Part 96, page 427
DB Cooper-43376Serials PD 164-41, PD 164-41-1859
Document date 7 December 1981
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 96 p. 427 (DB Cooper-43376), Report, dated 7 Dec 1981, serial PD 164-41-1859 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-96/pages/427
Transcript
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U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation
In Reply, Please Refer to File No.
Portland, Oregon December 7, 1981
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PRESS RELEASE
Robert S. Gast, II, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Oregon, made the following announcement today:
During the past three weeks, given the publicity associated with the 10th anniversary of the D. B. Cooper hijacking and the release of a movie relating to it, the FBI has received numerous telephone calls and visits from individuals purporting to be D. B. Cooper and claiming to have a portion of the ransom, or to have knowledge of the crime. Each contact has been evaluated and appropriate investigation conducted.
At 3 a.m., December 3, 1981, officers of the Portland Police Bureau contacted the Portland Office of the FBI and advised a clerical employee on duty, that a gentleman, claiming to be D. B. Cooper, was present at the police headquarters. The information furnished to the police made it appear highly unlikely that the individual had been involved in the hijacking. A member of the FBI staff then spoke to the man on the phone and asked him several key questions pertaining to the crime. The man's responses to these questions were of such a nature that it was apparent he had little or no firsthand knowledge of the event. His personal description also varied from that of the hijacker.
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