Butte to Albuquerque, Salt Lake City and Seattle re NORJAK suspect tip from Good Morning America broadcast

Document date 6 March 1980

Part 43pages 340–3412 pagesDB Cooper-17568–17569

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-43:340-341

Document: Teletype Butte to Albuquerque, Salt Lake City and Seattle re NORJAK suspect tip from Good Morning America broadcast
Id: Cooper-Part-43:340-341
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-43%3A340-341

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 43 pp. 340–341 (DB Cooper-17568–17569), Teletype, dated 6 Mar 1980, serial SE 164-51-8286 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-43%3A340-341

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BTO001 0666 0018Z PP AQ SU SE DE BT P 06 0001Z MAR 80

FM BUTTE (164-26) TO ALBUQUERQUE PRIORITY SALT LAKE CITY PRIORITY SEATTLE (164-61) PRIORITY BT UNCLAS NORJAK (A); OO: SEATTLE. BUFILE 164-2114 ON MARCH 5, 1980, [REDACTED] (PROTECT IDENTITY) [REDACTED] [REDACTED] MONTANA, TELEPHONE [REDACTED] TELEPHONI- CALLY ADVISED HE WAS WATCHING THE TV PROGRAM "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" TODAY WHEN HE OBSERVED A SHOWING OF A COMPOSITE OF D. B. COOPER. [REDACTED] ADVISED THE COMPOSITE STRONGLY RESEMBLES ONE [REDACTED] (PHONETIC) A FORMER ACQUAINTANCE WITH WHOM HE HAD [REDACTED] UNRECALLED LOCATION IN [REDACTED] AT THE LATTER LOCATION THE JOB INVOLVED [REDACTED] ACCORDING TO [REDACTED] FOR UNITED NUCLEAR AT [REDACTED] IN THE EARLY [REDACTED] AND AT KENNECOTT COPPER COMPANY, [REDACTED] IN ABOUT [REDACTED] STATED [REDACTED] WAS A COCKY INDIVIDUAL WHO TALKED OF HIJACKING PLANES AND INDICATED HE LAST SAW HIM AT [REDACTED] IN 1970.

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[guess: Seattle] [illegible]

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164-51- 8286

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DB Cooper-17568

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PAGE TWO BT 164-26 UNCLAS

[REDACTED] CONTINUED HE HAS NO PERSONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO [REDACTED] BUT BELIEVES HE MAY HAVE BEEN FROM COLORADO ORIGINALLY AND IS SEVERAL YEARS YOUNGER THAN [REDACTED] YEARS OF AGE. ALBUQUERQUE

CONTACT UNITED NUCLEAR, [REDACTED] IN AN EFFORT TO LOCATE EMPLOYMENT RECORD CONTAINING BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA CONCERNING [REDACTED] SALT LAKE CITY

AT [REDACTED] REVIEW KENNECOTT COPPER COMPANY RECORDS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR INFORMATION REGARDING [REDACTED] SEATTLE

CHECK INDICES TO DETERMINE IF THE NAME [REDACTED] HAS SURFACED DURING THIS INVESTIGATION. IF ALBUQUERQUE AND SALT LAKE CITY ARE SUCCESSFUL IN IDENTIFYING [REDACTED] SET OUT APPRO- PRIATE LEADS TO LOCATE AND INTERVIEW, OR OTHERWISE RESOLVE IDENTITY.

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DB Cooper-17569

Serials: 164-2114, 164-61, BT 164-26, SE 164-51-8286