AirtelSAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle re NORJACK suspect and Dallas lead3 February 1975page 1 of 2
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Part 118, page 140

DB Cooper-54225Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-6458, SF 164-220

Document date 3 February 1975

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2/3/75

AIRTEL AIR MAIL

TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

FROM: SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) (P)

SUBJECT: NORJACK OO: SEATTLE

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For the information of Dallas, on 1/31/75, [REDACTED] Mountain View, California, home telephone number [REDACTED], telephonically contacted the Palo Alto Resident Agency and indicated he is a pilot with TWA airlines. [REDACTED] stated while recently [REDACTED] he had a conversation with a TWA [REDACTED], who was previously interviewed by the FBI in connection with the Norjack case, because at the time of Norjack this [REDACTED] [REDACTED], California, and is considered an expert skydiver.

This [REDACTED] who [REDACTED] declined to identify by name, had a theory that D. B. COOPER, who is identified as being the person who pulled off Norjack, could very likely have been an airlines employee. The [REDACTED] deals with airline personnel and would have been in the best position to pull off Norjack, because of their knowledge of weather conditions and the operation of the 727 and 737 aircrafts.

This [REDACTED] feels that [REDACTED] employed by Braniff, [REDACTED] could very likely be the perpetrators of Norjack, for the following reasons:

(1) [REDACTED] is familiar with the operation of the 727 and 737s and is believed to know how t[o] [REDACTED]

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[handwritten: 164-81-6458]

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DB COOPER-54225