MemoSAC Butte to SAC Seattle re Sandpoint, Idaho man claiming to be D.B. Cooper18 January 1978page 1 of 2
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Part 118, page 216

DB Cooper-54302Serials 150-38-9540, 164-2111, BT 164-26, SE 164-81

Document date 18 January 1978

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum

TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) DATE: 1/18/78

FROM : [signature/initials, illegible] SAC, BUTTE (164-26) (RUC)

SUBJECT: NORJAK (A) OO: Seattle Bufile #164-2111

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RE: [redacted/blank box]

Re Seattle letter to Butte, 12/23/77.

On 1/12/78, Detective [redacted] Sandpoint, City PD, Sandpoint, Idaho, advised that he and [redacted], also a detective with the Sandpoint City PD, interviewed [redacted] on 12/15/77. [redacted] was claiming to be D. B. COOPER and the one responsible for skyjacking the aircraft on 11/24/71 over the State of Washington. [redacted] is described as follows:

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Race White Sex Male DOB [redacted] Hair Brown Eyes Brown SSAN [redacted]

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[redacted] was accompanied by [redacted] NANCY TOWELL, nee Koslosky, a white female, DOB 6/27/52, 5' 4", 105#, blonde hair, brown eyes, SSAN 150-38-9540.

[redacted] indicated that [redacted] came into the PD and advised the officers that he was D. B. COOPER and responsible for the skyjacking. At that time, he was staying at the KANIKSU MOTEL, Room 7, in Sandpoint, Idaho. After interviewing him for a short time, Detective [redacted] recalled that he had [redacted], and at that time he was an [redacted] in Maxwell, Alabama. [redacted] was turned over to [redacted] and transported back to that facility at that time.

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[illegible signature/initials]

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(2)- Seattle 1 - Butte DEW/ddp (3)

[stamp, partially legible]: 164-81 - 7776 (approx.) REC-D [illegible] JAN 25 1978 [approx., partially legible]

DB COOPER-54302

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