Part 97, page 162
DB Cooper-43693Serials 164-2111, 164-36, SE 164-81
Document date 16 August 1988
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 97 p. 162 (DB Cooper-43693), Airtel, dated 16 Aug 1988 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-97/pages/162
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FD-36 (Rev. 6-29-85)
FBI
TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☒ AIRTEL ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 8/16/88
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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM: SAC, MILWAUKEE (164A-36) (MRA) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK; CRIME ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT-HIJACKING; OO: SEATTLE
Re Seattle airtel to Director, 7/28/88, captioned as above.
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For information and evaluation of Seattle. [REDACTED]
[REDACTED], Baraboo, Wisconsin, telephone number [REDACTED], advised that [REDACTED] MERLIN GENE COOPER, who is now deceased. He advised that MERLIN COOPER was a pathological liar and a con man, and he would not be at all surprised if [REDACTED] was determined to be identical to hijacker D.B. COOPER. He stated that in about 1971, when the D.B. COOPER story broke and artists' drawings of D.B. COOPER were printed in newspapers, he thought to himself that the artists' drawings bore a striking resemblance to [REDACTED] MERLIN COOPER.
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He advised that [REDACTED] was in the U.S. Air Force in Europe, and, upon his discharge from the Air Force, worked as an air traffic controller at Midway Field in
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ARMED AND DANGEROUS
2 - Bureau (164-2111) 2 - Seattle (164A-81) 2 - Milwaukee (164A-36) [REDACTED] (6) [REDACTED]
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Approved: _____________ Transmitted ________ (Number)
DB Cooper-43693