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DUE TO BULKINESS 1a1 THRU 1a57 ARE BEING MAINTAINED

IN SEPARATE EXHIBIT SECTION IN CLOSED FILES. SEE
VOLUME 1 FOR (1ai-1a8), Volume 2 for (1a9-1218),
Volume 3 for (1a19-1a30), Volume 4 for (1a31-
1a35), Volume 5 for (1a36-1a44), and Volume 6
for(1a45~-1a57).

(Title) NORJAK

(ile No) 164-497

Item |DateFiled

' ; | Disposition
58 [4/25/74 Advise of Rights form and interview log for | | a
on 3/26/74 (cp)
_39 2 1 man's narrow black necktie found on the
24] NORYAK aircraft presumed to be the unsubs :
(see ser 766) (cp) ;
60 |5/7/74 Handprint of | (ep)
61 | 5/8/74 Xerox copies of charge slips billed to I
| | | lduring period from
January 1971 to November 1973. (cp)
62 5/8/7 15. xEroxed copies of charge slips billed tof |
| I(cp)
63_| 5/8/74 4 pages of xerox copies checks in payment _o
purchases by| customers with 4 checks
shown drawn on account of| i
dated 10/15/72 (i) ,| 8/27/73 (2) (cp) |
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FD-395 (Rev. 10-10-67)

INTERROGATION; ADVICE OF RIGHTS

YOUR RIGHTS

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Time _ 7 26 PM

Before we ask you any questions, you must understand your rights.
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can be used against you in court.

You have the right to talk to a lawyer for advice before we ask you any
questions and to have him with you during questioning.

If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed for you before any
questioning if you wish.

If you decide to answer questions now without a lawyer present, you

will still have the right to stop answering at any time. You also have the right
to stop answering at any time until you talk to a lawyer.

WAIVER OF RIGHTS

I have read this statement of my rights and I understand what my rights
are. I am willing to make a statement and answer questions. I do not want a
lawyer at this time. I understand and know what I am doing. No promises or
threats have been made to me and no pressure or coercion of any kind has been
used against me.

Signed

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' DUE 'TO 'BULKINESS 1ai THRU 1245 ARB' BEING MAINTAINED
IN SEPARATE EXHIBIT SECTION IN CLOSED FILES. SEE
VOLUME I FOR (1ai-1a8), VOLUME $f FOR (1a9-1a18),
VOLUME "3: FOR (1a19-1a30), AND VOLUME 4 FOR (1a31-
1a35), VOLUME 5 FOR (4436-14844).

(Title) NORJAK

(lle No) —164-497

Item [Date i tion
45 15/9/72] 21 phtos of white male possible cs
£: bd 2 photos of unidentified male possibly | (cs)

47 "16/28/72 2 photos of | [(cs)

48 12/13/72 1 photo of (cp)

49 __}8/14/7P Photo off Kcp)

50 *110/11/72 One copy of original letter (see ser. 567) (cp)

1_112/13/V2_ 1 sheet paper with 1969 series mumbers (cp)

52 _11/9/73}_1>-phSPS°SFT Itaken '1963 (cp)
53 3/6/731_ 2 colored artist's conceptions of UNSUB aka
"DAN COOPER" en

54 __|6/28/7B 1 photo of| l<cp) co

_55__1 8/20/73 Copy of driver's license and photos. of OWEN) fine

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MURRAY REYNOLDS (cp) a eee ae

56 14/23/7 Hair fibers and in glass slides and envelope

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RECORD CROSS REFERENCE COPY OF: DRIVER LICENS
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REYNOLDS, Owen Murray --+ .* OC 70952
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-~LKA-11611 Brookhurst, Garden Grove, Calif.
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FD-39$ (Reve 10-10-67)

INTERROGATION; ADVICE OF RIGHTS

YOUR RIGHTS

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Time /O:30 ANY

Before we ask you any questions, you must understand your rights. :
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can be used against you in court.

You have the right to talk to a lawyer for advice before we ask you any
questions and to have him with you during questioning.

If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed for you before any
questioning if you wish.

Tf you decide to answer questions now without a lawyer present, you
will still have the right to stop answering at any time. You also have the right
to stop answering at .any time until you talk to a lawyer.

WAIVER OF RIGHTS

I have read this statement of my rights and I understand what my rights
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lawyer at this time. I understand and know what I am doing. No promises or
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305,

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March L,, 1972

Dear Sir,
(
} Reference: My letter of February 24, 1972, Suvject: "D. B. Cooper."

Appazently Mr. "D. B. Couper" is still at large. Perhaps my
| first letter was ignored asf'witchhunt." Granted, my interest is
in a reward. My limited knowledge of this person all points to a
perfect "Dp, Be Cooper."

T have retouched a "D. B. Cooper" composite picture to more
q closely resemble my suspect. A reproduction of this picture is
shown below.

1 If you haven't made any headway in you# investigation, mgy I
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1} voice at calm and ange? moods. Then the plane passengers and crew
i who are available could either identify or exoyergte him.
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I remember the following additional information about him:
He had been in the merchant marine. He was treated at the Public
Health Hofisital, located at 15th Avenue and Lake Street, San
Francisco, Califomia for liver or kidney operation. Perhaps they
told him he has only a limited future. He has a yellow'sh
complexton and usually a grim exnress*.on. R =

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RE WFO AIRTEL TO BUREAU DATED JUNE 21, 1977, AND SEATTLE
TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND ABOVE OFFICES DATED JULY 22, 1977.
ON AUGUST 2, 1977,| |

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, WAS INTERVIEWED BY

SPECIAL aGENTS

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[_] ADVISED HE waS AN ATTORNEY yITH OFFICES AT 325 PENNSYL- bs |
VANIA AVENUE, S.E., WASHINGTON, D. c. cwoc). [|_| MET
JAMES BRYANT COFFELT IN 197% WHEN BOTH WERE ATTENDING ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS. DESCRIBES COFFELT AS A COUNTRY BOY wHO

WAS "A REAL CON MaN."
ACCORDING TO COFFELT WAS A VERY LIKEABLE PERSON bs

WHO WAS A GOOD STORY TELLER AND SALESMAN. COFFELT ToLD[ _|

HE, COFFELT, waS FROM THE COLSON HILLS AREA, HAD DONE TIME

FOR BANK ROBBERY, AND HAD BEEN PAROLED IN 1955, ACCORDING

TO COFFELT, wHEN TRUMAN yAS UNDER SIEGE ATTHE BLAIR HOUSE,

A GUARD-RELATIVE HAD SAVED TRUMAN'S LIFE AND THE FAMILY WAS

REWARDED WITH COFFELT+S PAROLE. LAST SAW COFFELT ON

DECEMBER 27 OF 1974 OR 1975, WHEN COFFELT WAS MOVING TO
LAS VEGAS.

ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO A CAME TO WASHINGTON 6
aND[___] WENT 10 BREAKFAST wITH HIM. [___| TALKED ABOUT A __ 7D
COFFELT HAD wRITTEN AND THAT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
WAS INTERESTED IN PUBLISHING THE BOOK. WAS TRYING TO

LOCATE COFFELT AND ASKED IF COFFELT HaD OWED | lany MONEY.
ADVISED THAT HE HAD DONE SOME LEGAL WORK FOR COFFELT

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PAGE THREE WF 164-169 CLEAR
IN A CLAIM COFFELT HAD AGAINST ROBERT TODD LINCOLN BECKWITH

AND WAS STILL OWED MONEY FOR LEGAL FEES.

AFTER[ _—_—s VISIT, A PRODUCER FROM UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
CALLED AND ADVISED THEY NEEDED PERMISSION TO MAKE PUBLIC
SOME OF COFFELT'S WORK. [| SAID HE WAS OFFERED $25,999
AND A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROFITS AND WAS OFFERED.

THE SAME,

DECLINED AND ADVISED HE HAD BEEN TOLD BY

[THAT SHE,| _ WAS VERY DISTRESSED OVER A

TELEPHONE CALL FROM A MAN NAMED WHO HAD GONE TO A

RELATIVE OF

AND COFFELT

WERE COUSINS. [ __JADVISED THE AGENTS THAT DURING THE TIME

HE KNEw[ | AND JACK COFFELT, THEY HAD NOT

ADVISED HE COULD NOT BELIEVE COFFELT COULD HAVE

BEEN INVOLVED IN A HIJACKING, "IT wAS NOT HIS STYLE," AND
"I DON+T THINK HE*D KNOW HOW TO OPEN A PARACHUTE LET ALONE
OPEN AN AIRPLANE'S DOOR FROM THE INSIDE." STATED

COFFELT HAD ENTRUSTED NOTHING TO FOR SAFEKEEPING IN

A VAULT OR ELSEWHERE.

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IN ADDITION,

WDC, WAS RECONTACTED REGARDING A REVIEW OF COFFELT'S MEDICAL

RECORDS IN AN EFFORT TO ASCERTAIN COFFELT*S wHEREABOUTS ON

OR ABOUT NOVEMBER 24, 1971. ADVISED HIS
RECORDS ON COFFELT INDICATED HE LAST TREATED HIM DURING
MARCH, 1973. HE BELIEVED HIS TREATMENT OF COFFELT SPANNED

7-9 YEARS.
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EAPOLIS DATED JULY 23, 1977, ET

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RECALLS

TO RECALL EXACTYORDS USED BY
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FILE FOUR PAGES LONG WHICH waS SINGLE SPACED.
[| top THAT HE, HAD PERMISSION OF 6

THE WEST COAST FBI, FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, AND

GRIFFIN BELL TO MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT THE HIJACKING.[_ | HAD

INFORMATION ON THE HIJACKING, BUT EVERYTHING HE KNEW COULD HAVE

COME FROM NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES. DID NOT HAVE ANY

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

[| HEARD FROM UNRECALLED SOURCE THAT HAD Bs |

NEITHER[_____—*4|s NOR ANYONE ELSE, HaS EVER TOLD OR IMPLIED bs |
TO THAT OR ANY FBI EMPLOYEE GAVE
[__ J ANY FILE, OR ANY INFORMATION wHATSOEVER ABOUT THE
HIJACKING, HAD NO FACBAL BASIS wHATSOEVER FOR THE
THOUGHT SOMETHING ALONG THESE LINES CONCEIVABLY COULD HAVE
HAPPENED. HIS THOUGHT wAS THE RESULT OF PURE SPECULATION AND

CONJECTURE ON PART.

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ADDRESS, CALIFORNIA
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TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK (A)
OO: SEATTLE
RE: JAMES BRYANT COFFELT, aka
Jack Bryant Coffelt,
Bryant Arthur James Coffelt, (TN)
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Re Seattle teletype to Bureau dated 1/22/77 and - b7D
Bureau teletype to Minneapolis dated 7/23/77.
For the information of the Bureau and receiving
offices, the Seattle Division has positively eliminated COFFELT
as a suspect in this matter. However, the following leads
are being set out in an attempt to determine the sl
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nfidential information has been provided to
and others involved in the attempt to produce a movie b7C
concerning captioned crime.

