SAC Los Angeles to Director re NORJAK suspect James Bryant Coffelt
Document date 27 May 1980
Also filed at: Part 96 pp. 366–367
Copies may differ in what was redacted.
Also filed separately as sections:
Report a problem
Email this to [email protected]
Id: Cooper-Part-44:235-236
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-44:235-236 Document: Airtel SAC Los Angeles to Director re NORJAK suspect James Bryant Coffelt Id: Cooper-Part-44:235-236 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-44%3A235-236 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
A person reads every report. Corrections are made by hand, to the data — titles, dates, names, which pages belong together — never to the scans, and they can take a while to appear.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 44 pp. 235–236 (DB Cooper-18094–18095), Airtel, dated 27 May 1980, serial 12-91-84002 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-44%3A235-236
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)
FBI
TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☒ AIRTEL ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 5/27/80
---
TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (3) (RUC)
SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: Seattle
Sub-Reference: JAMES BRYANT COFFELT, aka [REDACTED]
The following information is set forth for the information of the Bureau and receiving offices in the event [REDACTED] should contact Seattle or Portland in the future:
On 5/22/80, [REDACTED] Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, telephone number 974-3685, telephonically contacted SA [REDACTED] stated that during the evening hours of 2/11/80, the residence of [REDACTED] Encino, California, was set on fire. In connection with the fire on 2/11/80, arson investigators found gasoline cans in the residence and evidence that gasoline had been poured on the carpets throughout the residence. Because the house was tightly closed it only partially burned. A security guard was retained by [REDACTED] to protect the residence. The following night the residence burned again and the security guard, who was chosen at random, admitted to setting the fire. He denied being initially involved.
---
2 - Bureau 1 - Portland (164-41) (Info) 2 - Seattle (164-81) 1 - Los Angeles
JCA/dmg (6)
---
[stamp] 12-91-84002 [SEARCHED] [SERIALIZED] [FILED] MAY 31 1980
---
Approved: ____________ Transmitted ____________ (Number) (Time) ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1980-305-750/5402
DB Cooper-18094
LA 164-497
---
[REDACTED] is conducting an arson and insurance fraud investigation of [REDACTED] believing that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] has, of course, [REDACTED] and has indicated the fire could be the result of his investigation into captioned matter. According to [REDACTED] has made no allegations against the Bureau.
[REDACTED] additionally stated [REDACTED]
Further, [REDACTED] the residence. [REDACTED] explained that approximately [REDACTED]
The new buyer [REDACTED] [REDACTED] the premises. [REDACTED] also mentioned that [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] stated his investigation indicates [REDACTED] [REDACTED] which has been suspected in the past by interviewing agents.
---
- 2* -
---
DB Cooper-18095
Serials: 12-91-84002, 164-2111, LA 164-497, PD 164-41, SE 164-81