AirtelCharlotte to Seattle re Carl Van Orden NORJAK lead (RUC)27 February 19811 page
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Part 97, page 244

DB Cooper-43781Serials 164-2111, CE 164-219, CE 164-219-10, SE 164-81

Document date 27 February 1981

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 97 p. 244 (DB Cooper-43781), Airtel, dated 27 Feb 1981, serial CE 164-219-10 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-97/pages/244

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SAC, SEATTLE (164A-81) 2/27/81

SAC, CHARLOTTE (164A-219) (RUC)

NORJAK CAA - HIJACK

(OO: SEATTLE) (BUFILE 164-2111)

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For the information of Seattle, on 1/2/81, information was received from a source that CARL VAN ORDEN, a professor at Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, N. C., resembles a photograph of D. B. COOPER, recently shown in a newspaper in North Carolina in connection with an article on captioned matter.

A review of the City Directory for Belmont, N. C., on 1/6/81, revealed that VAN ORDEN's address was 607 North Central Avenue, Belmont, N. C., and employment listed as "Employee of Belmont Abbey College".

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On 1/7/81, contact was made with [REDACTED] (protect identity), [REDACTED] for Belmont Abbey College. [REDACTED] viewed the artist's conception drawings of unsub, after which he stated that VAN ORDEN, [REDACTED], bears some slight resemblance to the drawings.

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On 1/28/81, [REDACTED] (protect identity) made available a [REDACTED] which had a snapshot therein of VAN ORDEN, Associate Professor of Business and Economics at Belmont Abbey College.

[REDACTED] stated that VAN ORDEN came to Belmont Abbey in 1979. He has a B.S. Degree from Rider College in 1958 and an M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1973.

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It was noted that the photograph of VAN ORDEN is similar in appearance to the artist's conception drawing of unsub, except that VAN ORDEN has a receding hairline and is partially bald.

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2 - Seattle (1) - Charlotte

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164A-219-10

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DB Cooper-43781