News clippingSeattle Flag Vol. 1 No. 5, 'D.B. Cooper Found!' — anonymous interview with claimed hijacker10 May 1972page 3 of 14
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Part 4, page 12

Document date 10 May 1972

Open in FBI Vault (Part 4, page 12 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 4 p. 12, News clipping, dated 10 May 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-04/pages/12

Transcript

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[guess: Aug] 5/5/72

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"I Earn My Money..."

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EXHIBIT "A" FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE L 51279635 A WASHINGTON, D.C. 12 SERIES [1969 or 1989 — partially legible] [Signature] Dorothy Andrews Elston, Treasurer of the United States [Signature] David M. Kennedy, Secretary of the Treasury ANDREW JACKSON TWENTY DOLLARS 20

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On the storm-blown Thanksgiving Eve of November 24, 19[71], a man calling himself "D.B. Cooper" parachuted out of the belly of a Northwest Orient Airlines [jet] [heading] somewhere between Seattle and Reno. Strapped to his waist was a packet stuffed with 10,000 twenty-dollar bills, the ransom he had received [...text continues, partially cut off or illegible at bottom edge...]

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part, it came completely by accident. The Flag has spent considerable effort verifying the interview—we have yet to find a flaw. With the missing 20 dollar bill which the interviewer supplied, we must conclude that what you are about to read is the only authentic interview with D.B. Cooper in existence. [...text continues below visible area...]

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Oh yes, and I also put the torch to an annual report from Northwest Airlines with an adorable picture of Donald W. Nyrop in it. He's their president. ANON: Didn't your family get suspicious? COOPER: I don't have a family. ANON: What about your friends? COOPER: I don't have friends. [...text continues below visible area...]

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