Part 10, page 239
Document date 26 November 1977
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 10 p. 239 (DB Cooper-1467), Letter, dated 26 Nov 1977 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-10/pages/239
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[REDACTED] November 26, 1977
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[REDACTED] Federal Bureau of Investigation Portland, Oregon
Dear [REDACTED]
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Enclosed find an article from the Sunday Oregonian dated November 14, 1976. I meant to write to you soon after I read the article. Somehow I kept putting it off. Now almost six years ago and no leads to the hijacker, D.B. Cooper.
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First of all, I am not seeking any phony fame. I am wondering if it's possible, what I am about to write could be of any value to you. Reading the article over several times makes me wonder if D.B. Cooper really did jump from that plane. Furthermore, the two Air Defense Command F106 jet interceptors which followed the 727 saw nothing. Or he could of jumped some other place if he did jump other than near the Lewis River. The door could of been left open on purpose to mislead, or Cooper could have left it that way and also threw out the no good parachutes to give a person the idea he did jump. Or maybe one can give D.B. Cooper an "E" for effort--he may not be so dumb as one may think. If he didn't use the good parachutes, maybe after seeing they were no good, he decided the others were also no good. So perhaps he then did the next best thing and decided not to jump not knowing what the other parachutes were like. He still could have jumped elsewhere, or he then could have made a deal with the pilot officers on the plane. Also, he could have hidden in the plane until they got to Reno and kept the money with him.
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I did not make a note of the date when a situation took place [REDACTED] but it was shortly after D.B. hijacked the plane. However, I did call our local police, and they sent over two local detectives to [REDACTED] They have the date when this occurred. I gave them my story and they wrote it down, so if you think this incident is worth checking you could contact our local detectives and get the date, as I think the date will be very important to this incident.
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[REDACTED] in line with the front door. This certain day, a man [REDACTED] walked [REDACTED] near where I was [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-1467