ADIC Los Angeles to Director, Identification Division, re NORJACK UNSUB fingerprint comparison request

Document date 24 January 1977

Part 61pages 293–2942 pagesDB Cooper-25505–25506

Part of: ADIC Los Angeles to Director re Bryant Coffelt as NORJAK suspect and 'Still at Large' documentary · 24 January 1977 · Part 39 pp. 126–132

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Document: Airtel ADIC Los Angeles to Director, Identification Division, re NORJACK UNSUB fingerprint comparison request
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 61 pp. 293–294 (DB Cooper-25505–25506), Airtel, dated 24 Jan 1977, serial LA 164-497-893 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-61%3A293-294

FD-36 (Rev. 2-14-74)

FBI

Date: 1/24/77

Transmit the following in ______________________ (Type in plaintext or code)

Via AIRTEL AIR MAIL (Precedence)

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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) ATTN: Identification Division

FROM: ADIC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P) (13)

RE: NORJACK OO: Seattle

RE: UNSUB; [REDACTED]

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Re Los Angeles airtel to Seattle dated 11/15/76; Seattle letter to Bureau dated 12/20/76; Minneapolis letter to Seattle dated 12/22/76; Los Angeles airtels to Seattle dated 1/7/77, and 1/19/77; Los Angeles telephone call to Las Vegas dated 1/12/77; and Las Vegas letter to Los Angeles dated 1/18/77.

Enclosed for each receiving office are two copies each of photographs of BRYANT COFFELT reportedly taken in 1974.

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3 - Bureau 2 - Alexandria (Enc. 2) 2 - Honolulu (Enc. 2) 2 - Kansas City (Enc. 2) 2 - Las Vegas (164-60) (Enc. 2) 2 - Portland (164-41) (Enc. 2) 2 - Seattle (164-81) (Enc. 2) 2 - Washington Field (Enc. 2) (2) - Los Angeles

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OFFICE COPY

Approved: _______ Sa[cial] Agent in Charge

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164-497-893 SEARCHED __/ IND[EXED] __/ SER[IALIZE]D [FILED] M[ar] FILED ___

GPO: 1975 0 - 396-960 DB Cooper-25505

LA 164-497

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For the information of the Bureau and receiving offices, information has recently come to the attention of the Seattle, Minneapolis, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles Divi- sions concerning a television documentary, "Still at Large" by Alan Landsburg Productions, Los Angeles, concerning the skyjacker as D. B. COOPER. It has recently been ascertained through investigation at Las Vegas and Los Angeles that this production is based [REDACTED] [REDACTED] currently residing [REDACTED] Nevada.

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[REDACTED] has been interviewed in Las Vegas and ad- vised [REDACTED] [REDACTED] whom he refused to identify. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] During 1974, while [REDACTED] During conversation, [REDACTED]

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Subsequent investigation by Las Vegas revealed that [REDACTED] had made inquiry through [REDACTED] [REDACTED] to confirm the death of one BRYANT COFFELT in Honolulu.

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Subsequent investigation at Los Angeles reveals [REDACTED] believes to be D. B. COOPER is one BRYANT COFFELT, also known as Bryant Jack Coffelt, J. C. Boss, John Hardy, Jr., a white male, born 2/20/16, at Carthage, Missouri, or 2/20/25, at Picher, Oklahoma. ([guess: divorced])

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On 1/17/77, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] were interviewed by SAs [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] in the presence of their attorney, [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] advised he has purchased exclusive rights of a story based on the activities of "D. B. COOPER," [REDACTED] [REDACTED] stated he is convinced that [REDACTED] genuinely believes [REDACTED] named BRYANT COFFELT is the skyjacker known as COOPER.

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DB Cooper-25506

Serials: 164-2111, LA 164-497, LA 164-497-893, LV 164-60, PD 164-41, SE 164-81