'FBI Steps Up D.B. Cooper Search'
Document date November 1976
Part of: Clippings: 'FBI Steps Up D.B. Cooper Search' and 'Streets Paved With $20 Bills'
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 38 p. 328 (DB Cooper-15003), News clipping, dated Nov 1976, serial SE 164-81-7180 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-38%3A328-328
FBI Steps Up D.B. Cooper Search
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The statute of limitations is about to expire on D.B. Cooper and his $200,000 ransom, and the FBI is willing to pay $5,000 to the first person to turn in one of the $20 bills he stole.
Cooper was the man who hijacked a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 flying from Portland to Seattle on Nov. 24, 1971, by giving a stewardess a note claiming he had a bomb in his suitcase.
Cooper's ransom was $200,000 from the airline, and he parachuted into a raging thunderstorm from the jet's rear door somewhere between Seattle and Reno, Nev.
No one is sure Cooper survived the jump, and no trace of him has ever been found.
The FBI, aware that statute of limitations will expire at midnight, Nov. 24, 1976, continues the hunt.
A plan has been devised to try and recover the 10,000 $20 bills, if any have shown up, but it isn't being well received.
The plan involves nationwide publishing of the serial numbers of the bills. The person who turns in the first bill would get $5,000 reward. Smaller rewards would be given to persons who turned in bills later.
The FBI says, however, that even if Cooper beats the rap, he won't be able to go public. The IRS believes Cooper owes back taxes amounting to $218,000, which includes interest and penalties, for his plunder.
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[guess: 164-81]-7180 SEARCHED __ INDEXED __ SERIALIZED __ FILED __ NOV 15 1976 FBI — SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-15003
Serials: SE 164-81-7180