Part 63, page 62
Document date 13 February 1980
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 63 p. 62 (DB Cooper-26394), News clipping, dated 13 Feb 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-63/pages/62
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FD-350 (Rev. 12-5-78)
(Mount Clipping in Space Below)
[handwritten: page number partially visible]
Indicate page, name of paper, city and state.) p.B1 Seattle Times Seattle, Wa. Date: 2/13/80 Edition: Final
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Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: Seattle
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Agent 'explains' beachfront deposit
PORTLAND (UPI) — Ralph Himmelsbach, the Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who has headed the D.B. Cooper case since the 1971 hijacking, outlines this "possible scenario" to explain how some of the Cooper money washed up on the beach west of Vancouver:
"Probably the money (in the bag) came down close to the bank of a stream. When the water got high enough it washed down- stream, bumping along the bot- tom. The bag finally degraded.
"Perhaps it could have burst on impact, but that is not likely. We think finally, tumbling down the river bottom, it broke open and the money was carried on, wear- ing off little bits and pieces around the edges, grinding it down like it had been ground with sandpaper or a file, leaving the center portion.".
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SUBS B, [guess: G] 5 M
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SUB B- 164 81 - [illegible]
SEARCHED...... SERIALIZED...... FEB 18 1980 FBI - SEATTLE
FBI/DOJ
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DB Cooper-26394