Handwritten citizen letter to FBI re D.B. Cooper accomplices, with mailing envelope
Document date 4 November 2000
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-51:344-346 Document: Handwritten citizen letter to FBI re D.B. Cooper accomplices, with mailing envelope Id: Cooper-Part-51:344-346 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-51%3A344-346 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. 344–346 (DB Cooper-21505–21507), Letter, dated 4 Nov 2000, serial 14A-SE-91 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-51%3A344-346
14A - SE - 91
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NOVEMBER 4, 2000 REF: D. B. COOPER
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SUITE 400 1500 SOUTHWEST 1ST AVENUE PORTLAND OR 97201-5828
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
I HAVE SEEN THE RE-ENACTMENT OF THE "SKY JACKING" BY THE MYSTERIOUS "D. B. COOPER" A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE YEARS.
EACH AND EVERY TIME I SEE THE ARTIST'S SKETCH OF THE PERPETRATOR, I AM REMINDED OF A MAN WHO LIVED HERE IN COLUMBUS YEARS AGO.
HIS NAME: [REDACTED]
HE WAS LIVING IN COLUMBUS, OHIO DURING AT LEAST PART OF THE 1960'S. HOW LONG BEFORE OR HOW LONG AFTER, I DON'T KNOW.
HE WAS MARRIED TO A WOMAN BY THE NAME OF [REDACTED] DURING SOME OF THIS TIME BUT I UNDERSTAND THEY WERE DIVORCED.
AS I INDICATED, THE ARTIST'S SKETCHES RESEMBLED HIS FACIAL FEATURES. HE WAS ABOUT 6'2" OR SO AND PROBABLY WEIGHED ABOUT 180 TO 190 LBS.
HE HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED PARACHUTE JUMPS TO HIS CREDIT AND WAS A PILOT. HE HAD SERVED IN KOREA AS A SMALL PLANE RECONNAISSANCE PILOT. HE WAS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT AIR CURRENTS, PLANES SPEEDS, AIR AT CERTAIN ALTITUDES, ETC.
HE WAS A DETERMINED TYPE AND SOMEWHAT FORWARD. HIS I.Q. MOST LIKELY WAS NOT TOO HIGH, PROBABLY 140-150. HE WAS A VERY CONFIDENT TYPE PERSON WHO MIGHT UNDERTAKE THE TASK OF HIGHJACKING A PLANE. HE WOULD HAVE MADE PLANS SIMILAR TO THOSE IMPLEMENTED IN THE INCIDENT. HE WOULD BE VERY NEARLY THE CORRECT AGE.
SOMETIME DURING THE 1960'S, PROBABLY DURING THE LAST HALF, HE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE DID THERE NOR DO I KNOW HOW LONG HE MAY HAVE STAYED. I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE MAY BE NOW.
IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT HE COULD HAVE HAD HELP FROM A FRIEND BY THE NAME OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WAS A PILOT TOO. HE WAS INTELLIGENT, QUIET, AND QUITE METICULOUS ABOUT
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DB Cooper-21505
ANYTHING HE UNDERTOOK. HE WAS A LICENSED PARACHUTE RIGOR AND HE TOO HAD MADE HUNDREDS OF JUMPS.
IF "COOPER" HAD ANY HELP ON THE GROUND [REDACTED] WOULD HAVE BEEN AN IDEAL ACCOMPLISE. [REDACTED] ACQUIRED A POSITION WITH THE [REDACTED] DURING THE LATER 60'S.
BOTH OF THESE MEN WOULD HAVE HAD "THE GUTS" TO NEGOTIATE SUCH A SCHEME. AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, NEITHER HAD A CRIMINAL RECORD, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I CANNOT SAY THAT I KNOW THAT EITHER ACTUALLY HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE INCIDENT, BUT AS I SAID EARLIER, THE SKETCHES AND THE WAY THE SKY-JACKING WAS PERPETRATED, REMINDS ME VERY MUCH OF [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] WOULD HAVE BEEN BORN ABOUT [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] ABOUT [REDACTED] OR SO.
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DB Cooper-21506
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[Postmark circular stamp:] COLUMBUS OH PM 06 NOV 2000
[Return address area – redacted]
[Recipient address area – redacted]
[Bottom left ZIP barcode area:] 97201-5B2[illegible]
[Bottom right:] DB Cooper-21507
Serials: 14A-SE-91