Pittsburgh to Director and field offices re NORJAK suspect at Du Pont, Washington WV
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-44:296-303 Document: Teletype Pittsburgh to Director and field offices re NORJAK suspect at Du Pont, Washington WV Id: Cooper-Part-44:296-303 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-44%3A296-303 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 44 pp. 296–303 (DB Cooper-18178–18185), Teletype, dated 25 Jun 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-44%3A296-303
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FM PITTSBURGH (164-93) (P)
TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) ROUTINE CHARLOTTE ROUTINE PORTLAND ROUTINE SEATTLE ROUTINE ST. LOUIS ROUTINE BALTIMORE ROUTINE WASHINGTON FIELD ROUTINE
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ATTENTION: LEGAL ATTACHE UNIT AND LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION
SECTION 1 OF 2
NORJAK (A), (OO: SEATTLE)
ON JUNE 23, 1980, PARKERSBURG, WV, HA, RECEIVED ANONYMOUS TELEPHONE CALL FROM WHITE FEMALE, WHO STATED SHE HAD SEEN D.B. COOPER STORY IN PARKERSBURG NEWSPAPER AND THAT [REDACTED] WHO RESEMBLES ARTIST CONCEPTION OF COOPER, IS RESIDING AT [REDACTED] PARKERSBURG, WV. SHE STATED [REDACTED] IS SINGLE, [REDACTED]
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UNEMPLOYED, POSSESSOR OF NEW CADILLAC AND [REDACTED]
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[guess: ALIZE] [illegible] FILED JUN 25 1980 SEATTLE [illegible signature]
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DB Cooper-18178
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[guess: b4] 81-8/19
PAGE TWO PG 164-93 UNCLAS
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ON JUNE 24, 1980, COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH OF COOPER WAS SHOWN [REDACTED] (PROTECT IDENTITY), [REDACTED] WHO SAID [REDACTED] b6 RESEMBLED COOPER. FURTHER ADVISED THAT [REDACTED] HAD b7C LIVED AT [REDACTED] FOR TWO WEEKS AND THAT HE WAS EMPLOYED AT DU PONT, b7D WASHINGTON, WV, BY EDENFIELD ELECTRIC COMPANY (EEC). ON [REDACTED] (JUNE 24, 1980, [REDACTED] (PROTECT IDENTITY), [REDACTED] EEC, WAS SHOWN COMPOSITE AND HE, TOO, STATED THAT [REDACTED] RESEMBLED COOPER. ON JUNE 24, 1980, [REDACTED] (PROTECT IDENTITY), [REDACTED] DU PONT, ADVISED HIS RECORDS INDICATE [REDACTED] HAD BEEN OFF WORK SINCE MAY 19, 1980, BUT HAD APPARENTLY RETURNED TO EEC ON JUNE 23, 1980. REASONS FOR [REDACTED] ABSENCE NOT INDICATED.
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ON JUNE 24, 1980, [REDACTED] WAS INTERVIEWED AT HIS [REDACTED] b6 AND IMMEDIATELY THE INTERVIEWING SA SAW A SIMILARITY BETWEEN b7C [REDACTED] COOPER AND [REDACTED] WITH THE ONLY DIFFERENCES BEING AGE AND HEIGHT. 1971 WITNESSES DESCRIBED COOPER AT 5'10" TO 6'0", WITH AGE IN MIDDLE FORTIES. [REDACTED] IS 5'7", AND [REDACTED] YEARS OF AGE. IT WAS NOTED AT FIRST APPEARANCE THAT [REDACTED] HAD A [REDACTED] [REDACTED] MOREOVER, [REDACTED] INDICATED DURING THE INTERVIEW A KEEN INTEREST IN THE COOPER MATTER.
