LetterAnonymous handwritten letter to FBI claiming knowledge of Cooper's identity, with routing sheet and envelope12 February 1976page 2 of 3
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Part 9, page 460

DB Cooper-1184

Document date 12 February 1976

Open in FBI Vault (Part 9, page 460 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 9 p. 460 (DB Cooper-1184), Letter, dated 12 Feb 1976, serial PD 164-41-1509 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-09/pages/460

Transcript

The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.

FEB. 12, 1976

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I THINK I KNOW WHO D.B. COOPER IS. THIS IS NO CRANK LETTER, IT MAY BE THAT I AM WRONG. I AM NOT IMPLICATED.

I AM ASKING A CERTAIN FAVOR, NOT OF MYSELF, & ALSO THE REWARD MONEY. I AM WILLING TO COME FORWARD WITH THIS INFO., BUT YOU HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN CONDITIONS (ABOVE).

I WANT YOU TO PLACE AN AD IN THE PERSONEL MESSAGE COLUMN OF THE SUNDAY ORE[GONIAN] ACKNOWLEDGING THE LETTER & ARE WILLING TO MEET MY DEMANDS. DIRECT THE AD TO [REDACTED — b6/b7C/b7D] TIME IS IMPORTANT, IT IS NECESSARY THAT THE AD IS PLACED IN THE SUN. ORE. FEB 15, 1976, IF YOU DO SO I WILL CONTACT YOU [REDACTED — b6/b7C/b7D]

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I URGE YOU TO ACT PROMPTLY ON PLACING THE AD.

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DB Cooper-1184