Part 18, page 487

DB Cooper-5821

Document date 12 January 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 18 p. 487 (DB Cooper-5821), Teletype, dated 12 Jan 1972, serial SE 164-81-189 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-18/pages/487

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PRIOR TO LEAVING OSHKOSH, [redacted] STATED [redacted] [redacted] DID NOT ELABORATE NOR DID HE MENTION PLAN TO HIJACK AN AIRCRAFT. [redacted] INDICATED EXPERIENCED AT PARACHUTE JUMPING. [redacted] DESCRIBED WHITE MALE, [redacted] FIVE FEET EIGHT, ONE SEVEN FIVE POUNDS, DARK COMPLEXION, SHORT BLACK HAIR COMBED BACK, [redacted]

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[redacted] CG INDICES NEGATIVE RE [redacted] MILWAUKEE. AT OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN. OBTAIN PHOTO- GRAPH AND BACKGROUND OF [redacted] TO LOCATE AND INTERVIEW. CONSIDER SUBJECT DANGEROUS.

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END JJT FBI SEATTLE CLR

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DB Cooper-5821

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b6 b7C

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Continuation header indicating this is page two of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of a teletype describing an individual who, prior to leaving Oshkosh, made statements but did not elaborate or mention a plan to hijack an aircraft. The person indicated experience with parachute jumping. Physical description given: white male, five feet eight inches tall, 175 pounds, dark complexion, short black hair combed back. Names and additional identifying details are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Instructions to check CG (Coast Guard) indices which came back negative. Directs agents in Milwaukee to obtain a photograph and background information on the redacted subject at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to locate and interview. Subject is considered dangerous. Teletype sign-off block. Initials JJT, originating office FBI Seattle, with CLR (clear) indicator. Bates stamp or archival numbering identifying this document as page 5821 in the DB Cooper FBI file. FOIA exemption markings indicating redactions were made under exemptions b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement - personal privacy).

Multiple redaction boxes obscure names and personal identifiers
FOIA exemption codes b6 and b7C marked along right margin
Page is clearly printed typewritten text, easy to read aside from redactions

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