LetterCitizen letter to Chairman of the Board, Northwest Airlines, theorizing Cooper hid aboard the aircraft20 May 1978page 2 of 2
otherLegibility: high

Part 96, page 156

DB Cooper-43074

Document date 20 May 1978

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 96 p. 156 (DB Cooper-43074), Letter, dated 20 May 1978 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-96/pages/156

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The other clue is this: Cooper knew an awful lot about airplanes: how to fold parachutes, that there was a phone in back, that the pilot could open back door from cabin; now since this is so he also knew the extreme danger of jumping over rugged country at 8:00 o'clock November 24, 1971 since it was stormy that night. It would've been suicide, and he knew it. [illegible/struck-through] So he did not jump. He was snug in his box, until you delivered him. If you check my idea and find him, do I get the reward? We are

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Sincerely

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P.S. I've got more ideas if there were no big boxes.

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DB Cooper-43074