EC Los Angeles to Seattle re Russell A. Gunby as possible NORJAK subject, with enclosures
Document date 4 April 2008
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Id: Cooper-Part-52:294-296
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-52:294-296 Document: EC Los Angeles to Seattle re Russell A. Gunby as possible NORJAK subject, with enclosures Id: Cooper-Part-52:294-296 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-52%3A294-296 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. 294–296 (DB Cooper-21996–21998), Memo, dated 4 Apr 2008, serial 164A-SE-81 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-52%3A294-296
(Rev. 06-04-2007)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 04/04/2008
To: Criminal Investigative Attn: VC/MTU Seattle Attn: SSA [REDACTED] b6 SA [REDACTED] b7C
From: Los Angeles CI-6 Contact: SSA [REDACTED]
Approved By: [REDACTED] [illegible initials] Drafted By: [REDACTED] [illegible initials]
Case ID #: 164A-SE-81 (Pending) — 9483
Title: NORJACK; CAA - HIJACKING;
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Synopsis: Information on Russell A. Gunby contained herein.
Administrative: Re telcal between SSA [REDACTED] Seattle and SSA [REDACTED] Los Angeles on 4/4/2008.
Enclosure(s): Enclosed for Seattle are the following on Russell A. Gunby:
1 - CD containing two undated photographs of Russell A. Gunby 1 - Russell A. Gunby's Military records 1 - Internet article from www.parachutehistory.com 1 - Internet printout which contains basic description of Russell Gunby's book.
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Details: The following information was provided to Los Angeles by [REDACTED] (hereinafter referred to as [REDACTED]), date of b6 birth [REDACTED] residence [REDACTED] b7C Thousand Oaks, CA | residential telephone [REDACTED] (Note: [REDACTED] is a personal friend of SSA [REDACTED])
On April 4, 2008, [REDACTED] voluntarily provided the b6 following information to SSA [REDACTED] b7C
[REDACTED] recalled a conversation circa early 1970's with [REDACTED], during which [REDACTED] confided in [REDACTED] that he was D.B. Cooper, the person responsible for the b6 infamous hijacking. One day, [REDACTED] pack b7C
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DB Cooper-21996
To: Seattle From: Los Angeles Re: 164A-SE-81, 04/04/2008
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[REDACTED] parachute on the lawn [REDACTED] During the interaction, the conversation turned to the hijacking subject. [REDACTED] wondered out loud about who might be the infamous criminal. [REDACTED] and told him if he swore never to tell [REDACTED] he would tell him a secret. [REDACTED] never to reveal the secret to [REDACTED] [REDACTED] or to anyone else as long as [REDACTED] were alive. (Note: [REDACTED] passed away last year)
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[REDACTED] he was D.B. Cooper. [REDACTED] was skeptical and asked [REDACTED] where the money was if he was the real hijacker. Russell stated that he lost the money during the jump. Russell had tied a bag of money to the parachute he was wearing. The impact of the parachute opening caused the bag to snap loose. Russell spent the next two days looking for the money bag, but abandoned his efforts fearing law enforcement authorities would eventually discover his location.
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A review of Russell's military records provided by [REDACTED] revealed that Russell was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United State Army. [REDACTED] could not recall the specific date, but believed Russell died over 20 years ago in Oklahoma. Online records search by the writer discovered that Russell A. Gunby died on April 8, 1982 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Military records further identified Russell as having a date of birth of October 1, 1922 and place of birth Englewood, Colorado. Russell served in the United States Army from 1940 to 1960.
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Public records checks reveal that Russell authored the Sport Parachuting Handbook circa 1960. His place in the sport of parachuting is well documented online.
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Russell's most prominent mention is in Parachutehistory.com. An article identifies him as the recipient of the 1977 United States Parachute Association (USPA) Achievement Award. Russell is believed to have played a very prominent role in the establishment of the Parachute Club of America (PCA), which preceded the USPA. Also, he was identified in the article as the first skydiving instructor in the U.S.
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DB Cooper-21997
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To: Seattle From: Los Angeles Re: 164A-SE-81, 04/04/2008
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LEAD(s):
Set Lead 1: (Info)
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE
AT WASHINGTON, DC
Read and Clear.
Set Lead 2: (Discretionary)
SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
This information is being provided for whatever action is deemed appropriate.
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DB Cooper-21998
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Serials: 164A-SE-81, 9483