SAC San Francisco to SAC Denver re San Mateo informant identifying Elmer Peil from Life sketch
Document date 30 March 1973
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Id: Cooper-Part-116:101-102
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-116:101-102 Document: Memo SAC San Francisco to SAC Denver re San Mateo informant identifying Elmer Peil from Life sketch Id: Cooper-Part-116:101-102 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-116%3A101-102 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 116 pp. 101–102 (DB Cooper-53075–53076), Memo, dated 30 Mar 1973, serial SE 164-81-4602 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-116%3A101-102
SAC, DENVER 3/30/73
SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) [handwritten: Sub 63]
NORJAK
Re Suspect ELMER PEIL
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On 3/6/73, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] San Mateo, California, telephone [REDACTED] (Conceal identity by request), telephonically contacted the San Mateo Resident Agency. [REDACTED] stated that he is currently a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and formerly resided in Colorado. He advised that he has been looking at the artist conception of D. B. COOPER which appeared in "Life" magazine issue of 6/16/72, page 86, and is convinced after looking at the picture for an extended period of time that it strongly resembles a man whom he previously [REDACTED] with in Colorado.
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[REDACTED] stated that he [REDACTED] with one ELMER PEIL and [REDACTED] [REDACTED] of Ft. Collins, Colorado, in [REDACTED] PEIL subsequently bought the Green Door which was located five miles south of Ft. Collins and left the Ft. Collins area the last [REDACTED] knew. He stated that he has not seen this individual since 1966.
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[REDACTED] stated that there is a strong resemblance between the artist conception and PEIL and that he always considered PEIL a real "con man." He stated that PEIL spent much time sitting about typing up wild schemes to make money. He questioned whether PEIL would have the courage to jump from an aircraft, however, had to resolve it by telling himself that he felt he would if money were involved. He indicated that PEIL had no background of aircraft or flying to the best of his knowledge. In addition, PEIL was always involved with problems with IRS regarding his income tax. 164-8 1- 4602 [handwritten: Sub 63]
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By way of background, PEIL was married and his wife's name was [REDACTED]. He had one child, a girl, and lived in the Ft. Collins area. He was approximately 33 years of age during the 1964-65 period. He stated that he felt PEIL might be located through a former landlord whose last name_
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2 - Denver (RM) 2 - Seattle (164-81) (RM) 2 - San Francisco RWF:lcj (6)
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[partially illegible stamp] [guess: SEARCHED] [guess: INDEXED] [guess: dx] APP 4 [guess: 1973] [guess: FBI - SAN FR] [guess: 1073] DB COOPER-53075
SF 164-220 RWF:lcj
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was [REDACTED] and resided across from [REDACTED] which was [REDACTED] He further indicated that PEIL was no doubt fingerprinted in connection with his Colorado driver's license.
On 3/16/73, the color photographs of the artist's conception of COOPER were personally displayed to [REDACTED] and he again affirmed the fact that the drawings strongly resemble PEIL. He stated particularly the hairline and the eyes and noted that PEIL wore colored glasses of the type indicated in the artist's conception. He stated that the chin appeared slightly long for PEIL as he recalled, but this was the only apparent discrepancy.
The above is submitted for appropriate investiga- tion by the Denver Office and for information of the Office of Origin.
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DB COOPER-53076
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-4602, SF 164-220