MemoTo SAC Seattle re Centralia, Washington woman's report on possible Cooper suspect6 September 1979page 1 of 2
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Part 42, page 430

DB Cooper-17172Serials SE 164-81-8087

Document date 6 September 1979

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum

TO :SAC, SEATTLE (164-81-8087) (P) DATE: 9/6/79

FROM :SA [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: Seattle

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RE: [REDACTED]

After several attempts, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Centralia, Washington, telephone [REDACTED] was con- tacted on 7/17/79 and she advised that she was contacted by the Sheriff's Office in Lewis County concerning [REDACTED] [REDACTED] She told them that she suspected [REDACTED] to be involved in an airplane hijacking over Washington State approximately seven years ago. She explained that after the publicity concerning the hijacking appeared in the news media, she received a telephone call from [REDACTED] He called her from a pay phone in Seattle and told her that he had hijacked the airplane. He said the newspaper accounts were wrong as he never did parachute out of the aircraft, but merely threw out the parachute. He said he stayed on the plane until it landed and then exited the aircraft with the money. [REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] whose last name was [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] advised that she does not think [REDACTED] would lie to her because when he was [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] advised that she spoke to an FBI Agent (name unrecalled) after the hijacking concerning [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] stated that she last saw [REDACTED] about seven years ago and she understands he is living somewhere in Southern California.

[REDACTED] described [REDACTED] as follows:

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SEARCHED [checkmark] INDEXED [checkmark] SERIALIZED [checkmark] FILED SEP 1979

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