Part 96, page 373
Document date 25 June 1980
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 96 p. 373 (DB Cooper-43314), Teletype, dated 25 Jun 1980, serial PD 164-41-1832 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-96/pages/373
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PA3 5 433 0&164-93 UNCLAS
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HE SAID HIS INTEREST RESULTED FROM EARLY NEWS REPORTS THAT COOPER MAY HAVE BEEN A PARATROOPER. ARMSTRONG ASKED POINTED QUESTIONS OF SA SUCH AS, HAD ANY LATENT PRINTS BEEN OBTAINED AND HE WAS INTERESTED TO KNOW IF COOPER HAD, IN FACT, PARACHUTED INSTEAD OF HIDING SOMEWHERE IN THE PLANE. ARMSTRONG ADMITTED THAT HE HAD MADE 30 JUMPS WHILE IN THE U.S. PARATROOPERS SOME OF WHICH WERE FROM PLANES FLYING 300 MILES PER HOUR. HE STATED THAT ALTITUDE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEM FOR ANY SKILLED PARACHUTIST.
ARMSTRONG MUST BE CONSIDERED A SUSPECT, UNTIL HE IS ELIMINATED, BECAUSE OF HIS SIMILARITY TO THE COMPOSITE OF COOPER, HIS U.S. PARATROOPER SERVICE, HIS ADMITTED USE OF DYNAMITE AND HIS UNEMPLOYMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SKYJACKING, NOVEMBER 24, 1971.
ARREST RECORDS OF ARMSTRONG AT PARKERSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WOOD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, PARKERSBURG, ARE NEGATIVE.
ARMSTRONG PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND INFORMATION CONCERNING HIMSELF:
NAME RICHARD A. ARMSTRONG, SEX MALE, RACE WHITE, $DOB AUGUST 3, 1937, POB HIGH POINT, NC, RESIDENCE BICKEL TRAILER COURT, PARKERSBURG, TWO WEEKS, FORMER RESIDENCE NO. 5, LOT 31, EIGHTH AVE., PARKERSBURG, WV, HEIGHT 5'7", WEIGHT 165, EYES GRAY, GLASSES
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DB Cooper-43314