News clippingRe man claiming to be D.B. Cooper turned away after FBI call1 page
newspaper_clippingLegibility: high

Part 96, page 437

DB Cooper-43389

Open in FBI Vault (Part 96, page 437 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 96 p. 437 (DB Cooper-43389), News clipping — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-96/pages/437

Transcript

The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.

b6 b7C

---

A man claiming to be skyjacker D. B. Cooper tried to turn himself in to police in Portland, Oregon, late last week but when Detective [REDACTED] telephoned the FBI, Agents told him to call back later, and the man wasn't heard from again police said.

[REDACTED] said the self-proclaimed Cooper, the man who ten years ago parachuted from a hijacked jet over Washington State with $200,000 in ransom money. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] he reportedly told [REDACTED].

The detective said that FBI Agent [REDACTED] told him no one was available to interview the man, and that [REDACTED] should photograph "Cooper" and tell him to contact the FBI later.

"We have been in direct contact with the Portland Police Department" FBI spokesman [REDACTED] said yesterday. "We have evaluated the information and are conducting the appropriate investigation."

---

News story which appeared in Washington Post on about 10/5/81.

---

DB Cooper-43389