Part 122, page 155
DB Cooper-56268Serials SE 164-81-7455, SI 164-31
Document date 7 April 1977
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 122 p. 155 (DB Cooper-56268), Airtel, dated 7 Apr 1977, serial SE 164-81-7455 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-122/pages/155
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SI 164-31 FWB/sjs 1
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The following investigation was conducted by Special Agent FREDRICK W. HARMS at Golconda, Illinois:
On March 28, 1977, CLYDE L. STALIONS, JR., Post Office Box 192, Golconda, home phone (618)683-7901, advised that he recalled engaging in general conversation with a person known only to him as [REDACTED] when appearing for [REDACTED] in the latter part of December, 1976, at the West Kentucky Roofing Company in Paducah, Kentucky. The individual whom he mentioned to [REDACTED] as being capable of accomplishing a sky-jacking such as in this matter was JOHN DEAN COOPER, the ex-brother-in-law of STALIONS. STALIONS indicated that COOPER was a retired United States Army sergeant and had served many years in Airborne Divisions in the United States Army, and was a qualified paratrooper. STALIONS stated that [REDACTED] with the Pope County Sheriff's Office in [REDACTED].
On March 29, 1977, [REDACTED] with the Pope County Sheriff's Office, [REDACTED] home phone [REDACTED] advised that JOHN DEAN COOPER [REDACTED] stated that he [REDACTED] was [REDACTED] and only saw [REDACTED] in 1961, in 1966, in 1974, and again in November, 1976, when [REDACTED] Canada.
JOHN DEAN COOPER is a white male, born on or about January 7, 1928 or 1929, in South Dakota, 5'7"-8", 170 pounds, stocky build, medium dark brown hair presently with some gray in it, medium complexion, a much larger than average nose, smokes cigarettes, previous brand used unknown but presently rolls his own using Prince Albert tobacco.
JOHN DEAN COOPER is a retired, higher-ranking sergeant of the United States Army, having spent a considerable portion of his military service serving in Airborne Divisions, and he is an accomplished paratrooper. He retired from the military in 1966 and purchased a 200 acre ranch near Ten Sleep, Wyoming, where he resided until 1974 when he sold this ranch and moved to Progress, British Columbia, Canada, which is located 20 miles west of Dawson Creek, the southern beginning of the Alaskan Highway. His home phone is (604)843-7660. [REDACTED] had no photographs of [REDACTED] since any he had had were destroyed when [REDACTED]
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SEARCHED ___ INDEXED ___ SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___ APR 15 1977 FBI — SEATTLE
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[guess: Jun-887] ... 164-81-7455
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DB COOPER-56268