Part 39, page 377

DB Cooper-15570Serials SE 164-81-7473

Document date 26 April 1977

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

In Reply, Please Refer to File No.

Seattle, Washington April 26, 1977

Re: UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT 305, PORTLAND, OREGON, TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON NOVEMBER 24, 1971

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The Seattle Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation received a letter dated April 24, 1976, from [REDACTED] APO, New York [REDACTED] which stated to the effect that [REDACTED] had information concerning captioned matter. When interviewed [REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] had con- fided in him that [REDACTED] might pos- sibly be responsible for captioned crime. [REDACTED] explained that [REDACTED] had told him that [REDACTED] had often spoken to [REDACTED] about the possibility of skyjacking an aircraft and doing it in much the same manner that Flight 305 was done. [REDACTED] further stated to [REDACTED] that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] had taken a sudden and unplanned leave just before the hijacking and that he returned a few days after. [REDACTED] related that [REDACTED] seemed very sure of his infor- mation and had asked [REDACTED] not to tell anyone about it.

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On March 21, 1977, a check of the World Wide Locator System, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, revealed that as of February, 1977, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Social Security Account Number [REDACTED] is assigned to [REDACTED] sion, Boblingen, Germany.

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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the pro- perty of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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DB Cooper-15570

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164-81-7473

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FBI letterhead memo header from the Seattle field office dated April 26, 1977, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Unknown Subject, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305). An individual wrote to the FBI from an APO New York address reporting that someone had confided that another person might be responsible for the Flight 305 hijacking. The source said the suspect had often discussed skyjacking an aircraft in the same manner as Flight 305, had taken a sudden unplanned leave just before the hijacking, and returned a few days after. The source seemed very sure of the information and asked that it be kept confidential. FBI checked the World Wide Locator System at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana in March 1977 and found that as of February 1977, the subject (with redacted name and Social Security number) was assigned to a military unit in Boblingen, Germany. Standard FBI disclaimer stating the document contains no recommendations or conclusions and is loaned property not to be distributed outside the receiving agency. FBI vault stamp with document reference number DB Cooper-15570. Handwritten number, likely a case file or reference number.

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