Interview report (FD-302)Re recovered object determined to be a weather radiosonde, not a parachuteInterviewed 3 December 19711 page
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Part 91, page 287

DB Cooper-40674Serials PD 164-41-336

Interviewed 3 December 1971Dictated 4 December 1971

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FD-302 (REV. 3-17-69)

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date December 6, 1971

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Corporal [REDACTED], Oregon State Police (OSP), was telephonically contacted at his office and provided the following information:

On December 3, 1971, about 4 p.m., he recovered a parachute from a ponderosa pine tree on Rigdon Main Road about 25 miles south of Oakridge. The writing on the parachute indicated that it was a weather type parachute. The letters on the parachute were "RADIO-SONDE" with number F4-0096HR and indicated it was a weather type instrument package.

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PARACHUTE

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On 12/3/71 at Eugene, Oregon File# PD 164-41-336

by SA [REDACTED] :mp Date dictated 12/4/71

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DB Cooper-40674