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DB Cooper-18179
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PA3 5#433 88164-93 UNCLAS
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HE SAID HIS INTEREST RESULTED FROM EARLY NEWS REPORTS THAT COOPER MAY HAVE BEEN A PARATROOPER. [REDACTED] ASKED POINTED QUESTIONS OF SA SUCH AS, HAD ANY LATENT PRINTS BEEN OBTAINED AND HE WAS INTERESTED TO KNOW IF COOPER HAD, IN FACT, PARACHUTED INSTEAD OF HIDING SOMEWHERE IN THE PLANE. [REDACTED] ADMITTED THAT HE HAD MADE 30 JUMPS WHILE IN THE U.S. PARATROOPERS SOME OF WHICH WERE FROM PLANES FLYING 300 MILES PER HOUR. HE STATED THAT ALTITUDE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEM FOR ANY SKILLED PARACHUTIST. [REDACTED] MUST BE CONSIDERED A SUSPECT, UNTIL HE IS ELIMINATED, BECAUSE OF HIS SIMILARITY TO THE COMPOSITE OF COOPER, HIS U.S. PARATROOPER SERVICE, HIS [REDACTED] AND HIS UNEMPLOYMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SKYJACKING, NOVEMBER 24, 1971. ARREST RECORDS OR [REDACTED] AT PARKERSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WOOD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, PARKERSBURG, ARE NEGATIVE. [REDACTED] PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND INFORMATION CONCERNING HIMSELF: NAME [REDACTED] SEX MALE, RACE WHITE, $DOB [REDACTED] [REDACTED] POB [REDACTED] RESIDENCE [REDACTED] PARKERSBURG, TWO WEEKS, FORMER RESIDENCE [REDACTED] PARKERSBURG, WV, HEIGHT 5'7", WEIGHT 165, EYES GRAY, GLASSES
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DB Cooper-18180
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YES, BUILD MEDIUM, HAIR DARK BROWN, THIN, RECEDING HAIRLINE, VOICE INTELLIGENT, SLIGHT SOUTHERN ACCENT, COMPLEXION OLIVE, [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] b7C [REDACTED] OCCUPATION [REDACTED] EMPLOYMENT [REDACTED] EDENFIELD ELECTRIC COMPANY, WASHINGTON, WV, [REDACTED] (LATE) BEAVER, PA, [REDACTED] (EARLY) [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TAMPA, FL, [REDACTED] NEW YORK CITY, NY, [REDACTED] VINEYARD, NJ, [REDACTED] (EARLY) BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, [REDACTED] (LATE) UNEMPLOYED, STAYED WITH [REDACTED] THOMASVILLE, NC, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, [REDACTED] U.S. ARMY, ENTRY ON DUTY [REDACTED] DATE OF DISCHARGE [REDACTED] ARMY SERIAL NUMBER [REDACTED] POSITION [REDACTED] NUMBER OF PARACHUTE JUMPS 30, [REDACTED] CONSTRUCTION WORKER AT ERNEST HARMON, AIR FORCE BASE, STEPHENVILLE, NEWFOUNDLAND. HE HAD [REDACTED] PASSPORT INFO: [REDACTED] TO NEWFOUNDLAND, [REDACTED] APPLICATION FOR PASSPORT TO SAUDI ARABIA, FATHER [REDACTED] (DECEASED), MOTHER [REDACTED] THOMASVILLE, NC, TELEPHONE [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-18181
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PAGE FIVE 164-93 UNCLAS BROTHERS: [REDACTED] WARREN, OH, SSISTERS: [REDACTED] LAKE MILTON, OH, [REDACTED] TRINITY, NC, [REDACTED] TRINITY, NC, [REDACTED] HIGH POINT, NC, [REDACTED] GREENSBORO, ,;, MARITAL STATUS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ELIZABETH, PA, [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN, [REDACTED] PARKERSBURG, WV, [REDACTED]
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WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN, SSAN [REDACTED] AUTOMOBILE [REDACTED] TWO DOOR HARD TOP, [REDACTED] IN COLOR, WEST VIRGINIA DRIVERS LICENSE [REDACTED] HEALTH: [REDACTED] ADVISED HE [REDACTED] EARLY [REDACTED] , ARRESTS: [REDACTED] IN ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, HABITS SMOKES ONE AND HALF PACKS OF CIGARETTES A DAY.