Bureau (164-2111)
Atlanta (164-254)

Denver (164-98)

Los Angeles (164-497)

- Little Rock (164-22) (Info)
- Las Vegas (164-60) (Info)
- San Diego (164-91) (Info)
~ Minneapolis (164-73)

~ WFO (164-169) (Info)

~ Seattle (164-81)

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LEADS:

MINNEAPOLIS DIVISION

At Minneapolis, Minnesota

Wil e and interview Northwest Orient Airlines
and obtain from him any information he b6
may have provided | Jor any other person involved with the b7C

production of the movie, that up unto this time had been consi-
dered confidential. It is noted that|
on Northwest at the time of the hijacking and in addition
he has pac_close_ontact with eye witnesses in this matter and
finally provided the information used by the FBI, for
determining the drop zone and the crime search area conducted
pShortly_after the hijacking. It should_be pointed out to
during this interview that [~~ is in no way
connected with the FBI and that the FBI is not cooperating
with his efforts to produce a movie concerning this matter.
In addition; it should be pointed out that none_of the other
'witnesses in this matter, have cooperated with | at the
present time, and that the information that he possesses
based on his position with Northwest Orient Airlines, is of
critical importance to the possible solution of this crime.

| Jhas in his personal possession, a copy of b6
a voice recorder tape printout which contains all of the b7C
communications between the skyjacker, the cockpit and the
Northwest Control Center, in timed sequence. This should be
obtained from if he will release it to be FBI and
if not, a copy of it should be obtained.

Note for the information of the Minneapolis Division:

Seattle is in possession of notes taken by] [of the b6
telephone conversations between | and b7C
between Northwest| | In at least

one conversation, it appears that| |recorded both sides

of the conversation. The interview with| J indicates
that he provided | | with all of the information he has

in this matter, contrary to what he indicated when interviewed
by FBI Agents on 8/1/77.

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SE 164-81

LOS ANGELES DIVISION

At Los Angeles, California

Will determine if __] could have possibly received

confi information from former retired FBI Agent
It_is noted that according to
is currently] Jworking for

lin this matter.

DENVER DIVISION

At Denver, Colorado

Will- locate and interview| | and
determine from her if she provided any confidential information
concerning this crime tof during hex recent trip to
Los Angeles. ;

Will also attempt to determine any other information
may have concerning her conversations with

ATLANTA DIVISION

At Atlanta, Georgia

Will recontact Attorney | |
| and determine if he has received
any additional information from Las Vegas, Nevada,
concerning this matter. If so, will attempt to obtain copies
of this communication and forward same to Seattle.

ALL OFFICES COVERING LEADS ARE AGAIN REMINDED, THAT
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS HIJACKING IS NOT TO BE CONFIRMED
OR DENIED DURING INTERVIEWS. INTERVIEWS SHOULD BE CONDUCTED
TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ONLY.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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Date: 8/23/77

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(Priority)

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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
_PROM: ADIC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P)
RE: NORJAK (A)

00: Seattle

RE: JAMES BRYANT COFFELT, aka
Jack Bryant Coffelt, -

Bryant Arthur James Coffelt (TN)

Re Seattle airtel to Bureav dated 8/17/77.

As Seattle is well aware, Agents of the Los Angeles
Division have interviewed |} on several
occasions. During the initial contact, he indicated that he
had retained an ex-FBI Agent to assist him
of COFFELT, but refused to identify this individual During

a eee
a retired FBI Agent from

Newport Beach, California. Subsequent efforts to identify
| jin Orange County and Los Angeles, California, met
with negative results.

is a name-dropper, has a wild imagination,
and is frequently loose with the truth. It is the opinion of
the interviewing agents that the only official information
has: concerning this matter is an FBI identification

record relating to COFFELT, which he may have obtained fron{ |
| | if he does, in fact, have one.
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identify

Unless advised to the contrary by Seattle,

by Los Angeles that even if | jis b7c

and

wGopittied.. chances of him cooperating would be unlikely

would be immediately advised. Los Angeles further

feels that| |} would then claim even more strongly that
COFFELT is D. B. COOPER and that the FBI is attempting to

stop his

investigation because the Bureau would be embarrassed

if the case was solved by him.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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AIRTEL

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SULIJLCT:

8/23/77

AIR MATL

SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

ADIC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (3) (P)_
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NORTAK (A)

O09: Seattle

RE:

| CALTYORUTA

Enclosed for Seattle are the original and one xcrox

copy cf an anonymous letter received by the Los Angeles Office
on §/22/77. Enclosed for San Trancisco are two xerox copics
of tne above Letter.

The enclosed letter, which was_mailed in San Francisco,

California. on B/15/77, indicates that] |
California, should be considercd a

suspect in captioned matter.

GLAD

Los Angeles indices negative re CARROLL COOPER.

SAN FRANCISCO

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investigation regarding

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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM: SAC, ATLANTA (164-254) (RUC)

SUBJECT: NORJAK (A)
(00: SEATTLE)

Re Atlanta airtel to the Director dated 5/13/77,
Little Rock teletype to the Director dated 7/20/77, and
Seattle airtel to the Director dated 8/17/77.

For informatim.of the New York Division, enclosed

rede by Pee anton on developed concerni ; efforts
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deceased) is identified as D.B. COOPER, hijacker in instant
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Atlanta, Georgia, telephonically contacted the Atlanta
Office and furnished the following information:

She is employed by HEW, Peachtree and 7th
Street, Atlanta, and on she was on a Delta b6
Airlines flight from Atlanta to Washington, D.C., when b7C
she overheard the following story:

3.- Bureau (164- 2111)
12 Los Angeles (164- pone 16 fi

2 - Seattle (164-81)

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AT 164-254

Sitting next to her on this flight was one

| who identified himself] | for

Newsday, a prominent newspaper on Long Island, New York
She stated that she had verified through library sources
his identity and veracity and that he told her
the subject's esc h st_m

with the subject]
| | under

anther name. She stated thatL____| showed her a
penciled drawing on a handkerchief that the subject had
done portraying a "snoopy" parachute dropping from an

aireray? holding a sack of money. She stated that

told her and two fellow passengers that the subject
is a former Boeing employee and he removed a panel from
the ceiling of the jet (in the lavatory) and hid there
and later got off the aircraft after it had landed and
things had cooled down.

LEADS:
NEW YORK DIVISION

Will locate} | through Newsday
newspaper on Long Island, New York and interview him
concerning any information he would care to furnish
regarding the identity of the individual identified as
D. B. COOPER the suspect in this matter.

OFFICE OF ORIGIN HAS POINTED OUT THAT THE

] AND POSSIBLY OTHERS ARE ANXIOUS TO

OBTAIN INFORMATION WHICH WOULD UPDATE THE SCRIPT BEING
PROPOSED AND WRITTEN AND MAKE IT MORE VALUABLE OR

WOULD VERIFY THE INFORMATION AND, THEREFORE, MAKE IT
MORE PLAUSIBLE. ALL OFFICES COVERING LEADS ARE REMINDED
THAT INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS HIJACKING IS NOT TO

BE CONFIRMED OR DENIED DURING INTERVIEWS. INTERVIEWS
SHOULD BE CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ONLY.

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NORJAK (A). OO: SEATTLE.

ON MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1977,
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, APPEARED AT FAYETTEVILLE, ARK., RESIDENT

AGENCY AND ADVISED AS FOLLOWS: b6é

THEY HAD VISITED wITH B7D

ON FRIDAY N AUGUST 26, 1977. AT THAT TIME

GAVE THEM A HANDWRITTEN NOTE ADDRESSED TO
ATTORNEY, DURHAM, NORHB CAROLINA, WHICH SET FORTH FINANCIAL

AGREEMENTS FAVORABLE TO

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COOPERATION. WENT TO DURHAM AND SPOKE TO
[__| atrorney,| |OF AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
AND FRIEND OF ATTORNEY IN ATLANTA.

[| DETERMINED THAT HAD BEEN DISBARRED IN NORTH
CAROLINA. RETURNED TO AND VISITED WITH

ON NIGHT, AUGUST 31, 1977. |

RELATED TO THEM|

|TO FBI ABOUT

A FEy SITUATIONS DURING THE HIJACKING. FIRST, PILOT SCOTT

FLEW THE AIRCRAFT.

SECOND,

HIRD,

BY D. B. COOPER BUT SHE REFUSED IT.

[___—s|CLAIMED COOPER (COFFELT) WENT INTO BATHROOM WHILE
PLANE BEING REFUELED,| |] STOOD BY BATHROOM DOOR AND

WAS HIT BY DOOR WHEN COOPER EXITED BATHROOM.

STATES HE INTERVIEWED|

CLAIMED THAT| |

COULD BE MASTERMIND OF HIJACKING SINCE HE IS FORMER NORTHWEST

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CURRENTLY RESIDES IN[ ___] MONTANA. em

DISPLAYED SEVERAL CASSETTE TAPE CARTRIDGES AND
ONE REEL-REEL TAPE. 2 OF CASSETTE CARTRIDGES WERE ALLEGED
BY[__|TO BE ORIGINAL TAPES OF TELEPHONE CALLS BETWEEN

AND TAPED
REEL TAPE IS COPY OF CASSETTE OF TELEPHONE CALLS Bs |
BETWEEN AND PART OF A PERSONAL INTERVIEW b7D
BETWEEN| |HAVE THESE AND SEVERAL

TAPES wHICH THEY wILL GLADLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO FBI IF THEY ARE
ASKED, BUT THEY PREFER TO RELEASE THEM TO Sa|
LAS VEGAS. ON TAPE INVOLVING ALLEGES[ |

REPLIED

OREGON AND THEN CHANGED TO wASHINGTON, BUT THE OREGON RESPONSE
WAS SPONTANEOUS.
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CLAIMS TO HAVE DUG UP THE CORD NEAR THE "BIG ROCK."

THIS wILL ALSO BE TURNED OVER TO FBI, UPON REQUEST, FOR
LABORATORY ANALYSIS,

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PAGE FOUR LR 164-
CLAIMS THAT

22 CLEAR

9

MALIBU, CALIFORNIA,

WERE HIRED

STATED

INTERVIEWS AND THESE TAPES ARE IN CUSTODY OF

HAS OTH

OF OPINION THAT

TRUTHFUL

BY

LAS VEGAS.
LAS VEGAS:
NYLON CORD.

LEADS TO REINTERVIEW

SYSTEMATICALLY MISLED AND LIED TO

MUSIC CORPORATION OF AMERICA CMCA),

UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, 0 CHECK OuT| |STORY
REGARDING COFFELT AND

TAPED OVER RP HOURS OF

ER TAPE RECORDED CONVERSATIONS.
IS NOT BEING

COOPER AND THAT FBI HAS BEEN

DEPARTED ARKANSAS VIA AUTO SEPTEMBER 1, 1977, EN ROUTE

CONTACT

OBTAIN TAPE RECORDINGS, AND

0

CONTACT MCA,

AND 0

LITTLE

OCK DIVISION AT

THERS BEING LEFT TO SEATTLE.

ARKANSAS: WILL ATTEMPT

TO INTERVIEW |

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P @31634Z OCT 77
FM LITTLE ROCK (164-22) @)
TO SEATTLE (164-812) PRIORITY
LOS ANGELES (164-497) PRIORITY
BT
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NORJAK (A). 00: SEATTLE.

ON OCTOBER 2, 1977,

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SRA, FAYETTEVILLE, ARK., AND STATED HE wAS CURRENTLY IN
LOS ANGELES CONFERRING wITH THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO GAIN

PRODUCTION RIGHTS TO STORY ABOUT JACK BRYANT COFFELT AND

HIS ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN CAPTIONED HIJACKING.

ASKED OF INDIVIDUAL ALLEGED TO BE COFFELT

AND FURNISHED BY

WERE, IN FACT,

COFFELT AND STATED THAT HE DID

NOT DESIRE TO DO ANYTHING

ILLEGAL. HE WAS ADVISED THAT SRA, FAYETTEVILLE, HAD NO
- KNOWLEDGE THAT FURNISHED BY WERE, IN FACT,

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COFFELT, -HOWEVER,

HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED DURING

PAST CONVERSATIONS, COFFELT IS NOT SUBJECT D. B. COOPER.

