SAC Butte to SAC Seattle re Missoula informant on man resembling Cooper, with leads

Document date 14 March 1980

Part 43pages 413–4153 pagesDB Cooper-17659–17661

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Document: Memo SAC Butte to SAC Seattle re Missoula informant on man resembling Cooper, with leads
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 43 pp. 413–415 (DB Cooper-17659–17661), Memo, dated 14 Mar 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-43%3A413-415

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 JULY 1973 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum

TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) DATE: 3/14/80

FROM : SAC, BUTTE (164-26) (RUC) [REDACTED] SUBJECT: NORJAK (A) OO: Seattle

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On 2/23/80, [REDACTED] (Protect By Request), [REDACTED] Missoula, Montana, telephonically contacted the Butte Office and advised [REDACTED] that a man, whom she has known for the past couple of years, looks like D. B. COOPER, the Unknown Subject in the captioned case. [REDACTED] advised that the man is [REDACTED] who formerly lived in Missoula, Montana, and now resides at [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Grand Prairie, Texas.

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On 3/3/80, [REDACTED] supra, was contacted at her home. She advised that in about January of 1977, she met a [REDACTED] in Missoula, [REDACTED] and Montana. [REDACTED] and they had resided in Missoula for about one year, prior to January of 1977. [REDACTED] became quite well acquainted with [REDACTED] and from their conversations, she knows [REDACTED] at one time lived in the State of Washington, but she does not know which cities. She also advised that [REDACTED] had been on welfare and never seemed to have a steady job, although he always had "money to spend." She believes that [REDACTED] had been in the Navy for, as she recalls, ten or 15 years, and she believes that there was one time some comment about him being familiar with para- chuting, either in the Navy or as a sport.

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[REDACTED] advised that she recently saw a drawing of "D. B. Cooper" on television and that [REDACTED] looks exactly like that drawing.

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[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] are now residing at [REDACTED] Grand Prairie, Texas. She

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(2) - Seattle 2 - Dallas 1 - Butte JAN/dep (5)

DB Cooper-17659

Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Sav[ings Plan]

5010-110

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10-8-[guess: 83]10 SEARCHED [REDACTED] INDEXED [REDACTED] SERIALIZED [REDACTED] FILED [REDACTED] MAR 1 8 1980

BT #164-26

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advised that [REDACTED] believes that [REDACTED] Rhode Island, several years ago.

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[REDACTED] advised that she is quite a good friend with [REDACTED] and requested that her identity as a source of this information not be revealed.

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[REDACTED] furnished the following description:

Name [REDACTED] Alias [REDACTED] Sex Male Race White Age [REDACTED] Date of Birth [REDACTED] Height 5'10" Weight 170 pounds Hair Graying (generally dyes dark brown) Eyes Green Former residences [REDACTED], Missoula, Montana; [REDACTED] (address unknown), Missoula, Montana; [REDACTED] (address unknown), Missoula, Montana

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[REDACTED] On 3/3/80, [REDACTED] Missoula County Sheriff's Office, could find no record for [REDACTED] in the Sheriff's Office files.

On 3/8/80, [REDACTED] Missoula, Montana, Police Department, could find no records in their files for [REDACTED]

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DB Cooper-17660

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BT #164-26

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LEADS

DALLAS DIVISION

AT GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS

Conduct logical investigation to determine if [REDACTED] is identical with the Unknown Subject.

Armed and Dangerous

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DB Cooper-17661

Serials: BT 164-26, SE 164-81