Part 46, page 194

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FD-45 (Rev. 5-22-78)

FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☒ Airtel ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 11/18/81

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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

FROM: SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (164A-220) (P) (SJRA)

RE: UNSUB; aka Dan Cooper Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING

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On 11/16/81, [REDACTED] (PROTECT IDENTITY) currently employed at [REDACTED] [REDACTED], telephone number [REDACTED] San Jose, California, advised SA [REDACTED] of the San Jose Resident Agency, of the following:

[REDACTED] advised that his [REDACTED] could possibly be identical to the D.B. Cooper involved in the above-captioned matter. His [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in Redondo Beach, California. He advised that at that time the U.S. Coast Guard and the Sheriff's Department conducted a search for the body of [REDACTED] but no body was ever found. He advised that the boat was anchored approxi- mately 200 yards from shore, and his [REDACTED] clothing and wallet were found on the boat. There were apparently no signs of foul play at that time. [REDACTED] advised that he subsequently found out from his ex-wife that [REDACTED] did not, in fact, drown, and that he was currently alive and residing in Tacoma, Washington, under an assumed name. [REDACTED] said that there was no insurance monies involved and as far as he could determine, there was no financial motive for his [REDACTED] pretending to be dead. He said that he has not observed him personally, but only has received the information through his ex-wife and kids. [REDACTED]

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(2) - Seattle 2 - San Francisco DKB:rvs (4) /64-81-8400 a [illegible]

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Approved: ___________ Transmitted ___________ Per ___________ (Number) (Time) DB Cooper-18994