STATED HE WILL REMAIN IN'LOS ANGELES UNTIL NIGHT,
OCGBER 3, 1977, WHEN HE WILL DEPART EN ROUTE

ARK. HE INTENDS 10 MEET WITH[__] AND OTHERS DURING LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1977, AND THEY ARE SERIOUSLY

TALKING ABOUT

CURRENTLY STAYING AT MOTEL AT

TELEPHONE |

| LITTLE ROCK WILL HANDLE

SUBSEQUENT TELEPHONE CONTACT WITH

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R @51700Z OCT 77
FM LITTLE ROCK (164-22) ¢P)

TO SEATTLE (164-812) ROUTINE
LOS ANGELES (164-497) ROUTINE
BT
CLEAR

NORJAK CA). O00: SEATTLE.

RE JACK BRYANT COFFELT.

RE LITTLE ROCK TELETYPE TO SEATTLE AND LOS ANGELES,

OCTOBER 3, 1977.

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AND ADVISED THAT THE ALLEGED[ _]OF JACK BRYANT COFFELT . BID
MAY OR MAY NOT ACTUALLY| JoF COFFELT BUT IN EITHER

CASE COFFELT WAS NOT D. B. COOPER.

WAS ALSO ADVISED

THAT THERE WAS APPARENTLY NOTHING ILLEGAL

ENTERING INTO

OR OTHERS,

HOWEVER, IF THE REAL D. Be COOPER GAINED KNOWLEDGE OF THE
INVESTIGATION IN THIS CASE AND FROM THAT WAS ABLE TO FURTHER

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PAGE TWO LR 164-22 CLEAR

ELUDE IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION, THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY

THAT CRIMINAL CHARGES COULD BE FILED AGAINST THE PERSONS

ENGAGED IN THE PUBLICIZING OF THE CASE.
STATED SHE RECALLS

HAPPENED ON NIGHT OF HIJACKING, AND

CLEARLY WHAT
FURNISHED BY

RESEMBLE COOPER IN SEVERAL RESPECTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
WEIGHT. SHE DESIRES TO SEE MORE RECENT PHOTO OF COFFELT THAN
ONE TAKEN AT ATLANTA IN 1948 IF SUCH IS AVAILABLE.

ON OCTOBER 4, 1977, ]RECONTACTED SRA, FAYETTEVILLE,

ARKse, AND ADVISED

"PROJECT" AND WAS GOING TO SELL HIS STORY B

AND WOULD SEEK FBI APPROVAL BEFORE DOING SO.
STATED THAT| |STATED HE WAS CONTINUING WITH

ASED ON AN AFFIDAVIT

FROM | | CLAIMING THAT WHEN

[_ OF COFFELT IN DENVER, SHE IDENTIFIED

AS

COOPER. [___——=«d| DENIES THIS, AND

CONTEMPLATES LEGAL

ACTION AGAINST[ _|IF THE ALLEGED AFFIDAVIT IS USED AS BASIS
FOR STORY, PUBLICATION, AND FILM PRODUCTION.

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Po ——— Need 'or
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oe BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION }

« Date of tronseription

11/1/77

| home address | \,

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Oceanside Boulevard, telephone He furnished [

the following information:

} .telephone was interviewed at his place
ox employment, Century 21 Real istate mi 1906 F jie

After the initial hijacking of an airplane
which was a Portland to Seattle flight in which the man
bailed out of ix e which occurred in about 1971,
a man came to attention who he felt could'
be of possible significance,

The man's name is |

(phonetic) and

first part of 1973, at which time
Essex International Autometive Parts Division, which is a
division of United Technology, the headquarters address of

Washington and Oregon areas. He lives in Seattle and works

is at 777 Mission Street, Los Angeles.

£ his home. He travels for that firm inasmuch as he is
His address could be obtained through the office in
Detroit or possibly through the warehouse in Los Angeles which

x

his middle initial is possibly|_| It was in late 1972 or the
was working for the

which is 6233 Concord Avenue, Detroit, Michi As of about
two years ago,| lwas | | for the

that is when met| | He worked with

}was_working for Essex when|
joined the firm_in late 1 or the first part of an

on two occasions for a period of two or three days each and

in Los Angeles...

| had zecently b ecome |
| He previously had been working for Hastings Company,

been laid off. If
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said it was surprise to him In conversation
said that

he met him a third time which was at an auto parts convention
When they first met, which was in the Seattle area,

also an automotive parts firm in the Seattle area, but he had
| mentioned why he had been laid off,
oes not recall the reason but he does remember that

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10/31/77 » Oceanside, California tite # SD 164-91

Interviewed on

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This document contams neither rocommandahions nor conclusions of the FBI, It is the property of tho FBI and ts loaned to your
It ond its.centents ore not to bo distributed outside your agency,

Due te

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SE 164~81 \
SD 164-91 i
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| He described| Jas follows: J
Races White 7
ex?
Age: mn (in }922 ox 1973) .
"He felt looked
more like 47 to 48 years of
age
Height: - 5'10" to 5'11" i
Weight: 175 to 180 pounds '
Hair: Black, straight, starting to
thin a little, possibly
parted on the Left
Glasses: Wore black or dark rim
prescription glasses. Does
not recall whether he had
prescription sunglasses or not
Voice: Normal but possibly slightly
above average in loudness
Build: Stocky; kept himself in excellen'
. physical shape
Complexion: ry ot appear Latin to
although-he does
have dark eyes
| |did not smoke cigarettes but had mentioned
that_l ad j

had

|

company Care

; was exhibited the artist conception of the
man known as D, B. COOPER and pe advised that the artist
conception is a good likeness of except that|
has a rounder, fuller face than the artist conception.
glasses are similar and the hairline is similar except]

He had no vehicle except the Ford

He had mentioned that he once Lived in California.

The

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forehead may not have been quite as high as the man in the artist

conception.
eyebrows of t

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appearance of

From the bottom of the nose to the top of the
nception is very similar to the

After viewing the artist oui be th he believed it

was still possible that

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I'D) 5 (Rev, 2-14-74)

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FBI
Date: 12/19/77

VYransmil. the following in .
(Type in plaintext or code)

. Via___ AIRTEL
t (Precedence)
i TO: - SAC, DETROIT (164-115)
FROM : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)

SUBJECT: NORJAK (A)
00: SEATTLE
BUFile 164-2111

RE|

Enclosed for Detroit and Los Angeles are one

copy each of an FD-302 reflecting interview wit

LEADS:

DETROIT DIVISION

At Detroit, Michigan

Will contact appropriate officials at United
Technology, 6233 Concord Avenue, and determine sufficient _~
background information concerning |}to process him
as a suspect in this matter. It is rior
to any leads, Seattle report of SA ldated

5/30/73 be reviewed.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

i)- Detroit (164-115) (Encl 1) |
it

- Los Angeles (164-497) (Info) (Encl 1)
~ Seattle (164-81)

lel HA -94/
) SEARCH EL. nctRasaysenl OEAED wo easneenss
SERIAL porettn tno
Hf EBL - LOS ee
ili phe
Approved: . . ~ oe eee Sent 2. oe. _oM Per

Special Ay ' nl in Charge
GPO Pla Ge att

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1/19/78
AIRTEL AIR MATL
TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164~81)
FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (3) (RUC)

SUBJECT: NORJAK (A)
00: Seattle

Inasmuch as all investigation at Los Angeles has
been completed and reported, this matter is considered RUC.

A- Seattle

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Transmit the following in

Linen \
Fp-S8 Pir, 5-22-64)

FBI
Da

te:1/12/78

(Type in plaintext or code)

{
AIRTEL AIRMAIL
_4
(Priority) |
ee L__~_____.
TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC/ SAN FRANCISCO (164-220)
SUBJECT: NORJAK
CAA (A)
00: Seattle
Re:
On 1/4/78, | | Northwest Orient

=~

pi

| San Francisco International Airport
SFIA), advised that at about 5:10 PM on that date he had

been approached by an individual
ticket to Los Angeles.
of such a ticket and compared it

requesting purchase of a

This individual discussed the price

with prices of other airline

tickets to Los Angeles commenting about the fact that Northwest
Orient had not planned to raise their prices until the next

week.

passenger fi

dad his f

his $3.00 change while

This information was not known to

it odd that a passenger would have this informat:
nally bought a $17 standby ticket.
and when asked for a first name replied,
are with a $20 bill and began to give

his name as
further change from nis pocket.

and he thought
ion. The
He furnished

gave him
ontinued looking through his

pockets. Conversation by|
ticket revealed that he had been

during the purchase of this

of the country a couple
and received the

of years, possibly in Hawaii,
impression that| might be a merchant marine.

- Seattle
- Los Angeles

2, - Las Vegas

- San Francisco
JC/cad
(8)

Approved:

Sent

M Per

Special Agent in Charge

U.S.Government Printing Office: 1972 — 455-574

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SF 164-220
FIC/cad

After telling[____] his flight, Northwest Orient b6
Number 10, could.be boarded at Gate 34 at 6:45 PM, b7C

began wondering if passenger may be possibly identica
to the Subject in captioned case.

Description of Unsub, aka Dan Cooper, was
telephonically furnished tol _]through Sheriff's Officer b6é
| SFIA. He was of the opinion that the b7c

cescziption was close to that of the above passenger,

[s|was thereafter exhibited a composite b6é
photograph of Unsub and became guite un-nerved at what b7C
he considered a close resemblance. He thereafter pointed
out passenger| jas seated within the Passenger
Waiting area.

was approached by SAl b6
who identified himself_as a Special Agent of the FBI with a b7C
show of credentials. furnished a class 3 Nevada

driver's license numbered reflecting the name of
Reno, Nevada. His

birthdate was shown as lhis height 6', his weight

150 lbs.; and his SSAN | This license bore no

photograph of | | He was questioned regarding the

name he used to purchase his ticket and stated that he had
used the name| | He denied
icalL :

knowledge of any hijacking by anyone named|
specificallyl 1D. B. COOPER and emphatically denied
participating in such activity himself. He wasshown the
composite photograph of Unsub and agreed that it could
resemble him. He initially furnished as his last employer, .
the Dallas Smith Chrysler located on Slaussen Boulevard,
(number unknown, but cross-street Norwalk), Los Angeles,
California. Thereafter in conversation he gave the name

of his last employer as International Harvéster, A & H
Division, Montebello, California. He stated that he had
worked almost eight years for this company and then advised
that these years had been| | He stated that he

had been "sick" since that time. He refused to supply the _

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SF 164-220

FJC/cad

name of his doctor,who had been treating hin | | b6
because of his close relationship to the doctor and because b7C

of the fact he had used acupuncture to treat him-.and might

get into trouble. He became very evasive about his activities
Since he became "sick" stating he was _en route to Los Angeles
to meet a doctor friend, one (FNU) (phonetic): an
Ear-Nose and Throat doctor residing
Hollywood, California. He eventually stated | |
the doctor would meet him. After hesitation he

finally advised that he resides at

San F isco, California| | and had telephone number
| He stated, however, that he was moving soon and
was cutting off the phone. He stated he intended to return
to San Francisco on Friday to move. He volunteered that

he did not know how to fly a plane and denied_any knowledge
of parachutes or military training. He is | :
| | During interrogation he ef point

stated he was becoming irritated at the Agent's questioning

but still remained evasive regarding specific questions

as to his whereabouts after his Montebello employment.

