FBI communication Portland to Seattle re Florence, Oregon Cooper suspect (NORJAK)
Document date 15 December 1995
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-51:045-046 Document: FBI communication Portland to Seattle re Florence, Oregon Cooper suspect (NORJAK) Id: Cooper-Part-51:045-046 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-51%3A045-046 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 51 pp. 45–46 (DB Cooper-21149–21150), Report, dated 15 Dec 1995, serial 164A-SE-81 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-51%3A045-046
(03/31/95)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 12/15/1995
To: Seattle
From: Portland Squad 3 Contact [REDACTED]
Approved By: [REDACTED]
Drafted By: [REDACTED]mke
File Number(s): 164A-SE-81-[REDACTED] 9248
Title: NORJAK
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Synopsis: USA's Office, Portland, Oregon, received information that a [REDACTED] Florence, Oregon, could possibly be identical to the individual known as D.B. Cooper. Investigation by Portland determined that [REDACTED] has claimed to be associated with the CIA, FBI and other intelligence agencies, and is not a creditable individual.
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Details: AUSA [REDACTED] via letter advised that their office received information from a [REDACTED] whose husband is a deputy sheriff in Lane County, that an individual she knew in the early 70s by the name of [REDACTED] Florence, could be identical to Cooper. [REDACTED] in the early 70s, talked about the Cooper incident, and allegedly wrote a story that was never published. He also was a paratrooper in World War II, and consistently paid for everything with $20.00 bills. He lived a quiet life, and it was alleged he had a trunk in his residence with a large amount of $20.00 bills. She indicated [REDACTED] [REDACTED] had seen the collection also.
[REDACTED] work telephone number [REDACTED] [REDACTED] residence telephone number [REDACTED] telephonically provided the following information:
[REDACTED] claimed that the money from the hijacking would not be found and the marked bills that were found along the Columbia River had been thrown off a bridge into the Columbia River. The hijacker did not get off the plane as purported. He hide in the [REDACTED] and when the plane landed, the hijacker either had with him or found, [REDACTED] could not recall, which the hijacker put on and left the area, clothing similar to that worn by the maintenance people at the airport. Fifteen
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1 10/4-81 SEARCH [illegible] INDEXED [illegible] [illegible] FILE [illegible] DEC 1 9 1995
DB Cooper-21149 [REDACTED]
To: Seattle From: Portland Re: 164A-SE-81, 12/08/1995
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years have lapsed since [REDACTED] has talked to [REDACTED] [REDACTED] looks younger but would now be approximately [REDACTED] years of age or older. [REDACTED] always had money, lived in a house built by a D.B. Cooper, and there were other buildings built by Cooper who was a builder in the local area.
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[REDACTED] telephonically provided the following information:
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[REDACTED] worked in a restaurant in Florence and at the age of [REDACTED] recalled [REDACTED] having coffee at the restaurant where she was employed. There was always talk around the restaurant regarding [REDACTED] and his knowledge of Cooper. He always paid for his coffee, 10 cents a cup at the time, with a $20.00 bill and described in detail how Cooper could have gotten away. During the time of the hijacking there was allegedly an airline strike and the airline utilized independent workers to unload the aircraft which made it easier for Cooper to escape. [REDACTED] indicated how the hijacker stood on the bridge and threw money over the bridge with pre-recorded serial numbers, and then walked away with the rest of the money. [REDACTED] claimed to have been a expert in parachuting during World War 11 and may have retired from the military. [REDACTED] would have been in his [REDACTED] when she lived in the Florence area and was telling these tales, and people had told her of the large amount of money in $20.00 bills he had in a trunk at his house.
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On 11/1/1995, Chriss Mathieson, Chief of Police, Florence, telephonically advised that he is unfamiliar with [REDACTED] however, one of the deputies indicated that [REDACTED] is a known "local resident" who has spun many tales regarding his involvement with investigative agencies to include the FBI, CIA, and other federal and states agencies. He feels there is no credence in information [REDACTED] would be providing regarding Cooper.
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[REDACTED] is a white male, residence [REDACTED] Florence, [REDACTED] He was issued Oregon driver's license [REDACTED] listing his date of birth as [REDACTED] sex male, height 5'10", weight 150 pounds.
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No further investigation is being conducted by the Portland Division.
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DB Cooper-21150
Serials: 164A-SE-81, 164A-SE-81-9248