MemoSAC Butte to SAC Seattle re NORJAK subject and Spartanburg telephone call18 January 1978page 1 of 2
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Part 41, page 245

DB Cooper-16279Serials 164-2111, BT 164-26, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-7776

Document date 18 January 1978

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 41 p. 245 (DB Cooper-16279), Memo, dated 18 Jan 1978, serial SE 164-81-7776 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-41/pages/245

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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 1/18/78

SAC, BUTTE (164-26) (RUC)

NORJAK (A) OO: Seattle Bufile #164-2111

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RE: [REDACTED]

Re Seattle letter to Butte, 12/23/77.

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On 1/12/78, [REDACTED] Sandpoint, City PD, Sandpoint, Idaho, advised that he and [REDACTED] with the Sandpoint City PD, interviewed [REDACTED] on 12/15/77. [REDACTED] was claiming to be D. B. COOPER and the one responsible for skyjacking the aircraft on 11/24/71 over the State of Washington. [REDACTED] is described as follows:

Race White Sex Male DOB 4/30/37 Hair Brown Eyes Brown SSAN 247-54-3981

[REDACTED] was accompanied by [REDACTED] [REDACTED] a white female, DOB [REDACTED] 5' 4", 105#, blonde hair, brown eyes, SSAN [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] indicated that [REDACTED] came into the PD and advised the officers that he was D. B. COOPER and responsible for the skyjacking. At that time, he was staying at the KANIKSU MOTEL, Room 7, in Sandpoint, Idaho. After interviewing him for a short time, [REDACTED] recalled that he had [REDACTED] and at that time he was an [REDACTED] in Maxwell, Alabama. [REDACTED] was turned over to [REDACTED] and transported back to that facility at that time.

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(2) - Seattle 1 - Butte DBW/ddp (3)

164 - 81 - 7776

SEARCHED ______ INDEXED ______ SERIALIZED ____ C-FILED ______ JAN 23 1978 FBI -- SEATTLE

DB Cooper-16279