He was questioned concerning his source of income

since_his il ated that he had inherited money
from | b6

[in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He would not produce b7C
a ank check, stating he wrote very few checks but did

indicate he still had an account at the Main Bank of
America, Montebello, California, though he thought that this
bank might have a Los Angeles address. He added that the
account only had $12 in it.

After an approximately 20 minute interview,|___| Pee
asked if he was free to board Flight 10 with other passengers
and was allowed to do so.

The interviewing Agent cannot through comparison
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SF 164-220
FJC/cad

His hair is brown, not dark brown or

by witnesses.
similar views.

black, as described

| | have

Sheriff's Deputies and

The serial number on the $20 bill furnished

Jwas checked through NCIC with negative

results.

Records checks made by the San Francisco Office

regarding
index number
birthdate

are negative save for a_DMV_ record under
which reflects on |
with address as of 5/17/77, of

| California, failed to

appear on al

|
| He failed to

appear at Harbor Municipal Court, Newport Beach, California,
5/17/77. The automobile he was driving at the time of

violation bore license determined to be a 1950.
Plymouth registered to
— San Francisco. He has no permanent California
river's license issued to him according to this record.
Copies of this communication are being furnished
to the Los Angeles and Las Vegas Divisions for information

purposes should Seattle deem it appropriate that further
investigation be warranted concerning

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FD AG (Reve deb Oi).

Tramsmit the following in 22.0 2...

Via.

¢

»

~AIRTEL

TO
FROM :

SUBJECT:

identical
_ are reques

concerning

In particu

a prelimin
| ] fol

¢

FBI

~~ (Type in 'plaintext or code)

~* Hiwecdenced
SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60)
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
NORJAK (A)

BUfile 164-2111
00: SEATTLE

RE:

Re San Francisco airtel to Seattle dated 1/12/78.

Although it appears[___ jis too young to be
with UNSUB in thig matter, receiving offices
ted to attempt tofverity background information
contained'in referenced communication.
lar, | | source of income is of interest.

The above lead is set out in anticipation that
ary investigation will be conducted 'concerning
lowing the guidelines set out in Seattle report

of SA|

|dated 5/30/73. Results should

be immedia
at that ti

investigation concerning[ _]is warranted.

Las Ve

2._-

(2 /~ Los Angeles (164-497)
ra San Francisco (164-220)
3+

Seattl
RNN:arm
(9)

Approved:

tely forwarded to Seattle for evaluation and
me, a determination will be made whether further

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

gas (164-60)

e (164-81)

0o'SE

ot eh . be TW Sa 93

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$.£0-802 (REV. 11-27-70) ® ®
ae +
Oe FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 1/20/78
L | Personnel Manager, United b6
Technology, 6233 Concord Avenue. furnished the personnel BIC
record concerning one This record
reflected the following Information:
Name b6
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Race "White
Sex Male
Date of birth
Height 5*470"
Weigat 1470 lbs.
Hair Brow
es Brown
Address during
1972 5229 Erskine Way
Seattic. Washington
Seattle, Washington
CT
, Seattle. Washington
, . | 6A =YI2=E Ss
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owewere;
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DE 164—115

Previous employment

Marvel Oil Company
t+ Chester, New York

Hastings Manufacturing
Company

s. Michigan
Replacement Parts
Warehouse

Seattle, Washington

Evergreen Warehouse
: j on

United Technology

| |advised that|

jwas let go

during June of 1977, pursuant to

reduction force

experience by United Technology.

he had no photograph o

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SAC, SEATTLE (464-81) 4/20/78
SAC, DETROIT (164~115) (RUC)

NORJAK (A)
CO: SEATTLE
(Bufile 164-2114)

Re Seattle airtel to Detroit, 12/9/77.

Re|
Enclosed for Seattle is the original and one
copy and for Los FD-302 reflecting

an interview with
United Technology, Detroit, Michigan.

Subsequent leads concerning the enclosure are not
being set forth as these are) being left to the discretion

of the office of origin. Pa
ARHIED AND DANGEROUS. Te
awh va
2.~ Seattle (Enc.~2) at) 7
(L~ Los Angeles (164-497) (INFO) (Ené.~ \

4 — Detroit
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LA 164-497
£1b/ms -

The followi investigation was conducted by
SA]

AT SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA

: | Nucarprep

System, 1214T Slauson, advised that| |sold this

business to Chrysler Corporation in 1969. In January, 1973,
the name was changed from to Automotive Pre-
Check, and_in January, 1976, the name was changed to Nucarprep
System, ls ated his file contained no record of

as ever being employed by that firm.

He stated, however, that jat the time he sold the
company to Chrysler Corporation, took some of his former
employee records wit j j in 1969.
He pointed out that
business in Phoenix, Arizona, and should be easily located
there.

AT MONTEBELLO, CALIFORVIA

On January 27, 1978, | |

International Harvester Corporation, 812 West

Washington Boulevard, advised that the old A & H Division
of International Harvester (IH) which was formerly located
in Pico Rivera, California, shut down approximately five
years ago. All the records were sent'to IH Corporation,
4501 South Alameda Street, Lo le California. The
records can be obtained from

On January 30, 1978, | |
J Bank of America, Wilcox - Via Campo Branch, 875
Wilcox Avenue, advised that he has no record of an account,
either past or present, checking or savings, in the name
of or for any derivation of this
name. He further advised after contacting the Montebello

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TA 164-497
flb/ms

Branch of Bank of America, located at 833 West Whittier

Boulevard, that they had no record for| |

[lor any derivation of the name as a present or
ormer savings or checking account customer.

AT WHITTIER, -CALIFORNIA

On January 27, 1978, |
was contacted at his residence,
dvised that he has lived at_thi idence
for the past 11 years and does not know

| | He stated that prior to his purchasing the house
in 1967,| and it was his
understanding | |
for the five of six vears prior to his purchasing the
house, stated that he is not acquainted
with | but that he did receive a

Christmas card addressed to a | first name unknown,
during 1977 Chris

returned this card to
the post office. lis described as follows:

Race White

Sex Male
Birth Data

Height 57"
Weight 140 pounds
Eyes Blue

Hair Brown
Marital Status Married

The following agencies were contacted by
sc| [Sn January
record located identifiable with

Montebello Police Department

Whittier Police Department

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office

Ontario Credit Bureau (which covers the vicinit
of Whittier, Santa Fe Springs, and Montebello, California

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} om STATES GOVERNMENT
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wart: 1/31/78 memorandum

"artuor: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P) (3)

NORJAK (A)
Bufile 164-2111
00: Seattle

SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

RE: b6
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— Re Seattle airtel to Las Vegas, dated 1/20/78.

Enclosed for Seattle, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and
San Francisco are appropriate copies of investigative
insert reflecting investigation conducted by the Los

Angeles Division to verify background information furnished
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Also enclosed for Phoenix is one copy of referenced
airtel and one copy of San Francisco airtel to Seattle,
dated 1/12/78.

LEADS a

PHOENIX

AT PHOENIX, ARIZONA: He | b6
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€ver an employee of | Jat p2iai Slauson, Santa
Fe Springs, California, nothing that sold
this business to Chrysler Corporation in 1969.

t

LOS ANGELES

2 - Seattle (Enc. 2).
1 - Las Vegas (Enc. 1) (Info)
2 - Phoenix (Enc. 2
- San Francisco (Enc. 1) (Info

O} Los Angeles _f2— bre

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LA 164-497

AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA:

Will, at aeed ean
Harvester Offices, 4 u da Street, contact
telephone and attempt to verify

employment of _
Harvester, A & H Division, Montebello
period 1963 - 1970.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

otk

eet

with International
» California, for the

be

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3/2/78 ~
TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, PHOENIX (164-470) (RUC)

SUBJECT: NORJAK (A)
Bufile 194-2111
C0: Seattle

RE:

Re Los Angeles letter to Seattic, 1/31/78.

On 2/22/78. contact vas made_at the __
telephone | | Phoenix, Arizona.

Information received at that location was that the person

to contact in regard to any past records would be a porson

by the nane off dae Comzercial Carriers, 8636 Sorensen,
Santa Pe Springs, California, telephone 714-945-1231.

In view of the above information, it appears that
no other investigation remains outstanding in the Phoenix
Division, therefore, this case is being considered RUC.
LEADS:

LOS ANGELES

AT SANTA FE SPRING CALIFORNIA

Will attempt to locate/and interview

Commercial Carriers, 8635 Sorenson, Santa_Pe Springs, California,

telephone 714-945-1231, and detarnine if
was ever an employce of |
| Santa Pe Springs, California, noting that

| sold this business to Chrysler Corporation in

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) é... STATES GOVERNMENT
sees 3/7/78 memorandum

REPLY TO i

atmnor: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (3) (P')

NORJAK (A)
Bufile 164-2111
00: Seattle

SUBJECT:

TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

Re b6

Re Los Angeles letter to Seattle dated 1/31/78.

On 2/10/78, | | International Harvester b6
Corporation, 4501 South Alameda Street, Los Angeles, California, b7c
advised that the A and H Division, Montebello, California,
closed down in 1972 and he only has files for the employees
who transferred to the 4501 South Alameda Street address.

did not transfer to that location and
his file would be located at International Harvester Regional
Headquarters in Oakland, California.

LEAD

SAN FRANCISCO

AT OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA: Will at International
Harvester Corporation, 7700 Edgewater Drive, Suite 150,
-8667, attempt to verify employment of
ith International Harvester for the b6é
period of 1963-1970. b7c

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SEARCHED
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OPTIONAL FORM NO, 19
MAY 1942 LOITION
GSA Fesin (45 CER) 104-15.6 @
7 UNITED STATES GOV @. MENT ~
LEMOTE nam

4 .
we)] fsa, SEATTLE (164-81) DATE: 3/15/78
AFT
'FROM :SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P) (3)

SUBJECT: NORJAK (A)
00: Seattle
Bufile 164-2111

RE:

Re Los Angeles letter to Seattle, dated 3/7/78;
Phoenix letter to Seattle, dated 3/2/78.

On 3/9/78, contact was made at Commercial Carriers,
8636 Sorensen, Santa Fe Springs, California, telephone
(213) 693-0711. They advised that is now
connected with Overseas Transportation at Long Beach,
California.

On 3/8/78,|
| |; Import Auto Transport, Division of Commercial
Carriers, 22440 South Alameda, Long Beach, oon eee

advised she was unable to locate rd for
She stated whenl | returned, she
would see if he could locate any records.

On 3/10/78, | advised thatL____|
| jmay have been an employee of the Chrysler
Corporation and worked for him in 1969. He advised he
has old payroll records in storage and would attempt to'
go through them during the next week or two,

2- Seattle

(D- os Angeles
Win | pod 497-7

(4) SEARCHED ——
IND: 49

FILED =

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The following investigation was conducted
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(IC), Reno Police Department (RPD), on February 6,
1978, advised files of that department contained
no reference identifiable with| |
| | Washoe County Sheriff's
Department (WCSD), Reno, on February 14, 1978,
advised the files of that department contained no
information identifiable with| | b6
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| | Sparks, Nevada, Police
Department, on February 16, 1978, advised files of that
department contained no information identifiable with
A spot check of | | Reno, b6
Nevada, on February 22, 1978, determined there b7C
is no such address as | |] Reno, Nevada.
with two single
family dwellings numbered |
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Washoe County, Reno, on March 20, 1978, b7c
advised sh 1d locate no record of a
lbeing born in Reno, Nevada.
SEARONED,¢. ple. 0 nme
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JAN/dnn
ADMINISTRATIVE
The following investigation was conducted by
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AT RENO, NEVADA
A source at the Sierra Pacific Power
Company, Reno, on February 22, 1978, advised
records of that company do not list electrical
natura S$ or water service for the address b6
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service at any address.
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failed to reflect any vehicle registered to

LV 164-60
Wd/dnn

phe _toLlayring investigation was conducted
by SA

AT CARSON CITY, NEVADA

On February 13, 1978, records of
the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), Driver

License Division, were searched for information
concerning possible

driver license number | | Social Security
Account Number| | These records failed to
reveal the name and a hand-
search of these records failed to locate a

driver license for any |with a similar date

of birth, SSAN, or address of | ] Reno,

Nevada. Nevada driver license| [was not
issued to anyone with the last name of

| | advised
that Driver License Division records are currently
four months behind and that if necessary, an
inquiry with each Nevada County could be made to
determine if such a license was recently issued.
This inquiry would be time consuming, and would
take possibly several days to complete.

