AirtelSAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle re source information on suspect Melvin Cooper5 January 1982page 1 of 3
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Part 46, page 267

DB Cooper-19093Serials SC 164-50, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8637

Document date 5 January 1982

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 46 p. 267 (DB Cooper-19093), Airtel, dated 5 Jan 1982, serial SE 164-81-8637 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-46/pages/267

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FD-36 (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 1/5/82

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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50) (P) SUBJECT: NORJACK OO: SEATTLE

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On 12/1/81, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] South Lake Tahoe, California advised that after reading the newspaper article regarding Universal Studios offering $1 million for information leading to the arrest and conviction of D. B. Cooper, she decided to furnish the following information to the FBI. [REDACTED] advised that D. B. Cooper is in reality Melvin Cooper, an individual who is last known to be employed by the U. S. Forest Service in the Bakersfield, California area. She advised that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] however, the location of [REDACTED] is unknown.

[REDACTED] advised that approximately twelve years ago she met Melvin Cooper at a friends home in [REDACTED] Cali- fornia. [REDACTED] stated that she did not wish to furnish the names of friends and that in no way wanted her friends involved in any investigation regarding Melvin Cooper. [REDACTED] stated that Melvin Cooper served in the U. S. Marine Corps, was a helicopter pilot, a parachutist and a "daredevil." She stated that Cooper attended Oregon State University and had friends in the states of Oregon and Washington. She noted that Cooper at one time was employed by the Gallo Glass Factory in Modesto, California.

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(2)- Seattle 2- Sacramento FMH/wlp (4)

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164-81 -8637 [illegible signature]

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Approved: __________ Transmitted ________ (Number) (Time) DB Cooper-19093 by [guess: New] Sub: MELVIN COOPER