SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle re NORJAK, ATF source at Cape Girardeau naming suspect
Document date 8 January 1992
Also filed at: Part 106 pp. 145–147
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-50:034-036 Document: Airtel SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle re NORJAK, ATF source at Cape Girardeau naming suspect Id: Cooper-Part-50:034-036 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-50%3A034-036 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 50 pp. 34–36 (DB Cooper-20629–20631), Airtel, dated 8 Jan 1992, serial 164A-SE-81 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-50%3A034-036
FD-36 (Rev. 11-17-88)
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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 1/8/92
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TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164A-SE-81) FROM : SAC, ST. LOUIS (164A-SE-81) (RUC) SUBJECT : NORJAK; CAA-HIJACKING OO: SEATTLE
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
Reference Springfield airtel to St. Louis dated 11/14/91 and telcall between [REDACTED] Springfield, and SA [REDACTED] Seattle, 10/31/91.
For information of receiving offices, on 12/3/91, ATF, Cape Girardeau informant was contacted by FBI, St. Louis. ATF informant was contacted at the [REDACTED] Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and advised of the identity of the interviewing Agent. Source then provided the following information:
Source advised [REDACTED] has been acquainted with [REDACTED], white male, date of birth [REDACTED] since [REDACTED] Since [REDACTED] has stated several times that [REDACTED] is the same person as the D. B. COOPER who hijacked an airline and got away with $200,000.00.
Source advised that [REDACTED] knew this fact because [REDACTED] was a former [REDACTED] and paratrooper. [REDACTED] further stated that [REDACTED] had
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(2) Seattle 2 - Springfield 1 - St. Louis FRB:dls (5)
[Stamp:] 164A-SE-81-[illegible] SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ [illegible]
Approved: [signature] Transmitted ________ (Number) (Time)
DB Cooper-20629
164A-SE-81
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extensive survival training. [REDACTED] has also stated that [REDACTED] was an [REDACTED] for the airline that was hijacked by [REDACTED] [REDACTED] had access to all flight information pertaining to the hijacked plane.
[REDACTED] had not been close to [REDACTED] and only saw [REDACTED] a few times [REDACTED] [REDACTED] is now wanted on two felony charges and is hiding out with [REDACTED] in Canada. Source advised during the time of the hijacking [REDACTED] owned [REDACTED] Wyoming. After the hijacking, [REDACTED] disappeared. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] who is now deceased, saw [REDACTED] shortly after the hijacking. [REDACTED] was observed [REDACTED]
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After his incident, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] to Canada. The entire [REDACTED] family was questioned by authorities concerning [REDACTED] and his whereabouts.
Source advised that [REDACTED] parachuted over Washington State because he has a [REDACTED] who reside there. [REDACTED] name is [REDACTED] (Last Name Unknown), and [REDACTED] who now lives in Seattle, Washington.
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[REDACTED] is currently employed with [REDACTED] in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] are not citizens of Canada and considered "Landed Immigrants".
The [REDACTED] current address is [REDACTED] Dawson Creek, British Columbia (BC) [REDACTED] telephone number [REDACTED]
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Source advised because [REDACTED] is the hijacker D. B. COOPER and [REDACTED] is wanted on two felonies, they will not come to the United States for any reason.
Source provided a description of [REDACTED] as follows:
Age: Late 50's Height: 5'7" - 5'8" Weight: 180 pounds
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DB Cooper-20630
164A-SE-81
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Build: Stocky Hair: Dark brown, receding hairline Scars, marks, and tattoos: [REDACTED] Unusual characteristics: Practical joker
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Source could not provide a date of birth, Social Security Account Number, or Military Identification Number for [REDACTED] Military records checks at St. Louis, Missouri cannot be conducted without this information.
Seattle Division is requested to review above information for suitability of continued investigation. Logical investigative leads will be sent at discretion of Seattle Division.
St. Louis Division considers this matter RUC.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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b6 b7C b7D
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DB Cooper-20631
Serials: 164A-SE-81