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SHERIFF'S OFFICE Skamania County INFORMATION REPORT Page____Of____

Type Of Case: Found Property Date: 5-7-79 Case Number: 791331R Reported By: [REDACTED] Address: [REDACTED] Yacolt, WA Phone: [REDACTED] Victim: [blank] Address: [blank] Phone: [blank] Location Of Occurance: IP 140 Rd. off N-92. T8N, R6E, SE 1/4 of sec. 31 How Reported: Phone

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Details Of Incident

ITEM FOUND: One plastic type decal, approximately 5 inches square. White background w/ maroon lettering. Lettering states "Air Stair Emergency Exit Handle on Opposite side of Airplane".

An arrow points towards the bottom of the decal.

On 5-7-79 at approximately 2135 hrs., W/O was advised by Cowlitz County Deputy, [REDACTED] that he had been in contact with a [REDACTED] in regards to one of his cutting crew finding a stair-case placard possibly from a 727 air- craft in a timber sale area east of Cougar in Skamania County.

The placard is apparently similar to one that was afixed to the 727 that was hi-jacked in November of 1972 by suspect, D.B. Cooper.

[REDACTED] advised W/O that the cutting crew member, [REDACTED] of Amboy, WA, [REDACTED] was in possession of the placard and wished to turn it over to law enforcement authorities. Phone contact was then made with [REDACTED] by W/O.

[REDACTED] advised that he found the placard while cutting timber off the IP 140 Road north of Ape Creek off the U.S.F.S. N-92 Road. Due to the poor telephone connection, arrangements were made to meet [REDACTED] on 5-8-79 at approximately 6:30 AM at the Swift District Office.

Personal contact was made with [REDACTED] on the morning of 5-8-79 at the Swift Office. [REDACTED], at that time, turned over to W/O, a plastic type decal, approximately 5 inches square, white in color with maroon colored lettering.

[REDACTED] stated he found the decal on 5-2-79. The lettering on the decal states "Air Stair. Emergency Exit Handle on Opposite Side of Airplane". An arrow points to the bottom of the decal.

The back of the decal shows evidence of a glue substance and several circular places like it had been placed over bolts or rivets. [REDACTED] advised W/O that he had found the decal partially covered by snow on a hillside that he was clear-cutting. The location is on the IP-140 Road which takes off on the west side of the U.S.F.S. N-92 Road north of the Ape Creek Bridge.

The decal was located approximately 1/4 mile west of the IP-140 road, across and about 100 yards above a stream. [REDACTED] advised that they are clear-cutting the area and thought that our office should know about it in case something else is discovered.

[REDACTED] stated that so far he has seen nothing else out of the ordinary.

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Investigating Officer/Rank/Pers.: [blank] Investigating Officer/Rank/Pers.: [blank] Deputy [REDACTED] DB Cooper-38422 Skamania County Pioneer - Stevenson, Wash.