Records of DMV, Registration Division,

These records did reflect the name of

Jas having registered a 1969 Chevrolet
pickup truck bearing Nevada license
furnished an address of

Nevada.

(Oo — eae

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OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10

JULY 1973 EDITION

GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101611.6

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT a

Memorandum

TO * SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) pate: 3/22/78
FROM : SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60) (P)

SUBJECT: NORJAK (A)
00: Seattle
Bufile 164-2111

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Re LA let to SE, 1/31/78.

Enclosed for each receipient are two
copies of two investigative inserts and one
administrative insert setting forth investigation
at Reno, Sparks and Carson City, Nevada.

LEAD
LAS VEGAS
ar| | wevapA. Will identify and pe
interview | [who has 1969 Chevrolet c
pickup bearing Nevada license| | to determine
if identical with| | born

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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2 —- Phoenix (Enc. 6) iar a a
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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 é
MAY 1962 EDITION

GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum

TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) pate: 3/29/78 ..

AC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (RUC)

> NORJAK (A)
00: Seattle
Bufile 164-2111

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Re Los Angeles letter to Seattle, dated 3/15/78.

On 3/27/78,| _ | Overseas b6
Transportation, Import Auto Transport, Division of bIC
Commercial Carriers, 22440 South Alameda, Long Beach,
California, advised that he ran the computer tapes of
former employees of both personnel and payroll records
for the period 1968 through 1971, and was unable to
locate any record for as ever
being employed by Commercial Carriers, Chrysler Corporation,
or New Car Prep, all the same business under different
business names at 12141 Slauson, Santa Fe Springs,

California.
QB: Seattle 4
. =, Los Angeles oe ts '
Fil 2 NO

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TO ALL FBI FIELD OFFICES ROUTINE
BI |
UNCLAS
una (A), 003 SEATTLE, |

THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF FACTS REPRESENTS WHAT SEATTLE
CONSIDERS THE ONLY INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE RELEASED TO THE
PRESS: ;
"A LONE WHITE MALE BOARDED NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT
NUMBER 305 AT PORTLAND, OREGON, ON NOVEMBER 24, 1971. AT
APPROXIMATELY 3:22 PM, WHILE THE FLIGHT WAS EN ROUTE TO SEATTLE,
VASHINGTON, HE INDICATED TO A STEWARDESS THAT HIS BRIEFCASE CON-
TAINED A BOMB WHICH WOULD BLOW UP THE PLANE UNLESS HIS DEMANDS

WERE MET.
"THE HIJACKER DEMANDED $290,098 AND FOUR PARACHUTES uu 7

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EXCHANGE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE 36 PASSENGERS ABOARD THE PLANE,
WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT SEATTLE, NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES
COMPLIED WITH HIS INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER HE RECEIVED THE PARACHUTES
AND MONEY, THE HIJACKER ALLOWED ALL PASSENGERS AND TvO OF THE
AIRLINES STEWARDESSES TO DEPLANE. )

"HE THEN ORDERED THE REMAINING CREW MEMBERS INTO THE FIRST

CLASS SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND INFORMED THEM HE DESIRED TO FLY
TO MEXICO CITY. THE HIJACKER INSTRUCTED THAT THE PLANE PROCEED
IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AND FLY AT A LOW ALTITUDE AND SLOW SPEED
WHICH ENABLE THE REAR DOOR OF THE PLANE TO BE OPEN DURING THE
FLIGHT,

"THE HIJACKER APPARENTLY BAILED OUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SEATTLE
AND RENO, NEVADA, WHERE, WHEN THE PLANE LANDED, IT WAS DETERMINED
THE HIJACKER, AND THE RANSOM MONEY, HAD DISAPPEARED.

"ARTIST CONCEPTION DRAWINGS. OF THE HIJACKER WERE PREPARED BY
THE FBI EXHIBIT SECTION, HE IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: |

"WHITE MALE, AGE MIDDLE 4@S, HEIGHT 5°10" TO 6*°@", WEIGHT i
178 TO 18@ POUNDS, COMPLEXION OLIVE, LATIN APPEARANCE, MEDIUM !
SMOOTH, HAIR DARK BROWN OR BLACK, PARTED ON THE LEFT AND COMBED
BACK, EYES POSSIBLY BROWN. DURING LATTER PART OF FLIGHT HE

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il teen aed) ote h adie o~ — metre

= _
. RAGE THREE DE © 9230 UNCLAS o
' PUT ON DARK WRAP AROUND SUNGLASSES WITH DARK RIMS, VOICE Lov,

SPOKE INTELLIGENTLY, °NO PARTICULAR ACCENT, POSSIBLY FROM THE
MID-VESTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES; CHARACTERISTICS SMOKE ,
OF RALEIGH FILTER TIP CIGARETTES, WEARING APPAREL! BLACK oR
BROWN SUIT; NARROW BLACK TIE, BLACK DRESS SUIT$ BLACK RAIN-TYPE
OVERCOAT OR DARK TOP COAT; DARK BRIEFCASE OR ATTACHE CASE,
CARRIED A PAPER BAG 4 X 12 X 14 INCHES; BROWN SHOES. REMARKS:
VERY POLITE AT ALL TIMES,

"ANYONE HAVING ANY INFORMATION OR KNOWLEDGE BELIEVED TO PERTAIN
TO THIS INDIVIDUAL, PLEASE NOTIFY THE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE
OF THE NEAREST FBI FIELD OFFICE, THE TELEPHONE NUMBER OF WHICH
APPEARS ON THE FIRST PAGE OF MOST LOCAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES."

THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE AT FBIHQ ADVISED SEATTLE THAT THEY
DESIRED TO BE PRECLUDED FROM RESPONDING TO PRESS INQUIRIES CON-
CERNING THIS MATTER.

ANY ADDITIONAL PRESS INQUIRIES CONCERNING THIS
HIJACKING, SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE SEATTLE DIVISION, SEATTLE IS
ESPECIALLY DESIROUS TO LIMIT ALL SPONTANEOUS PRESS RELEASES
BY OTHER FIELD DIVISIONS OTHER THAN SEATTLE BECAUSE IT IS DURING
THESE PRESS RELEASES THAT CONTRADICTIONS OCCUR AND CONFIDENTIAL

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INFORMATION IS MOST LIKELY TO BE RELEASED INADVERTENTLY,
ARMED AND DANGEROUS,
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DATE:
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ATTN OF:

SUBJECT:

| UNITEDS@TATES "NT

4/26/78 memorandum

SA JOSEPH C. ALSTON
NORJAK (A)

OO: Seattle
Bufile 164-2111

SAC, LOS ANGELES/(164- -497) (RUC) _S

Re: JAMES BRYANT COFFELT, aka

On 4/24/78 |
[ Malibu, California, telephone number | } were
recontacted by the writer. During-this contact with the

[ds xthey furnished the writer a copy of| |
ee |
|

Both] jrequested that the above
report not be made available to any unauthorized individuals.

JCA:fe
(1) yar

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| Suspect in Evers
Murder Waives
Extradition to La.

By Toni House
Washington Star Stall Writer

Byron de la Beckwith, the white supremacist'
twice tried but never convicted of the 1963 ambush
Killing of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, yester-
day waived extradition to Louisiana on a fugitive-
from-justice charge.

_ . According to. papers filed with D.C. Superior
Court, Beckwith was arrested early yesterday in a
Northwest Washington home by officers of the
D.C. Police Fugitive Squad. They acted on a Feb.
28 bench warrant issued by a New Orleans judge
after Beckwith failed to surrender to hegin a five-
year sentence for transporting explosives over a
state/highway, co .

He had been free on a $10,000 bond pending ap

eal in the case, and his Washington attorney said
eckwith came here because he believed he was
permitted to travel.

_ , BEFORE SUPERIOR Court Judge William E.
. | Stewart Jr,, Beckwith waived.an extradition hear-
ing and agreed to return to Louisiana. '
: _ Beckwith was arrested about 2:30 a.m,
; day ata private-home in the 2200 block of Observa-
'! fory Place NW, where he had been..a houseguest'
forlessthanaweek, ot ee
__ While police refused t6 reveal how they learned:
Beckwith was in. Washington, sources clase to the
. investigation said
Agency to have contact with Beckwith was the U.S.
Secret Service, the agency charged with protect-
ing the President. The Secret Service in turn
called'D.C, police. oo
:, A-woman who identified herself as his hostess,
jbut refused
-«* (Come to Washin
Is officials to purc
. (selling. *

ton to try.to convince fevecnmen
ase 8 'perpetual oil filter he was

 ') According to court papérs, Beckwith, a former
a fertilizer salesman, has been the Mississippi re

> * gesentative of the Southern Resources Co. of Little

. Rock, Ark,, for the. past seven months, The woman

Said Beckwith was inspired to come.to Washington

|. 'by President Carter's energy 'speech last week be-

. ©") Pause he believed the oil filter would save fuel.
WHILE THE Secret Service had.ng.comment on

;

yestérs | hy
the first law enforcement -

tq give her namé, said Beckwith had °

-February, the state supteme court upheld
.viction and, when Beckwith failed to surrender, a- .

't. Bader Wid

BYRON dela BECKWITH -
_. White Supremacist —

4 eo rd

Beckwith or his arrest, sources suggested someone

é contacted 'on business may have telephoned-the.* ° .'

Secret Service, Beckwith's hostess said' Secret © -

Service agents. stopped Beckwith and talked. with... *

him in front of her home Wednesday afternoon. Lt. *

Raymond Comstock of the New Orleans PoliceDe» =. *_
artment, said that department's first' notion a
eckwith wag in Washington came from a Secret

Service inquiry.

In May 1975, 4 Now Orleans jury-convicted
Beckwith of bringing a live bomb into Louisiana .
from his native Mississippi after he was found not,
guilty on similar federal charges, *

The prosecution at the time alleged Beckwith, -
planned to plant the bomb, composed of seven<
'pounds of:dynamite, at the home of a New: Orleans: -

ewish community leader. at
- Beckwith was subsequently freed on bond while
his case was appealed to the Louisiana Supreme © - »
Court and apparently returned tq Mississippi. In-
e CON.

>

bench warrant was issued. fa oe
Beckwith's two trials for the Evers murder both: — -
endedinmistrials, . : Bos Lote

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TO

FROM

SUBJECT:

TA
OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10 r } )

P4 JULY 1973 EDITION
GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (3) DATE: 5/25/78

SA b6
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NORJAK

_
{at 1:20 p.m. on 5/23/78, SAC JACK REID, Seattle

Division, telephonically advised that MIKE WALLACE was

contemplating presenting information on TV reflecting that

the Bureau was covering up information regarding the

identity of D. B. COOPER. The program would infer that

the Bureau had eliminated BRYANT COFFELT because he was

a close friend of HOOVER and was, in s ay, involved

in the assassination of MARTIN LUTHER KING.J REID advised

that, by Los Angeles airtel dated 1/24 , LOS Angeles had

provided Seattle with two photographs of COFFELT, one in

which he was wearing a white checkered shirt and glasses,

and the second was a head on shot wherein COFFELT was wearing

a sport shirt and smoking a cigarette.

