MemoSA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle re NORJAK: female informant claiming hijacker's identity30 April 1976page 1 of 2
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Part 37, page 331

DB Cooper-14495Serials SE 164-81

Document date 30 April 1976

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum

TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) DATE: 4/30/76

FROM : SA THOMAS J. MANNING

SUBJECT: NORJAK

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Re attached letter from [REDACTED] 3/21/76

[REDACTED] contacted 4/29/76 by writer. [REDACTED] she had contacted writer re information on subject COOPER. On personal contact with her which she insisted be secretive in view of "danger to her life" she furnished information re[REDACTED]

[REDACTED] advised on previous contact that on day of NORJAK incident

At 9:00 PM [REDACTED]

[REDACTED]

She stated that [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] was the hijacker, COOPER. On previous contact and on 4/30/76 she could not state why she thought this was COOPER but insisted it was. On both occasions she was advised that the subject had jumped from the hijacked aircraft about 8:10 PM over Woodland in a wooded area and that [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] However she still insists it was COOPER.

She also stated that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] immediately after the FBI announced over her TV set "We have shot and buried COOPER, we know who has the money, bring it in". The writer advised [REDACTED] the FBI never made such an announcement but she was positive she had heard it. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] stated she feels COOPER is in it. However she could not state [REDACTED] She further stated that [REDACTED]

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