Part 45, page 186

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AN 164-227

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Miscellaneous Did not wear glasses; clean- shaven.

Vehicle Late model (approximately [REDACTED] - b6 white or light yellow b7C [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] advised he had numerous conversations over a six b6 month period with [REDACTED] and determined that [REDACTED] expressed an b7C avid interest in flying and parachuting. [REDACTED] also discussed Vietnam as though he had been involved in that conflict. [REDACTED] never mentioned a family and resided alone. [REDACTED] recalled that [REDACTED] generally kept to himself and had few, if any, visitors.

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[REDACTED] recalled that [REDACTED] was a subscriber to the b6 newspaper from approximately 5/2/71 - approximately 11/20/71. b7C He further recalled that [REDACTED] moved from his apartment on approximately 11/24/71, indicating that he was traveling to the Los Angeles, California, area to become the [REDACTED] of the Woolworth store there.

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[REDACTED] recalled that approximately one or two days after b6 [REDACTED] left Fairbanks, Alaska, he recalled seeing the news accounts b7C concerning captioned hijacking. He recalled a strong resemblance between the composite drawings of captioned Unsub and [REDACTED] He advised that he immediately formed the opinion that [REDACTED] could have been D.B. Cooper; however, as a juvenile, he was so intrigued by the possibility that this crime could be conducted successfully that he chose not to contact anyone about his suspicions.

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Approximately one year after the crime he decided that he should make known his beliefs and he wrote his first letter to the FBI. When he did not receive an answer to this letter he assumed that the matter was resolved without needing to contact him and did not consider the matter further. His interest was again aroused when he saw news accounts regarding the recovery of money connected to this case. At that time, he wrote a second letter to the FBI concerning his suspicions.

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[REDACTED] advised that he also became concerned that records b6 for [REDACTED] might be destroyed with age. Based on this b7C concern he contacted [REDACTED] who own and operate the apartment building at [REDACTED], which was known as [REDACTED] apartments during 1971. [REDACTED] owned the building at that time also; however, have since changed the name of the building. [REDACTED] advised he was allowed to search rental receipts for the building and was successful in locating the three enclosed receipts for May, July, and October, 1971, in the

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DB Cooper-18367