Handwritten citizen tip letter re Cooper look-alike seen near Calabash

Part 42page 1711 pageDB Cooper-16871

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 42 p. 171 (DB Cooper-16871), Handwritten note — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-42%3A171-171

Unsub, aka Dan Cooper, Hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines, 1972 CAA OG Seattle Sub R

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Dear Sirs

I have reason to believe I know where the man is that hijacked the plane in your area almost seven years ago, and disap- peared.

We were visiting my son and his wife near Calabash. All the boys had gone hunting or fishing. My daughter in law turned the T.V. on and the news was half way through. However there was this [guess: fellows] picture on the T.V. I laughed and said to my daughter in law "I would say that was [REDACTED] if I didn't know better." I told her the eyes, nose, cheek bones and all looked like [REDACTED]

The next day, my 15 year old son told me something that made me feel even more like he was [REDACTED]

He was talking with my son, after drinking heavily. He said "the F.B.I can't touch me [REDACTED] after tonight." My son said why

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DB Cooper-16871

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