SAC Tampa to SAC Seattle re Winter Park witness sighting of Cooper lookalike

Document date 4 December 1981

Part 46pages 227–2282 pagesDB Cooper-19040–19041

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Id: Cooper-Part-46:227-228

Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-46:227-228

Document: Airtel SAC Tampa to SAC Seattle re Winter Park witness sighting of Cooper lookalike
Id: Cooper-Part-46:227-228
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-46%3A227-228

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 46 pp. 227–228 (DB Cooper-19040–19041), Airtel, dated 4 Dec 1981 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-46%3A227-228

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TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☒ AIRTEL ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 12/4/81

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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164A-81)

FROM: SAC, TAMPA (164A-417) (ORA) (RUC)

NORJACK; CAA - HIJACKING (OO: SEATTLE)

Reurtel to Bureau, 11/10/81.

On 11/27/81, [REDACTED] Winter Park, Florida, telephone number [REDACTED] advised that he viewed a picture of a D. B. Cooper in the 11/26/81 issue of the Orlando Sentinel Star newspaper, and on 11/26/81, while at a Sambo's Restaurant, saw an individual closely resembling Cooper. [REDACTED] described the individual as:

Age: 32 to 35 years Height: 6'0" Hair: Brown, with beard and mustache and extremely receding hairline Weight: 160 to 170 pounds Build: Medium Attire: Lumberjack type shirt and jeans

[REDACTED] stated this individual left Sambo's Restaurant in a [REDACTED] Toyota, or Datsun pickup with Florida tag [REDACTED] and the pickup contained [REDACTED]

On 11/30/81, vehicle registration records of the Depart- ment of Motor Vehicles, State of Florida, revealed Florida tag [REDACTED] is registered to a [REDACTED] Winter Park, Florida, and the tag is assigned to a [REDACTED]

2-Seattle 1-Tampa RLW:pls (3)

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11-1-81 -86466 [guess: 6w] [guess: k]

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DB Cooper-19040

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Approved: _______________ Transmitted _______________ (Number) (Time) ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1980-305-750/5402

TP 164-417

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A search of Tampa indices for [REDACTED] was negative.

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b6 b7C

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2* DB Cooper-19041

Serials: SE 164-81, TP 164-417