SAC Atlanta to SAC Seattle re NORJAK, interview of retired Air Force source (AT 164-254)
Document date 31 January 1973
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-30:004-006 Document: Airtel SAC Atlanta to SAC Seattle re NORJAK, interview of retired Air Force source (AT 164-254) Id: Cooper-Part-30:004-006 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-30%3A004-006 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 30 pp. 4–6 (DB Cooper-10584–10586), Airtel, dated 31 Jan 1973 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-30%3A004-006
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 1/31/73
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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, ATLANTA (164-254) (P)
UNSUB, aka Dan Cooper; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71.
[REDACTED]
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION OO: SEATTLE BUFILE: 164-2111
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Enclosed is copy of "Kaman Rotor Tips," 8/62.
The following information, which was developed by the Atlanta Division, is being furnished to the office of origin for evaluation and any leads regarding the information set forth below will be left to the discretion of the office of origin.
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[REDACTED], Ga., telephone [REDACTED] telephonically advised the Atlanta FBI that he knows a fellow who matches description of D. B. COOPER. [REDACTED] stated he works for [REDACTED] Andersonville, Ga., and had just returned from work and decided he should call the FBI. [REDACTED] stated he has been thinking about COOPER about a month and how his friend fits the description. [REDACTED] said he would like to talk to an Agent regarding this fellow he knows and that the fellow he knows lives out his way, and taught himself how to jump from aircraft, and just might be crazy enough to do something like this.
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2 - Seattle (Enc. 1) 2 - Atlanta RSK/jh (4)
Approved: ___________ Sent _________ M Special Agent in Charge *U.S.Government
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[handwritten] 164-81-[guess: 387] [handwritten, partially illegible] [guess: d - 440 2]
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DB Cooper-10584 [partially illegible stamps]
AT 164-254
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On 1/26/73, [REDACTED] was interviewed by SA [REDACTED] and he advised SA [REDACTED] that he retired from the Air Force in [REDACTED] and for about ten years prior to his retirement, he had known an individual in the Air Force by the name of [REDACTED] who was last known to be a [REDACTED] with [REDACTED] JAMES CONNALLY AIR FORCE BASE, Wayco, Texas." He described [REDACTED] as a person who would now be approximately 50 years of age, 5'8", 170 lbs., bald-headed, and as originally being from California. He stated he last saw [REDACTED] in 1963 or 1964 when [REDACTED] had contacted him and told him that he was [REDACTED] at March Air Force Base, Riverside, Calif.
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[REDACTED] stated that he knew [REDACTED] very well while they were in the Air Force together, and he knew that [REDACTED] had learned to jump from airplanes by studying a book and practicing by jumping off of his bunk, and he had then taught himself how to pack a parachute from a book. He said [REDACTED] had told him that he was formerly a [REDACTED] in the Air Force and had to take a [REDACTED] rating to remain in the Air Force, and that he had been a pilot in the [REDACTED] prior to the time he had been reduced in rank. He said at the time that [REDACTED] had told him he was [REDACTED] at March Air Force Base, that [REDACTED] had also told him that he had recently retired from the Air Force with the rank of [REDACTED] and that he had been given a [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] is the type of person who would expound at length on the possibilities of such things as "robbing Ft. Knox of its gold" or "how to make a perfect counterfeit bill." He said he had never known [REDACTED] to be involved in any such scheme which he had heard him discuss, but the more he had read and thought about the activities of the man who hijacked the airplane in Washington State, the more he thought that this was the type of scheme which [REDACTED] could have pulled off. He advised he has not seen or heard
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DB Cooper-10585
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AT 164-254
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from [REDACTED] since either 1963 or 1964 when [REDACTED] contacted him, and he does not know if [REDACTED] is presently living or dead.
[REDACTED] made available a copy of the "Kaman Rotor Tips," [REDACTED] He pointed out on of this book a page captioned
[REDACTED] who was listed as being a [REDACTED] James Connally Air Force Base, Texas.
[REDACTED] made available this publication, which is being forwarded to the office of origin.
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[REDACTED] was shown an artist conception of the person who hijacked captioned aircraft, and he stated that the person in this artist conception has considerably more hair than [REDACTED] however, he figured the man could be wearing a toupee, but he stated that the nose is definitely not similar to [REDACTED] in that [REDACTED] has a [REDACTED] As to the age, he stated he felt that the man in the artist conception looked a few years younger than [REDACTED] however, he has not seen him now since 1963 or 1964, so he has no idea as to how [REDACTED] looks at the present time.
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[REDACTED] further stated he has no positive information of any kind that [REDACTED] might have pulled the above stunt, but he feels if [REDACTED] had decided that he wanted to hijack a plane, that he would have been capable of carrying out the planning and execution such as was done in this case.
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As previously stated, the above is being furnished for evaluation of the office of origin and any leads will be left to the discretion of the office of origin.
Investigation continuing Atlanta Division.
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DB Cooper-10586
Serials: 164-2111, AT 164-254, SE 164-81