Nitel Birmingham to Seattle, Cleveland, Atlanta re Cooper claim at sportscar races

NR005 BH PLAIN 813PM NITEL AUGUST 9, 1975

[REDACTED BOX]

TO SEATTLE (164-81) CLEVELAND (164-88) ATLANTA (164-254) FROM BIRMINGHAM (164-35) (P) NORJAK

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RE CLEVELAND NITEL TO BIRMINGHAM AND SEATTLE, AUGUST 4, 1975.

FOR INFORMATION OF ATLANTA, REFERENCED NITEL ADVISED THAT PATROLMAN PAUL MC CLOTHLIN, AKRON PD, ADVISED ON JUNE 16, 1975, THAT IN THE LATE MAY OR EARLY JUNE, 1975, WHILE ATTENDING A SPORTSCAR RACE AT MANSFIELD, OHIO, HE MET AN INDIVIDUAL BY THE NAME OF [REDACTED] COVERING THE SPORTSCAR RACES.

DUE TO SHORTAGE OF ACCOMMODATIONS, [REDACTED] AND HE SHARED A ROOM AT THE HOLIDAY INN AND DURING THIS TIME [REDACTED] AND HE CONVERSED ON NUMEROUS TOPICS. [REDACTED] RELATED HE WAS FORMERLY IN THE U. S. ARMY SPECIAL SERVICES AND HAD EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN PARACHUTING AND MILITARY ARTS. WHILE IN SERVICE, [REDACTED] CLAIMED TO HAVE BECOME CLOSE FRIENDS WITH ANOTHER MEMBER OF SPECIAL FORCES BY THE NAME OF [REDACTED] AND AS A RESULT [REDACTED] WAS CONTACTED BY [REDACTED] FOLLOWING THEIR RELEASE FROM SERVICE AND [REDACTED] HE HAD A GOOD DEAL GOING DOWN BUT NEEDED ONE MAN ON THE GROUND

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164-81-6633 [illegible signature/initials, appears to read something like "E. Lemmarath" or similar - illegible]

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SEARCHED..........INDEXED.......... SERIALIZED..........FILED.......... AUG 9 1975 FBI - SEATTLE [illegible handwritten initials]

DB COOPER-54523

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AND INQUIRED IF [REDACTED] WERE INTERESTED AND IF SO, [REDACTED] WOULD BE SET UP FOR LIFE.

AT THIS TIME [REDACTED] STATED "YOU KNOW THAT [REDACTED] IS REALLY D. B. COOPER AND HE IS THE ONE THAT TOOK THE AIRLINES FOR ALL THAT MONEY." WHEN MC CLOTHLIN QUESTIONED [REDACTED] AS TO WHY D. B. COOPER WAS IDENTICAL TO [REDACTED] REPLIED THAT IT WAS BASED ON THE ABOVE, AND THE FACT THAT [REDACTED] HAD WORKED FOR BOEING AIRCRAFT IN CALIFORNIA AND HAD [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND BASED ON THE COMPOSITE SEEN IN NEWSPAPERS, [REDACTED] STATED HE COULD ALMOST POSITIVELY STATE [REDACTED] AND COOPER ARE ONE AND THE SAME. ALSO, [REDACTED] REFERRED TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY IN THE TIME BETWEEN HIS INITIAL CONTACT BY [REDACTED] AND THE SKYJACKING OF THE NORTHWEST AIRLINES PLANE.

BASED ON THE ABOVE, THE BIRMINGHAM DIVISION THROUGH [REDACTED] [REDACTED], B. F. GOODRICH TIRE COMPANY, AKRON, OHIO, AND IN ATTENDANCE AT THE RACES AT ALABAMA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY, TALLADEGA, ALABAMA, [REDACTED] WAS LOCATED AND INTERVIEWED ON AUGUST 9, 1975.

[REDACTED] WAS DETERMINED TO BE A WHITE MALE, BORN [REDACTED]

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DB COOPER-54524

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[REDACTED] MISSISSIPPI, 6'2", 190 POUNDS, BROWN HAIR, KINKY CURLY, WORN MEDIUM-LONG, WITH BROWN EYES, WEARING THICK EYEGLASSES, AND FULL BEARD, DARK COMPLEXIONED, WHO [REDACTED] [REDACTED] APPEARED EXTREMELY UPSET OVER THE INTERVIEW INITIALLY, HOWEVER, SETTLED DOWN AND WAS INTERVIEWED EXTENSIVELY. [REDACTED] STATED THAT HE RECALLED SHARING A ROOM IN MANSFIELD, OHIO, WITH AN AKRON, OHIO POLICE OFFICER WHOSE NAME HE WAS UNABLE TO RECALL BUT EMPHATICALLY DENIED THE TRUTH OF THE INFORMATION FURNISHED BY THIS OFFICER AS TO STATEMENTS OF [REDACTED] RELATED HIS RECOLLECTION WAS THAT HE HAD OFFERED TO SHARE HIS ROOM WITH THIS OFFICER AFTER MEETING HIM AT THE TRACK AND LEARNING THIS OFFICER DID NOT HAVE A MOTEL ROOM.

[REDACTED] AND ANOTHER FRIEND WENT OUT FOR A FEW DRINKS AND UPON RETURNING TO THE ROOM [REDACTED] FOUND THIS OFFICER STILL AWAKE WATCHING TELEVISION. [REDACTED] STATED THAT A DISCUSSION ENSUED BETWEEN HE AND THIS INDIVIDUAL WHICH INCLUDED NUMEROUS TOPICS INCLUDING THAT OF RADAR AND THEN THE SKY JACKING. [REDACTED] STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO RECALL WHAT MIGHT HAVE TRIGGERED THE CONVERSATION

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DB COOPER-54525

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