Baltimore to Seattle re Hagerstown, Maryland tip on retired Army paratrooper

Document date 14 February 1980

Part 43pages 141–1422 pagesDB Cooper-17344–17345

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Id: Cooper-Part-43:141-142

Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-43:141-142

Document: Teletype Baltimore to Seattle re Hagerstown, Maryland tip on retired Army paratrooper
Id: Cooper-Part-43:141-142
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-43%3A141-142

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 43 pp. 141–142 (DB Cooper-17344–17345), Teletype, dated 14 Feb 1980, serial SE 164-81-8210 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-43%3A141-142

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BA0009 0452222Z RR SE DE BA R 142129Z FEB 82 FM BALTIMORE (164-223) (SQ 8) (P) TO SEATTLE (164-81) ROUTINE BT U N C L A S NORJAK, CAA - HIJACKING, OO: SEATTLE

[REDACTED] WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND, ADVISED HE HAD JUST OBSERVED FOR THE PAST 2 DAYS THE COMPOSITE DRAWING OF SKYJACKER D. B. COOPER.

[REDACTED] A RETIRED ARMY PARATROOPER, WAS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN VIETNAM. HE STATED AT THIS TIME, HE HAD A [REDACTED] NAMED [REDACTED] FROM DENVER, COLORADO. HE SAID THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT GET-RICH-QUICK SCHEMES AND USED TO TELL HOW HE WOULD TAKE HOSTAGES TO MAKE MONEY. HE STATED [REDACTED] LOOKED LIKE THE COMPOSITE DRAWING OF D. B. COOPER. HE STATED IN CHRISTMAS, 1970, [REDACTED] RECEIVED CHRISTMAS CARD FROM [REDACTED] IN KOREA. AT THIS TIME, [REDACTED] MADE A NOTE OF [REDACTED]

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164-81-8210 FILED FEB 14 1980

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DB Cooper-17344

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SUB.O

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b6 b7C

PAGE TWO BA 164-223 UNCLAS

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[REDACTED] CARD THAT HE WAS THE ONLY ARMY BUDDY, MEANING [REDACTED] THAT [REDACTED] CARED ENOUGH ABOUT TO FIND OUT WHERE HE WAS SERVING AND SEND HIM A CHRISTMAS CARD. [REDACTED] STATED HE NOTED ON THE CHRIST- MAS CARD IT WAS MAILED FROM 3 FORKS, OREGON AND AT THAT TIME, WONDERED IF [REDACTED] HAD MOVED TO OREGON. HE STATES HE HAS NOT HEARD FROM [REDACTED] SINCE THAT TIME.

HE FURTHER STATED [REDACTED] WAS A PARATROOPER AND IN 1967 AND 1968, [REDACTED].

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[REDACTED] STATED, THIS IS THE FIRST HE HAS EVER SEEN THE COMPOSITE DRAWING OF D. B. COOPER AND WAS THEREFORE REPORTING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. HE DESCRIBED [REDACTED] AS A WHITE MALE, WHO, IN 1970, WOULD BE 25 TO 30 YEARS OLD, ABOUT 6 FEET TALL, 150 TO 160 POUNDS, WITH BROWN HAIR.

ABOVE BEING FURNISHED SEATTLE FOR THEIR INFORMATION.

BT

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# 045222Z SE 1

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DB Cooper-17345

Serials: BA 164-223, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8210