SAC Albuquerque to SAC Miami re NORJAK suspect lead from Las Cruces, NM
Document date 12 July 1978
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-42:115-116 Document: Airtel SAC Albuquerque to SAC Miami re NORJAK suspect lead from Las Cruces, NM Id: Cooper-Part-42:115-116 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-42%3A115-116 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 42 pp. 115–116 (DB Cooper-1681, DB Cooper-16810), Airtel, dated 12 Jul 1978 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-42%3A115-116
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AIRTEL 7/12/78
TO : SAC, MIAMI
FROM : SAC, ALBUQUERQUE (149-131)
SUBJECT: NORJAK (A) OO: SEATTLE
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For Miami Office, the following information was obtained re the possible identity of D. B. COOPER, Fugitive Subject, in the Seattle "NORJAK" case.
On 6/16/78, [REDACTED] Las Cruces, New Mexico, work telephone [REDACTED] contacted Agents at the Las Cruces Resident Agency. He advised that he had a possible lead on D. B. COOPER - Fugitive.
[REDACTED] stated that due to a recently aired television program describing the COOPER hijacking, he had begun to reflect on an acquaintance of his in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and his possible connection as the individual known as D. B. COOPER. [REDACTED] said that shortly after [REDACTED] [REDACTED] he joined a loose-knit group known as the South Florida Parachute Association, which was dedicated to sport parachuting. One of the founders of that club was [REDACTED] whom he described as a white male with light brown hair, and light colored eyes, 6', 100-170 lbs., medium build. [REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] would not be in his late 40's, or early 50's.
In 1953, [REDACTED] had made between [REDACTED] sport jumps under all types of conditions, and was involved in sport parachuting to the point that [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] stated that he [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and did not see [REDACTED] again until approx- imately the spring of [REDACTED] when he [REDACTED] in Ft. Lauderdale. Present in the house when he arrived was [REDACTED] (name unknown), and [REDACTED] who [REDACTED] remembers as having graduated approximately the same time as he had from [REDACTED]
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2 - Miami (RAM) (2) Seattle (164-31) (RAM) OJA 2 - Albuquerque new nab
PEN:ras (6)
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SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ JUL 17 1978
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8008
b6 b7C DB Cooper-16810
AQ 149-131
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[REDACTED] said that this [REDACTED] name unknown, was an accom- plished pilot. After inviting [REDACTED] in and [REDACTED] [REDACTED] which [REDACTED] described as an [REDACTED] and continued their conversation.
This was the [REDACTED] had with [REDACTED] He stated that he believed [REDACTED] worked at that time for a bakery, possibly Holsum Bread [REDACTED] His name was in the 1968 phone book, and he lived in the [REDACTED] Ft. Lauderdale. [REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] was an ex-paratrooper, and had said to him on one occasion [REDACTED]
It should be noted that [REDACTED] is well- known to local law enforcement agencies and is generally con- sidered to be [REDACTED] He has been interviewed on two other occasions by Bureau personnel, and admitted to them during one of these interviews, that he [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
It should also be noted that the description given for [REDACTED] differed somewhat from that of UNSUB, aka D. B. COOPER, given in Seattle report "NORJAK", dated 5/30/73.
[REDACTED] requested at the time of the interview that he not be identified to [REDACTED] as the individual who supplied this information.
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LEADS
MIAMI DIVISION
AT FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
Will check indices and local law enforcement agency files for any past contact with [REDACTED] and will investigate further, if indicated.
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DB Cooper-1681
Serials: 164-31, AQ 149-131