SAC Chicago (Rockford RA) to SAC Minneapolis re Rockford walk-ins naming D.B. Cooper suspect

This copy: Part 69 pp. 47–48Also filed at Part 50 pp. 265–267 (primary)

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SAC Chicago (Rockford RA) to SAC Minneapolis re Rockford couple reporting Cooper lookalike

Document date 2 July 1992

Part 69pages 47–482 pagesDB Cooper-29242–29243

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Document: Memo SAC Chicago (Rockford RA) to SAC Minneapolis re Rockford couple reporting Cooper lookalike
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 69 pp. 47–48 (DB Cooper-29242–29243), Memo, dated 2 Jul 1992, serial SE 164-81-9478 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-69%3A047-048

Memorandum

To : SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) Date 7/2/92

From : SAC, CHICAGO (ROC RA)

Subject: UNSUB, aka D. B. Cooper CAA - HIJACKING OO: MINNEAPOLIS

ARMED AND DANGEROUS

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Enclosed for Minneapolis are eight photographs of [REDACTED] and one copy of a drawing of D. B. COOPER provided by [REDACTED]

On 6/29/92 [REDACTED] (PROTECT IDENTITY), [REDACTED] Rockford, Illinois, telephone [REDACTED], and [REDACTED] (PROTECT IDENTITY), [REDACTED] , Rockford, telephone [REDACTED], voluntarily appeared at the Rockford RA. They stated they had recently seen a photo of the fugitive aircraft hijacker "D. B. COOPER" on a television program ,and they both believed [REDACTED] [REDACTED] to be COOPER.

They based this belief upon their perception of a very strong facial resemblance between COOPER and [REDACTED] as well as what they described as [REDACTED] strange behavior which led them to believe he was a fugitive from the law. They noted that follow- ing the telecast they went to the library and obtained a copy of a drawing of COOPER which they believed strongly resembled [REDACTED]. They also provided a copy of the drawing of COOPER.

In explaining this allegation they provided the following:

[REDACTED] at Rockford, Illinois, on [REDACTED]. They [REDACTED] in [REDACTED] stated that throughout [REDACTED]

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(2) - Minneapolis (Encs. 9) 1 - Chicago

[REDACTED] (3)

ARMED AND DANGEROUS

DB Cooper-29242

164A-81-9478 SUBJ

164-73

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[REDACTED] was extremely secretive about his past and identity. On occasion he said he was [REDACTED] and at one time he said [REDACTED].

She described [REDACTED] as a [REDACTED] who [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and he was described as going to extremes to avoid having his photograph taken. He was said to have voiced [REDACTED] when [REDACTED].

She noted that he claimed to be retired, and she knew him to have an income of [REDACTED] per month, yet he lived in a manner well beyond that income. When [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and [REDACTED].

She noted that whenever he [REDACTED] he visited the [REDACTED]. She noted that [REDACTED] but she could not provide addresses, etc., for [REDACTED].

She said he complained of [REDACTED] years ago and that he had mentioned that he enjoyed skydiving.

He is alleged to have rifles and shotguns in his home at [REDACTED], Santa Rosa, California.

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She noted the following personal data and physical description of [REDACTED]:

Name [REDACTED] Race White Sex Male DOB [REDACTED] (not confirmed by documentation) Height 5'7" Weight 160 pounds Hair Black (turning gray) Build Thin shoulders, large stomach

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DB Cooper-29243

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Serials: MP 164-73, SE 164-81-9478