Document date 19 May 1978AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 41 p. 446 (DB Cooper-16561), Teletype, dated 19 May 1978, serial SE 164-81-7896 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-41/pages/446
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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CONCERNING [REDACTED] CLAIM THAT BRYANT COFFELT'S
PHOTOGRAPH WAS SHOWN TO AN UNKNOWN STEWARDESS, BUREAU REFER
TO LITTLE ROCK TELETYPE TO BUREAU, JULY 20, 1977, WHICH
CONTAINS AN INTERVIEW THAT STEWARDESS [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] HAD WITH LITTLE ROCK AGENTS
CONCERNING HER CONTACT WITH [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] THIS TELETYPE
PARTIALLY STATES:
[REDACTED] SHOWED HER SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF A MAN HE
CLAIMED WAS COFFELT. HE WANTED HER TO IDENTIFY THE PHOTOS,
AND SHE LOOKED CLOSELY AT THEM, RECALLING THAT THE HIJACKER
HAD DARKER SKIN, A RECEDING HAIRLINE WITH THIN BLACK HAIR,
AND, AFTER LOOKING AT THE PHOTOS, SHE COULD NOT TELL IF THE
MAN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS REALLY D.B. COOPER. THE MAN IN THE
PHOTOGRAPH HAD THE HAIRLINE, THE THINNING HAIR, THE EARS, NOSE,
AND LONG FACE, BUT IN THE PHOTOGRAPH THE MAN HAD FATTER CHEEKS.
SHE MENTIONED [REDACTED] ABOUT THE CHEEKS BEING TOO FAT, AND
HE EXPLAINED THAT COFFELT HAD A DARK COMPLEXION AND USED MAKEUP
IN ORDER FOR HIS COMPLEXION TO APPEAR LIGHTER AND THAT HE HAD
BEEN RECEIVING CANCER TREATMENTS AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR HIS