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of BRYANT COFFELT, had been located in Honolulu, Hawaii, b7C
and exhibited photographs furnished to Seattle by referenced
Los Angeles airtel and that she had stated that _the indivi-
dual in the photographs was not identical to
BRYANT COFFELT.

SAC REID requested that the following leads be
handled by Los Angeles expeditiously and results be provided
to Seattle by telephone or teletype.

1. Locate | Jof BRYANT b6
COFFELT, | | Gardena, California, and b7C
exhibit photographs mentioned above and determi if

identical to COFFELT.

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LA 164-497

2 Interview to determine if he recalls where[__]

a FFELT were on Thanksgiving 1971, noting that
has stated that they were somewhere back East.
3. Make inquiry of Ld regarding any papers
he might have_i ssion showing possible location
of BRYANT and in November 1971.
4, Determine if has any photographs of
COFFELT.

5. Advise Seattle of identity of person who made
above photographs available to the FBI.

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FD-36 (Rigy. 3-24-77) @
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TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE:

(-] Teletype (_] Immediate
(-j Facsimile [[) Priority
| ([] Routine

TO

BT
UNCLAS
NORJAK, 00: SEATTLE.

FBI r

CLASSIFICATION:
(2 TOP SECRET
(0 SECRET

( CONFIDENTIAL
CUEFTO
( CLEAR

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EATTLE (164-81) ROUTINE 460

4

RE JAMES BRYANT COFFELT, AKA JACK BRYANT COFFELT,
BRYANT ARTHUR JAMES COFFELT (TN),[__|

RE SEATTLE TELEPHONE CALL TO LOS ANGELES MAY 23, 1978
AND LOS ANGELES TELEPHONE CALL TO SEATTLE MAY 25, 1978.

ALSO KNOWN AS

CALI-

FORNIA, TELEPHONE |

INTERVIEWED AT HIS RESI-

DENCE DURING EVENING OF MAY 24, 1978, IN PRESENCE

AT WHICH TIME THE FOLLOWING

INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED:

SINCE APPROXIMATELY

EM 1649—-499-9g0

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MARCH 1957, AND NEVER PERSONALLY MET JACK COFFELT, ALTHOUGH
HE TALKED WITH HIM ON THE TELEPHONE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.
HE WAS UNABLE TO FURNISH ANY INFORMATION REGARDING COFFELT'S
WHEREABOUTS DURING THE PERTINENT PERIOD. HE RECALLED THAT
IN 1969, HE PURCHASED SOME PROPERTY IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA,

FROM AND AT THAT TIME, SHE WAS RESIDING AT

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| | RECALLED THAT COFFELT ALLEGEDLY WORKED

AT ONE TIME AT A HOSPITAL IN THE ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, AREA bé
BUT COULD NOT REMEMBER THE NAME OR LOCATION. SHE ALSO

RECALLED THAT, WHILE THE COFFELTS WERE LIVING IN THE VIRGINIA

AREA, THEY WERE FRIENDLY WITH A "HEAVY SET ATTORNEY" WHO

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PREVIOUSLY INTERVIEWED). SHE STATED ON AT LEAST ONE OCCASION,

JACK COFFELT CALLED HER, ATTEMPTING TO BORROW MONEY.

CONTAINING PERSONAL PROPERTY STORED IN HER GARAGE, BUT WAS

ALSO MENTIONED THAT[ _]HAS NUMEROUS BOXES be

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RELUCTANT TO GO.THROUGH THIS MATERIAL WITHOUT

PERMISSION.

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SHE ALSO HAD IN HER POSSESSION THREE PHOTOGRAPHS OF

COFFELT WHICH HAD BEEN SENT TO HER BY HOWEVER, SHE

WAS NOT AWARE DATE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN.

WHILE AT| |RESIDENCE, INTERVIEWING AGENT

TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED[ _] IN HONOLULU, HAWAII, AT TELE-

PHONE NUMBER REGARDING HER PROPERTY STORED IN THE

[| GaracE. ADVISED THAT THE BOXES DO NOT CONTAIN

ANY DOCUMENTS, CANCELLED CHECKS, ETCETERA, WHICH WOULD
ESTABLISH COFFELT'S WHEREABOUTS DURING PERTINENT PERIOD.

SHE STATED THE BOXES ONLY CONTAINED CLOTHING AND PERSONAL
ITEMS. AFTER DESCRIBING PHOTOGRAPHS IN POSSESSION OF[ |

STATED SHE BELIEVED THEY WERE TAKEN IN

ABOUT 1962.

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ANY INFORMATION REGARDING COFFELT'S WHEREABOUTS DURING
THANKSGIVING 1971 OTHER THAN THEY WERE LIVING IN THE
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, AREA.

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TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH COFFELT, HE NEVER INDICATED

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THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN ANY TYPE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

PHOTOGRAPHS FURNISHED BY} |BEING FORWARDED b6

TO SEATTLE BY AIRTEL.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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AIRTEL

5/26/78
TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (3) (RUC)

SUBJECT: WNORJAK

Re: JAMES BRYANT COFFELT, aka
Jack Bryant Coffelt

mma perenne James Coffelt (TN)
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JCA/ne
(3)

(> Beattle fence. 3)
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17 que STATES GOVERNMENT

REPLY TO

arines: A mer SAN DIEGO (164-91) (P)

> -

SUBJECT: NORJAK

To: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497)

Re Las Vegas letter to San Diego dated 5/30/78;
Seattle letter to Las Vegas dated 1/20/78, and San Francisco
letter to Seattle dated 1/12/78.

For information of Los Angeles, investigation by

— the Las Vega ivision at Panaca, Nevada, determined that
| is in California with] } b6

and can be located at telephone numbeq | b7c

Review of San Diego telephone directory determined
above listed number in the Los Angeles, Riverside, California,
area. —

LEADS :

LOS ANGELES

AT RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA. Will locate, identify
and interview] [through | ] . b6

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with | date_of birth]
[ It should be noted that| j}owns a] |
bearing Nevada License Number | |

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

(2i10s Angeles
1~Seattle (164-81)

2-San Diego

EEH : vkw
(5)

00: SE

Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payrof he,

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6 2... STATES GOVERNMENT
we 20,78 memorandum
nerd BAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (RUC) (3)
supsect: NORJAK
CAA (A)
00: SEATTLE

XQ:
TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

Re San Diego letter to Los Angeles, dated 6/7/78.

The following investigation was conducted at

California, by SA MARK LAFE THOMPSON: PS
Cc
On 6/13/78,| |
| was interviewed at his residence, | |
telephone} |Istated
that he has never heard of a[ | He b6
produced_a California drivers license number| Jin the b7C
name of showing he is a white male,
born| } 5°10", 170 pounds, white

hair and blue eyes.

| | stated that he owns an automobile bé

ppeetstered inthe State of Nevada and he alsof ] ec
located at | | Nevada; however,

his permanent residence is in | California. He
stated he had no_knowledge of any hijacking attempt by anyone

Py the name of or participating in any such activity
imself,

ARMED AND BANGEROUS

2- Seattle
1- Las Vegas (164-60) (Info)
1l- San Diego (164-91) (Info)
1- San Francisco (164-220) (Info)
@: Los Angeles
SKB

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(6) OFFICl cory 169 "Do 78

INC ee
: _41*- FILED AE

Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan opt ionat FORM No. 10
, (REV. 7-76)
GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6

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Complaint Form .
- FD-71 (Rev. 7-21-67) . . ;

NOTE: Hand print names legibly; handwriting satisfactory for remainder,

Masterson(present whereabouts unknown) C sai
was familiar with the Woodland Hills, Wash. area where hijacker

parachuted out of the plane. C would like to see drawing the

FBI has of the hijacker to see if it is[ |] Cc said
| J}was supposed to have committed suicide in Beaverton,

Oregon in May, 197) but C said he knows this did not happen.

C had occasion to talk to Ja week ago and
she said some things that led C to believe| Lis the
hijacker. © said at the time of the above crime,|

was about to go to jail. Visas were found he had obtained to go to

Checks were found written to his account three or four
jmade a career of fraud,

days after his death, C said[_
Cc said lwas male, caucasian, age[__] in 1974, 5'7" to
518". A check of indices shows a file 16-97%.

o.Sey ; Ee 0s ANE f '

Indices: [7] Negative ce below - n
Subject's name and aliases \ Character of case 3
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CRI' ABOARD ATRCRAFT /6 ¢-Y97
NORJAK Complainant L
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Complaint received
(7) Personal @&KTelephoni Date 7/18/78 rime 2: Pi
Address of subject i : ne number
| Corona, Cal.
Race Sex Height Hair Build Birth date and Birthplace
a & ([] Male
3 Age ; Weight Eyes Complexion
2S < (C) Female
Scars, marks or other date
Facts of complaint
C telephonically advised od on he has reason to believe
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Action Recommended A A =
yy WwITh SERIMG 777
SC ANNIE JUNZ SHAW jeetven Photo Te 3.5
(Agent) a

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{ FD-36 (Rev. 7-27-76) , @

Date 7/25/78

Fee rene se ee ee see ee ee ee

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FBI

* TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: |
([) Teletype (7) Immediate (1) TOP SECRET

(7) Facsimile (C) Priority (() SECRET

(x) Airtel [7] Routine (1) CONFIDENTIAL
OEFTO

(J CLEAR

1

TO: SAC, PORTLAND
FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (RUC) (3),

SUBJECT: NORJAK (A)
00: Seattle

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advised she| lto ROGER HOWARD MASTERSON,

aka Howard Roger Masterson, Howard Roger Mastenson, Howard
McGill, Howard Roger Kuskie. She described MASTERSON as a
White male, born 10/6/43, in Oregon, 5'9"-5'10", 145 to

155 potnds, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, medium complexion.

She said] | b6
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including Oregon where MASTERSON had many relatives. In
1970, MASTERSON was arrested in the Los Angeles, California,
area on a Colorado warrant, charging him with writing bad
checks.

She said MASTERSON was returned to Colorado,
convicted and served about 1 years at the State prison at
Buena Vista, Colorado.

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prison in October 1971, at which time he moved to Portland,
Oregon. She never had any contact with MASTERSON after his
imprisonment in 1970 except through |

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SAC, SFATTLE (164-81) 8/2/78
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)

HORJAK (A)
(OO: Seattle)

Re suspect HOWARD ROGER MASTERSON.
Re Los Angeles airtel to Portland dated 7/25/78.

