Part 3
23 pages
Top banner strip of the newspaper clipping. Text is almost entirely illegible due to microfiche scan degradation. Possible column title or continuation header. The reporter describes verifying D.B.…
Page 2This region consists entirely of microfiche scanning artifacts and electronic noise. No meaningful text can be recovered. Photograph or photocopy of the front cover of what appears to be the LA Free…
Page 3Publication masthead strip showing internal page number 18, publication abbreviation 'LA', and issue date October 28, 1972. Large bold display headline for the article about D.B. Cooper's motivation…
Page 4Inset summary box recapping the prior installment: in Part 1, the man claiming to be D.B. Cooper described the hijacking, how he executed it alone over more than a year of planning, parachuted to ear…
Page 5First-person narrative by a journalist (Karl Fleming) reflecting on the D.B. Cooper hijacking—describing Cooper's feat, the massive FBI and military search around Lake Merwin, Washington, the $25,000…
Page 6Date stamp in upper left corner of microfiche frame. Field office identifier 'LA' (likely Los Angeles) and frame or page number '19' appear in the upper portion of the microfiche frame. Left photog…
Page 7Two dark, high-contrast artistic sketches presented side by side. The left sketch shows a shadowy figure with the word 'aloha' and partial text 'MIGHT BE' visible. The right sketch shows a similar fi…
Page 8Publication masthead showing LA Magazine, page 20, dated October 28, 1972. Two-line headline: 'COOPER THOUGHT ABOUT SUICIDE / BUT IN THE CHURCH IT'S A SIN'. The narrator (a journalist writing in fir…
Page 9Narrator (Karl Fleming) describes Cooper's financial motivation for selling his story for $45,000 in three installments. An intermediary calling himself 'Seth Thomas' arranged the meeting in Los Ange…
Page 10Journalist Karl Fleming describes meeting a man claiming to be D.B. Cooper at The Swept Wing Motel near Seattle airport, accompanied by 'Thomas.' Cooper produced crisp $20 bills whose serial numbers…
Page 11A large black-and-white newspaper photograph, apparently from a publication dated October 28, 1973, page 21. The image shows two individuals outdoors in an overgrown field or brush area. The person o…
Page 12A large, dark, high-contrast photograph dominates the upper two-thirds of the page. The image appears to show an interior space with reflective or crinkled material (possibly a parachute or metallic…
Page 13Heavily degraded top margin text from same newspaper article; partial overlap/show-through of column text. Fragments mention Cooper's financial motivations ($200,000 / $12,000 income), the taped inte…
Page 14Masthead or section header strip from what appears to be a Los Angeles newspaper (likely Los Angeles Times), dated October 28, 1972, page 40. Large photograph dominating the page, consistent with a…
Page 15Decorative or artistic photograph/illustration occupying the top half of the page. Partial text visible on right side reads fragments consistent with 'BAHAMAS VACATION IN LUXURY' though letters are c…
Page 16Body text of a newspaper or magazine article. Content is entirely illegible due to heavy scan artifacts and noise. Appears to be multiple columns of running text. A large artistic illustration or ph…
Page 17FBI newspaper-clipping form header showing the form revision date and instruction directing agent to mount the clipping in the space below. Los Angeles Times article by Alexander Auerbach reporting…
Page 18This is a continuation of a multi-part newspaper article about journalist Fleming's attempt to interview a man claiming to be D. B. Cooper, bankrolled by millionaire Max Palevsky to the tune of $30,0…
Page 19Continuation of a newspaper article about reporter Fleming's interview with a man claiming to be D.B. Cooper. Fleming defends his journalistic rigor, describing detailed questioning on aviation and p…
Page 20Promotional teaser headline for an upcoming magazine article asking why D.B. Cooper committed his crime and why he demanded only $200,000. Reproduction/illustration of a US one-dollar bill used as a…
Page 21Microfiche header/margin area with scanning artifacts and a possible document identifier '4M92'. Text is not meaningful content — artifact of microfilm digitization. Photograph or composite illustra…
Page 22Attorney filing information: Stan Pitkin, United States Attorney, with address and phone number. Case caption for a federal criminal Information filed in the Western District of Washington at Seattl…
Page 23Page continues a numbered list of overt acts describing a fraud scheme in which defendants William John Lewis and Donald Sylvester Murphy impersonated or claimed access to D.B. Cooper in order to ext…