ADIC Los Angeles to Director re NORJAK - hypnosis session with Mrs. Richard Daley
Document date 12 November 1976
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 120 pp. 259–260 (DB Cooper-55274–55275), Memo, dated 12 Nov 1976, serial SE 164-81-7179 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-120%3A259-260
Memorandum
TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) DATE: 11/12/76
FROM : ADIC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (13)
SUBJECT: NORJAK [redacted box]
OO: SE
ReButel, 11/1/76, authorizing use of hypnosis in interview of Mrs. RICHARD DALEY, Encino, California, to enhance her memory of an August, 1976, conversation regarding a skyjacking believed to involve NORJAK.
Mrs. DALEY was interviewed under hypnosis on 11/3/76 by Dr. WILLIAM S. KROGER at his office in Beverly Hills, California. SA RICHARD GORDON DOUCE, who is trained in hypnosis, conducted the pre-induction interview to acquaint Mrs. DALEY with the technique of hypnosis. Case Agent C. ROBERT STRANGER was present during the interview. A waiver was obtained from Mrs. DALEY and the session was tape recorded.
Mrs. DALEY responded to Dr. KROGER's induction technique and entered a medium-light state of hypnosis. Once Mrs. DALEY was hypnotized and regressed to the date in question, Dr. KROGER turned hypnotic rapport over to SA RICHARD GORDON DOUCE. The information Mrs. DALEY had previously furnished was then reviewed with her in detail and she supplied essentially the same information about the August, 1976, conversation she had given earlier in the investigation.
While under hypnosis, Mrs. DALEY also supplied entirely new information as follows:
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ELIMINATE [guess: NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION] [guess: REMAINS]
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3-Bureau (1-Behavioral Sciences, Quantico, Virginia, SA [redacted]) 2-Seattle (164-81) 3-Los Angeles (1-LA 94-2379) (1) RGD:ism (8)
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164-81-7179 SEARCHED ___ INDEXED ___ SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___ NOV 8 [illegible] FBI—SEATTLE
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB COOPER-55274
LA 164-497
Mrs. DALEY, for the first time, remembered and described in great detail a forty-year old waitress in the North Hollywood restaurant who waited on the trio who were engaged in conversation regarding the skyjacking in August, 1976. The description supplied under hypnosis was sufficiently precise to enable Agents to locate and interview the woman the morning following the hypnotic induction. Unfortunately, this woman was unable to remember the people in question or to furnish any significant information.
Moreover, while under hypnosis, Mrs. DALEY remembered and described in great detail the clothing worn by the lone male who was discussing the alleged skyjacker named [redacted] (LNU) with the young couple at the North Hollywood restaurant. The physical description of the lone male supplied under hypnosis was quite detailed and for the first time revealed that the individual had a mustache and was wearing a blue and white striped sweatshirt.
Although the interview under hypnosis did not produce any startling new evidence pointing to the identity of the skyjacker, it did reveal that Mrs. DALEY's recall was noticeable improved while in this altered state of consciousness.
The Behavioral Sciences at Quantico will be kept advised of the progress of the feasibility study involving investigative hypnosis.
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DB COOPER-55275
Serials: 164-2111, LA 164-497, LA 94-2379, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-7179