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FD-36 (Rev. 3-24-77) FBI TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: [ ] Teletype [ ] Immediate [ ] TOP SECRET [ ] Facsimile [ ] Priority [ ] SECRET [ ] ___________ [ ] Routine [ ] CONFIDENTIAL [ ] E F T O [ ] CLEAR Date _______

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HAVING GAINED WEIGHT. SHE STATED THE PHOTOGRAPHS APPEARED TO BE A COUPLE FROM [redacted] [redacted] AT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION IN WASHINGTON, D. C., IN SUMMER, 1974."

SEATTLE FILE DOES NOT REFLECT ANY INSTANCE WHERE COFFELT'S PHOTOGRAPH HAS BEEN SHOWN TO ANY PASSENGERS BY THE FBI. BECAUSE OF PASSAGE OF OVER SIX YEARS SINCE INCIDENT OCCURRED, LACK OF PHYSICAL RESEMBLANCE TO UNSUB AND BECAUSE OF OTHER REASONS SET FORTH HEREINAFTER.

CONCERNING THE "DROP IN CABIN PRESSURE", SEE SEATTLE REPORT OF SA CHARLES E. FARRELL, FEBRUARY 16, 1972, EXPERIMENT WITH AIRSTAIRS, PAGES 280-285. THE CREW DID NOT NOTICE A DROP IN PRESSURE WHEN THE DOOR TO AIRSTAIRS WAS OPENED BUT NOTED AN INCREASE IN PRESSURE WHEN AIRSTAIRS CLOSED DUE TO AIR PRESSURE AGAINST THEM WHEN UNSUB JUMPED FROM THE STAIRS. THIS WAS DISCUSSED WITH NORMAN GORIN OF CBS DURING RECENT INTERVIEW AT SEATTLE.

SEATTLE FILE REFLECTS THAT COFFELT HAS MADE NUMEROUS CLAIMS THAT HE KNEW PROMINENT PERSONS INCLUDING FORMER FBI DIRECTOR J. EDGAR HOOVER. THE CURRENT INDICATION THAT HE ALSO KNEW

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