For information of Los Angeles and Seattle, on
7/25/78,| | Washington County
Sheriff's Office, Hillsboro, Oregon, furnished the
following information:

HOWARD ROGER MASTERSON, white male, DOB 10/6/46,
was found dead of a drug overdose in Washington County on
5/30/72. The Washington County Sheriff's Office conducted
the necessary investigation which included the positive
identification of MASTERSON by several immediate relatives.
Investigation was conducted under their case number 72-3108.
The investigation established, in addition to the positive
identity of MASTERSON, the fact that the death was due to
voluntary ingestion of drugs.

| |Jcontinued that recently several relatives
of MASTERSON, more distant than the ones who identified
him at the time of his death, have raised the question as
to whether MASTERSON may still be alive, and as a result it
has been suggested that the buried body be exhumed for
re~identification. | | stated his office is completely
satisfied with the validity of the identification and does
not intend to go any further with the idea. He stated
the people that raised the doubts alleged that they
felt there was a possibility that MASTERSON was still alive
and living in Mexico using the last name COOPER. He said
that these individuals inferred that possibly MASTERSON
might have been identical with UNSUB in captioned case.

| pointed out he is personally satisfied

2 - Seattle 7 >a aa

d)- Los Angeles (164-497) Ls. 4 Head $6

2 ~ Portland SED eene i TSED.
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(5) Pim > Far Los ANGELES

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FD-350 (Rev. 10-19-77)

(Mount Clipping in Space

Below)

_———

——-— > cetieieditee clits Eieetieliie teed

tamed Speaker of the South Dakota
, House nearly 40 years ago—but he
' had to wait until this week to get the
ljol. The new Speaker is George
| Speaker Mickelson. His father was,
' House Speaker 88 years ago when he
| was born and the legislators demand-
(ed by resolution that the boy be
| named for his father's job.

| =A heavy plastic placard—an
| emergency warning notice of the type

posted next to the rear exit of 727's—

found by a hunter could be a link to
| the unsolved 1971 "D,B. Cooper" sky-
| jacking, authorities said. The myster-
» lous, never-identified Cooper is be-

| lieved to have parachuted from the , |

| Northwest Airlines jet near Wood-
| land, Wash., with $200,000 in $20 bills
| he had extorted from the airline
| Cooper and the 21 pounds of money
' have never been found. Authorities
| first noticed two days after Cooper

---y oro

jumped that the placard was missing.

It was found about "six flying min
utes" from where Cooper: probabl:
teft the plane in the night of Nov. 2)

Le.

(Indicate page, name of
newspaper, city and state.)

Date: uf of? 7

Edition:

Title:

Noriax

Character:

or
Classification:
Submitting Office:

-Y497-497

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TO LOS ANGELES (164-497) ROUTINE
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BT

UNCLAS

"NORJAK (A); 00: SEATTLE, BUFILE 164-2111.

RE SUSPECT ROBERT WESLEY RACKSTRAW; SUB NO. 933.

FOR INFORMATION OF LOS ANGELES, ROBERT WESLEY RACKSTRAW
HAS BEEN CONSIDERED AS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN THIS MATTER.
RACKSTRAW IS CURRENTLY BELIEVED TO BE IN CUSTODY OF LOCAL
AUTHORITIES AT FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA. !

LOS ANGELES, AT FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, WILL CONTACT LOCAL
AUTHORITIES AND ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN MAJOR CASE FINGERPRINTS OF
RACKSTRAW, INCLUDING PALM PRINTS, AND FORWARD SAME IMMEDIATELY
TO FBI IDENTIFICATION DIVISION FOR COMPARISON WITH UNIDENTIFIED
LATENT FINGERPRINT IMPRESSIONS DEVELOPED IN THE HIJACKED AIR-
CRAFT IN THIS MATTER.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS,

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[TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE:
x Teletype [-) Immediate

(-j Facsimile (-) Priority

| Gx) Routine

BT
UNCLAS

CALIFORNIA.

STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.

JLC: fet
(1)

FBI

AS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN THIS MATTER.

RACKSTRAW WAS RELEASED TO THE CUSTODY OF A

CLASSIFICATION:
( TOP SECRET

(2 SECRET

(J CONFIDENTIAL
(O UNCLAS EF TO
&] UNCLAS
2/5/79

ir Oa—
Qa

NORJAK (A), 00: SEATTLE, BUFILE 164-2111.

i FM LOS ANGELES (164-4 97)
po Sears (164-81) Routine" ea) b—

PORTLAND (164-41) Routine
ACRAMENTO ROUTINE/O554,_-

RE PORTLAND TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES FEBRUARY 3, 1979.

FOR INFORMATION OF SACRAMENTO, PORTLAND ADVISED IN RE
TELETYPE THAT ROBERT WESLEY RACKSTRAW HAS BEEN CONSIDERED
RACKSTRAW IS CURRENTLY
BELIEVED TO BE IN CUSTODY OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES AT FULLERTON,

a

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(PH) , SAN JOAQUIN SHERIFF'S OFFICE, FOR RETURN TO

SACRAMENTO AT STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, WILL CONTACT LOCAL
AUTHORITIES AND ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN MAJOR CASE FINGERPRINTS OF

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(Number) (Time)

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RACKSTRAW, INCLUDING PALM PRINTS, AND FORWARD SAME IMMEDIATELY
TO FBI IDENTIFICATION DIVISION FOR COMPARISON WITH UNIDENTIFIED
LATENT FINGERPRINT IMPRESSIONS DEVELOPED IN THE HIJACKED AIR-
CRAFT IN THIS MATTER.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
BT

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11000 Wilshire Boulevard

Los Angeles, California 90024
April 16, 1979

Torrance, California | |

Enclosed you will find some newspaper clippings
setting forth information concerning the D. B. Cooper case.
Also enclosed you will find a brochure regarding career
opportunities and your unsealed envelope.

This matter is still under investigation and

therefore, the FBI is not in

a position to furnish any

information. I hope the enclosed material will be of

value for, your report.

Enclosures

1 ~- Addressee .
1)- Los Angeles (164-497) *

JFM/map .
(2) ; .

Vi. UY _ Z j/ f W4 : -GY hos Cooper-25880

Very truly yours,

HERBER{ D. CLOUGH, JR.
Special Agent in Charge

S \

Speciat Agent

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GRANSMIT VIL. + PRECEDENCE. CLASSIFICATION:
Ty Teietype Cl iumediaie . _ CQ POP SECRET

= Facdimile [~} Pricrity [7} SECRET

ig) AIRTEL J Routine [—} CONFIDENTIAL

= UNCLAS EF TC
Date _4/25/79

pe et ee ewe ee os ee

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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) i
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FROM: SAC, SAN DIEGO (164-91) (RUC)
NORJAK
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Re phone call on 4/24/79 to Special Aqent : BIC
| Los Angeles Division, Santa Ana'RA. Phone call was b7D
} received from|
indicating that he had possible lead information re captioned
case. :
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stated that he had a source whe ' Bae
relaved to himl | i BID
|was a perpetrator of the hijacking ;
pans that —he—was—about to | ]
The below-Listeda supject 1s known to SA
| | and pursuant to our conversation, will
interview him re NORJAK case.
Subject Gescribed as:
Sex Male
Race White
Height 5'11"
Weight... 185 ibs.
Date of Birth
Place of birth
Hair Brown Lf LLG
Eyes Blue f l= z / /- ~AID-
SEA
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Memorandum

TO "SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) DATE: 6/22/79

FROM 'SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

him [ze

SUBJECT:NORJAK

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ReAirtel set out lead for Los Angeles to interview
regarding captioned matter.

LOS ANGELES DIVISION
At Santa Ana, California

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q ©: STATES GOVERNMENT

sme 6/27/78 ~ memorandum

RATTN OF: SA b6

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SUBJECT: NORJAK
HIJACKING: EXTORTION
00: SE
ro: SAC, LYs Angeles (164-497) (P) (3)

The evidence listed on serial LBL of captioned
file should be retained since the identity of subject has
not been determined to date and matter continues to be persued
by OO and Los Angeles.

Aas $2 md

(L)
GRC/gre

Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan opr ionat rorM No. 10
EV. 7-76
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"HB Man': 'Names: Bank Ti

'Slander. Suit

SANTA ANA — A Hunt-
Ae Beach man Wednes-
'day'sued the Bank of
Atierica for-allegedly tell-
'iig'the FBI that he 'was
1D. B.'Cooper, who hijacked
a jetliner over Washington
'state in 1971 and reportedly
ayn by parachute with

E. Cannigin' said Jin.

i ser suit that"he is
'investigation by the
Bland other agencies as a
YFesult of.statements made
fy bank investigator Kay
ves since 1978... ««
_ & An FBI spokesman would
feither confirm 'nor deny
at_an investigation is in
ogress. Bank officials*
dktReeves. could not. be
for comment?

+Cannon, 8: business: con-
Sultant, is seeking $500,000
punitive damages from-
'he bank and Reeves,
£ aiming the statements .-«.
and investigation 'have
harnied his reputation and

jis business. ,

éeves based his state- .

Gahnon's ex-girlfriend,

He claims in the suit that. 4." uit:

did not hijack the jetliner.
"T used to live in Vancouver
and fly to St. Helen, Ore.,

'on business but,'that was

three years after the hi-
jacking." °
In a companion suit, Can-

non sued Bank of America,:

TRW. Corp. and Computer
Credit Corp. for refusing to

correct what he claims: is

an error .on his credit re-
cord .
Canrion alleged "that
someone stole his two bank-
issued credit cards and that
he.reported this to the bank
Dec. 2,.1977, along with the
name of the person he sus-
pected of taking the cards.

. Subsequently, he said,

that, person' made pur-

: chases. with the cards | in

excess of $3,000.

On Dec. 1,,1978, the bank
reported to TRW and Com-
puter Credit. Corp. that
:*'Caniion had: a balance ow:
'Ing on the. cards in excess of
$3,000, "wecbeding.: to 'the

staemconen a wnnepan eset

Cannon claimed he

ents on information from: ~-sought unsuccessfully to

get the three firms to

Hom Cannon charac- change that information to

rived as a "disgruntled -
-fovér,"
-Canhon told The Register. —
otis. not D. Be Cooper: ; and

2

+ Ca " \

. show he.owed nothing be-
? cause he had notified the
bank prior to the pur-

. chases.
aeons

He is seeking an'un-
specified amount of dam- (Indicate page, name of
newspaper, city and state.)
ages for harm done to his,
feredit record, alleging he' THE REGISTER
Orange County, CA
|nas since been denied joans |i Page Ab y>
and credit.
Edition:
Title:
Ch ter:
oe) MA-SF7~
Classification:™ _
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FBI 'Admits Investigation
Of HB: Man As: Hijacker,

+ ivy Ae

)' SANTA ANA: The FBI ' in vn and. parachuted in
Tooling ite Thursday it is:>. the-wilds with $200,000-ran«
{6 'a: bank inves-. - som money. Cooper' never'
teats allegation, that". : has been found, *. -:
Huntington 'Beach busi-3%. Inhis Superjor-Court ull
nessnian Jack: Cannon is:(* 'against .the Hank, Cannon
alt}iie "hijacker "DBs ys said the stateménits and the.
reed tsar} a ee resultifig: investigation,
«Cantor filed? fat "$500.0 i? shave harined his reputation
'glatider'' 'suit' Wetinesday, 'pad his business... a os
claiming: that: a 'Bank 0
Amérieas'investigator told Hit. Cabinonl 'ela dlined itt his!
'FBT agents'that he had red suit, that', the barik .inves;
ante ibellever the ..busizeo? tigator; Kay-Reeves, bask:
nessman!. using 'the name': his.statements to 'the FBI
peepee hijackedajet-. on information from C53
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THE REGISTER

Orange County, CA

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ington Beach man Wednes-
"day sued the Bank of
'America for allegedly te!l-
ing the FBI that he was
'D.B. Cooper, who hijacked
'a jetliner over Washington
'slate in 1971 and reportedly
escaped by parachute with
*$200,000

'Jack E. Cannon said in

'his slander suit that he is

"under investigation by the
FBI and other agencies as a
'result of statements made
by bank investigator Kay
Reeves since 1978.

: An FBI spokesman would
heither confirm nor deny
that an investigation is in
progress. Bank officials
aud Reeves could not be

. reached for comment.
> Cannon, a business con-

. gultant, is seeking $500,000
in punitive damages from
the bank and Reeves,
claiming the statements
and investigation have

_ harmed his reputation and
his business.

