SAC Seattle to Director, Las Vegas, Sacramento and San Francisco re NORJAK suspects Jack Farmer and Garth Dunning (transmission copy)
Document date 27 June 1980
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- SAC Seattle to Director, Las Vegas, Sacramento and San Francisco re NORJAK suspects Jack Farmer and Garth Dunning (FD-36 copy)
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-45:117-122 Document: Teletype SAC Seattle to Director, Las Vegas, Sacramento and San Francisco re NORJAK suspects Jack Farmer and Garth Dunning (transmission copy) Id: Cooper-Part-45:117-122 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-45%3A117-122 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 45 pp. 117–122 (DB Cooper-18221–18226), Teletype, dated 27 Jun 1980, serial SE 164-81-8433 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-45%3A117-122
SEO004 1792245Z RR HQ LV SC SF DE SE R 272245Z JUN 80 M SEATTLE (164-81) (P) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) ROUTINE LAS VEGAS ROUTINE SACRAMENTO ROUTINE SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) (SQ 10) ROUTINE BT UNCLAS
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NORJAK; CAA - HIJACKING (A); OO: SEATTLE. RE SEATTLE TELETYPE TO THE BUREAU JUNE 14, 1980, AND SAN FRANCISCO TELETYPE TO THE BUREAU DATED JUNE 26, 1980. FOR THE INFORMATION OF LAS VEGAS AND SACRAMENTO, THE ABOVE REFERENCES REFLECT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION. SEATTLE HAS BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH A WRITER, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE PAST THREE WEEKS REGARDING A POTENTIAL SUBJECT OF CAPTIONED CASE. [REDACTED] BELIEVES HIS RESEARCH REGARDING "D.B. COOPER" HAS UNCOVERED
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DB Cooper-18221 164-81-8433
PAGE TWO SE 164-81 UNCLAS THE REAL HIJACKER. [REDACTED] PLANS TO WRITE A BOOK ON THIS CASE. [REDACTED] LED THE SEATTLE AND SAN FRANCISCO DIVISIONS TO BELIEVE THAT HE HAD OBTAINED A COPY OF THE POTENTIAL SUBJECT'S FINGERPRINTS FROM MICROFILM EMPLOYMENT RECORDS. [REDACTED] WAS TO PROVIDE THESE FINGERPRINTS TO THE SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ON JUNE 24, 1980. THE SEATTLE DIVISION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BUREAU LEGAL SECTION HAS AGREED TO NOTIFY [REDACTED] IF THE PRINTS DO NOT MATCH, WITHIN FIVE WORKING DAYS FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE FINGERPRINT COMPARISON. IF THE PRINTS ARE IDENTICAL, THE FBI WILL MAKE ADDITIONAL CONTACTS WITH [REDACTED] AND HE HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE THE FBI WITH ALL OF HIS RESEARCH DATA. BECAUSE OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION, THE SEATTLE DIVISION REQUESTED THAT THE LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION OF THE IDENTIFICATION DIVISION EXPEDITIOUSLY COMPARE THE FINGERPRINTS THAT THE SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION WAS TO RECEIVE.
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[REDACTED] APPEARED AT THE SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE ON THE AFTERNOON OF JUNE 24, 1980. HE EXPLAINED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE THE FINGERPRINT CARD FOR THE POTENTIAL SUBJECT. HE SAID HE DETERMINED THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL HAD WORKED FOR A GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENT IN THE LAKE TAHOE - STATELINE, NEVADA, AREA AND THAT
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DB Cooper-18222
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THE ACTUAL CARD OR MICROFILM OF THIS CARD WERE IN THE POSSESSION OF THE CLUB AND/OR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. HE SAID THAT AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN HE WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN THIS CARD AND WAS THEREFORE REQUESTING THE FBI TO OBTAIN THIS CARD FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. [REDACTED] WAS ADVISED THAT IT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE THAT [REDACTED] HAD THE CARD IN HIS POSSESSION AND WAS TO SURRENDER THE CARD TO THE FBI. [REDACTED] CONTENDS THAT HE NEVER SAID HE HAD THE CARD, BUT USED THE TERM "HE LOCATED" THE CARD.
