Los Angeles to Seattle and Portland re Dirk Wayne Summers and Cascade search

Document date 6 May 1977

Part 120pages 414–4152 pagesDB Cooper-55452

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Document: Teletype Los Angeles to Seattle and Portland re Dirk Wayne Summers and Cascade search
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 120 pp. 414–415 (DB Cooper-55452), Teletype, dated 6 May 1977, serial SE 164-81-79489 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-120%3A414-415

SLTUULILAO221 1262337Z [illegible OCR: teletype routing/precedence codes] RR SE PD DE LA R 062307Z MAY 77 FM LOS A[N]GELES (164-497) (13) (P) TO SEATTLE (164-81) ROUTINE PORTLAND (164-41) ROUTINE BT CLEAR

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NORJAK, OO: SEATTLE.

RE: [REDACTED], SOURCE [REDACTED] JACK BRYANT COFFELT.

RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO WASHINGTON FIELD, APRIL 18, 1977; AND LOS ANGELES TELEPHONE CALL TO PORTLAND, MAY 6, 1977.

FOR INFORMATION RECEIVING OFFICES, DIRK WAYNE SUMMERS, WHO CLAIMS HE IS WRITING STORY REGARDING CAPTIONED MATTER FOR UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, WAS RECONTACTED MAY 6, 1977 AT HIS REQUEST. SUMMERS COMPLETELY CONVINCED COFFELT IS SUBJECT OF NORJAK BASED ON INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION AND INFORMATION FURNISHED BY JAMES BROWN, LAS VEGAS. STATED HE AND NINE OTHER INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING TWO CAMERAMEN, A [REDACTED] FROM NEWPORT BEACH, AND NOW WORKING AS [REDACTED] AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH METAL DETECTORS, ETC., ARE LEAVING

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164-81-79489 [handwritten, partially legible]

SEARCHED ... INDEXED SERIALIZED ... FILED MAY 6 1977 FBI - SEATTLE

DB COOPER-55452

Page 2 of 2Part 120 p. 415

PAGE TWO (LA 164-497) CLEAR. LOS ANGELES AREA SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1977, FOR BEND, OREGON. ON MAY 9, 1977, THEY PLAN TO SEARCH AREA IN CASCADE MOUNTAINS, WHERE COFFELT ALLEGEDLY LANDED IN EFFORT TO LOCATE BURIED METAL PARTS FROM PARACHUTE. STATED BUREAU AGENTS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN SEARCH. NO COMMITMENT MADE.

AT CONCLUSION OF INTERVIEW, SUMMERS STATED THAT IF NO BUREAU AGENT JOINS THEM, THE FBI WILL BE ADVISED OF ANY PERTINENT ITEMS LOCATED AFTER INFORMING LOS ANGELES TIMES. ARMED AND DANGEROUS. BT P

Serials: LA 164-497, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-79489