Part 73, page 247
Document date 27 December 1972
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 73 p. 247 (DB Cooper-31594), Letter, dated 27 Dec 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-73/pages/247
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December 27, 1972
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F. B. I Seattle, Washington Att: J. E. Milnes Dear Sir; I think of the D. B. Cooper case off and on [REDACTED]
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I've been wondering for some time if anyone in Woodland mentioned the "Mystery Plane" article that appeared in our weekly Woodland News paper on July 29, 1971. It was put in by the Woodland Police Chief, Joe Mays. I would send the clipping except, I don't have that paper. I looked it up at our Library so I could buy a back copy, but by that time the paper office was on vacation until after New Years. To me the Mystery Plane article was food for thought. [REDACTED]
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D. B. Cooper or whoever, could not have been unfamiliar with this area, prior to the Hijacking. This Mystery Plane bugged Woodland for a week and according to Joe Mays, was the same plane that dropped Bubble gum on the school ground in the Spring. All this and still no one could read the numbers of the plane to report it. After the above article appeared in the paper, no one saw the plane again, that I know of. [REDACTED] told me to keep my nose out of this, so until this in- formation proves helpful or not, I will continue to sign as,
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164 -81 - Sub R
SEARCHED _____ SERIALIZED _____ DEC 2 9 1972
DB Cooper-31594