Norfolk to Director re suspect interviewed at Newport News resembling artist's conception

Document date 3 December 1971

Part 13pages 61–655 pagesDB Cooper-2862, DB Cooper-2863, DB Cooper-2864, DB Cooper-2866

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-13:061-065

Document: Teletype Norfolk to Director re suspect interviewed at Newport News resembling artist's conception
Id: Cooper-Part-13:061-065
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 13 pp. 61–65 (DB Cooper-2862, DB Cooper-2863, DB Cooper-2864, DB Cooper-2866), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-5NN (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-13%3A061-065

1253 AM 12-4-71 NR 011 NF PLAIN PM URGENT 12-3-71 DAC TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) MINNEAPOLIS NEWARK SEATTLE (164-81) WASHINGTON FIELD NEW YORK (164-627) FROM NORFOLK (164-41)

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[signature: Sugg] [REDACTED]

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UNKNOWN SUBJECT, AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT NUMBER THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, ELEVEN TWENTY-FOUR SEVENTY- ONE CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION OO: SEATTLE

RE NY TEL DIRECTOR TWELVE THREE SEVENTY-ONE AND RH TEL DIRECTOR TWELVE THREE SEVENTY-ONE. INVESTIGATION AT NEWPORT NEWS, VA., DETERMINED [REDACTED] WHITE MALE, DOB [REDACTED] POB [REDACTED] HEIGHT FIVE FEET TEN INCHES, WEIGHT ONE HUNDRED AND [REDACTED] POUNDS, BROWN HAIR, BROWN EYES, PRESENTLY EMPLOYED [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

END PAGE ONE

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164-81-5NN SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ DEC 8 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-2862

NF 164-41 PAGE TWO

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[REDACTED] ATTENDANCE AT WORK ON ELEVEN TWENTY-FOUR SEVENTY-ONE UNTIL SIX PM EST AND ALL DAY ON ELEVEN TWENTY-SIX SEVENTY-ONE.

[REDACTED] INTERVIEWED THIS DATE AT HIS RESIDENCE [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] HE ADVISED THAT ON NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR LAST HE WORKED FROM TEN AM UNTIL SIX PM. HE STATED HE COULD NOT RECALL SPECIFICALLY HIS WHEREABOUTS AFTER SIX PM NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR LAST BUT BELIEVES HE EITHER WENT

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[REDACTED] WHERE HE WOULD HAVE SPENT REMAINDER OF EVENING THROUGH MID MORNING OF NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIVE LAST

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[REDACTED] STATED THAT UPON AWAKENING MORNING NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIVE LAST [REDACTED] THANKSGIVING DINNER WHICH THEY SHARED AT [REDACTED]

[REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] STATED HE REPORTED FOR WORK [REDACTED] NOVEMBER TWENTY-SIX LAST AT TEN AM.

END PAGE TWO

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DB Cooper-2863

NF 164-41 PAGE THREE

[REDACTED] STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED — large block redaction, approximately 5-6 lines of content withheld under b6/b7C]

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CONVERSATION WITH ONE [REDACTED] DURING CHANCE MEETING AT UNRECALLED NEW YORK CITY TAVERN. HE STATED [REDACTED] WHO IS DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, MIDDLE [REDACTED] SIX FEET, TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, BROWN HAIR, WOULD PROBABLY BE LISTED IN NEW YORK CITY TELEPHONE DIRECTORY AS [REDACTED] HE COULD PROVIDE NO FURTHER INFORMATION RE [REDACTED] HE STATED [REDACTED] DOES NOT RESEMBLE ARTISTS CONCEPTION OF UNSUB WHICH WAS DISPLAYED.

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[REDACTED] STATED HE HAS NOT COMMUNICATED IN ANY MANNER WITH [REDACTED — block redaction, approximately 2 lines withheld under b6/b7C] MIGHT HAVE MADE SUCH COMMUNICATION.

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HE STATED LAST FLIGHT OF ANY TYPE HE HAS MADE WAS COMMERCIAL FLIGHT TO NEW YORK CITY TO VISIT [REDACTED] END PAGE THREE

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DB Cooper-2864

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b6 b7C

NF 164-41 PAGE FOUR

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[REDACTED] ADVISED HE WAS UNAWARE OF INSTANT HIJACKING UNTIL SO ADVISED DURING INTERVIEW, AND DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT IN HIJACKING.

[REDACTED] WHO SPEAKS WITH [REDACTED] ACCENT, OBSERVED TO HAVE NO VISIBLE BRUISES, LACERATIONS, OR INJURIES TO HEAD, CHEST, ARMS, OR LEGS.

[REDACTED] BELIEVE ARTISTS CONCEPION OF UNSUB BEARS STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO [REDACTED] AS DID OBSERVATION [REDACTED] DURING HIS INTERVIEW BY BUAGENTS.

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[REDACTED] INTERVIEWED THIS DATE AND ADVISED SHE MET [REDACTED] SIX PM NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR LAST AT [REDACTED] PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND DROVE HIM DIRECTLY TO [REDACTED] WHERE THEY SPENT REMAINDER OF EVENING. SHE VERIFIED [REDACTED] VERSION OF HIS ACTIVITIES DURING NOVEMBER TWENTYFIVE LAST.

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[REDACTED] PHOTOGRAPHED AND PHOTOGRAPHS IMMEDIATELY BEING FORWARDED TO OO VIA AIR MAIL.

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LEADS

NORFOLK AT NEWPORT NEWS, VA. WILL LOCATE AND INTERVIEW [REDACTED] [REDACTED] RE TIMES HE WAS WITH [REDACTED]

END PAGE FOUR

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DB Cooper-2863

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b6 b7C

NF 164-41 PAGE FIVE

NEW YORK. WILL ATTEMPT TO LOCATE AND INTERVIEW [REDACTED] RE HIS ASSOCIATION WITH [REDACTED] AND FURTHER DETERMINE WHETHER HE HAS ANY KNOWLEDGE REGARDING INSTANT MATTER. NEWARK. WILL REINTERVIEW [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WHO COULD BE USING [REDACTED] NAME. ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH WHETHER UNKNOWN CALLER SPOKE WITH ANY ACCENT NOTING THAT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ACCENT. P. END

DCA

FBI SEATTLE CLR

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b6 b7C

b6 b7C b7D

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DB Cooper-2866

Serials: 164-2111, NF 164-41, NY 164-627, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-5NN