SAC Newark to SAC St. Louis re NORJACK suspect photographs, with leads
Document date 15 November 1988
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-49:164-167 Document: Airtel SAC Newark to SAC St. Louis re NORJACK suspect photographs, with leads Id: Cooper-Part-49:164-167 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-49%3A164-167 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 49 pp. 164–167 (DB Cooper-20295–20298), Airtel, dated 15 Nov 1988 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-49%3A164-167
FD-36 (Rev. 8-26-82) FBI
TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☒ Airtel ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 11/15/88
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TO: SAC, ST. LOUIS (164A- )
FROM: SAC, NEWARK (164A-402) (P) (PARA)
NORJACK; CAA-HIJACKING; OO: SEATTLE
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Re: .Seattle airtel to Bureau, dated 5/20/88.
Enclosed herewith for the St. Louis Division are the following items:
1. One copy of Seattle LHM dated 11/28/71, setting forth the synopsis of captioned aircraft hijacking and an artist's drawing of the unknown subject, also known as (aka) D. B. COOPER.
2. One photographic lineup consisting of the following six photographs:
a. [REDACTED] JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY POLICE DEPARTMENT Photo Taken [REDACTED]
b. Unidentified white male, NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON, TRENTON, NEW JERSEY Photo Taken [REDACTED]
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2-St. Louis (Encls. 2) 2-Portland (164A- ) 1-Sacramento (164A- ) (Info) 1-San Francisco (164A-220) (Info) 1-Seattle (164A-81) (Info) 2-Newark
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ARMED AND DANGEROUS Transmitted (Number) (Time)
[handwritten] your buddy?
[stamped date partially legible] NOV 1 8 [guess: REC'D]
DB Cooper-20295
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[illegible initials]
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b6 b7C
NK 164A-402
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c. [REDACTED] white male, DOB: [REDACTED] FBI #: [REDACTED] CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT, Vancouver, Washington, Photo Taken [REDACTED]
d. Unidentified white male, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY POLICE DEPARTMENT, Photo Taken [REDACTED]
e. [REDACTED] white male, BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY SHERIFF'S DEPT., Photo Taken [REDACTED]
f. Unidentified white male, FBI Photo [REDACTED] Taken [REDACTED]
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For information and assistance of the St. Louis Division, on 11/24/71 an unknown individual using the name D. B. COOPER boarded a NORTHWEST AIRLINES flight at Seattle, Washington, that was to travel to Portland, Oregon and during the course of the flight summoned one of the flight attendants and displayed what appeared to be a bomb.
The unknown subject, aka D. B. COOPER, then de- manded that he be provided with $200,000.00 in cash and some parachutes. The unknown subject, aka D. B. COOPER, was provided with these items and during a subsequent leg of the flight put on one of the parachutes and jumped from the rear stairway of the aircraft with the money.
The following described individual has been developed as a possible suspect in this matter by the Newark Division:
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DB Cooper-20296
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b6 b7C
NK 164A-402
Name: [REDACTED] Alias: [REDACTED] Sex: Male Race: White DOB: [REDACTED] POB: [REDACTED] Height: 5'10" Weight: 180 pounds (In 1969) Hair: Brown (balding) Eyes: Hazel SSAN: [REDACTED] FBI#: [REDACTED] U.S. ARMY #: [REDACTED] Military Service: Paratrooper, UNITED STATES ARMY 101st Airborne Division Prior Arrests: Glasbow, Montana Vancouver, Washington San Francisco, California San Jose, California First Wife: [REDACTED] Second Wife: [REDACTED] Third Wife: [REDACTED] Miscellaneous: [REDACTED] was in the Washington state area at the time the crime was committed.
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For additional information of the St. Louis and Portland Divisions, [REDACTED] was interviewed by Bureau Agents and advised that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] seemed to have a great and continuing interest in the folklore surrounding D. B. COOPER. [REDACTED] was an avid fisherman and hunter and stated that he was very familiar with the terrain around Mount St. Helens. He always read a lot and paid attention to the media comments and stories about COOPER. [REDACTED] advised that upon viewing the 1969 arrest photo of [REDACTED] and the 1971 sketch of the UNSUB, aka D. B. COOPER that there appeared to be a strong re- semblance between the two.
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During the course of the hijacking two flight attendants observed the unsub and had conversations with him. These two flight attendants are [REDACTED] [REDACTED] who can be reached at telephone number [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and [REDACTED], now known as [REDACTED] who is a [REDACTED] and who can be reached at the [REDACTED] Eugene, Oregon, [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-20297
NK 164A-402
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For additional information of St. Louis and Portland Divisions, it should be noted that the enclosed photo of suspect [REDACTED] (Photo # 3), was taken in November of 1969 which is approximately two years before the hijacking.
In displaying the enclosed photo spread to the above witnesses, it is requested that if in the event the witnesses are unable to make a positive identification, the interviewing agent should attempt to determine if any or all of the individuals depicted in the photos can be positively eliminated as a suspect.
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LEADS
ST. LOUIS DIVISION
AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
Will contact former stewardess [REDACTED] at telephone number [REDACTED] and thereafter display to her the enclosed photographic lineup.
2. Will thereafter forward the enclosed photo spread to the Portland Division for display to former stewardess [REDACTED]
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PORTLAND DIVISION
AT EUGENE, OREGON
Upon completion of the above investigation by the St. Louis Division, will display the photographic lineup to former stewardess [REDACTED] now known as [REDACTED] Eugene, Oregon.
2. Will return original photographic lineup and FD-302s to the Newark Division.
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NEWARK DIVISION
AT PARSIPPANY, NEW JERSEY
Will attempt to develop additional background information on suspect [REDACTED]
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
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DB Cooper-20298
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4*
Serials: NK 164-402, SE 164-81, SF 164-220