Part 53, page 59
DB Cooper-22397Serials SE 164-81
Document date 1 May 1972
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 53 p. 59 (DB Cooper-22397), News clipping, dated 1 May 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-53/pages/59
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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63)
(Mount Clipping in Space Below)
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Lake a possibility in hijacker search
J. Earl Milnes, special agent in charge of the Seattle office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, would not comment today on the possibility of having div- ers search Lake Merwin, Clark County, for "D. B. Cooper," airplane hijacker. Army men last week ended an 18-day ground search of a 10-square-mile area into which it was believed the hi- jacker might have parachut- ed with $200,000 last November 24. Maj. Warren Shiroma, op- erations officer for the search, said, "Either he got away alive or he's at the bottom of the lake, or the [guess: FBI] calculations of where he jumped aren't correct. But I have no doubt that this is where he dropped." Observers in eight Army helicopters checked every broken tree top. Shiroma said it would be a staggering project to search the bottom of the lake, which is 12 miles long and 300 feet deep. Milnes and Stan Pitkin, United States attorney for Western Washington, would not comment on a purported interview with "D. B. Coop- er" published in The Seattle Flag, biweekly newspaper. The Flag said it paid $1,0[illegible] to transcribe a tape record- ing of the purported inter- view.
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p.D13 Seattle Times Seattle, Wash.
Date: 5/1/72 Edition: Final Author: Editor: Henry McLeod Title: NORJAK
Character: or Classification: 164-81 Submitting Office: Seattle ☐ Being Investigated
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SEARCHED .............INDEXED ............ SERIALIZED ...........FILED ................ MAY 4 1972 FBI—SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-22397