Part 75, page 134

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PHILIP M. CULLEN ATTORNEY AT LAW

156 EAST KING STREET P. O. BOX 1073 LANCASTER, PA 17603

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August 26, 1976

Clarence M. Kelley, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice Washington, D. C. 20535

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Re: Unknown Subject, aka D. B. Cooper Aircraft Piracy--Northwest Airlines November, 1971

Dear Mr. Kelley:

Reference is made to the apparently unsolved incident in November, 1971 in which an unknown male individual using the name D. B. Cooper extorted $200,000 cash from Northwest Airlines in the state of Washington and disappeared from the pirated aircraft enroute to Reno, Nevada.

[REDACTED], Lancaster b6 County, Pennsylvania, telephone [REDACTED] furnished the following information b7C when contacted on an unrelated personal matter.

[REDACTED] stressed that he has no direct, specific information b6 that the information he furnished concerning [REDACTED] below, may or may no· b7C relate to the D. B. Cooper air piracy incident.

[REDACTED] businessman who has b6 lived all his life in the general area, advised that he had known a b7C [REDACTED] white, male, who would now be in his late 50s or early 60s, muscular, originally from the Lancaster County area, who possibly could be the unknown individual using the name D. B. Cooper.

In brief, according to [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] Lancaster County area, [REDACTED] b7C [REDACTED] was a member of the Pennsylvania State Police who resigned from the force; was an aviator and parachutist; was an active hunter, fisherman, and outdoor camper; was a [REDACTED] area; and then about 10-15 years ago, after having been [REDACTED] by the Pennsylvania State Police on [REDACTED] and disappear[ed]

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cc: SAC, Philadelphia (Information) [REDACTED] Pa.