Denver to Director, Seattle and Little Rock re source information on D.B. Cooper

Document date 20 July 1977

Part 120pages 433–4375 pagesDB Cooper-55472, DB Cooper-55473, DB Cooper-55474, DB Cooper-55476

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Document: Teletype Denver to Director, Seattle and Little Rock re source information on D.B. Cooper
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 120 pp. 433–437 (DB Cooper-55472, DB Cooper-55473, DB Cooper-55474, DB Cooper-55476), Teletype, dated 20 Jul 1977, serial SE 164-81-7599 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-120%3A433-437

DNO362 %010253Z PP HQ·SE LR DE ON P 200130Z JUL 77 FM DENVER (164-98) (P) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) PRIORITY SEATTLE (164-81) PRIORITY LITTLE ROCK PRIORITY BT CLEAR NORJAK, OO: SEATTLE

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RE DENVER TELCALS TO SEATTLE, JULY 16,19, 1977.

FOR INFORMATION BUREAU AND RECEIVING OFFICES,

ON JULY 16, 1977, [REDACTED], DENVER, EMPLOYED AS FLIGHT ATTENDANT, FRONTIER AIRLINES, AND VICTIM FLIGHT ATTENDANT CAPTIONED MATTER, TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED THE DENVER OFFICE OF THE FBI ADVISING THAT ON JULY 15, 1977, SHE WAS CONTACTED BY AN INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFYING HIMSELF AS [REDACTED] WHOM SHE DESCRIBED AS A WMA, 6'0", 170 LBS, [REDACTED] YEARS OLD, AND A MUSIC MAJOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. [REDACTED] CLAIMED TO BE [REDACTED] OF AN INDIVIDUAL USING THE NAME D.B. COOPER, WHO WAS

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164-81-7599

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SEARCHED..... INDEXED..... SERIALIZED..... FILED..... JUL 19 1977

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DB COOPER-55472

PAGE TWO D[illegible] 164-9[illegible] CLEAR RESPONSIBLE FOR HIJACKING CAPTIONED MATTER. HE STATED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] DIED OF CANCER IN JUNE 1975 AND INDICATED TO [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WAS ASSOCIATED WITH LEE HARVEY OSWALD. [REDACTED] INDICATED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] REGARDING CAPTIONED MATTER. [REDACTED] STATED THAT SHE EXPECTED TO BE RECONTACTED BY [REDACTED] LATER SAME DATE AND WOULD IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE FBI OF CONTACT ALONG WITH FURTHER IDENTIFYING DATA RE [REDACTED] WAS CAUTIONED NOT TO PROVIDE [REDACTED] WITH SPECIFICS REGARDING MATTER.

ATTEMPTS TO RECONTACT [REDACTED] JULY 16,17, 1977 AT HER RESIDENCE NEGATIVE.

ON JULY 18, 1977, CONTACT WITH FRONTIER AIRLINES, DENVER, DISCLOSED THAT [REDACTED] HAD LEFT TOWN AND WAS NOT EXPECTED BACK AT WORK UNTIL JULY 20, 1977, CURRENT WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN.

ON JULY 19, 1977, [REDACTED] TELEPHONICALLY CONTACT DENVER FBI AT WHICH TIME SHE STATED SHE WAS AT THE RESIDENCE OF

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[REDACTED] GEORGE WHEELER, WHO IS EMPLOYED AS A FOOTBALL COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, RESIDING AT WILSON SHARP HOUSE, TELEPHONE 575-3903. SHE RELATED THAT SHE WAS RECONTACTED BY [REDACTED] ON THE EVENING OF JULY 16, 1977 [REDACTED] OF JACK COLFIELD (PH), [REDACTED] SHE STATED [REDACTED] D.B. COOPER, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SHE STATED THAT [REDACTED] FURTHER RELATED THAT COLFIELD WAS [REDACTED]

[REDACTED]

[REDACTED] BY COLFIELD [REDACTED]. COLFIELD TO CUT THE PARACHUTES USED TO ESCAPE. [REDACTED] FURTHER STATED THAT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CLAIMS [REDACTED] COLFIELD [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. SHE CITED AN INCIDENT WHERE D.B. COOPER [REDACTED]

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PAGE FOUR ON 164-98 CLEAR [redacted] AND STATED [redacted] [redacted] STATED THAT [redacted] CLAIMED TO HAVE CONTACTED ATTORNEY GENERAL GRIFFIN BELL REGARDING THIS INFORMATION. [redacted] [redacted] CLAIMED THAT AN ATTORNEY BY THE NAME OF [redacted], WASHINGTON, D.C., HAD INFORMATION REGARDING MATTER SECURED IN A TIME/LOCK SAFE SOMEWHERE IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA. [redacted] FURTHER INDICATED TO HER [redacted] [redacted] FURTHER STATED THAT SHE HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY A DR. SUMMERS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TELEPHONE (313) 986-6644, WHO CLAIMS TO BE DOING A MOVIE ON D.B. COOPER AND HAS OFFERED HER $5,000 CASH IMMEDIATELY WITH INDICATIONS OF THE POSSIBILITY OF $30-40,000 LATER FOR HER TO ACT AS A CONSULTANT IN THIS MOVIE. SHE STATED SHE KNOWS OF NO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUMMERS [redacted] SHE STATED FURTHER THAT AN ATTORNEY BY THE NAME HARRY BOWDEN, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, IS REPRESENTING [redacted] IN THIS MATTER. SHE STATED SHE COULD OFFER NO REASON, NOR DID [redacted] INDICATE WHAT HIS INTEREST WAS IN THIS MATTER.

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[REDACTED] STATED THAT SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HER SAFETY AND FOR THIS REASON DESIRED TO REMAIN WITH [REDACTED] ARKANSAS. SHE WAS ADVISED THAT SHE WOULD BE CONTACTED THIS DATE PERSONALLY BY THE FBI FOR A PERSONAL INTERVIEW REGARDING DETAILS OF CONTACTS WITH[REDACTED]

THE ABOVE INFORMATION WAS TELEPHONICALLY FURNISHED CASE AGENT [REDACTED] SEATTLE DIVISION, ON JULY 16, 1977 AND JULY 19, 1977. ON JULY 19, 1977, [REDACTED] INDICATED HE WOULD IMMEDIATELY TELEPHONICALLY CONTACT THE LITTLE ROCK DIVISION FOR INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED] AND GEORGE WHEELER.

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Serials: 164-2111, DN 164-98, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-7599