Part 120, page 53
DB Cooper-55046Serials 164-2111, 164-8-6952, SE 164-81
Document date 19 May 1976
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 120 p. 53 (DB Cooper-55046), Airtel, dated 19 May 1976, serial 164-8-6952 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-120/pages/53
Transcript
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Airtel
5/19/76
To: SAC, Seattle (164-81)
From: Director, FBI (164-2111)
NORJAK OO: SE
The following information was provided to an SA of the San Francisco Division by an United Airlines employee who desired to remain anonymous. This information is being furnished Seattle for analysis and possible lead potential.
The United Airlines (UA) employee advised that an individual whose true name is D. B. Cooper, according to rumor, lived with a UA pilot in Denver, Colorado, for a period of time shortly before the skyjacking. Cooper allegedly was a military trained paratrooper and a skydiver by hobby. This individual is supposed to be an "adventurous type" who supposedly bragged in "private circles" that he could accomplish a feat such as bailing out of an airline plane. Further, through his contact of living with an airline pilot, he allegedly learned many of the "inside" airline procedures from this pilot, including flight patterns and procedures and knowledge of the interior of the airplane and how to open the doors while in flight. Finally, this individual has not been seen since shortly before the date of the skyjack. The individual providing this information insists that this information was a "persistent rumor" in "inside circles" of UA, especially those associated with the UA Denver base; but that "higher up" airline officials squelched the rumors, fearing that it might result in bad publicity for the airline.
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[handwritten, partially illegible] Sub823 164-8-6952 [illegible stamp text] MAY 21 1976 FBI-SEATTLE
DB COOPER-55046