Handwritten citizen letter re man resembling hijacker seen 11/28/71, with envelope (copy)
Document date 2 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-15:145-148 Document: Handwritten citizen letter re man resembling hijacker seen 11/28/71, with envelope (copy) Id: Cooper-Part-15:145-148 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-15%3A145-148 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 15 pp. 145–148 (DB Cooper-3955–3958), Letter, dated 2 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-979 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-15%3A145-148
SEARCHED ✓ INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED DEC 6 1971 FBI — PORTLAND
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Dec. 2, 1971
164-81-979
Dear Sirs:
Last Sunday, Nov. 28, about 11:00 PM, I saw a man in a local [REDACTED b6/b7C] who bore a startling resemblance to the now-famous skyjacker. The similarity between this man and the composite drawing is so great that I couldn't find a single discrepancy except [REDACTED b6/b7C] that instead of wearing a shirt and tie with his dark suit, he wore a [REDACTED b6/b7C]
His height, weight and dark swarthy skin tones correspond with the description of the hijack[er]
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DB Cooper-3955
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However, at the time I had only seen the sketch on television and was not certain of the resemblance, so after this man
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thought the subject looked like the hijacker. He replied that he had not seen the drawing but that the subject had indeed [REDACTED] was the man who had pulled the job. I went in search of a newspaper then and when I found one I realized how great the similarity of appear- ance was. During his stay in
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he said it was [REDACTED] He also said that [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper 3956
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b6 b7C
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live in this area, but moved to [REDACTED] years ago.
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assuming that anything the sub- ject said is true, which of course it may not be, it might be worth your while to check into [REDACTED]
DB Cooper-3957
Sincerely, [REDACTED — signature and name]
Federal Bureau of Investigation U.S. Courthouse Portland, Oregon
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[REDACTED — b6 / b7C]
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DB Cooper-3958
Serials: SE 164-81-979
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