To SAC Seattle re citizen report of man resembling D.B. Cooper posing as photography salesman
Document date 23 May 1972
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Id: Cooper-Part-26:112-113
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-26:112-113 Document: Memo to SAC Seattle re citizen report of man resembling D.B. Cooper posing as photography salesman Id: Cooper-Part-26:112-113 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-26%3A112-113 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 26 pp. 112–113 (DB Cooper-8508–8509), Memo, dated 23 May 1972, serial SE 164-81-3446 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-26%3A112-113
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) DATE: 5/23/72
FROM : SA [REDACTED] [signature]
SUBJECT: NORJACK
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Re: Telephone call regarding man closely resembling "D.B.COOPER". On 5/23/72, SA [REDACTED] was telephonically contacted by the following person:
[REDACTED] Residence: [REDACTED], Wa. Employment: [REDACTED] Telephone: [REDACTED] Former Employer: Boeing Aircraft Co.
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[REDACTED] advised that the day after Mother's Day, she answered a knock on her residence door and found a man on her doorstep, who stated he represented a photography company in the area, and had a special offer regarding a [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] stated she noted something very familiar about the man's appearance and features, but could not immediately place the recollection in her mind. She stated the man stood in her doorway for a considerable time, and seemed more interested in talking to someone than in selling photographs. She advised that the man was very soft-spoken and very gentle in manner; and recalled that he spoke of having worked for Boeing Aircraft Co. in the Seattle area, and of having been in the military. She advised that the man said he had been married but that his wife did something wrong to him while he was in the military, and that he was now divorced from his wife, but had obtained custody of his little girl. She advised the man took out his wallet and showed her a photograph of his little girl whom he described as being "half Spanish and half French". She stated the little girl had a very dark complexion and dark hair, and appeared to be approximately seven or eight years old. She recalled the man inquired as to [REDACTED]
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SERIALIZED-[illegible] FILED [illegible] FBI-SEATTLE 164-81-3446
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TCM (1)
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
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DB Cooper-8508
(164-81) (page two) 5/23/72
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small daughter was with baby sitters most of thetime during the day. She recalled the man mentioned he had to leave as soon as he left [REDACTED] house, as he had promised his little daughter he would pick her up that day. She recalled the man mentioned that he had recently moved into a "housing area". She recalled the man mentioning he had contacted a large number of families in the immediate area of [REDACTED] home that day with his photography offer. She recalled she asked him for a business card with the name of the company on it, but [REDACTED] that the man stated he did not have any cards to giver her. She stated the man gave her his name orally but she does not recall it, except that it was not a "foreign-sounding name" as might be suggested by the "French-Spanish" remark concerning his daughter.
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[REDACTED] advised that she went out to the Boeing plant a few days later to sign certain union papers there, and observed the FBI notice concerning the NORJACK highjacking and bearing the two artist's conceptions of the "D.B. COOPER" suspect. She stated that she immediately realized that the man she had encountered at her door was identical in appearance with the drawings on the FBI notice, including his face, nose and hairline.
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[REDACTED] described the man she saw as follows:
Name: (Possibly [REDACTED] last name unknown)) Sex: Male Race: Caucasion Age: 36 to 38 Height: 5'8" Weight: 150 to 160 Build: Thin Hair: very dark brown (hairline receding as in artist's sketch of suspect) Eyes: Hazel (?) Clothing: Dark pants and white short-sleeved shirt Complexion: very fair skin, with "sun-spots" ranging from small brown spots to white areas at temples; paleness suggesting recent illness Hands: Smooth, soft, (not worker's hands) Glasses: Wore, and carried in hand wrap-around sun-glasses similar to those in artist's sketch of suspect. Scars/Marks: None noted. Manner: Soft spoken, gentle, intelligent, very lonely.
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[REDACTED] stated she will make discreet inquiries in the area to determine the company which the man represented and will relay that information to the writer.
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DB Cooper-8509
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3446