Part 9, page 344

DB Cooper-1059Serials PD 164-41, PD 164-41-1454, SE 164-81

Document date 8 August 1975

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 9 p. 344 (DB Cooper-1059), Airtel, dated 8 Aug 1975, serial PD 164-41-1454 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-09/pages/344

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8/8/75

AIRTEL AIRMAIL

TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

FROM: SAC, PORTLAND (104-144) (P) ( 164-41 )

SUBJECT: NORJAK

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Re Portland airtel to Seattle dated 7/21/75.

On 8/8/75, [REDACTED b6/b7C/b7D] Oregon, telephone [REDACTED] appeared at the Eugene, Oregon office of the FBI where she provided the following information:

She stated that on or about [REDACTED] /75, [REDACTED] Oregon, telephone number [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] who lives in [REDACTED] Montana, attended [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] California. According to [REDACTED] who [REDACTED] stated that he knew who D. B. COOPER was.

According to [REDACTED] sometime during the period while [REDACTED] Washington, he had a [REDACTED]. As a joke [REDACTED] dreamed up the name D. B. COOPER or DANIEL B. COOPER, which he used from time to time. [REDACTED] in the [REDACTED] office [REDACTED] make up a fictitious [REDACTED] for D. B. COOPER. For the next [REDACTED] years, [REDACTED] put D. B. COOPER [REDACTED] even having [REDACTED]

According to [REDACTED] who is a white male in his mid-forties, is currently employed by [REDACTED]

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2 - Seattle 2 - Portland

RHT:ja (4) [signature]

164-41-1454 Searched ___________ Serialized _________ FBO Indexed ____________ FBO Filed ______________ FBO [REDACTED b6/b7C]

DB Cooper-1059

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Header block of an FBI AIRTEL (airmail) memo dated August 8, 1975, from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle, concerning the NORJAK case (the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation). The FROM field shows a struck-through case number (104-144) with handwritten correction (164-41). Body of the airtel referencing a prior Portland-to-Seattle communication dated 7/21/75. A female source appeared at the Eugene, Oregon FBI office on 8/8/75 and reported that a male acquaintance (redacted), a white male in his mid-forties living in Montana, attended an event in California and claimed to know who D.B. Cooper was. The source further stated that this individual, as a joke while in Washington state, invented the name 'D.B. COOPER' or 'DANIEL B. COOPER' and used it over a period of years, including creating a fictitious identity under that name. Administrative routing and indexing block. Two copies distributed to Seattle and Portland field offices. Case file number 164-41-1454 assigned. Prepared by RHT with initials 'ja', four copies made. Document indexed as DB Cooper-1059.

Document is well-preserved and clearly legible
Numerous redactions (b6, b7C, b7D exemptions) throughout
Handwritten annotations visible at bottom and in FROM field
Two hole-punch marks visible at top of page

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