MemoTo SAC Los Angeles re Goleta source reporting desert airstrip trip and suspect description25 February 1976page 2 of 3
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Part 61, page 192

DB Cooper-25390Serials LA 164-497

Document date 25 February 1976

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LA 164-497

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He advised that [REDACTED] owns quite a bit of land in the vicinity of his airport and his property includes a [REDACTED] was at one time a pretty sound [REDACTED] but was managed poorly and during the past few years there have been approximately [REDACTED] which have been blamed directly on poor maintenance procedures at the [REDACTED]. There are a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] incidents and the [REDACTED] has been all but wiped out. The [REDACTED] has been closed any there are practically [REDACTED] at the present time.

As a result of all the problems, [REDACTED] father is really under the gun financially. A part of his efforts [REDACTED] was to make his son, [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] further confided that he has a theory that Mr. D.B. COOPER is [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] furnished this information to [REDACTED] at a time when he was quite angry with the [REDACTED] would be very upset if he found out that [REDACTED] furnished this information to the FBI, and therefore [REDACTED] requests that the source of this information not be made known to [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] further advised that he has personally known [REDACTED] for a number of years, but does not know him well. He stated that [REDACTED] is currently [REDACTED] for Northwest Orient Air Lines and m[guess: ay] have been employed as [REDACTED] with this air lines for the past seven or eight years. He also knows that [REDACTED] is a parachute jumper and he has heard that [REDACTED] has been in trouble with the law in the past. He advised that he does not know where [REDACTED] currently resides, but thinks he probably [REDACTED] out of Seattle, Washington.

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