Part 54, page 157

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FD-350 (Rev. 10-19-77)

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'D.B. Cooper? I'm Not Him'

STOCKTON, Calif. — (AP) — Robert Wesley Rackstraw, says he is not skyjacker D. B. Cooper and that any doubt will be removed when he goes on trial on a variety of non-skyjacking charges. Rackstraw, 35, was questioned about the skyjacking last year. The FBI says he no longer is a suspect. He was arrested recently in Fullerton after allegedly attempting to duplicate a pilot's license and medical certificates in a printing shop. He is being held on charges of grand theft of an airplane, possession of explosives, check forgery and passing bad checks. The discovery of explosives early last year in a Stockton warehouse leased by Rackstraw, plus his background as a pilot and his extensive military parachute training, led to his being questioned in connection with the Cooper skyjacking. Rackstraw was free on bail on the check and explosive charges last October when he disappeared after allegedly faking a plane crash in Monterey Bay. he was not found until his arrest in Fullerton. He is being held in the San Joaquin County jail. "You want me to say I'm not D. B. Cooper? Okay, I'm not D. B. Cooper," Rackstraw said. He added that doubts about his not being Cooper will be dispelled in the trial. Cooper apparently bailed out of a jetliner Nov. 21, 1971, over the rugged foothills of the Cascades north of Portland, Ore., area, with $200,000 in ransom money strapped to his body. Neither he nor the money has been found. It is the only unsolved skyjacking in U.S. history.

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DB Cooper-23086 ROBERT RACKSTRAW: "I'm not D.B. Cooper," — AP Photo

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p.A10 Seattle Post Intelligencer Seattle, Wa.

Date: 2/11/79 Edition: Sunday

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Character: or 164-81 Classification: Submitting Office: Seattle 164-81-Sub B SENT TO BUREAU SEARCHED.......... INDEXED........ SERIALIZED.......... FILED........ FEB 1 4 1979