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ae The f gat San Francisco, California, were made by SA On August 10, 1962 Investigations Office, U. S. Coast Guard, 63 some Stree Os b7<a d that he had received a report fr. :45 PM on July San Francisco Bar Pilot, Pier 7. cers aboard the S, S, Norefjell, ha 17, 1962, sighted a body in the Pacific Ocean at position 37 degrees, 50 minutes North, 122 degrees, 53 minutes West, which 18 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 saw 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. said 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 Bay area who might have been similarly dressed. ae»: 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. 1, 2 avs20a that at 2:45 AM on July 17, 1962, @ RIC: & 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. On August 15, 1962, ay San Francisco we Bar Pilot, Pier 7, San Franci8@®, advised that on August 8, - 1962, the first mate and the quartermaster, names not recalled, ~ of the S, S. Norefjell, a Norwegian ship, had mentioned to him that at 5:45 PM on July 17, 1962, they-were aboard the || 54