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ON JUNE 25, 1980, THE SEATTLE DIVISION TELEPHONICALLY INTERVIEWED [REDACTED] REGARDING THIS MATTER AND HE PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION. HE STATED THAT HIS RESEARCH FOR HIS BOOK HAS REVEALED THAT D. B. COOPER IS ACTUALLY AN INDIVIDUAL BY THE NAME OF JACK FARMER, DATE OF BIRTH MAY 22, 1944, AT YUBA CITY, CALIFORNIA. FURTHERMORE, JACK FARMER WAS FORMERLY EMPLOYED AT THE NEVADA LODGE, A GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENT AT LAKE TAHOE, NEVADA. FARMER REPORTEDLY WAS FINGERPRINTED IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A GAMBLING WORK CARD DURING THE PERIOD OF 1968-1969. [REDACTED] STATED THAT [REDACTED] OF THE NEVADA CLUB IS A [REDACTED]
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TELEPHONE NUMBER [REDACTED] HE FURTHER RELATED THAT THERE WERE THREE FINGERPRINT CARDS FILLED OUT FOR FARMER AND THAT THE FINGERPRINTS WERE TAKEN BY [REDACTED] WASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA, AND THAT THE THREE SETS OF FINGERPRINTS ARE BEING MAINTAINED BY THE NEVADA LODGE, THE WASHOE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND C. I. I., SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. [REDACTED] ALSO RELATED THAT ONE SET OF THE PRINTS IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD BY [REDACTED] [REDACTED] DOUGLAS COUNTY, NEVADA, TELEPHONE NUMBER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] RELATED THAT SOME OF THE AFOREMENTIONED FINGERPRINTS ARE ON MICROFILM. [REDACTED] STATED THAT JACK FARMER IS AN ACCOMPLISHED SKYDIVER WHO HAS COMPLETED OVER 200 JUMPS, AN ACCOMPLISHED SKIN DIVER AND A MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIAST. FARMER APPARENTLY HAS SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HIS LIFE IN YUBA CITY, CALIFORNIA. [REDACTED] BELIEVES THAT FARMER DOES NOT HAVE A MILITARY RECORD IN THAT AT AGE 18 FARMER ATTEMPTED TO GET INTO THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, BUT WAS REJECTED DUE TO A DISEASE IN HIS KNEES. [REDACTED] IS UNAWARE OF ANY ARREST RECORD FOR FARMER.
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[REDACTED] STATED THAT FARMER HAD AN ACCOMPLICE BY THE NAME OF GARTH DUNNING, WHO WAS APPROXIMATELY 44 YEARS OLD IN 1971 AT THE TIME OF THE HIJACKING. THE EXACT DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH FOR
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DUNNING ARE UNKNOWN TO [REDACTED] RESEARCH HAS REVEALED THAT DUNNING WAS IN THE UNITED STATED ARMY DURING THE LATE 1950'S AND AT ONE POINT HE WAS STATIONED IN GREENLAND. FURTHERMORE, DUNNING HAS SPENT APPROXIMATELY 15 YEARS IN YUBA CITY, CALIFORNIA, AND THAT DUNNING PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR BARNIE'S CLUB, SOUTH LAKE TAHOE.
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[REDACTED] RELATED THAT HIS RESEARCH HAS REVEALED THAT THERE IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT JACK FARMER AND GARTH DUNNING WERE INVOLVED IN A RIP OFF OF FUNDS FROM THE NEVADA LODGE AND THUS WANTED TO DISAPPEAR. HIS RESEARCH REVEALS THAT ON AUGUST 5, 1969, AT CRYSTAL POINT NEAR THE NEVADA LODGE, NEVADA, THAT FARMER AND DUNNING DISAPPEARED IN A SKIN DIVING ACCIDENT AND THEIR BODIES WERE NEVER RECOVERED. FARMER AND DUNNING WERE REPORTEDLY DECLARED LEGALLY DEAD AND [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] CONJECTURES THAT FOLLOWING THEIR CONVENIENT DISAPPEARANCE THAT FARMER AND DUNNING CARRIED OUT CAPTIONED HIJACKING DURING 1971.
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THE FOLLOWING LEADS ARE BEING SET OUT IN AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN POSSIBLE FINGERPRINTS FOR FARMER AND DUNNING SO THAT THEY
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PAGE SIX SE 164-81 UNCLAS CAN BE COMPARED WITH THE LATENT FINGERPRINTS IN CAPTIONED CASE.
THE BUREAU IS REQUESTED TO SEARCH ALL AVAILABLE CRIMINAL AND MILITARY RECORDS REGARDING JACK FARMER AND GARTH DUNNING.
SACRAMENTO AT SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA: SEARCH DMV RECORDS FOR FARMER AND DUNNING. SEARCH CII RECORDS FOR FARMER AND DUNNING.
LAS VEGAS AT LAKE TAHOE, NEVADA: CONTACT APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND/OR MANAGEMENT OF THE NEVADA LODGE IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOCATE FINGERPRINTS FOR JACK FARMER AND INFORMATION OF THE ALLEGED ACCIDENT BY FARMER AND DUNNING ON AUGUST 5, 1969.
ALL LOCATED FINGERPRINTS FOR FARMER AND/OR DUNNING SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY FORWARDED TO SA [REDACTED] IDENTIFICATION DIVISION, LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION. BT
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DB Cooper-18226
Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8433, SF 164-220