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FD-36 (Rev. 3-24-77)

FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: [ ] Teletype [ ] Facsimile [ ] ___________

PRECEDENCE: [ ] Immediate [ ] Priority [ ] Routine

CLASSIFICATION: [ ] TOP SECRET [ ] SECRET [ ] CONFIDENTIAL [ ] EFTO [ ] CLEAR

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THE PARACHUTE FALL THAT HE WAS PRACTICALLY BEDRIDDEN FOR 18 MONTHS.

(4) COFFELT'S FINGERPRINTS WERE COMPARED TO NORJAK PARTIALS WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS; AND (5) THERE IS NO INDICATION OF ANY PARACHUTE TRAINING IN COFFELT'S BACKGROUND.

OBSERVATIONS: THE INQUIRY BY "60 MINUTES" IS BASED ON AN ASSOCIATION WHICH DEVELOPED BETWEEN BRYANT COFFELT AND [REDACTED]

ORIGINALLY THEY WORKED TOGETHER [REDACTED] ENTITLED, "CLEAVE THE LIQUID SKY", WHICH WAS DICTATED BY COFFELT [REDACTED] THIS MANUSCRIPT HAD NO, REPEAT NO, CONNECTION WITH NORJAK BUT REPORTEDLY WAS A GLORIDIFIED AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY COFFELT. IN ABOUT 1974, AFTER THEIR RESPECTIVE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] COFFELT CLAIMED [REDACTED] THAT HE WAS "D. B. COOPER" AND CONVINCED [REDACTED] AN EXPEDITION TO NORTHERN OREGON TO LOOK FOR THE NORJAK MONEY. IT IS NOTED INSTRU- MENTATION OF THE NORJAK PLAN INDICATES UNSUB EXITED FROM PLANE OVER SOUTHERN WASHINGTON WITH NO CHANCE OF LANDING IN OREGON. IN 1976, AFTER COFFELT'S DEATH, WHICH WAS APPARENTLY UNKNOWN [REDACTED] AT THAT TIME, [REDACTED] BEGAN WORK ON A FICTIONALIZED

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DB COOPER-55626