SAC Seattle to file re call to SAC Calame on McCoy/SALJAK resemblance to NORJAK
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To file re call to SAC Calame on SALJAK subject resemblance to NORJAK
Document date 10 April 1972
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 110 p. 539 (DB Cooper-50265), Memo, dated 10 Apr 1972, serial SE 164-81-386 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-110%3A539-539
FILE (164-81) 4/10/72
SAC, SEATTLE
NORJAK
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On 4/10/72 I called SAC CALAME at Salt Lake City and advised him that in examining the photograph of the subject of the SALJAK case, it appeared that he had a striking resemblance to the subject of the NORJAK case. I asked him to forward photographs of the subject to us immediately, to Portland and Minneapolis, for display to the witnesses and to establish the whereabouts of McCOY during the pertinent period.
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SAC CALAME called me back and advised that in examining the material obtained during their investigation, they have determined that McCOY is a makeup artist. One of the stewardesses in their case described the subject as being swarthy or dark or possibly a Mexican. He had a dark mustache. However, they have located some mustache paste in his effects.
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In addition, they have determined that using the name of R. McCOY, which is his name, he made a flight from Salt Lake City to Denver and the same flight from Denver to Los Angeles one week earlier on the same airlines.
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The similarities in the SALJAK and NORJAK cases are striking in that in both cases he asked for 2 back packs and 2 chest pack parachutes. In addition, he requested the UAL to give him his own luggage from the plane's cargo department before they departed, and his own parachute and jump suit, helmet and flares, together with 100 ft. of rope in his luggage. SAC CALAME speculates that the subject in the SALJAK case tied the money in his other effects, together, and when he was ready to leave the plane let them descent first, hung onto the rope, just before he landed dropped them and he could make the landing safely. In addition, he dropped 2 parachutes which they have not located. One parachute was located in Nevada and one near where he landed in Utah. The whereabouts of the other chutes are unknown.
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SAC CALAME is causing a check to be made of the UAL flights from Salt Lake City to Portland or Seattle for two weeks prior to 11/24/71. We should immediately commence inquiry to determine if an individual using the name of either DAN COOPER, D. COOPER, R. McCOY or RICHARD McCOY made a flight from Portland to Seattle on NW flight 405 2 weeks prior to 11/24/71.
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JEM:eon (4)
164-81-386
SEARCHED___INDEXED___FILED___ APR 1 0 1972 FBI — SEATTLE
DB COOPER-50265
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-386