Handwritten letter from Sioux Falls, SD citizen claiming to know D.B. Cooper's identity

Document date 26 April 1996

Part 51page 2571 pageDB Cooper-21378

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Document: Handwritten letter from Sioux Falls, SD citizen claiming to know D.B. Cooper's identity
Id: Cooper-Part-51:257-257
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-51%3A257-257

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 51 p. 257 (DB Cooper-21378), Handwritten note, dated 26 Apr 1996 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-51%3A257-257

4-26-96

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FBI: I saw the enclosed article regarding "D.B Cooper". His name is really [REDACTED] ?? I reported this to the Mpls. F.B.I. 25 years ago. [REDACTED] was a milk customer of ours when he operated the [REDACTED] store here in Sioux Falls. The store mysteriously burned. [REDACTED] was a paratrooper. Fearless. I was also a paratrooper. I really didn't like doing business with him because he was poor pay. I really believe he did jump out of the plane with the money, but the plane was traveling to fast and at [guess: too] high an altitude. He couldn't survive. You might as well close the case.

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[guess: Claim] [REDACTED] [guess: Notes/Entries] Ck [guess: o] [REDACTED]

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Sincerely, [REDACTED]

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Sioux Falls, SD

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DB Cooper-21378