SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle re Northwest Airlines reward inquiry call (file copy)

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SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle re caller to Northwest Airlines inquiring about reward money

Document date 22 September 1972

Part 28pages 73–742 pagesDB Cooper-9597–9598

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Document: Memo SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle re caller to Northwest Airlines inquiring about reward money
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 28 pp. 73–74 (DB Cooper-9597–9598), Memo, dated 22 Sep 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-28%3A073-074

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.8 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum

TO :SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)(P) DATE: 9/22/72

FROM :SA CHARLES E. FARRELL

SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE

SUSPECT: [redacted]

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On September 21/1972, at 1:08 p.m. [redacted] Northwest Airlines [redacted] advised that he had just received a call from a man who asked about the amount of reward money offered in connection with the ransom payment in the D.B. COOPER case.

[redacted] said he told the caller that he would check into it and the man was to call him back within 15 minutes.

At 3 p.m. on September 21, 1972, an unidentified male telephonically called the Seattle Office and spoke with SA CHARLES E. FARRELL. The caller said he had been in touch with Northwest Airlines concerning the reward offered in connection with D.B. COOPER and had been referred to the FBI, specifically, SA CHARLES E. FARRELL.

The caller said he has been considering for the past several months, contacting the FBI concerning a suspect in the D.B. COOPER case. The caller said he saw the sketch of the artist's conception in the newspaper several months ago, which he has cut out and feels that the sketch is identical to [redacted]

The caller said that [redacted] at one time, worked at Boeing, quitting there in perhaps 1968 or 1969 to move to Alaska in connection with the discovery of oil. He said [redacted] worked in [redacted] and perhaps [redacted] worked on the Boeing 727.

He advised that [redacted] currently resides at [redacted] [redacted] Renton, Washington, and is employed at Aerodyne, Renton Airport, which is [redacted]

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Sub 8 164-PL 3928

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(3) CEF/slb [initials]

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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DB Cooper-9597

SE 164-81

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He said that [REDACTED]

The caller advised that the only reason he sub- mitted [REDACTED] name as a suspect is the fact that he feels [REDACTED] resembles the artist's conception of COOPER.

In order to be identified as the person who furnished the above information, in the event that SEARCH does turn out to be identical with UNSUB in this case, the caller furnished the following personal information about himself, which can be used later to identify him.

The unknown caller is a white male, born [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SSAN [REDACTED] U.S. Coast Guard Service Number [REDACTED]

AT THE BOEING COMPANY

Will obtain background data of [REDACTED] as well as a photograph.

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b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 [guess: INF] cb7C b6 b7c

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DB Cooper-9598

Serials: SE 164-81