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THE BUREAU IS REQUESTED THAT LEGAT, OTTAWA, CONDUCT ARREST CHECKS AT ERNEST HARMON AIR FORCE BASE, STEPHENVILLE, NEWFOUNDLAND.
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DB Cooper-18182
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SIX PG 164-93 UNCLAS [REDACTED] OBTAINED PASSPORT TO GO TO NEWFOUNDLAND IN [REDACTED] ALSO, IRE HAD A [REDACTED]
WILL COMPARE MILITARY FINGERPRINTS OF [REDACTED] WITH LATENT FINGERPRINTS IN THIS MATTER.
CHARLOTTE, AT HIGH POINT, NC. WILL CONDUCT ARREST CHCKS WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AT THOMASVILLE, NC, WILL CONDUCT ARREST CHECKS WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
WILL INTERVIEW [REDACTED] [REDACTED] RE SUBJECT'S [REDACTED] UNEMPLOYMENT [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] SINCE NORJAK OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 24, 1971, AND [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT HE WAS AT [REDACTED] AT THAT TIME, ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN A PHOTO OF SUBJECT AND FORWARD TO SEATTLE, PORTLAND AND PITTSBURGH.
PORTLAND, AT PORTLAND, OREGON. WILL PROVIDE PG WITH UPDATED INFORMATION IN CAPTIONED MATTER.
SEATTLE, AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. PROVIDE PG WITH UPDATED INFO IN CAPTIONED MATTER.
ST. LOUIS, AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. AT NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER, (CIVILIAN RECORDS) REVIEW FILE ON [REDACTED] FOR HIS PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT AT U.S. AIR FORCE BASE, ERNEST HARMON,
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DB Cooper-18183
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PG0006 1770327Z RR HQ CE PD SE SL BA WFO DE PG R 250327Z JUNE 80 TSBURGH (164-93) (P) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) ROUTINE CHARLOTTE ROUTINE PORTLAND ROUTINE SEATTLE ROUTINE ST. LOUIS ROUTINE BALTIMORE ROUTINE ATTENTION: LEGAL ATTACHE UNIT AND LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION SECTION 2 OF 2 NORJAK (A), (OO:SEATTLE)
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DB Cooper-18184
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STEP HENSVILLE, NEWFOUNDLAND, [REDACTED]
AT FEDERAL RECORDS CENTER, 9730 PAGE BLVD., REVIEW U.S. ARMY RECORD OF [REDACTED] ASN [REDACTED] FOR PERIOD [REDACTED] OBTAIN PHOTO AND FORWARD TO SEATTLE, PORTLAND AND PITTSBURGH.
WASHINGTON FIELD, AT WASHINGTON, D.C. AT DEPARTMENT OF STATE, PASSPORT OFFICE, REVIEW FILES ON [REDACTED] REGARDING HIS PASSPORT GRANTED TO NEWFOUNDLAND IN [REDACTED] ALSO REVIEW FILE FOR HIS APPLICATION FOR PASSPORT TO SAUDI ARABIA DURING [REDACTED] OBTAIN PHOTO AND FORWARD TO SEATTLE, PORTLAND AND PITTSBURGH.
BALTIMORE, AT ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND. CONDUCT ARREST CHECKS WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR INFORMATION REGARDING [REDACTED] ARRESTS IN EARLY [REDACTED]
PITTSBURGH, AT PARKERSBURG, WV. WILL ATTEMPT TO LOCATE [REDACTED] FOR INTERVIEW. [REDACTED]
SUGGESTED ON JUNE 24, 1980, THAT SHE HAD PROBABLY CONTACTED THE FBI IN THIS MATTER.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS. BT
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DB Cooper-18185