Part 38, page 133

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August 26, 1976

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Clarence M. Kelley, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice Washington, D. C. 20535

Re: Unknown Subject, aka D. B. Cooper Aircraft Piracy--Northwest Airlines November, 1971

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Dear Mr. Kelley:

Reference is made to the apparently unsolved incident in November, 1971 in which an unknown male individual using the name D. B. Cooper extorted $200,000 cash from Northwest Airlines in the state of Washington and disappeared from the pirated aircraft enroute to Reno, Nevada.

[REDACTED] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, telephone [REDACTED] furnished the following information when contacted on an unrelated personal matter.

[REDACTED] stressed that he has no direct, specific information that the information he furnished concerning [REDACTED] below, may or may not relate to the D. B. Cooper air piracy incident.

[REDACTED] businessman who has lived all his life in the general [REDACTED] area, advised that he had known a [REDACTED] white, male, who would now be in his late 50s or early 60s, muscular, originally from the Lancaster County area, who possibly could be the unknown individual using the name D. B. Cooper.

In brief, according to [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Lancaster County area, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was a member of the Pennsylvania State Police who resigned from the force; was an aviator and parachutist; was an active hunter, fisherman, and outdoor camper; was a [REDACTED] area; and then about 10-15 years ago, after having been [REDACTED] by the Pennsylvania State Police on [REDACTED] and disappear[ed]

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cc: SAC, Philadelphia (Information) [REDACTED] Pa.

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[signature/date: illegible] - 8/ - [guess: 76] 78 SEARCHED..............INDEXED............... SERIALIZED..............FILED............... SEP 7 1976 FBI CORRESPONDENCE

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DB Cooper-14801

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b6 b7C