Handwritten citizen letter to FBI re man resembling hijacker seen 11/28/71
Document date 2 December 1971
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 103 pp. 46–48 (DB Cooper-46496), Letter, dated 2 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-103%3A046-048
[redacted — sender name/address] Dec. 2, 1971 164-81-979 Sub. 195 SEARCHED ✓ INDEXED SERIALIZED ______ FILED ______ DEC 6 1971 FBI — PORTLAND [initials]
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Dear Sirs:
Last Sunday, Nov. 28, about 11:00 PM, I saw a man in a local [redacted] who bore a startling resemblence to the now-famous skyjacker. The similarity between this man and the composite drawing is so great that I couldn't find a single discrepancy except that instead of wearing a shirt and tie with his dark suit, he wore a [redacted].
His height, weight and dark swarthy skin tones correspond- with the description of the hijack[er]
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However, at the time I had only seen the sketch on television and was not certain of the resemblance, so after this man [REDACTED] thought the subject looked like the hijacker. He replied that he had not seen the drawing but that the subject had indeed [REDACTED] was the man who had pulled the job. I went in search of a newspaper then and when I found one I realized how great the similarity of appear- ance was. During his stay in [REDACTED] [REDACTED] I think he said it was He also said that [REDACTED]
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DB COOPER 46496
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live in this area, but moved to [redacted] years ago.
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assuming that anything the sub- ject said is true, which of course it may not be, it might be worth your while to check into
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Sincerely, a
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Serials: 164-81-979 Sub. 195, 46496
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