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SF 164-220 ENW/dmp - estimate the aqe of these limbs or when they were but that they did not appear to have been recent. advised he speculated that maybe the parachute had been cut in half to make a ropve so that the jumper could have lowered himself from the tree if he had been hung up in the tree. He then could have placed half of the parachute under the log, where it was found, and kept the other half to keep warm and maybe use the harness on the parachute as a pack rack to carry out whatever he had with him. advised he was formerly in the U. S&S. Worest Service and he noted that the parachute he recovered was Similar to parachutes used hy the forest service smole jumpers. Fowever, the parachutes the forest service used, althouch similar in color, were usually larger than this particular one, further noted that approximately one mile northeast of where he found the parachute, near the Rear Valley Poad, is a qrass level meadow area, about 20 acres in size. In addition, south of this area, approximately one mile down Lemon Canyon Road, is another qrass meadow Flat area, approximatelv 200 acres in size. Tn addition,L______————dJnotea that there is a verv small airport at fierraville, California, and that the beacon Liaht from this airport shines in the direction of where the parachute was found. advised he recalled that the hijacker in the instant case had the pilot fly at an elevation of approximately 10,000 feet en route to Reno, Nevada. noted that on the map, the elevation of Sardine Peak is 8,134 feet, whereas the elevation at Sardine Point, in the same general area, is only 7,575 feet. [advised the hijacker may have known this and planned to land in one of the two above descrihed meadows and missed his target but realized the plane would have to flv at 10,900 feet in order to miss Sardine Peak. -3- bé6 b7c b6 b7¢ bé6 b7c b6 b7c DB Cooper-14017