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NOVEMBER 4, 2000 REF: D. B. COOPER

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SUITE 400 1500 SOUTHWEST 1ST AVENUE PORTLAND OR 97201-5828

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:

I HAVE SEEN THE RE-ENACTMENT OF THE "SKY JACKING" BY THE MYSTERIOUS "D. B. COOPER" A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE YEARS.

EACH AND EVERY TIME I SEE THE ARTIST'S SKETCH OF THE PERPETRATOR, I AM REMINDED OF A MAN WHO LIVED HERE IN COLUMBUS YEARS AGO.

HIS NAME: [REDACTED]

HE WAS LIVING IN COLUMBUS, OHIO DURING AT LEAST PART OF THE 1960'S. HOW LONG BEFORE OR HOW LONG AFTER, I DON'T KNOW.

HE WAS MARRIED TO A WOMAN BY THE NAME OF [REDACTED] DURING SOME OF THIS TIME BUT I UNDERSTAND THEY WERE DIVORCED.

AS I INDICATED, THE ARTIST'S SKETCHES RESEMBLED HIS FACIAL FEATURES. HE WAS ABOUT 6'2" OR SO AND PROBABLY WEIGHED ABOUT 180 TO 190 LBS.

HE HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED PARACHUTE JUMPS TO HIS CREDIT AND WAS A PILOT. HE HAD SERVED IN KOREA AS A SMALL PLANE RECONNAISSANCE PILOT. HE WAS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT AIR CURRENTS, PLANES SPEEDS, AIR AT CERTAIN ALTITUDES, ETC.

HE WAS A DETERMINED TYPE AND SOMEWHAT FORWARD. HIS I.Q. MOST LIKELY WAS NOT TOO HIGH, PROBABLY 140-150. HE WAS A VERY CONFIDENT TYPE PERSON WHO MIGHT UNDERTAKE THE TASK OF HIGHJACKING A PLANE. HE WOULD HAVE MADE PLANS SIMILAR TO THOSE IMPLEMENTED IN THE INCIDENT. HE WOULD BE VERY NEARLY THE CORRECT AGE.

SOMETIME DURING THE 1960'S, PROBABLY DURING THE LAST HALF, HE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE DID THERE NOR DO I KNOW HOW LONG HE MAY HAVE STAYED. I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE MAY BE NOW.

IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT HE COULD HAVE HAD HELP FROM A FRIEND BY THE NAME OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WAS A PILOT TOO. HE WAS INTELLIGENT, QUIET, AND QUITE METICULOUS ABOUT

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