SAC Pittsburgh re interview of United Airlines employee on Cooper skyjacking
Document date 3 December 1976
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-38:440-442 Document: Airtel SAC Pittsburgh re interview of United Airlines employee on Cooper skyjacking Id: Cooper-Part-38:440-442 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-38%3A440-442 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 38 pp. 440–442 (DB Cooper-1514, DB Cooper-15140, DB Cooper-15142), Airtel, dated 3 Dec 1976, serial SE 164-81-7245 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-38%3A440-442
AIRTEL
TO: SAC, [illegible]
FROM: [guess: SAC], PITTSBURGH (164-[illegible]3) (P)
SUBJECT: [REDACTED] (OO: SEATTLE)
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12/3/76
On 11/30/76, [REDACTED] (protect), for United Airlines, was interviewed at [REDACTED] at his request. [REDACTED] stated his temporary address is [REDACTED] [guess: Pennsylvania], [REDACTED], and his permanent address is [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Virginia, [REDACTED] telephone [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] stated that he had recently seen in a newspaper a [guess: recount] of the [REDACTED] skyjacking and a description of the skyjacker, publicly known as D. B. Cooper. In that connection, he stated [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] previously was unknown to [REDACTED] and had contacted [REDACTED] by telephone at his Virginia home and requested permission [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] and at this time he was contacted [REDACTED]
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2 - Miami 1 - Alexandria (Info.) (2)- Seattle 2 - Pittsburgh JHL/ofc (7)
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164-81-7245
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DB Cooper-15140
FD 164-J3
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[REDACTED] is now a great deal of hard feeling between [REDACTED] to the extent that [REDACTED] has harassed the [REDACTED] and is believed to have [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] states that [REDACTED] ties the physical description of D. B. COOPER exactly, and had characteristics of a deep voice, obvious education, polite manner when not angered and is a heavy smoker of filter cigarettes. [REDACTED] is described as a heavy drinker in his off hours and currently has a full [REDACTED] beard which he did not have when [REDACTED] [REDACTED] believed [REDACTED] frequent taverns and saloons in and around the [REDACTED] Pa. area. [REDACTED] reportedly [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] had told him that he had [REDACTED] for Eastern and is now on some sort [REDACTED] from Eastern airlines. [REDACTED] suspects from conversation with [REDACTED] that [guess: purposely] conditions himself to fail his annual [illegible] test. [REDACTED] had indicated h[e] had been in Vietnam as [REDACTED] possibly with Air America or some other civilian airlines.
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[REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] drives an early model Cadillac sedan, white in color, which had Massachusetts tags. He also displayed a Georgia driver's license which he stated he got when stationed in Atlanta with Eastern Airlines. [REDACTED] believed [REDACTED] was furloughed from Eastern [REDACTED] employer in 1971, and [REDACTED] Eastern Airlines. [REDACTED] also indicated that he did not want to fly anymore, and professional entrance [REDACTED] with Eastern Airlines [REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] has no known employment except he is sometimes involved in [REDACTED] with [REDACTED] Eastern Airlines also of [REDACTED] In. [guess: Mass] houses, (two) are reportedly for sale in the $80,000.00 range. [REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] does not give any outward display of having a great deal of money, but never seems to lack for what he wants.
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[REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] did not want any [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] he also made frequent [REDACTED] all over the country and [REDACTED] reportedly once [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-1514
FD 164-93
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Investigation at [REDACTED] disclosed that [REDACTED] is known to the [REDACTED] Township Police Department (PD) only as the operator of a white Cadillac, and is believed now residing in [REDACTED], Pa.
Pennsylvania State Police (PSP), Greensburg, Pa., have no record of [REDACTED]
A [guess: CMIC] check of [REDACTED] Pa., shows a date of birth of [REDACTED] and an ownership of a Cadillac sedan registered to him bearing [REDACTED] Pa. [REDACTED]
NCIC negative.
On 12/1/73, [REDACTED] viewed the artist conception drawing of 'D. B. Cooper,' and stated they could not make any similarities except for the thin face.
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LEADS:
[guess: MIAMI]
AT [guess: MIAMI], FLORIDA
1. Will through contact with [guess: UAL] officials confirm the former employment of [REDACTED]
2. Will thru attempt through records at [guess: UAL] to determine if he was working on 11/24/71, or if furloughed or otherwise off duty for a period around that date.
3. Will determine if [REDACTED] for [REDACTED].
4. Will obtain any pertinent background data [guess: UAL] may have [REDACTED]
5. Will obtain any available photograph.
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DB Cooper-15142
Serials: PG 164-93, SE 164-81-7245