Part 54, page 148
DB Cooper-23077Serials SE 164-81
Document date 19 January 1979
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 54 p. 148 (DB Cooper-23077), News clipping, dated 19 Jan 1979 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-54/pages/148
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FD-350 (Rev. 10-19-77)
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D.B.'s card? Feds think not
A heavy plastic placard found in a heavily forested area of southwest Washington could have dropped off any passing Boeing 727, not necessarily the plane skyjacked by the legendary D. B. Cooper, officials acknowledge.
The FBI says the placard could have dropped from a plane during a re-enactment of the incident six weeks after the 1971 hijacking.
Ray Mathis, FBI spokesman in Seattle, told The Associated Press yesterday the hijacked plane was used in a simulation of the hijacking, and, "we noticed the decal was missing after that, but not before."
"Those placards have been known to fall off on the runway," added a Boeing spokesman.
It was disclosed Wednesday that an elk hunter found the notice last November about 12 miles east of Kelso. The discovery was kept quiet while FBI and Cowlitz County sheriff's detectives tried to verify the placard's origin.
A person identifying himself as D. B. Cooper hijacked a Northwest Orient plane Thanksgiving eve on a flight between Portland and Seattle. He received $200,000 and jumped from the plane. Neither Cooper nor the money has been seen since.
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p.A14 News Tribune Tacoma, Wa.
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Date: 1/19/79 Edition: Final
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Character: or 164-81 Classification: Submitting Office: Seattle
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164-81-Sub B FEB 23 [19]79 b6 b7C FBI/DOJ
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DB Cooper-23077