EC Jacksonville (Pensacola RA) to Seattle re NORJACK preliminary investigation of Duane Weber (serial 9978)
Document date 4 March 1997
Report a problem
Email this to [email protected]
Id: Cooper-Part-51:159-160
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-51:159-160 Document: EC Jacksonville (Pensacola RA) to Seattle re NORJACK preliminary investigation of Duane Weber (serial 9978) Id: Cooper-Part-51:159-160 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-51%3A159-160 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
A person reads every report. Corrections are made by hand, to the data — titles, dates, names, which pages belong together — never to the scans, and they can take a while to appear.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 51 pp. 159–160 (DB Cooper-21273–21274), Memo, dated 4 Mar 1997, serial 356-98-905 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-51%3A159-160
(12/31/1995)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 03/04/1997
To: Seattle Attn: SA [REDACTED] Squad 5
From: Jacksonville Pensacola RA Contact: SA [REDACTED]
Approved By: [REDACTED]
Drafted By: [REDACTED] kld kld
Case ID #: SE-164A-81-9978
Title: NORJACK; CRIME ABOARD AIRCRAFT - HIJACKING;
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
Synopsis: To report results of preliminary investigation at Pensacola, Florida.
Reference: SE-164A-81 Serial 9268
---
Enclosures: Enclosed for Seattle are the following: Original EC and copy; original investigative FD-302 and (2) copies of initial interview and follow-up interview with [REDACTED] and four 1A envelopes containing various documents, photographs, a roll of undeveloped film, and a handwriting sample/resume belonging to DUANE WEBER.
Details: Complainant, [REDACTED] related to the writer the same story contained in her initial complaint. In addition, she advised that [REDACTED] DUANE WEBER, born 06/18/1924, SSN 293-14-8862, also known as JOHN CHALK COLLINS, JR., born 11/13/28, SSN 587-18-0349 was born in Willoughby, Ohio. He died of Polycystic Kidney Disease on 03/28/1995 in Pace, Florida. On his death bed, he confessed to her that he was Dan Cooper, alias D.B. Cooper.
---
DUANE WEBER was [REDACTED] SSN [REDACTED] who might have been a Navy careerist. He was stationed in the Seattle or Portland area during 1971. [REDACTED] believes that he may have been the reason that [REDACTED] and DUANE might have been in the area when the crime was committed. She believes [REDACTED] may have been an accomplice. In addition, she feels [REDACTED] will not talk if she finds out that WEBER is deceased, and/or if she is approached by the FBI.
---
SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____
MAR 2 8 1997
DB Cooper-21273
---
b6 b7C
To: Seattle From: Jacksonville Re: SE-164A-81, 03/04/1997
---
DUANE WEBER'S [redacted] [redacted] Moreno Valley, California [redacted] telephone [redacted] [redacted] has in his possession a letter which was received from DUANE. The letter was post marked on March 23, 1943 from an artillery camp called Camp Sibert. In addition, he has in his possession a journal that belonged to [redacted]. On 02/28/1997, [redacted] received a call from [redacted]. He told her that while he was looking through the journal, he found an entry detailing where DUANE had served time in the U.S. Army under the serial # 356-98-905. He received CWS Training at Camp Sibert, Alabama. He was assigned to Company D, 2nd Division. Investigation has revealed that the Chemical Warfare Service Unit Training Center was activated on December 12, 1942 at Camp Sibert, Alabama. Also, it was discovered that DUANE had [redacted] from McNeill Island Federal Penitentiary. His address was Box PMB 17462, Steilacoon, Washington. [redacted] said that her checks revealed that this prison was located near Tacoma, Washington off Interstate 5.
---
In as much as the Jacksonville Division is not aware of what investigative activities have taken place to date, the setting of leads originating from this investigation have been reserved for your discretion.
Investigation continues at Pensacola, Florida.
---
DB Cooper-21274
---
2
---
b6 b7C
Serials: 356-98-905