Part 119, page 66
DB Cooper-54554Serials SE 164-81
Document date 6 November 1975
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 119 p. 66 (DB Cooper-54554), Memo, dated 6 Nov 1975 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-119/pages/66
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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) 11/6/75
SA ROBERT S. TRAVATTE
NORJAK
[handwritten: Sub 178]
Remymemo dated 9/5/75.
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On 10/30/75, [REDACTED] white male, date of birth [REDACTED] place of birth [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Washington, [REDACTED] was interviewed at the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Bellingham, Washington, where he has worked for nine years and is currently a [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] advised that while he doesn't know for a fact who D. B. COOPER is, he does know an individual he feels is capable of doing the feat that D. B. COOPER did. He stated that in [REDACTED] a man named RUSSELL COOMBS, a white male, and stated he met this individual through a friend [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in Seattle. He stated [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] He stated that COOMBS had been in jail on numer- ous occasions and he would often brag about his arrests, claiming he had been arrested in Alaska, Portland, Maine, Seattle, Everett, Washington, and all over the country. He stated that from what he could determine most of his offenses were associated with bad checks and/or con games. He stated that because of COOMBS' numerous arrests, he would be mad at the system and is the type of fellow to hold a grudge. He stated that COOMBS' mother lived in the area where D. B. COOPER was supposed to have jumped out of the airplane and it is a small town and he cannot remember the name for sure, but believes it is something like Alma. He stated that COOMBS knew the area from having hunted it. He further advised that COOMBS, in the late 50s, put on sky- diving exhibitions at state fairs throughout Washington and hung out at the Arlington, Washington, airport with sky- divers from that area. He stated he does not know if COOMBS was a member of any official organization as he was in to
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SEARCHED............INDEXED............ SERIALIZED............FILED............ NOV 7 1975 FBI - SEATTLE
[handwritten: Sub 178] 164-81-[illegible, guess: 6724] DB COOPER-54554