SAC Portland to SAC Seattle re parachute instructor's account of hijacker's body
Document date 7 June 1979
Also filed at: Part 42 pp. 346–347
Copies may differ in what was redacted.
Report a problem
Email this to [email protected]
Id: Cooper-Part-96:250-251
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-96:250-251 Document: Memo SAC Portland to SAC Seattle re parachute instructor's account of hijacker's body Id: Cooper-Part-96:250-251 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-96%3A250-251 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
A person reads every report. Corrections are made by hand, to the data — titles, dates, names, which pages belong together — never to the scans, and they can take a while to appear.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 96 pp. 250–251 (DB Cooper-43175–43176), Memo, dated 7 Jun 1979 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-96%3A250-251
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 JULY 1973 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) DATE: 6/7/79
FROM : SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)(P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: Seattle
BuFile 164-2111
---
For information of Seattle. [REDACTED], Oregon, recently conducted a training session in which he instructed employees of the Portland Office in parachute jumping. During this association [REDACTED] became acquainted with SA RALPH P. HIMMELSBACH, Portland NORJAK case agent.
On 5/23/79, [REDACTED] requested an interview concerning captioned matter. On 5/24/79, [REDACTED] was interviewd by SA HIMMELSBACH at which time he furnished the following information:
At the time of captioned hijacking, [REDACTED] was [REDACTED] at Orchards, Washington, which is in the immediate proximity of the scene of the jump in this matter. He was interviewed by Seattle agents during the initial phases of this investigation and has been interested in the case because of his connection with parachuting. He has followed the progress of the investigation as reported in the media and [REDACTED] [REDACTED] each Thanksgiving at Ariel, Washington.
For approximately the last three years he has received little bits of information through a source whose identity he cannot presently divulge indicating the source has a connection with an individual who claims to have some knowledge of captioned hijacking. [REDACTED] has sent back questions through his source in an effort to find out as much information as possible and the picture which has returned to him is roughly as follows:
His source is indirectly in touch with an individual who claims to be a co-conspirator with the hijacker in this matter. The conspirator claims that the hijacker was a transient individual whom he met in a tavern. The two of them planned the hijacking with the co-conspirator to be the one who would pick up the hijacker
---
DB Cooper-43175 2 - Seattle 2 - Portland 5010-110 (4) Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan 164-41-[illegible]
---
b6 b7C b7D
PD 164-41
upon the latter's arrival on the ground. The co-conspirator did [illegible] meet the hijacker and either found him to be injured or possibly [illegible] killed himshimself. He buried both the hijacker and the money [illegible] at the scene. He has not returned to the scene nor touched any [illegible] of the money and has developed a severe paranoia about the entire incident. He is interested in being granted possible prosecutive immunity in order to overcome his feelings about the matter.
[REDACTED] has no personal idea as to who either the hijacker or the co-conspirator may be.
[REDACTED] was instructed to endeavor to maintain [guess: contact] contact with his source to obtain any additional information possible and to attempt to obtain at least one of the bills in the original ransom money. He agreed to do so.
---
On 5/24/79, the above information was discussed with First Assistant U. S. Attorney [REDACTED] for the District of Oregon. AUSA [REDACTED] advised that it will be necessary to do some research on the questions of possible prosecution of a co-conspirator in this matter at this time and he will commence this research immediately.
---
LEAD
PORTLAND
AT [REDACTED], OREGON. Will remain in contact with [REDACTED].
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
---
- 2* -
DB Cooper-43176