FormFD-340 receipt for five-page handwritten letter from Napa, California, re parachute remnants found west of Reno, serial 164-81-1a (520)24 October 1975page 5 of 6
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Part 85, page 131

DB Cooper-37488

Document date 24 October 1975

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 85 p. 131 (DB Cooper-37488), Form, dated 24 Oct 1975 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-85/pages/131

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[guess: harness].

The only person we can think of that would go to this much trouble to hide his track so carefully was that Cooper that hijacked that plane in Seattle [guess: Washington] a few years ago, and this place is directly on the route that plane went. This is seven thousand feet elevation and bitterly cold that time of year and ten rough miles to the nearest habitation and if he was badly injured, I doubt if he made it out.

As soon as we got home I called your office in San Francisco and the young fellow that answered wasn't interested. He said you know that Cooper jumped out in Oregon and he doubts that he could have [guess: hiked] five hundred miles before he hit

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DB Cooper-37488