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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)

FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☒ AIRTEL ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 1/5/82

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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

FROM: SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50) (P)

SUBJECT: NORJACK OO: SEATTLE

On 12/1/81, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] South Lake Tahoe, California advised that after reading the newspaper article regarding Universal Studios offering $1 million for information leading to the arrest and conviction of D. B. Cooper, she decided to furnish the following information to the FBI. [REDACTED] advised that D. B. Cooper is in reality Melvin Cooper, an individual who is last known to be employed by the U. S. Forest Service in the Bakersfield, California area. She advised that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] however, the location of [REDACTED] is unknown.

[REDACTED] advised that approximately twelve years ago she met Melvin Cooper at a friends home in [REDACTED] Cali- fornia. [REDACTED] stated that she did not wish to furnish the names of friends and that in no way wanted her friends involved in any investigation regarding Melvin Cooper. [REDACTED] stated that Melvin Cooper served in the U. S. Marine Corps, was a helicopter pilot, a parachutist and a "daredevil." She stated that Cooper attended Oregon State University and had friends in the states of Oregon and Washington. She noted that Cooper at one time was employed by the Gallo Glass Factory in Modesto, California.

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2 - Seattle (2) - Sacramento FMH/wlp (4)

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164-497-1088 SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ FEB 3 1982 ANGELES

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DB Cooper-25957