SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle re Alvin Benton Celcer, enclosing investigative insert
Document date 16 October 1972
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Id: Cooper-Part-112:235-237
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-112:235-237 Document: Memo SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle re Alvin Benton Celcer, enclosing investigative insert Id: Cooper-Part-112:235-237 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-112%3A235-237 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 112 pp. 235–237 (DB Cooper-51068–51070), Memo, dated 16 Oct 1972, serial SE 164-81-3559 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-112%3A235-237
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 10/16/72
SAC, PHOENIX (164-100) (P)
NORJAK (RE: ALVIN BENTON CELCER)
OO: SE BUFILE 164-2111
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
ReSEairtel to Dallas, 10/4/72.
Enclosed for Seattle are two copies of an in- vestigative Insert of SA [REDACTED] conducted at Payson, Arizona, on 10/11/72.
No leads are being set forth by the Phoenix Division and left to the discretion of the OO.
The handwriting of CELCER's referred to in the body of the Insert, is maintained in the 1A Section of the Phoenix file.
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Sub 446
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Sub 446 4003 164-81-3559 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED...FILED M[illegible] OCT 1 8 1972 FBI—SEATTLE
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2 - Seattle (Encs. 2) 2 - Phoenix KRD:cjn
(4)
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DB COOPER-51068
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b6 b7C
Sub 446
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PX 164-100 KRD:cjn 1
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The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED] at Payson, Arizona, on October 11, 1972:
[REDACTED] advised that he had a business transaction with ALVIN BENTON CELCER in January, 1972. [REDACTED] advised that his fifty-four foot sail boat was located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in the latter part of 1971 and was listed with one [REDACTED] [REDACTED], for sale, [REDACTED] address was shown as [REDACTED] Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. It was through the [REDACTED] that CELCER obtained his name and address.
[REDACTED] advised that prior to December 24, 1971, CELCER telephonically contacted him on two different occasions and advised that he had a motor home that he would like to trade for [REDACTED] sail boat. On December 24, 1971, [REDACTED] agreed definitely to trade his sail boat for CELCER's motor home.
[REDACTED] advised that he took possession of the motor home described as a [REDACTED] Vehicle Iden- tification Number [REDACTED] and exchanged titles with CELCER on January 10, 1972. He advised he had never seen CELCER before that time.
According to [REDACTED] CELCER claimed that he accepted the motor home to satisfy [REDACTED] owed to him by [REDACTED] Omaha, Nebraska. Further details of the debt were not known. CELCER claimed that he took possession of the motor home from the assembly line in Beaverton, Oregon, with [REDACTED] accepting the financial obligations for it.
CELCER claimed that he drove the motor home from Salt Lake City, Utah, where it was stored at [REDACTED] [REDACTED] residence, name unknown.
The motor home was registered in the State of Nebraska in the name of [REDACTED] and had been previously registered in the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma registration [REDACTED] The motor home had 3,000 registered miles at this time.
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b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C
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[REDACTED] [illegible] SERIALIZED [guess: FILED] [illegible] OCT 1 8 1972 FBI—SEATTLE DB COOPER-51069
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[guess: /00] [guess: 2] [illegible] 164 81-3996 [guess: 6]
PX 164-100 JDD:cjn 2
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[redacted] advised that for reasons undisclosed, he wrote to [redacted] Omaha, but re- ceived his letter marked, "unknown at this address".
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[redacted] advised that he drove CELCER and his male companion, age approximately 26, to Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, Arizona, in order for them to make plane connec- tions for Dallas, Texas. During their conversation, CELCER advised he was employed by DuPont, a developer, Port-Au- Prince, Haiti, by the U. S. Forest Service and a third job which he cannot recall. CELCER advised that he was capable of flying twin engine planes and had intentions of either selling or trading the sail boat for an airplane.
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[redacted] advised that he checked the composite photograph of the unknown subject and advised that CELCER resembles the unknown subject, except CELCER's chin is not quite as long, thus making his face a little rounder.
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[redacted] has a piece of paper bearing ALVIN BENTON CELCER's name and address on it which was written by CELCER. [redacted] described CELCER as being in his late 30's, well dressed, well mannered individual.
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DB COOPER-51070
Serials: 164-2111, PX 164-100, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3559