SAC to Director re 'Unsolved Mysteries' airing of D.B. Cooper and Walker segments
Document date 15 October 1988
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-49:341-342 Document: Airtel SAC to Director re 'Unsolved Mysteries' airing of D.B. Cooper and Walker segments Id: Cooper-Part-49:341-342 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-49%3A341-342 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. 341–342 (DB Cooper-20484–20485), Airtel, dated 15 Oct 1988, serial SE 164-81-9020 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-49%3A341-342
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Date 10/15/88
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1 TO : DIRECTOR, FBI 2 FROM [redacted] SAC, [redacted] (C-1) (DEAD) 3 SUBJECT: "UNSOLVED MYSTERIES" 4 NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY (NBC) TELEVISION PROGRAM 5 6 Enclosed for Las Vegas and Seattle are "Unsolved Mysteries - Hot Tip Sheets" and computer printouts regarding 7 below listed cases. 8 On 10/12/88, captioned program aired two segments dealing with unsolved cases which have been investigated by the 9 FBI. These cases are: 10 1. UNSUB, aka [redacted] D.B. Cooper; [redacted] 11 CAA - HIJACKING; OO: Seattle [redacted] 12 13 2. DENNIS LYLE WALKER, dba ET AL; 14 FBW; OO: [redacted] 15 (Formerly OO: [redacted])
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2 - Bureau 2 - Las Vegas (Enc. 2) 2 - Seattle (Enc. 2) 2 - Portland (Info.) 2 - Los Angeles [redacted]/el (10)
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[guess: Subs] [illegible] MYSTERY [guess: MISC] [illegible]
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Rcv 6/1/88 Some LEADS Highlighted Rvn
164A-81-9020 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____
OCT 24 1988
Approved: _________ Transmitted _________ (Number) (Time)
DB Cooper-20484
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INDICES MANUAL FOIMS [checkmark]
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Following each segment, information regarding the cases was solicited from the viewing audience via an 800 number. The company which provided the operators and equipment to receive and process the calls, TELETECH COMMUNICATIONS, sent the enclosed "Hot Tip" sheets and computer printouts of the information received to FBI Los Angeles for distribution to the appropriate Offices of Origin.
Los Angeles notes that a teletype was sent to interested offices regarding telephone number [REDACTED] from a "Hot Tip Sheet" on the WALKER case. Other leads regarding information contained in the enclosures are left to the discretion of Las Vegas and Seattle.
Recipients are requested to telephonically advise Los Angeles, Squad C-1, if any of the information provided in the enclosures leads to the successful resolution of either case. The producers of the "Unsolved Mysteries" program are interested in determining if the program is helpful in solving any of the cases they publicize.
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DB Cooper-20485
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b6 b7C
Serials: SE 164-81-9020