LetterCitizen letter from Prescott, Arizona re phone calls and jump/drift theory, with envelope18 November 1975page 4 of 7
handwritten_noteLegibility: medium

Part 73, page 162

DB Cooper-31498

Document date 18 November 1975

Open in FBI Vault (Part 73, page 162 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 73 p. 162 (DB Cooper-31498), Letter, dated 18 Nov 1975, serial SE 164-81-SUBR (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-73/pages/162

Transcript

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from the height [an/the] object is

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[sketch of an object with airflow/trajectory arrows]

Thrown [guess: thusly] at that 196 mph speed the air density - [guess: and the] [guess: size] - [guess: holding], [guess: Dry] [guess: by a], [guess: you] may be anywhere from 15 to 300 miles [guess: off] the course [guess: you're] [guess: figuring]. Theres a [guess: ripple/wave] of air - [guess: displaced] by [guess: plane]

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[sketch of turbulent airflow/ripple pattern]

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Its like when a pebble is dropped into a pool - with ever widening ripples. Did that guy take all 4 chutes with him or just the one? At 10,000 ft a guy [guess: gets] the bends without oxygen if (over)

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DB Cooper-31498