AirtelSAC Detroit to Director re Southfield source claim of D.B. Cooper identity12 August 19801 page
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Part 45, page 298

DB Cooper-18510Serials 164-2111, DE 164-115

Document date 12 August 1980

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AIRTEL 8/12/80

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) (ATTN: IDENTIFICATION DIVISION)

FROM: SAC, DETROIT (164-115) (P) (SQD. C-4)

NORJAK (A) OO: PORTLAND

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[REDACTED] Southfield, Michigan Police Department advised that he has a source who associates with one [REDACTED] Source indicated to [REDACTED] that on one occasion [REDACTED] regarding captioned case, and advised the source that he, [REDACTED] is D. B. COOPER. Source advised [REDACTED] there [REDACTED] of D. B. COOPER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and that [REDACTED] strongly resembled the [REDACTED]

On another occasion, [REDACTED] to the source, the contents [REDACTED] Source stated that his [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] allegedly told source that he, [REDACTED] is an ex-military paratrooper, and a licensed airplane pilot.

[REDACTED] has [REDACTED] current Michigan license [REDACTED] and resides at [REDACTED] Garden City, Michigan. He is described as a white male, 6'2" tall, 200 pounds, brown eyes, black hair, born [REDACTED] full name [REDACTED] and has no known criminal record.

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The Identification Division is requested to search military fingerprint records regarding [REDACTED] in an attempt to determine if he was in the military service and which branch.

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UNSUB ARMED AND DANGEROUS

2 - Bureau 1 - Portland (Info) 2 - Detroit ODL/dlc

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11-4-[guess: 5]1- 848 [SEARCHED] [INDEXED] [SERIALIZED] [FILED] AUG 16 1980 DB Cooper-18510