Part 120, page 398
Serials LA 164-497
Document date 19 March 1977
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 120 p. 398, Teletype, dated 19 Mar 1977, serial SE 164-81-7420 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-120/pages/398
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BLAIR RELATED THAT ABOUT ONE MONTH AGO, HE WAS ENGAGED BY UNIVERSAL STUDIOS TO INVESTIGATE VERACITY OF INFORMATION BEING FURNISHED UNIVERSAL STUDIOS BY SCREENWRITER DIRK SUMMERS INDICATING THAT COFFELT WAS POSSIBLY HIGHJACKER KNOWN AS D. B. COOPER. BLAIR STATES TRAVELED WIDELY IN U.S. FOR UNIVERSAL STUDIOS INTERVIEWING PAST ASSOCIATES OF COFFELT AND SPENT 12 HOURS INTERVIEWING JAMES H. BROWN AND [REDACTED] WHO WAS SOURCE OF INFORMATION PROVIDED BY SUMMERS.
BLAIR STATES, DURING INTERVIEW OF BROWN, IT WAS ASCERTAINED THAT NEITHER BROWN NOR [REDACTED] HAD EVER ACTUALLY SEEN A BUCKLE OR FASTENER ALLEGEDLY FROM PARACHUTE USED BY HIGHJACKER. BROWN STATED COFFELT HAD MADE CASUAL REFERENCE TO SOME BUCKLES BURIED SOMEWHERE.
BLAIR COVERED MANY FACETS OF HIS EFFORTS TO DETERMINE IF COFFELT HIGHJACKER, IN FACTUAL AND ORGANIZED MANNER., STATED HE REACHED CONCLUSION COFFELT WAS PROBABLY NOT HIGHJACKER BASED ON FOLLOWING FACTS:
DURING PERIOD OF HIGHJACKING, BRYANT COFFELT WAS SUFFERING FROM SEVERE ALCOHOLISM AND ON VERGE OF NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.