SAC Sacramento to SAC Los Angeles re NORJACK suspect reported by Lone Pine source

Document date 3 September 1981

Part 62pages 236–2372 pagesDB Cooper-25949–25950

Also filed at: Part 46 pp. 118–119

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-62:236-237

Document: Airtel SAC Sacramento to SAC Los Angeles re NORJACK suspect reported by Lone Pine source
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 62 pp. 236–237 (DB Cooper-25949–25950), Airtel, dated 3 Sep 1981 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-62%3A236-237

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TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☒ AIRTEL ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 9/3/81

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TO: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (C-1) FROM: SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50) (RUC) SUBJECT: NORJACK OO: Seattle

Re Los Angeles airtel to Sacramento dated 4/28/81.

On 5/26/81, [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] Lone Pine, California, telephone number [REDACTED] reiterated the information he had earlier provided U.S. Deputy Marshal [REDACTED] Los Angeles, during a conver- sation he had with [REDACTED] several months before. [REDACTED] stated he believes that [REDACTED] could be identical to D.B. Cooper due to a newspaper article he observed which detailed captioned incident. [REDACTED] stated that, to his knowledge, [REDACTED] has not been observed since approximately 1969, and he feels reasonably certain that [REDACTED] is responsible for the hijacking based upon the newspaper article.

Although he does not know [REDACTED] whereabouts, he noted that [REDACTED] was formerly employed by Ford Motor Corporation Rialto-San Bernardino, California area.

He also advised that [REDACTED] has been in the Inyo County Jail, Independence, California and the Veterans Administration Office, Indepdence, has a reference to him.

[REDACTED] requested [REDACTED] not be contacted regarding [REDACTED] this time. On 8/27/81, records at the Bishop, California Police Department and Inyo County Sheriff's Office, Independence, failed to disclose any information [illegible] identifiable with [REDACTED]

(2) - Los Angeles 2 - Seattle (164-81) 1 - Sacramento JCW/kml (5)

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SEARCHED.....INDEXED.... SERIALIZED....FILED.... [illegible] AUG 8 1091 [illegible]

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DB Cooper-25949

SC 164-50

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On 8/27/81, it was determined that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and is assigned Veterans Administration (VA) number [REDACTED]. He is receiving dis- ability payments through the VA, apparently on a regular basis although his current whereabouts were not available.

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LOS ANGELES

AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Will attempt to determine current information regarding [REDACTED] through the Veterans Administration Office, UAC by Seattle.

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SEATTLE

AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON: Based upon the status of current investigation, will consider feasibility of further investigation to develop [REDACTED] as suspect in captioned matter, including arrest checks in San Bernardino, California and the FBI Identification Division.

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DB Cooper-25950

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Serials: LA 164-497, SC 164-50, SE 164-81