Part 40, page 240
DB Cooper-15938Serials AT 164-254
Document date 24 August 1977
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 40 p. 240 (DB Cooper-15938), Airtel, dated 24 Aug 1977, serial SE 164-81-7652 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-40/pages/240
Transcript
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AT 164-254
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Sitting next to her on this flight was one [REDACTED], who identified himself [REDACTED] for Newsday, a prominent newspaper on Long Island, New York. She stated that she had verified through library sources his identity and veracity and that he told her [REDACTED] [REDACTED] the subject's escapade and had just met with the subject [REDACTED] [REDACTED] under another name. She stated that [REDACTED] showed her a penciled drawing on a handkerchief that the subject had done portraying a "snoopy" parachute dropping from an aircraft holding a sack of money. She stated that [REDACTED] told her and two fellow passengers that the subject is a former Boeing employee and he removed a panel from the ceiling of the jet (in the lavatory) and hid there and later got off the aircraft after it had landed and things had cooled down.
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LEADS:
NEW YORK DIVISION
Will locate [REDACTED] through Newsday newspaper on Long Island, New York and interview him concerning any information he would care to furnish regarding the identity of the individual identified as D. B. COOPER the suspect in this matter.
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OFFICE OF ORIGIN HAS POINTED OUT THAT THE [REDACTED] AND POSSIBLY OTHERS ARE ANXIOUS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION WHICH WOULD UPDATE THE SCRIPT BEING PROPOSED AND WRITTEN AND MAKE IT MORE VALUABLE OR WOULD VERIFY THE INFORMATION AND, THEREFORE, MAKE IT MORE PLAUSIBLE. ALL OFFICES COVERING LEADS ARE REMINDED THAT INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS HIJACKING IS NOT TO BE CONFIRMED OR DENIED DURING INTERVIEWS. INTERVIEWS SHOULD BE CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ONLY.
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ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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DB Cooper-15938
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