SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle re source information on suspect Melvin Cooper
This copy: Part 62 pp. 244–245Also filed at Part 46 pp. 267–269 (primary)
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SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle re South Lake Tahoe informant on Melvin Cooper
Document date 5 January 1982
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-62:244-245 Document: Airtel SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle re South Lake Tahoe informant on Melvin Cooper Id: Cooper-Part-62:244-245 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-62%3A244-245 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 62 pp. 244–245 (DB Cooper-25957, DB Cooper-25959), Airtel, dated 5 Jan 1982, serial LA 164-497-1088 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-62%3A244-245
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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 1/5/82
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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJACK OO: SEATTLE
On 12/1/81, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] South Lake Tahoe, California advised that after reading the newspaper article regarding Universal Studios offering $1 million for information leading to the arrest and conviction of D. B. Cooper, she decided to furnish the following information to the FBI. [REDACTED] advised that D. B. Cooper is in reality Melvin Cooper, an individual who is last known to be employed by the U. S. Forest Service in the Bakersfield, California area. She advised that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] however, the location of [REDACTED] is unknown.
[REDACTED] advised that approximately twelve years ago she met Melvin Cooper at a friends home in [REDACTED] Cali- fornia. [REDACTED] stated that she did not wish to furnish the names of friends and that in no way wanted her friends involved in any investigation regarding Melvin Cooper. [REDACTED] stated that Melvin Cooper served in the U. S. Marine Corps, was a helicopter pilot, a parachutist and a "daredevil." She stated that Cooper attended Oregon State University and had friends in the states of Oregon and Washington. She noted that Cooper at one time was employed by the Gallo Glass Factory in Modesto, California.
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2 - Seattle (2) - Sacramento FMH/wlp (4)
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164-497-1088 SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ FEB 3 1982 ANGELES
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DB Cooper-25957
SC 164-50
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[REDACTED] described Melvin Cooper as follows:
Sex Male Race White Height 5'8" to 5'9" Build Rather stocky Eyes Piercing, dark brown eyes Facial characteristics Long slender nose
The above is being furnished for the review of the Seattle office.
Seattle is requested to advise whether or not additional investigation desired.
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A & D
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3* DB Cooper-25959
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b6 b7C
Serials: LA 164-497-1088, SC 164-50, SE 164-81