MemoSAC Portland to SAC Seattle re citizen letter reporting parachute sighting at Lake Merwin10 May 19721 page
memoLegibility: medium

Part 94, page 253

DB Cooper-42315Serials PD 164-41, SE 164-81

Document date 10 May 1972

Open in FBI Vault (Part 94, page 253 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 94 p. 253 (DB Cooper-42315), Memo, dated 10 May 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-94/pages/253

Transcript

The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.

SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 5/10/72

SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)

NORJAK

---

On 5/3/72, the Portland Office received a letter from [REDACTED], Portland, Oregon, [REDACTED] advising that [REDACTED] while on a fishing trip at Lake Merwin, Washington, on Thursday, 4/27/72, had sighted what appeared to be a white parachute hanging high in a tall fir tree to the north.

---

On 5/4/72, [REDACTED] who is [REDACTED] [REDACTED], Portland, advised he would be happy to describe in detail the precise location of his sighting, but that he would not be available until Monday, 5/8/72.

---

The above information was furnished telephonically on 5/4/72, to SA [REDACTED] Longview Resident Agent, who has made arrangements to get together with [REDACTED] on 5/8/72.

---

2-Seattle (2)Portland

RPH:krv (4)

---

76.4-41-1025

---

SEARCHED [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] DB Cooper-42315