Part 96, page 137
Document date 18 May 1978
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 96 p. 137 (DB Cooper-43050), Teletype, dated 18 May 1978 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-96/pages/137
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IN A POSITION TO KNOW THE BUSINESS C. COOPER'S ACTIVITIES AND TO IDENTIFY PHOTOGRAPHS OF COOPER. COFFELT, PERHAPS 10 BY WALLACE, IS BELIEVED ILL[illegible] HOSPITAL 10 [guess: ENYA] A [guess: SMILEY], WHILE WALL, DOS FEBRUARY 25, 1918, OAKLRACE, [illegible], TOI [illegible] NO. 59 [illegible] . DURING COURSE OF TARIN INVESTIGATION THAT [guess: NAVY]-[guess: REVOLVING] SUSPECT, ONE JACK COFFELT, NOW DECEASED. ACCORDING TO WALLACE, WHEN COFFELT
THAT HE, COFFELT, WAS S. S.
COOPER. [ ] WAS TOLD COFFELT'S STORY TO A FREE-LANCE WRITER BY THE NAME OF [ ] AND [guess: CUSTOMS] TALKED TO [ ] AND PRESUMABLY [ ] WALLACE SAID THAT THEIR INTERVIEW OF ONE OF THE STEWARDESSES WAS DISCLOSED THAT SHE IDENTIFIED A PICTURE OF COFFELT AS D.B. COOPER; HOWEVER, S.H. CLAIMS THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS NEVER SHOWN TO HER BY THE FBI. CBS WAS ALSO INTERVIEWED, A PASSENGER WHO SAID THE FBI DID SHOW HIM A PICTURE OF COFFELT WHICH HE IDENTIFIED AS COOPER BUT THE FBI NEVER FOLLOWED UP WITH ANY ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION.
WALLACE CLAIMS THAT OBF HAS LEARNED THAT A TEST FLIGHT PERFORMED FOR THE BUREAU DETERMINED THAT WHEN THE REAR DOOR OF THE PLANE WAS LET DOWN THE CABIN PRESSURE IN THE PLANE DROPPED.
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DB Cooper-43050