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Part 73, page 188 DB Cooper-31524 Serials SE 164-81-6403
Document date 5 December 1974 AI Dates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
Open in FBI Vault (Part 73, page 188 of the PDF) Copy citation FBI 164-81, Vault Part 73 p. 188 (DB Cooper-31524), Letter, dated 5 Dec 1974, serial SE 164-81-6403 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-73/pages/188
Transcript The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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DECEMBER 5, 1974
FROM: [REDACTED]
ATTN: F B I AGENT
REGARDING THE NW AIRLINES HI-JACK CASE
3 YEARS AGO INVOLVING COOPER
THIS IS TO REPORT AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED
AT THE
[REDACTED]
CASTLE ROCK, WASHINGTON
UNLISTED PHONE NUMBER
ACCORDING TO [REDACTED]
CASTLE ROCK, WASH.
PHONE: [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] SAYS THE SAME EVENING AND APPROXIMATE TIME
THAT THE HI-JACK TOOK PLACE
[REDACTED]
[REDACTED] REPORTED THIS TO THE SHERIFF AT THE
TIME AND THE SHERIFF KIND OF LAUGHED AT HER.
HENCE SHE REFUSES TO REPORT THE INCIDENT FURTHER
[REDACTED] DOES NOT KNOW I AM REPORTING THIS.
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164-81-6403
SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____
SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____
DEC 11 1974
FBI — SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-31524
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Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or subject notation.
A typed letter dated December 5, 1974, addressed to an FBI agent regarding the NW Airlines hijack case involving Cooper. The writer reports an incident that occurred in Castle Rock, Washington on the same evening and approximate time as the hijacking. A witness reported something to the local sheriff at the time but was laughed at, so she refused to report further. The letter writer is reporting this without the witness's knowledge. Many names and details are redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions.
FBI Seattle field office processing stamp showing the document was received and indexed on December 11, 1974, with case number 164-81-6403.
Bates number or document tracking identifier for the DB Cooper file.
FOIA exemption codes indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6) and confidential source information (b7C), appearing at multiple points along the right margin.
Multiple sections redacted with black bars (b6/b7C exemptions) Names, phone numbers, and some narrative details are redacted Typewritten letter with stamps and handwritten annotations Scan order ← p. 187 p. 189 →