To SAC Seattle re State Patrol relay of Dewey Lake sighting
Document date 15 October 1972
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Id: Cooper-Part-28:203-204
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 28 pp. 203–204 (DB Cooper-9737–9738), Memo, dated 15 Oct 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-28%3A203-204
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO : SAC SEATTLE (164-81) DATE: 10/15/72
FROM : SPC [redacted]
SUBJECT: NORJAK
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At 2:03 AM I received a telephone call from communications officer [redacted] of the Belview State Patrol Office. He stated that he had received a telephone call from the Washington State Patrol office in Chehalis, Washington, concerning the D.B. Cooper [guess: Hijacking]. [redacted] was informed that [redacted] Washington, (phone) [redacted] who is [redacted] at Auburn, Washington, had been hunting the afternoon of 10/14/72, and felt he had some information concerning D.B. Cooper. [redacted] stated that [redacted] was presently working at the traffic center and could be reached there for further questioning. I than phoned [redacted] at which time he gave me the following information:
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[redacted] stated he and a companion had gone deer hunting in the early morning of 10/14/72. He had driven his car up the [redacted] to the summit just passed the boundry marker for Mt. Rainier National Park. After parking his car at about 7:30 AM, [redacted] notice a 63 Ford Galaxy, (lic. Unk), maroon in color, in beat-up condition with a draging muffler, pulled up and parked across the highway from him. [redacted] stated a man got out of the car whom he believes might be the subject D.B. COOPER. [redacted] stated the subject was about 5'10"-5'11", middle aged, approximately 170 lbs., with thin graying hair around the temples. He was wearing [redacted]
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slung over his shoulder and [redacted] with him. [redacted] asked him what he was hunting for and the subject replied in a weak nervous voice that he was after deer and grouse. [redacted] than proceeded through the mountains to the position where he normally hunts deer. From there [redacted] saw the subject with [redacted] about 20 minutes behind he and his companion.
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SEARCHED... INDEXED... SERIALIZED... FILED... OCT 1 5 1972 FBI — SEATTLE
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll DB Cooper-9737
SE 164-81
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[REDACTED] said the subject didn't seem to be hunting at all but was on the east side of Dewey Lake headed at a hurried pace, due south towards the Cascade Wilderness Trail, disappearing from view at about 8:10 AM.
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[REDACTED] stated he had remembered hearing through the press that D.B. Cooper might have burried the money and would try to recover it at a later date. He felt that the subject was going in the general direction which he, [REDACTED] understood COOPER had landed. [REDACTED] said he had seen the FBI drawing of COOPER several months ago, but couldn't be sure if the man he saw was COOPER or not. Upon returning to his car, [REDACTED] said he didn't notice the subject's car due to several skiers cars parked near by.
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[REDACTED] said he was leaving this morning at 7:30AM, to go bird hunting East of the Mountains but would be available for further questioning from Tuesday evening on after 10:00 PM.
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SWD/swd (D)
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DB Cooper-9738
Serials: SE 164-81