SA to SAC Los Angeles re Huntington Park caller reporting boat seller resembling hijacker sketch

Document date 30 November 1971

Part 53pages 390–3912 pagesDB Cooper-22238–22239

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Document: Memo SA to SAC Los Angeles re Huntington Park caller reporting boat seller resembling hijacker sketch
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 53 pp. 390–391 (DB Cooper-22238–22239), Memo, dated 30 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-53%3A390-391

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 501-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum

TO SAC, LOS ANGELES (164- ) (P) DATE: 11/30/71

FROM SA [REDACTED]

SUBJECT, Hijacking of Northwest Airlines On 11/24/71 CAA OO: Seattle

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On 11/29/71, at 5:25 p.m., [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Huntington Park, California, telephone number [REDACTED] telephonically called this office and provided the following information:

About three months ago, [REDACTED] purchased a boat from a man named [REDACTED] is identical to the artist's conception of the parachute hijacker that appeared in the Los Angeles Times this morning, including the dark glasses. When dealing with [REDACTED] they discussed flying and parachute jumping and at no time did [REDACTED] without the dark glasses. At the time he actually purchased the boat, [REDACTED] was accompanied by a man named [REDACTED] whom [REDACTED] believed to be a partner with [REDACTED] [REDACTED] earned of the boat through a personal ad, placed in the newspaper. On the papers [REDACTED] received when he made the final purchase were the names [REDACTED] Torrance, California, and [REDACTED] same address.

[REDACTED] described [REDACTED] as follows:

Name [REDACTED] Business Address Xerox Data Systems 701 South Aviation Boulevard El Segundo, California Home phone [REDACTED] Sex Male Race White Age Late 30's to early 40's Height 5'7" to 5'8" Weight 168

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[REDACTED date stamp] 16[illegible]-[illegible] SEARCHED [REDACTED] SERIALIZED [REDACTED]

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BRA/ldd (2)

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DB Cooper-22238

LA 164-

Hair Medium Brown Build Medium to light Complexion Light Vehicle [REDACTED]

Characteristics Always wears glasses

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b6 b7C

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DB Cooper-22239

Serials: 164-, LA 164-