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. 458 (DB Cooper-16573), Teletype, dated 19 May 1978, serial SE 164-81-7898 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-41/pages/458
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IN A POSITION TO KNOW THE DETAILS OF COOPER'S ACTIVITIES AND
TO IDENTIFY PHOTOGRAPHS OF COOPER. COFFELT, REFERRED TO BY
[REDACTED] IS BELIEVED IDENTICAL TO BRYANT COFFELT, WHITE MALE,
DOB FEBRUARY 20, 1916, CARTHAGE, MISSOURI, FBI NO. 590 868.
DURING COURSE OF THEIR INVESTIGATION THEY HAVE DEVELOPED
SUSPECT, ONE JACK COFFELT, NOW DECEASED. ACCORDING TO [REDACTED]
WHEN COFFELT [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] THAT HE, COFFELT, WAS D. B.
COOPER. [REDACTED] HAS TOLD COFFELT'S STORY TO A FREE-LANCE WRITER
BY THE NAME OF [REDACTED] AND CBS HAS TALKED TO [REDACTED] AND
PRESUMABLY [REDACTED] SAID THAT THEIR INTERVIEW OF ONE OF
THE STEWARDESSES HAS DISCLOSED THAT SHE IDENTIFIED A PICTURE OF
COFFELT AS D. B. COOPER; HOWEVER, SHE CLAIMS THIS PHOTOGRAPH
WAS NEVER SHOWN TO HER BY THE FBI. CBS HAS ALSO INTERVIEWED A
PASSENGER WHO SAID THE FBI DID SHOW HIM A PICTURE OF COFFELT
WHICH HE IDENTIFIED AS COOPER BUT THE FBI NEVER FOLLOWED UP
WITH ANY ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION.
[REDACTED] CLAIMS THAT CBS HAS LEARNED THAT A TEST FLIGHT
PERFORMED FOR THE BUREAU DETERMINED THAT WHEN THE REAR DOOR OF
THE PLANE WAS LET DOWN THE CABIN PRESSURE IN THE PLANE DROPPED.