To SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect letter, with leads to Seattle Division
Document date 13 January 1994
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-51:090-091 Document: Airtel to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect letter, with leads to Seattle Division Id: Cooper-Part-51:090-091 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-51%3A090-091 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. 90–91 (DB Cooper-21195–21196), Airtel, dated 13 Jan 1994, serial SE 164-81-9257 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-51%3A090-091
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TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET X ☐ AIRTEL ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS
Date 1/13/94
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TO : SAC, SEATTLE FROM [REDACTED]AC, [REDACTED] (SQUAD #3) (C)
SUBJECT : NORJAK; aka D. B. Cooper; CRIME ABOARD AIRCRAFT OO: SEATTLE (164A-SE-81)
[REDACTED] aka UFAP MATTER OO: [REDACTED]
Re telephone call of SA [REDACTED], Louisville Division to SA [REDACTED] Seattle Division, 1/13/94 regarding Seattle case captioned, "NORJAK; aka D. B. Cooper; CRIME ABOARD AIRCRAFT, 164A-SE-81."
Enclosed herewith for the Seattle Division is/one copy of a communication dated 8/3/93 from [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Reisters, Maryland [REDACTED] that was directed to the United States Attorney JOSEPH WHITTLE, Western District of Kentucky, Louisville, Kentucky, and is self explanatory.
Also enclosed for the Seattle Division is one photograph of [REDACTED] that was obtained by the Baltimore Division when [REDACTED] was interviewed on 10/14/93.
(2) - Seattle (Enc. 2) 3 - [REDACTED] (1 - Case Agent)
JMR/vpw (5)
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164A --- 81 - 9257 [SEARCHED .... INDEXED ....] [SERIALIZED .... [illegible]]
JAN 1 8 1994
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Approved: _____________ Transmitted _____________ (Number)
DB Cooper-21195
[REDACTED]
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Furthermore, by communication dated 11/29/93 the Baltimore Division advised that [REDACTED] was located at his residence, [REDACTED] Reisterstown, Maryland. [REDACTED] advised during the interview he wrote the letter describing the similarities between [REDACTED] and D. B. COOPER. [REDACTED] stated that he believed that [REDACTED] might be D. B. COOPER because of the fact that he was in the right age bracket and that he had airborne experience in the military. He also stated that [REDACTED] now has a small ranch in Kentucky and does not know where the money came from. [REDACTED] stated that he knew [REDACTED] approximately five to six years ago when they both lived in the Dundalk area.
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[REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] may have had a [REDACTED] or a [REDACTED] by the name of [REDACTED] who did federal time for a bank robbery somewhere between 1967 and 1974. He could provide no specific information regarding the relationship of D. B. COOPER to [REDACTED] other than the photographic similarity and the above stated information.
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[REDACTED] also expressed a desire to continue to assist the FBI and made it clear that he was "a police buff".
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When [REDACTED] was interviewed, it was the opinion of the interviewing Agent and police detective that they did not feel the information from [REDACTED] was creditable.
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LEADS:
SEATTLE DIVISION:
AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON:
Pursuant to referenced telephone call, it is requested SA [REDACTED] review the enclosures and assess the other information contained in this communication in order to determine if further investigation is warranted at this time. Any additional leads in this matter will be left to the discretion of the office of origin.
No further investigation will be conducted by Louisville and this matter will be placed in a closed status.
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DB Cooper-21196
Serials: SE 164-81-9257