From Costa Rica correspondent to TIME magazine re D.B. Cooper sighting, with envelope
Document date 28 January 1974
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 34 pp. 79–80 (DB Cooper-12685), Letter, dated 28 Jan 1974 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-34%3A079-080
Sn. Pedro, San Jose COSTA RICA
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TIME Time & Life Bldg Rockefeller Center New York, N.Y. 10020
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Dear Sirs:
I have been kindled to public interests from reading the apathy riddled Watergate case in your recent issues of Time, espe- cially your Sherlock Holmes story (Jan. 28)
Therefore I decided to mention an episode that transpired about 4 months ago. (Now, without detail as its relative importance may have already caused the nearest trash can to wonder of its latest acquisition.)
I believe I saw D.B. Cooper, the Northwest Airline sky- jacker in San Jose, Costa Rica. I further believe he recognized my startled recognition of him, possibly as I am from Bellevue, Washington - the only known association of his training as a sky jumper. Possibly again this led to his departure from here long ago.
Stirred from my apathy of "foreign affairs" and folk heroism that D.B. Cooper commands in the Northwest I respect[fully] submit this tardy but sincere letter.
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SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
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164 81- 6164 SEARCHED ______ INDEXED SERIALIZED ____ FILED ___ FBI — SEATTLE
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b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-12685
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[Return address, upper left of envelope:] [REDACTED - name blacked out] San Jose, COSTA RICA C.A.
[Air mail label, left side:] VIA AIR MAIL CORREO AEREO PAR AVION
[Handwritten address, center:] TIME Time & Life Bldg. Rockefeller Center New York, New York E.U.A. 10020
[Postage stamp, upper right:] IGLESIA SAN RAFAEL DE HEREDIA 40 CTS COSTA RICA ALEJANDRO MONESTEL 20 COSTA RICA CENTIMOS
[FBI exemption codes, right margin:] b6 b7C
Serials: 164 81-6164