WFO to Director, Chicago, Portland re FAA employee look-alike lead
Document date 1 December 1981
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Id: Cooper-Part-96:417-420
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-96:417-420 Document: Teletype WFO to Director, Chicago, Portland re FAA employee look-alike lead Id: Cooper-Part-96:417-420 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-96%3A417-420 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 96 pp. 417–420 (DB Cooper-43367–43369), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1981, serial PD 164-41-1856 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-96%3A417-420
VZ CZ CWF0053 RP HQ CG PD DE WF 0053 3360128 ZNR UUUUU R 010100Z DEC 81 FM FBI WASHINGTON FIELD (164A-169)(RUC) TO DIRECTOR FBI (164A-2111) ROUTINE FBI CHICAGO ROUTINE FBI PORTLAND ROUTINE BT UNCLAS [handwritten notation: 1(p)4 - LI] NORJAK (A), OO:PORTLAND
REFERENCE DETROIT TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR, ET AL, NOVEMBER 12, 1981.
FOR INFORMATION OF DETROIT, ON NOVEMBER 12, 1981, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN, APPEARED AT THE TRAVERSE CITY RESIDENT AGENCY AT WHICH TIME SHE ADVISED THAT SHE HAS INFORMATION REGARDING CAPTIONED MATTER AND INVOLVING D. B. COOPER, THE NAME USED BY SUSPECT IN INSTANT MATTER. [REDACTED] STATED THAT THE MATTER HAS BEEN BOTHERING HER FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THAT SHE AND HER HUSBAND FINALLY DECIDED THAT IT SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES. [REDACTED] WENT ON TO STATE THAT SHE [REDACTED]
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[handwritten] Reviewed 5 - 30 [handwritten, right side] 164 - 41 - 1856
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SEARCHED SERIALIZED [illegible stamps]
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[REDACTED] AND THAT SHE NOW WORKS FOR A [REDACTED], MICHIGAN. SHE ADVISED THAT [REDACTED], IS CURRENTLY [REDACTED].
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[REDACTED] STATED THAT SHE [REDACTED] AND THAT SHE WORKED WITH AN INDIVIDUAL BY THE NAME OF [REDACTED]. SHE STATED THAT [REDACTED] FITS THE COMPOSITE DRAWING OF SUSPECT D. B. COOPER AND THAT HE IS REPORTEDLY A FORMER MARINE PARATROOPER. SHE STATED THAT IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL YEARS SINCE SHE HAS SEEN [REDACTED], HOWEVER, FEELS THAT THE FACT THAT HE WORKS FOR THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND IS A FORMER MARINE PARATROOPER AND LOOKS LIKE THE COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH, SHE FELT THAT SHE SHOULD BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE FBI. [REDACTED] STATED THAT [REDACTED] IS OF MEXICAN AMERICAN DECENT AND IS APPROXIMATELY 5'8" TALL WITH BROWN HAIR AND MEDIUM BUILD. SHE STATED THAT HE HAS A HIGH FOREHEAD AND/OR RECEIVING HAIRLINE.
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[REDACTED] STATED THAT SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHERE [REDACTED] IS CURRENTLY WORKING, HOWEVER, SHE BELIEVES THAT HE IS STILL EMPLOYED BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. SHE FURTHER
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DB Cooper-43367
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ADVISED THAT SHE DOES NOT KNOW [REDACTED] NOR DOES SHE KNOW IF [REDACTED] HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANCE. [REDACTED] STATED THAT HER HUSBAND TOLD HER THAT HE BELIEVES THAT [REDACTED] IS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED IN [REDACTED] WITH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. [REDACTED] STATED THAT SHE AND HER HUSBAND DESIRE TO HAVE THEIR IDENTITY PROTECTED IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT [REDACTED] AND MAY EXPERIENCE RIDICULE AND/OR RETALIATION IF [REDACTED] IS NOT IDENTIFIABLE WITH COOPER. [REDACTED] ADVISED [REDACTED]
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LEAD. CHICAGO DIVISION. AT DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS. WILL CONTACT PERSONNEL OFFICIALS, FAA, 2300 EAST DEVON STREET, PHONE 312-694-7417, IN EFFORT TO DETERMINE IF [REDACTED] IS STILL EMPLOYED BY THAT AGENCY AND THEREAFTER SET OUT
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DB Cooper-43368
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LEAD TO LOCATE AND CONDUCT "LOOK A LIKE" INVESTIGATION.
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DB Cooper-43369
Serials: 164-2111, PD 164-41-1856, WF 164-169