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SF 76-2887 pom ya bc. The fi at San Francisco, California were made by SA‘ . { On October 18, 1962, ss be, NOREFJELL", a Norwegian ship, shipping un 3) of b Purness, Withy and Company, Ltd., Pier 38, San Francisco, advised yA) that when leaving on an extended freighte United States on August 8, 1962, he ment Francisco Bar Pilot, that he and aboard the "SS NOREFJELL". een a body fioating t on July 17, 1962. stated that he furnished with the exact location degrees and minutes where ody was Sighted, but he had since thrown away this location. Upon being furnis rees and minutes as referred to this office by marine map that At the time the body was seen, the "SS NOREFJELL" was proceeding to Canada and New Zealand. They did not have radio communication on the United States channels and in the absence of any boat in th they did not report the sighting of the body at that time. le: a note in the ship's log as to sighting a body but he not mention it until August 8, 1962, when they had returned to ¢ d States and were again leaving on another extended voyage. stated that they had just returned after having made stops at several foreign ports, the last being Aukland, New Zealand. RRR 231500 that between 5:45 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on July 17, 1962, the "SS NOREFJELL" was proceeding away from the United States on a freighter trip. About 20 miles west by northwest of the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge, he noticed something - bobbing in the water. He obtained the ship's binoculars and ob-~ served that it was a body evidently floating face downward with hands and feet dangling down into the water. He could see the rump of the body clearly, however, from his angle of observation, he could not see the upper portion of the body. He stated that the - 31- 154