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Case of D.B.Cooper (Dan Cooper)

Subject: Case of D.B.Cooper (Dan Cooper) Date: Sun. 21 Sep 2003 16:12:51 EDT From: [REDACTED b6/b7C] To: [REDACTED b6/b7C]

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I was asked by the FBI if I knew anything about [REDACTED] Sheridan Peterson. This was back in the days following the D.B. Cooper skyjacking. I believe the agent that contacted me was Agent [REDACTED]. He actually contacted [REDACTED] and asked if Sheridan [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] The agent left his phone number for me to call if I knew anything. When I got home from work I called agent [REDACTED] and told him I knew why he was asking about Sheridan Peterson, that he was D.B. Cooper. The agent agreed that he was a suspect in the case. I told the agent that [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] I learned many things about the man [REDACTED] and he had a consuming desire to "Beat the System". In fact he said over and over that I should be smart enough [REDACTED] to figure a way to beat the system. There were many things about him that met the description and color of the man (very olive colored skin as mentioned by the Flight Attendant). He had been a smoke jumper for the Forest Service and told of jumping into fires and feeding the fires to make more overtime. He was an English major from the UofW and one of his professors had written the script for the "Bubbleator" (elevator operator) at the world fair in Seattle. He actually applied for the job and we saw him there on the job. The final piece of evidence that convinced me that he was D.B. Cooper was the letter written to the San Francisco Chronicle from D.B. Cooper after the skyjacking. He signed it "From the guy that devised the system to beat the system"! Only Sheridan Peterson would have written that statement. I guess that the FBI found Sheridan and he probably had an airtight alibi. He would have done that as part of his "design to beat the system". He was also very interested in Boeing planes [REDACTED]

My question now is what ever happened to him and does he seem to have more money than the labor type jobs (he normally had) could have provided? I would guess that he could have written his great skyjacking novel (as an English major) and sold it to have money for the rest of his life. Of course the novel would not be published until he was dead. Thanking you in advance for your answers.

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[REDACTED b6/b7C] Seattle, WA [REDACTED b6/b7C]

PS I would like to talk in more detail if possible so that you can solve this un-solvable crime.

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Peterson Sub B 112 [illegible] previously [illegible] Feb 1978 [illegible] Persons [illegible] See [illegible] (CA) Sub [illegible] Sheridan [illegible] Of Sub B 26 was [illegible] [guess: Jex] [illegible] DNA Subjects 5/2/26 [illegible] DOB [illegible] Eliminated [illegible] [illegible] 11/[illegible]/2003 [illegible] 11/15/2003 SE 164A-81-SubB 112

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