To SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect employed at United Nuclear Corporation, with background and leads

Document date 19 March 1980

Part 44pages 8–114 pagesDB Cooper-17693–17696

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Document: Airtel to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect employed at United Nuclear Corporation, with background and leads
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 44 pp. 8–11 (DB Cooper-17693–17696), Airtel, dated 19 Mar 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-44%3A008-011

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TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☐ ________ ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS

AIRTEL Date 3/19/80

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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

FROM: SAC, [REDACTED] (P)

SUBJECT: NORJAK (A) OO: SEATTLE BUFILE 164-2111

Re Albuquerque teletype to Sacramento, dated 3/17/80, and Sacramento teletype to Minneapolis, dated 3/17/80.

For information of Seattle, on 3/14/80, [REDACTED] [REDACTED], United Nuclear Corporation Mining and Milling, Ambrosia Lake Operations, P. O. Box 199, Grants, New Mexico, was contacted regarding subject, [REDACTED]

After a search of his employment files dating back to 1968 and early 1970s, [REDACTED] advised that he did have a card for a [REDACTED] indicating he was once employed with the company. After pulling his employment and personnel file, it was noted that [REDACTED] first applied to the United Nuclear Corporation Mining and Milling Company, [REDACTED] The following information was obtained from the first application:

Name: [REDACTED] Age: [REDACTED] Origin: White Sex: Male Address: [REDACTED] Milan, New Mexico Permanent Address: [REDACTED] Orville, California Telephone: [REDACTED] Date of Birth: [REDACTED] Height: 5'10" Weight: 150 pounds

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(2) Seattle 2-Albuquerque MEN/sdv (4)

Approved: [signature] Transmitted ________ (Number) (Time)

DB Cooper-17693

SEARCHED [REDACTED] INDEXED [REDACTED] SERIALIZED [REDACTED] FILED [REDACTED] MAR 2 4 1980

[REDACTED]

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Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Marital Status: Single High School: Granite High School Salt Lake City, Utah Graduated [REDACTED] Military: U. S. Marine Corp Rank - [REDACTED] References: [REDACTED] Utah [REDACTED] Has been known for five years. [REDACTED]

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Employment History: Hope, British Columbia June, [REDACTED] to February, [REDACTED] Centennial Development Eureka, Utah June, [REDACTED] to June, [REDACTED] Gravo Construction Bakersfield, California November, [REDACTED] to March, [REDACTED] Mannix Sgs Calgary Alberta, Canada [REDACTED] Utah Construction San Francisco, California

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In the file, also indicated in application dated [REDACTED] and this reflected the following information:

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Name: [REDACTED] Age: [REDACTED] Sex: Male Address: Gallup, New Mexico Permanent Address: [REDACTED] Las Vegas, New Mexico Telephone: [REDACTED] Date of Birth: [REDACTED] Height: 5'10" Weight: 160 pounds Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Marital Status: Single Social Security Account Number: [REDACTED] Position: [REDACTED] Education: High School, four years Graduated [REDACTED] Military: U. S. Marine Corp Rank - [REDACTED]

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DB Cooper-17694

[REDACTED]

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Former Employers: November, [REDACTED] Harrison Western 174 Piochoe, Nevada [REDACTED] Centennial Development Salt Lake City, Utah [REDACTED] Bovles Brothers [REDACTED] United Nuclear [REDACTED] Notify in Reference to Any Emergency: [REDACTED] Las Vegas, New Mexico Telephone: [REDACTED]

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Also reflected in the personal history in [REDACTED] file at United Nuclear Corporation was the following information:

Personal History: [REDACTED] United Nuclear File Number [REDACTED] [REDACTED] wil always know the address of [REDACTED] Military: United States Marine Corp Number [REDACTED] Church: [REDACTED] Place of Birth: [REDACTED] Last Place Lived: Orville, California Date of Birth: [REDACTED] Characteristics: Smokes a half a pack of cigarettes a day.

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Mining History: July, [REDACTED] to February, [REDACTED] Centennial Development Section Number 30 July, [REDACTED] to July, [REDACTED] Perrini, Incorporated Grass Valley, California August, [REDACTED] to May, [REDACTED] Utah Construction Northern California

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Mother: [REDACTED] Orville, California

On same date an arrest check was conducted at the Grants City Police Department, Grants, New Mexico, regarding [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] Grants Police Department, advised that they had in their records reflected information regarding a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] It indicated that he was arrested on [REDACTED] Grants Police Department, [REDACTED] Disposition was jailed. On [REDACTED] Grants Police Department, [REDACTED] On [REDACTED] Grants Police Department, [REDACTED] released [REDACTED] No additional arrests were reflected at the Grants City Police Department. Grants Police Department attempted to locate photograph of subject, however, none on file.

[REDACTED] also advised that according to his records, his first hire of [REDACTED] was on [REDACTED] and he was discharged on [REDACTED] and this was at the Sandstone Mine in the Ambrosia Lake area. The second hire was for the Church Rock Mines, Church Rock, New Mexico, date of hire was [REDACTED] and this date of discharge is [REDACTED]

Inasmuch as Seattle and other auxilary offices have appropriate leads set out in an attempt to locate and interview [REDACTED] the above information is being provided to Seattle for review and left to the discretion of Seattle to set up appropriate leads based on information to them by Albuquerque.

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LEADS

ALBUQUERQUE DIVISION

AT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO

Will contact Albuquerque Public Schools regarding [REDACTED]

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Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81