Part 54, page 158
DB Cooper-23087Serials SE 164-81
Document date 8 February 1979
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 54 p. 158 (DB Cooper-23087), News clipping, dated 8 Feb 1979 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-54/pages/158
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FD-350 (Rev. 10-19-77)
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Cooper? Not he, says man in Calif.
The man questioned about being D.B. Cooper in the 1971 skyjacking says he is not Cooper and any doubt will be removed when he goes on trial on a variety of charges, the Associated Press reported from Stockton, Calif.
Robert Wesley Rackstraw, 35, was questioned about the skyjacking last year, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation says he no longer is a suspect. He was arrested last week in Fullerton, Calif., after reportedly trying to duplicate a pilot's license and medical certificates in a print shop.
He is being held in Stockton on charges of grand theft of an airplane, possession of explosives, check forgery and passing bad checks. His background as a pilot and his extensive military parachute training prompted questioning about the unsolved Cooper skyjacking.
"You want me to say I'm not D.B. Cooper? OK, I'm not D.B. Cooper," Rackstraw said in a copyright interview by The Stockton Record. Any doubts about his Cooper connection will be dispelled when he goes on trial on the other charges, he said.
A man calling himself Cooper bailed out of a Northwest Orient Boeing 727 over the foothills of the Cascades in 1971, with $200,000 in extorted money.
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p.A17 Seattle Time. Seattle, Wa.
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Date: 2/8/79 Edition: Final
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Character: or 164-81 Classification: Submitting Office: Seattle 164-81-Sub B COPY SENT TO BUREAU
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SEARCHED............. INDEXED............. SERIALIZED............ FILED................ FEB : 4 1979
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