Part 40, page 26

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NY 164-627 2.

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[REDACTED] in Sacramento, California, and as far as he knows, [REDACTED] has never been located, and [REDACTED] mentioned in one communication that [REDACTED]

On the basis of this, [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

an individual, known as D. B. COOPER, who disappeared over the Nevada area, on Thanksgiving Day, 1971, with $200,000.

[REDACTED] advised he has never met this [REDACTED] and his only information concerning D. B. COOPER is what he obtained from reading the newspaper accounts of COOPER's disappearance from the 727 over Nevada in 1971.

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[REDACTED] stated his belief in the similarities between [REDACTED] and D. B. COOPER were that they both had similar skills in aviation, as [REDACTED] was an agricultural pilot, so, therefore, would be familiar with parachutes, terrain, and survival techniques. He further felt that both [REDACTED] and D. B. COOPER were capable of non-violent type crimes, and he would describe both of their operations in the criminal field as semi-theatrical. [REDACTED] advised he felt [REDACTED] was acquainted with the area in and around the states of Oregon, California and Nevada, and he felt this, since [REDACTED] very well might have been engaged in agricultural flying in that area. He stated, to his knowledge, [REDACTED] flies an AN-6 aircraft, which [REDACTED] described as a sophisticated-type airplane.

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[REDACTED] was unable to supply any other reasons for his belief that there was a possibility that [REDACTED] might be identical with the individual known as D. B. COOPER, but pointed out that this was strictly a theory, and he had nothing further to base this on, other than what was set forth above.

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DB Cooper-15699