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. 450 (DB Cooper-16565), Teletype, dated 19 May 1978, serial SE 164-81-7896 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-41/pages/450
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
PAGE SIX SE 164-81 UNCLAS
THE PARACHUTE FALL THAT HE WAS PRACTICALLY BEDRIDDEN FOR 18
MONTHS.
(4) COFFELT'S FINGERPRINTS WERE COMPARED TO NORJAK
PARTIALS WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS; AND (5) THERE IS NO INDICATION
OF ANY PARACHUTE TRAINING IN COFFELT'S BACKGROUND.
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OBSERVATIONS: THE INQUIRY BY "60 MINUTES" IS BASED ON
AN ASSOCIATION WHICH DEVELOPED BETWEEN BRYANT COFFELT AND
[REDACTED]
ORIGINALLY THEY WORKED TOGETHER [REDACTED]
ENTITLED, "CLEAVE THE LIQUID SKY", WHICH WAS DICTATED BY
COFFELT [REDACTED] THIS MANUSCRIPT HAD NO, REPEAT NO, CONNECTION
WITH NORJAK BUT REPORTEDLY WAS A GLORIDIFIED AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BY COFFELT. IN ABOUT 1974, AFTER THEIR RESPECTIVE [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] COFFELT CLAIMED [REDACTED] THAT HE WAS "D. B. COOPER"
AND CONVINCED [REDACTED] AN EXPEDITION TO NORTHERN
OREGON TO LOOK FOR THE NORJAK MONEY. IT IS NOTED INSTRU-
MENTATION OF THE NORJAK PLAN INDICATES UNSUB EXITED FROM PLANE
OVER SOUTHERN WASHINGTON WITH NO CHANCE OF LANDING IN OREGON.
IN 1976, AFTER COFFELT'S DEATH, WHICH WAS APPARENTLY UNKNOWN
[REDACTED] AT THAT TIME, [REDACTED] BEGAN WORK ON A FICTIONALIZED