Part 52, page 160

Document date 2 March 2004

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 52 p. 160 (DB Cooper-21807), Memo, dated 2 Mar 2004 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-52/pages/160

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(Rev. 01-31-2003)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 03/02/2004

To: Seattle Attn: SA [REDACTED]

From: Pittsburgh Squad 12/Clarksburg, WV, RA Contact: SA [REDACTED]

Approved By: [REDACTED] [signature: m/n/nn]

Drafted By: [REDACTED] :mkk [initials]

Case ID #: SE 164A-81 (Pending)

Title: NORJAK CAA

Synopsis: Interview of [REDACTED]

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Details: On 03/01/2004, [REDACTED] DOB: [REDACTED] SSAN: [REDACTED] West Virginia, no telephone, was interviewed at the request of his neighbor [REDACTED] [REDACTED] had advised that for several years, [REDACTED] had told a story about an individual he [REDACTED] knew who may have been the unknown subject in captioned matter.

[REDACTED] who is elderly, in poor health, and hard of hearing, advised that in 1949, he met an individual at Army Paratrooper School in Fort Benning, Georgia, named [REDACTED] [REDACTED] (possibly spelled [REDACTED], who was originally from the Summersville, WV, area. [REDACTED] became friends but [REDACTED] eventually went into the Army Infantry when his color blindness kept him from completing Paratroopers School.

In [REDACTED] after [REDACTED] had moved back to West Virginia, he ran into [REDACTED] at a [REDACTED] and was subsequently arrested and spent five hours in jail with [REDACTED] for [REDACTED] [REDACTED] According to [REDACTED] said that he had been discharged from the military in or around [REDACTED] and had lived in the Seattle, Washington, area for approximately fifteen years before moving back to West Virginia. [REDACTED] also told [REDACTED] that he [REDACTED] was working as a [REDACTED] at a local hospital and that he could [REDACTED] also stated that he had a girlfriend who worked with him and that he recently won a large amount of money in Reno, Nevada. In addition, [REDACTED] showed [REDACTED] an identification card bearing the name [REDACTED] and told [REDACTED] that he had changed his

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[handwritten] u/oo/cs [illegible] /ce [handwritten] on [illegible] follow up [handwritten] no [illegible] 3/17/2004 D: 082mkkal-ec

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DB Cooper-21807 SE 164A-81 - 9434

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Header section of an FBI communication form from the Pittsburgh field office (Squad 12/Clarksburg, WV) to Seattle regarding the NORJAK/CAA case, dated 03/02/2004. Interview details describing a West Virginia man who, at the request of his neighbor, was interviewed about an individual he met at Army Paratrooper School at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1949. The subject was originally from the Summersville, WV area, had lived in the Seattle, Washington area for approximately fifteen years, claimed to have won a large amount of money in Reno, Nevada, showed an identification card with a different name, and may have been connected to the NORJAK case. Handwritten annotations at the bottom of the page, likely reviewer notes with a follow-up date of 3/17/2004. Document identification stamp with DB Cooper reference number and case file number.

Multiple redactions (black bars) obscure names, dates, SSANs, and other PII throughout the document
Markings b6 and b7C along the right margin indicate FOIA exemption codes for personal privacy
Handwritten annotations at bottom of page

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