SA to SAC Seattle re repeated anonymous calls claiming knowledge of hijacker
Document date 10 April 1972
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 24 pp. 275–276 (DB Cooper-7673–7674), Memo, dated 10 Apr 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-24%3A275-276
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) DATE: 4/10/72
FROM : SA [REDACTED] (A) [signature]
SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE
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On 4/8/72, several telephone calls were received between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. from a [REDACTED] (PH), who identified himself as being [REDACTED] and a resident of [REDACTED] Washington. He advised that he was phoning from Seattle but would not give his telephone number or address to this office.
[REDACTED] stated that he knew who the hijacker of the Northwest Airliner was. He stated the hijacker was [REDACTED] (PH), who is a [REDACTED] Washington. He described [REDACTED] as between 35 and 40 years of age, 5' 9", 155 pounds, with light-colored hair.
He stated that he [REDACTED] with [REDACTED] and that during the past few weeks, [REDACTED] has told him how he hijacked the plane. He stated that [REDACTED] advised him that he wore dark clothes the day of the hijacking and that he carried on the plane with him parachute jump shoes under his overcoat and put these shoes on in the men's rest- room. He advised that [REDACTED] bailed out of the airplane from the side door over Chehalis, Washington. He advised that [REDACTED] took three parachutes with him and that he buried two of the parachutes. He stated that [REDACTED] told him that he had $300,000. [REDACTED] stated he has not seen the money nor the parachutes nor anything else associated with the hijacking. [REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] told him that he bailed out of the airplane at exactly 17 minutes 3 1/2 seconds out of Sea-Tac.
[REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] was a parachutist in Japan during the Second World War and that he is a very knowledgable woodsman. [REDACTED] stated that he was "blowing the whistle on [REDACTED] because [REDACTED] and that he, [REDACTED] was very upset of this occurrence.
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164-81- [guess: 26] SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED....FILED.... APR [illegible] 1972 FBI — SEATTLE
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DB Cooper-7673
SE 164-81
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[REDACTED] story varied slightly each time he called. One time he stated that [REDACTED] had a quarter of a million dollars, and another time he mentioned that he was not sure where [REDACTED] bailed out of the airplane. On one occasion, he stated that [REDACTED] told him he jumped out of the tail of the plane. The only information [REDACTED] would give concerning his residence was that he lived near [REDACTED] Washington, and that [REDACTED] could direct an individual [REDACTED] residence.
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[REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] is aware of the fact that [REDACTED] hijacked the plane. [REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] is currently at [REDACTED] and that [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] stated that he would be leaving the Seattle area during the first part of the upcoming week.
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During the third and fourth calls, [REDACTED] asked why [REDACTED] had not been arrested yet. He advised that he knew he had not been arrested but could offer no reason for this knowledge.
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DB Cooper-7674
Serials: SE 164-81