Part 92, page 223
Document date 25 December 1971
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 92 p. 223 (DB Cooper-41098), Report, dated 25 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-92/pages/223
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PS-12 R/3/69 Multnomah County Oregon DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY SPECIAL REPORT CASE FILE NO. [redacted] DATE 12-25-71 DIST. NO. [blank] SHIFT NO. [blank] SUBJECT: INFORMATION ON SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES INFORMANT: [redacted] GRESHAM, OREGON PHONE: [redacted]
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12:35 P.M. THIS DATE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE DISPATCHER THAT THE ABOVE LISTED INFORMANT HAD SPOTTED SOMETHING BY BINOCULARS IN THE LARCH MOUNTAIN FOOTHILL AREA. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE INFORMANTS HOME, [redacted] EXPLAINED HOW [redacted] HAD SPOTTED THE OBJECT SEVERAL DAYS AGO AND THAT TO HER IT LOOKED LIKE A WHITE PARACHUTE HANGING FROM A TREE. WRITER LOOKED AT THE OBJECT WITH THE BINOCULARS AND IT DID IN FACT LOOK LIKE A PARACHUTE SUSPENDED UPSIDE DOWN HANGING BY ITS SHROUD LINES. THE GREAT DISTANCE HOWEVER PREVENTED WRITER FROM OBSERVING THE OBJECT IN DETAIL. WRITER DID NOTICE THAT THE OBJECT APPEARED TO BE SWAYING IN THE WIND, AND IT DID RESEMBLE A PARACHUTE. WRITER CONTACTED SGT. [redacted] WHO IN TURN CONTACTED MR. S.A. HIMMELSBACH OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. MR. HIMMELSBACH STATED HE WAS INTERESTED IN THE OBJECT AND MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO PICK UP WRITER IN HIS AIRPLANE AT THE TROUTDALE AIRPORT. AT 2:50 P.M. WRITER AND MR. HIMMELSBACH TOOK OFF FROM THE TROUTDALE AIRPORT AND PROCEEDED TO THE GENERAL AREA OF WHERE WRITER SAW THE HANGING OBJECT. HOWEVER, EVEN AFTER SEVERAL PASSES FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, NEITHER WRITER NOR MR. HIMMELSBACH COULD SPOT ANYTHING HANGING FROM A TREE. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF SEARCHING FOR THE OBJECT WE GAVE UP AND RETURNED TO THE TROUTDALE AIRPORT. MR. HIMMELSBACH INFORMED WRITER THAT HE WOULD INVESTIGATE FURTHER AND CONTACT OUR OFFICE.
DB Cooper-41098
NOTE: BEFORE A FURTHER AIR SEARCH, WRITER FEELS IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR WHOEVER IS GOING TO CONTINUE THE SEARCH, TO GO TO THE INFORMANTS HOME AND LOOK AT THE OBJECT FROM THAT ANGLE.
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A.P.B. NO. and DATE [redacted] SIGNATURE [redacted] BADGE NO. [redacted] DATE & TIME REPORT WRITTEN 12-25-71 4:00 P.M.