Letter

Handwritten letter from San Jose, Costa Rica to Time magazine reporting Cooper sighting

Document date 28 January 1974

Part 117page 2831 pageDB Cooper-53776

Part of: From Costa Rica correspondent to TIME magazine re D.B. Cooper sighting, with envelope · 28 January 1974 · Part 34 pp. 79–80

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[redacted] Sn. Pedro, San Jose COSTA RICA

TIME Time & Life Bldg. Rockefeller Center New York, N.Y. 10020

Dear Sirs:

I have been kindled to public interests from reading the apathy riddled Watergate case in your recent issues of TIME, especially your Sherlock Holmes story (Jan. 28)

Therefore I decided to mention an episode that transpired about 4 months ago. (Now, without detail as its relative importance may have already caused the nearest trash can to wonder of its latest acquisition.)

I believe I saw D.B. Cooper, the Northwest Airline sky-jacker in San Jose, Costa Rica. I further believe he recognized my startled recognition of him, possibly as I am from Bellevue, Washington - the only known association of his training as a sky jumper. Possibly again this led to his departure from here long ago.

Stirred from my apathy of "foreign affairs" and folk heroism that D.B. Cooper commands in the North[west] I respectfully submit this tardy but sincere letter.

[signature redacted] SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA

164-81-6164 [stamp:] SEARCHED ___ INDEXED ___ SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___ FBI - SEATTLE

DB COOPER-53776

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