SA to SAC Seattle re demonstration of photographs to witnesses (Watson, Gallaher, Shinn, Cooper)
Document date 19 December 1973
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-103:224-225 Document: Memo SA to SAC Seattle re demonstration of photographs to witnesses (Watson, Gallaher, Shinn, Cooper) Id: Cooper-Part-103:224-225 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-103%3A224-225 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 103 pp. 224–225 (DB Cooper-46677–46678), Memo, dated 19 Dec 1973 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-103%3A224-225
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) DATE: 12/19/73
FROM : SA [REDACTED]
SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE
RE: DEMONSTRATION OF PHOTO- GRAPHS TO WITNESSES SUB: HH
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On 11/29/73, witness [REDACTED] telephone [REDACTED] was exhibited photographs of the following individuals:
NAME SUB FILE # EUGENE LEROY WATSON 87 [REDACTED]GARY B. GALLAHER [REDACTED] RICHARD DOUGLAS SHINN 572 [REDACTED] ALAN FAIRFAX COOPER 663 [REDACTED]
With the exception of COOPER, [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] none of the other individuals bore any resemblance to the hijacker and in his opinion, are not identical with him.
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In regard to the COOPER artist composit touch up, [REDACTED] made the following comments:
"Now the best representation of unsubs mouth he has seen; forehead good, hairline good, fact too square, glasses too big because you could see unsubs cheekbones, and in artists touch up you can't see enough of the cheekbones."
[REDACTED] stated he suspects this touch up photograph looks a lot like what he remembers what unsub to look like because it is in fact an artist touch up and therefore resembles the original artist composit.
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[REDACTED] stated concerning [REDACTED] his forehead was similiar to that as he remembers unsub. and [REDACTED] Concerning suspect [REDACTED] stated the eyes and [REDACTED]
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DB COOPER-46677
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SE 164-81
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hair were not identical with unsub and on second consideration he would eliminate [REDACTED] as being identical with unsub.
[REDACTED] finally advised that the photograph of [REDACTED] depicted an individual whose face was angular such as unsubs was and whose cheekbones were similiar to that of unsubs.
[REDACTED] stated that the touch up composit of COOPER, the photograph of [REDACTED] and the photograph of [REDACTED] were similiar to unsub and, therefore, he could not say that it was not unsub, but he added that he could also not indicate that it was unsub.
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DB COOPER-46678
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Serials: SE 164-81