SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect parachutist
Document date 18 December 1986
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Id: Cooper-Part-48:069-070
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-48:069-070 Document: Airtel SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect parachutist Id: Cooper-Part-48:069-070 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-48%3A069-070 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 48 pp. 69–70 (DB Cooper-19888), Airtel, dated 18 Dec 1986, serial SE 164-81-8867 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-48%3A069-070
FD-36 (Rev. 8-28-82) FBI TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☒ AIRTEL ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 12/18/86
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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164A-81)
FROM: SAC, DALLAS (164-1928)(RUC)
SUBJECT NORJAK; CAA HIJACKING; OO: SEATTLE
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Re telephone call from Special Agent (SA) [REDACTED] to Seattle Supervisory SA [REDACTED] on November 20, 1986.
For information of Seattle, on November 20, 1986, [REDACTED] Central Patrol Unit, DALLAS, TEXAS, POLICE DEPARTMENT, telephone (214) 670-4413, telephonically advised that he had recently read a newspaper article in the Dallas Morning News concerning D.B. COOPER, who is a possible subject in captioned case. [REDACTED] advised that while he was at a parachute school in Elsinore, California, in 1966 or 1967, he met an individual whom he believes might be COOPER. He stated that that particular individual was described as follows:
Name [REDACTED] (With possible middle initial [REDACTED]) Age in 1966 or 1967 [guess: 35 to 50] Height 5'5" [guess: to 6'] 5' 6" or 5' 7" — Weight 150 - 175 lbs 140 to 160 Pounds Hair [guess: jet black, full] [guess: neatly of] [guess: firm] Blondish or light brown with receding hairline
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(2) - Seattle 1 - Dallas BC/dli (3)
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164A-81-8867
SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___
JAN 0 9 1987
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11/28/7[guess: 1]
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DESCRIP. DATA NOT IDENT. —
DL 164-1928
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[REDACTED] advised that that individual was a parachutist and skydiver and was very athletic. He stated that [REDACTED] was stationed at MARCH AIR FORCE BASE at the time and subsequently went to Thailand and served in the AIR FORCE there. He stated that he recalled that he met the individual through a mutual friend who also was in the AIR FORCE and stationed at MARCH AIR FORCE BASE. He stated that individual was named [REDACTED] He stated that [REDACTED] also had a [REDACTED] who was in the AIR FORCE at that time.
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[REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] was a very experienced jumper and told him a number of times that he was hoping for a [REDACTED] from jumping. He stated [REDACTED] mentioned this on numerous occasions and was interested in making a lot of money through some type of parachuting activities. He stated he also knew that based on [REDACTED] training, he would be familiar with the structure of an airplane and the air speed and altitude which would be necessary for a successful jump. He stated as best he could recall, [REDACTED] was a native of some part of California. He stated as best he can remember, [REDACTED] did a lot of jumping once he reached Thailand but was doing this in a capacity outside the military.
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[REDACTED] stated he had seen the picture of D.B. COOPER a number of times but had never thought about it until he saw the most recent picture. He stated when he saw it, it suddenly struck him that the picture closely resembled [REDACTED] stated he could not recall or did not know anything additional about [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-19888
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2*
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b6 b7C
Serials: DL 164-1928, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8867