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| | O FD-302 (Rev. 1-25-80) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION , Date September 17, 1963 On September 16, 1963, at the Sixteenth Street bon assisted by Specia the church, which was bombed on the morning of September 15, 1963. The search consisted of a piece-by-piece examina- tion of all debris in the ladies lounge of the church and rooms immediately adjacent to the ladies lounge, the bomb crater and area immediately surrounding it, for any material of value that would assist in identifying the type and phy- sical make-up of the bomb device used. The following material, found in the ladies lounge, ladies restroom adjacent to the lounge, and the room west of and adjacent to the lounge was obtained for further Laboretory examination in an effort to identify the explosive substance used from possible explosive residues that may be present: (1) Pieces of heavy gauge wire from the screen coverings over the windows in the ladies lounge. (2) Pieces of window frame from the windows in the ladies lounge. (3) Fragments of drapery material that covered tis windows in the ladies lounge. (4) Part of the metal frame of the wire screen covering the windows in the ladies lounge. (5) Scrapings from window sill in ladies lounge. No burned safety fuse, fragments of a timing device, container fragments, fragments of blasting or electric blasting caps, wires, igniter fragments, or other materials which could be associated with a bomb, were found. J f on 9/16/63. Birmingham, Alabama ty Date dictated _ 9 i 7/63 This document con Helthet recommendations nor usiona of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI -and la loaned to tj your agency} it and ite contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.