cooper may have bailed out five years ago.

The possible break in the mystery hijacking came on the fifth anniversary of the Thanksgiving Eve incident which began at Portland International Airport when Cooper boarded a commercial flight.

A tattered pair of pants found hanging in a tree in the Green Mountain area of Northern Clark County in Washington sparked the new search.

Ray Mathis of the Seattle office of the FBI, said Wednesday the bureau is investigating the new evidence, found by a deer hunter.

The discovery of the pants was not revealed by the FBI until Wednesday. "Sure, they could be Cooper's pants," said Mathis of the find several weeks ago. "But we've found plenty of pieces of clothing and other evidence that

could have been Cooper's. Until we find other evidence we can't say for sure."

Mathis called the investigation "routine," saying, "The only thing unusual about it is that it happened this time of year when the interest in the Cooper case is high."

Dan Cooper, who became popularly known as D. B. Cooper, parachuted into

the woods near Woodland, Wash., Nov. 24, 1971, after hijacking a Boeing 727 in Seattle. The craft landed in Reno after Cooper exited.

The tattered dark green plaid men's trousers were said found late last month by William Lynch— a Woodland area hunter, hanging in a tree 25 feet above the ground.

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P . ; THE OREGON JOURNAL 1 PORTLAND, OREGON

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Date: 11-24-76 Edition: Author: Donald J. Sterlin Editor: (JR) Title:

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