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aii” The f ana ke were made by SA |qquuaaaaaayaaaaD On August 10, 1962, Investigations Office, U. S. Coast Guard, 630 Sansome Stree O, 67 <x d that he had received a report fr San Francisco Bar Pilot, Pier 7. cers aboard the S. S, Norefjel]l, ha :45 PM on July 17, 1962, sighted a body in the Pacific Ocean at position 37 degrees, 50 minutes North, 122 degrees, 53 minutes West, which is about 20 miles northwest of the San Francisco Golden Gate. These officers said the body was floating face downward and was clothed in white trousers, The officers aaw no other ship in the area and since they were on a freighter leaving ted States they did not stop to pick up the body. iy :::: that the officers who sighted the body were on ano trip outsid ted States and would be gone for a couple of months. volunteered to check the files of the Coast Guard to ascertain if they. had any missing reports concerning individuals drowned in the San Francisco eatr anan eG ed a hetra haan tent Tawnlar Anaoeds a bay Gilead wis might iaavo WO similar Ly ML Voouu, LIL, t San Francisco, California, ee «.: recontacted on August 15 and 16, 1962, at which time he advised that the only drowned individuals missing, according to their files, whose clothing would approximate that of the reported sighted body were the escapees from Alcatraz. a cvised that at 2:45 AM on July 17, 1962, a RIC ELE of Newport Beach, California, had been swept overboard from a pleasure craft in a sudden heavy storm. However, he determined that this could not be the body of STEELE since it would have had to float some 120 miles from the drowning within a period of 12 hours. In addition STEELE had been dressed in blue dungarees, San Francisco kK7Z On August 15, 1962, ay Bar Pilot, Pier 7, San FranciBeo, advised that on August 8, 1962, the first mate and the quartermaster, names not recalled, of the 5. Ss. Norefjell, a Norwegiar an ship, had mentioned to him that at 5:45 PM on July 17, 1962, they. were aboard the — || 5¢