Nitel Seattle to Director re caller claiming to be D.B. Cooper and voice description

Document date 14 January 1972

Part 101pages 192–1932 pagesDB Cooper-45655–45656

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Document: Nitel Seattle to Director re caller claiming to be D.B. Cooper and voice description
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 101 pp. 192–193 (DB Cooper-45655–45656), Teletype, dated 14 Jan 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-101%3A192-193

NR016 SE PLAIN 11:36 PM NITEL 1/14/72 DCA TO DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 2P

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ON JANUARY FOURTEEN, SEVENTYTWO, [REDACTED] RADIO, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT UNKNOWN MALE TELEPHONED HIM THIS EVENING AND SAID HE WAS D. B. COOPER AND WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT. [REDACTED] TAPE- RECORDED ENTIRE CONVERSATION, WHICH LASTED LESS THAN SIXTY SECONDS, IN WHICH INDIVIDUAL ADVISED AFTER HE PARA- CHUTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, HE BROKE HIS ANKLE. HE WAS THEN TAKEN OUT OF THE AREA BY A FRIEND, IDENTIFIED ONLY AS AN EX- VIETNAM HELICOPTER PILOT, IN A CESSNA ONE FIFTY AIRPLANE. HE SAID HE HAD THE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND WANTED TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT FOR FBI'S BENEFIT. STATED WAS IN SEATTLE BUT WILL BE MOVING FAST. END PAGE ONE

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VOICE SOUNDED LIKE THAT OF A VERY YOUNG WHITE MALE, POSSIBLY TWENTY TO TWENTY- FIVE YEARS OF AGE, WITH NO UNUSUAL SPEECH CHARACTERISTICS.

[REDACTED] ADVISED HE HAS NOT AND WILL NOT PLAY TAPE ON THE RADIO, AND ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO PICK UP THE TAPE.

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FBI WASH DC

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Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81