Can a search of a stationwagon be suppressed?

Petersen's motion to suppress should have been granted because the search of the stationwagon was not supported by probable cause in that the corroboration of the reliability of the tip, especially concerning the stationwagon, was inadequate. (Spinelli v. United States (1969) 393 U.S. 410, 89 S.Ct. 584, 21 L.Ed.2d 637; Aguillar v. Texas (1964) 378 U.S. 108, 84 S.Ct. 1509, 12 L.Ed.2d 723.) The tip was very detailed about the aircraft involved, but the information given about the ground vehicles to be used was not only vague, it also did not match this stationwagon. The tip said the vehicle would be a "camper type." No vehicle registrations, license numbers, or other physical description was given. The agents were unable to tell whether this stationwagon was one of the vehicles seen on the airstrip from the air the day before or earlier that day. The agents failed to corroborate

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