EC Pittsburgh to Seattle re interview about man met at Army Paratrooper School
Document date 2 March 2004
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-52:160-162 Document: EC Pittsburgh to Seattle re interview about man met at Army Paratrooper School Id: Cooper-Part-52:160-162 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-52%3A160-162 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 52 pp. 160–162 (DB Cooper-21807–21809), Memo, dated 2 Mar 2004 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-52%3A160-162
(Rev. 01-31-2003)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 03/02/2004
To: Seattle Attn: SA [REDACTED]
From: Pittsburgh Squad 12/Clarksburg, WV, RA Contact: SA [REDACTED]
Approved By: [REDACTED] [signature: m/n/nn]
Drafted By: [REDACTED] :mkk [initials]
Case ID #: SE 164A-81 (Pending)
Title: NORJAK CAA
Synopsis: Interview of [REDACTED]
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Details: On 03/01/2004, [REDACTED] DOB: [REDACTED] SSAN: [REDACTED] West Virginia, no telephone, was interviewed at the request of his neighbor [REDACTED] [REDACTED] had advised that for several years, [REDACTED] had told a story about an individual he [REDACTED] knew who may have been the unknown subject in captioned matter.
[REDACTED] who is elderly, in poor health, and hard of hearing, advised that in 1949, he met an individual at Army Paratrooper School in Fort Benning, Georgia, named [REDACTED] [REDACTED] (possibly spelled [REDACTED], who was originally from the Summersville, WV, area. [REDACTED] became friends but [REDACTED] eventually went into the Army Infantry when his color blindness kept him from completing Paratroopers School.
In [REDACTED] after [REDACTED] had moved back to West Virginia, he ran into [REDACTED] at a [REDACTED] and was subsequently arrested and spent five hours in jail with [REDACTED] for [REDACTED] [REDACTED] According to [REDACTED] said that he had been discharged from the military in or around [REDACTED] and had lived in the Seattle, Washington, area for approximately fifteen years before moving back to West Virginia. [REDACTED] also told [REDACTED] that he [REDACTED] was working as a [REDACTED] at a local hospital and that he could [REDACTED] also stated that he had a girlfriend who worked with him and that he recently won a large amount of money in Reno, Nevada. In addition, [REDACTED] showed [REDACTED] an identification card bearing the name [REDACTED] and told [REDACTED] that he had changed his
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[handwritten] u/oo/cs [illegible] /ce [handwritten] on [illegible] follow up [handwritten] no [illegible] 3/17/2004 D: 082mkkal-ec
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DB Cooper-21807 SE 164A-81 - 9434
To: Seattle From: Pittsburgh Re: SE 164A-81, 03/02/2004
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[REDACTED] name to [REDACTED] advised that he recalled [REDACTED] always stated that he liked the name [REDACTED] Following the encounter with [REDACTED] in or around [REDACTED] [REDACTED] lost contact with him and has not spoken to him since. [REDACTED] advised that several years ago, he tried to locate [REDACTED] in the Summersville, WV, area, but was unsuccessful.
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[REDACTED] advised that he had heard of the 1971 hijacking not long after it occurred, but it was not until several years ago when he saw a composite drawing of the subject did he [REDACTED] [REDACTED] advised that the composite he saw strongly resembled [REDACTED] and that certain things about him, including his alias and background, made [REDACTED] think that [REDACTED] may have been the unknown subject.
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[REDACTED] described [REDACTED] as being a white male, around the same age as [REDACTED] (who is now [REDACTED], approximately 5'09" to 5'10" tall, approximately 165 pounds, with auburn hair and blue eyes. [REDACTED] also advised that [REDACTED] smoked Raleigh filtered-tipped cigarettes.
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Checks of West Virginia DMV records were negative for [REDACTED] and the only [REDACTED] was listed as being born in [REDACTED] Indices checks revealed no identifiable record in captioned matter associated with the names [REDACTED]
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This information is being provided to Seattle for whatever action deemed appropriate. Unless advised to the contrary, no further investigation is being conducted by Clarksburg.
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DB Cooper-21808
To: Seattle From: Pittsburgh Re: SE 164A-81, 03/02/2004
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LEAD(s):
Set Lead 1: (Discretionary)
SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
For information and whatever action deemed appropriate.
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DB Cooper-21809
Serials: SE 164-81