MemoTo SAC Portland re skydiver sighting between Woodburn and Wilsonville10 December 19711 page
memoLegibility: medium

Part 91, page 338

DB Cooper-40737Serials PD 164-41, PD 164-41-367

Document date 10 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 91 p. 338 (DB Cooper-40737), Memo, dated 10 Dec 1971, serial PD 164-41-367 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-91/pages/338

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6: UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum

TO : SAC (164-41) FROM : SA [REDACTED] SUBJECT: UNSUB; NWAL Flight 305 PORTLAND TO SEATTLE 11/24/71 HIJACKING;EXTORTION RE: [illegible] 357

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SKY DIVER BET WEEN WOODBURN + WILSONVILLE

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Reference telcall from SA NORMAN B. BELFREY this date.

On 12/10/71 Chief Criminal Deputy HANK DOUGHERTY of the Polk County Sheriff's Office Dallas, Oregon in the absence of Sheriff WOODY JONES advised that [REDACTED] resides at [REDACTED] Dallas, Oregon. He was unable to furnish and address for [REDACTED].

[REDACTED] advised that, as he recalls, he and [REDACTED] between the last of October and and the 15th to 20th of November made [REDACTED] trips to Portland.

On their way to Portland they [REDACTED] [REDACTED] near Woodburn, Oregon. Shortly after they started out again, and somewhere between Woodburn and Wilsonville, they noticed a skydiver coming down in an orange parachute west of the highway (I5) about ¼ to ½ mile. At the time, he was nearly to the ground and they observed him only for a few moments. The time was between 12 noon and 2 pm. He was unable to furnish a description of the man they saw.

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164-41 - 367 [handwritten] SEARCHED __ INDEXED __ SERIALIZED __ FILED __ FBI—PORTLAND

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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan

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DB Cooper-40737