Part 91, page 442

Document date December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 91 p. 442 (DB Cooper-40843), Handwritten note, dated Dec 1971, serial PD 164-41-431 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-91/pages/442

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may have been wearing plus the chute & all most people would think he'd be awful easy to spot. But it's not that easy) The Shadows and different colored foilage plus Sunlight which of course (SUNLIGHT) you didn't have. These things can play some awful Tricks on the Searchers eyes. Ive had people with me who couldn't see a deer 30 FT. away in the Brush. Theres an awful [guess: #] lot of places a man could disappear in the woods and almost never be found. I personally believe he's [guess: hung] up midway

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Continuation (page II) of a handwritten letter discussing the difficulty of searching for a person in wooded terrain. The author argues that despite wearing a parachute, the subject would not be easy to spot due to shadows, foliage, and lighting conditions. The author recounts personal experience of people unable to see a deer 30 feet away in brush, and expresses a personal belief that Cooper ended up somewhere midway (text continues on next page). FBI file reference stamp with page continuation indicator 'over'

Handwritten cursive, mostly legible but some words require interpretation
Two hole punches at top of page
Page marked 'II' in upper right corner, indicating second page of a multi-page letter
Bottom stamp: DB Cooper-40843 with 'over' notation