-; He claims in the suit that
Reeves based his state-
ments on information from
Cahnon's ex- -girlfriend,
Whom Cannon charac-
terized as a "disgruntled
'over. "

3\ Cannon told The Register

: tp, is hot DSB. Cooper and
be fa ow ~

'ig . SANTA ANA — A Hunt-

did not hijack the jetliner.
"L used to live in Vancouver
and fly to St. Helen, Ore.,
on business but that was
three years after the hi-
jacking."

In a companion suit, Can-
non sued Bank of America,
TRW Corp. and Computer
Credit Corp. for refusing to

correct what he claims is

an error on his credit re-
cord.

Cannon alleged that
someone stole his two bank-
issued credit cards and that
he reported this to the bank
Dec. 2, 1977, along with the
name of the person he sus-
pected of taking the cards.

Subsequently, he said,
that person made pur-
chases with the cards in
excess of $3,000.

On Dec. 1, 1978, the bank
reported to TRW and Com-
puter Credit Corp. that
Cannon had a balance ow-
ing on the cards in excess of
$3,000, according to the
suit.

Cannon claimed he
sought unsuccessfully to
get the three firms to

_ change that information to

show he owed nothing be-
cause he had notified the
bank prior to the pur-
chases. "

ee ED

He is seeking an un-!
specified amount of dam-

es for harm done to his!
Jeredit record, alleging he'.
J
i has since been denied loans" ,
fand credit. . a

164-4207

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THE REGISTER
Qrange County, CA
Page A6

Date:
Edition:

7/12/79

Title:

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was interviewed in the presence of his b6
attorney, at Denny's Restaurant, Main Street bIC
and Ellis Avenue, Huntington Beach, California, on July 5, 1979.
|furnished his occupation as that of|
| | Huntington Beach, Cali-
fornia, telephone number He also furnished his
home telephone numbers as and
| were advised by SA Pe
that the San Diego Office of the FBI had requested that b7c
be interviewed concerning the skyjacking of a Northwest Orient
Airliner in the State of Washington in 1971 by an individual
using the name D. B. Cooper. He was advised that the reason
for the request for interview was that the Bank of America had
received information from a source that(____—inaa told the
source that he was the perpetrator of this skyjacking and that
he was about to retrieve the concealed money that he had gained
from it.

, [___]immediately stated that he knew exactly who b6
this source was and that this source was] b7c
who is also known as | and

| | He stated that] |
| who presently resides at] | in Sherman
Oaks, California, |
| | probably resides with them and the tele-
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Re San Diego airtel to Los Angeles dated 4/25/79,
and Seattle letter to Los Angeles dated 6/22/79.

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ARHTUR G. BARGER, SPCIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE FBI
FOR OREGON, HAS ANNOUNCED A DEVELOPMENT IN A CRIME WHICH
BEGAN ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 24, 1971, AT PORTLAND INTER-
NATIONAL AIRPORT, PORTLAND, OREGON, AND HAS BECOME WIDELY
KNOWN SINCE THAT TIME AS THE D. B. COOPER HIJACKING CASE,

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THE NAME DAN COOPER BOUGHT A ONE-WAY TICKET ON NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305 FROM PORTLAND, OREGON, TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON,

UPON DEPARTING PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, COOPER NOTIFIED

A STEWARDESS THAT HE WAS HIJACKING THE AIRCRAFT AND DISPLAYED

TO HER WHAT HE SAID WAS A BOMB IN HIS BRIEFCASE. THE FLIGHT
PROCEEDED TO SEATTLE, WHERE AFTER MAINTAINING A HOLDING PATTERN
FOR SEVERAL HOURS, IT WAS PERMITTED TO LAND AND REFUEL. AFTER
$292,006 AND FOUR PARACHUTES DEMANDED BY THE HIJACKER WERE BROUGHT
ON BOARD, HE RELEASED ALL OF THE PASSENGERS AND ALL BUT FOUR
MEMBERS OF THE CREW. THE FLIGHT THEN TOOK OFF AND PROCEEDED SOUTH

THROUGH WASHINGTON TOWARD RENO, NEVADA. THE HIJACKER INSTRUCTED
THAT THE FLAPS AND GEAR REMAIN LOWERED AND THE REAR STAIR DOOR
OPEN. AS THE AIRCRAFT PASSED OVER LACENTER, WASHINGTON, CABIN
PRESSURE FLUCTUATION WAS OBSERVED, WHICH WAS LATER DETERMINED °
TO INDICAE HIS DEPARTURE FROM THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE REAR
STAIRWELL DOOR. SINCE THAT TIME NO TRACE OF THE HIJACKER, THE
PARACHUTES, OR THE MONEY HAS BEEN FOUND UNTIL SUNDAY, FEBRUARY
19, 1989,

ON THAT DATE WHILE ON AN OUTING —_

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PAGE THREE PD 164-41 UNCLAS

WASHINGTON, DISCOVERED

A SUM OF MONEY PARTIALLY BURIED BY SAND IN THE NORTH RIVER BANK
OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER, UPPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES DOWN RIVER FROM
THE U.S. INTERSTAE 5 BRIDGE CROSSING BETWEEN PORTLAND AND
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON. THE FBI AND AN
EXAMINATION OF THE BADLY DECOMPOSED $29 BILLS REVEALS THAT THEY
BEAR SERIAL NUMBERS IDENTICAL TO A PORTION OF THOSE GIVEN TO
THE HIJACKER, BECAUSE OF THE DECOMPOSED NATURE OF THE BILLST
AN EXACT ESTIMATE OF THE RECOVERED MONEY IS NOT POSSIBLE PENDING
A LABORATORY EXAMINATION, HOWEVER, IT APPEARS TO BE SEVERAL
THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE PACKAGING AND THE NUMBERED SEQUENCE
INDICATE THAT. THE BILLS HAVE NOT BEEN SEPARATED AND ARE IN

MUCH THE SAME ORDER AS WHEN GIVEN TO THE HIJACKER., THE BILLS
WILL BE SENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE FBI LABORATORY FOR ADDITIONAL

EXAMINATION,

IT APPEARS LOGICAL THAT THE PACKAGE OF BILLS COULD HAVE
BEEN CARRIED DOWNSTREAM ON ONE OF THE WASHINGTON TRIBUTARIES OF
THE COLUMBIA RIVER TO THE SITE WHERE THEY WERE FOUND.

SPECIAL AGENTS OF THE FBI FROM OREGON AND WASHINGTON HAVE
SECURED THE AREA AND COMMENCED AN INTENSIVE SEARCH.

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A-1 HZRALD GKAMINER
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Date 2/13/80

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' ANCOUVER, Wash. — William Mi Baker, assistant agent
; Twelve packets of $20'in cliarge of the Porttamd?BI
' bills, used eight years office, said discovery of the money
ago as part of the $200,- lends credence to the FBI theory
000 paid to airline hijacker "D.B. that Cooper died in the hijacking
Cooper," have been found on a attempt. ~ '
Columbia River beach near here,| Cooper's extortion effort was the
ithe FBI announced yesterday. |tirst time a jet had been hijacked
Harold D. Ingram, 27, his wife, ,for ransom. A number of hijack-
sPatricia, 26, and 'their two sons, ings for:cash have been carried out
ere picnicking on what is known since the Cooper escapade.
'as Tena's Bar. last Sunday when! | Baker said the FBI could not be
'their older 'soni. "discovered:.:the'certain how much money was in
fmoney. — — _ ""* the packets, but said it amounted
= Kight-year-old Brian Ingram was to "several thousand dollars."
*helping his father gather firewood, -The money bas been sent to the
'and had. scooped out sand for a'FBI laboratory in Washington,
fire. As. his'-father -was about. to. D.C., and Baker hopes the lab will
i Kren pia of wood, ates be able af pick fingerprints off 8
ner "Wait -a mintite, bills,. which could.lead to the
judy. iy Ne ' me - "Suspect. he ge
3 Recalling his find yesterday, ; "That would he a-hell of a
Brian said, "I seen that money, I bréartie said... ee
thought, wow". -
i. put his parents remained calm,
ThE Son 'récalled, 2They, thought it
jwas-counterfejt' sy)
pate catered. and "ioral
Young'Ingram foihd were the first
: be recovered 'by law: enforce-
enit.agencies since Nov. 24, 1971,
When.'a passenger hijacked a
Northwest Airlines Boeing: 727..
The than, identified on thé flight
ist:as.Dan Cooper, 'parachuted out
Of-the airliner soméwhere Over
outhwestern Washington.
fhe setial numbers on thé bills
discovered "by: young * Iigram
patched those on the money'given
° r the FBI in 1v7tT

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ae the" Ingrams had gone for an after-
,; ic on a 25-yard strétch of
pach three miles west of Vancouver on
the Columbia River, the state line be-
tween Washington and Oregon. The
beach, which is popular with fishermen,
owned by a dairy and truck farming
company.
i . Ingram, 'a painter, said 'in 'a news
conference 'yesterday that the bills
bound in three packets and wrapped in
'worn rubberbands were about: six
inchés beneath the surface. Despite' the
find, the family continued with its
picnic. .
+ "It didn't look like I could spend it,"
the older Ingram said. .

'. The family, which 'moved jast year
'ftom Oklahoma to Vancouver, a town of
about 40,000 across the Columbia from
'Portland, 'wasn't aware of the D.B.
Gooper legend. Baker said the family

mtacted the FBI Monday afternoon
'only after learning about the hijacking
'from friends, who suggested the money
tight have been part of the missing
oot.

_ After the Ingrams reported their

'discovery, the FBI immediately cor-

doned off 4 section of beach behind the

'truck and dairy farm operated by the
vew Columbia Gardéns Co.-

Fifteen to.20 FBI agents dressed in
"blue jeans and using shovels and rakes
ithey | had brought from their homes

ted through sand and driftwood along
} 50-yard stretch around where the

ngrams found the cash. sey
a : * Working from 10 'am. until dusk
yesterday, they found'a few bits of bills
'Duried-from a half-foot to 3 feet beneath
the. surface 'néar 'where 'the campfire
: 'been. The FBI expected_to_use. a
bac ay'to dig evén deeper. ~

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Baker said one of the first chores forthe agency
willbe to attempt to find how the money 'Por the
beach. He said the FBI believes the money was washed
up on the shoreline at a time when the Columbia was
Funning high. .

'He said experts in 'hydrology and 'topography
awould be consulted to determiné how the money got to
'the -beach. The FBI has meticulously reconstructed
flight conditions that existed at the time Cooper is
believed to have jumped.

".; The FBI believes 'Cooper jumped out over the
'Sinall 'Washington town of La Center, about 20 miles
'north of 'Vancouver. In. nearby Ariel, Wash., a tiny
'town' that has adopted Cooper asa folk hero, city
"fathers hold "Cooper Caper:Days" each yéar"vit the

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iiniversary of his jump. - ra
UDepie extensive searchés"Siipiéy.
ing the FBI, sheriff's departments from
two counties in southwest Washington
and the Washington National Guard, no
(a ice of Cooper has been 'found.
|...'He's probably not alive today," said
Dorwyn Schreuder, FBI agent supervis-
'ing the continuing beach search. "If he
-were, I think he'd be with his money."
¢. Ralph Himmelsbach, FBI agent lead-
ang the Cooper investigation for the past
'eight years, said the conditions under
which. Cooper parachuted: underscored
the fact that he died in the jump.
: . Himmelsbach said the FBI. believes
'Cooper was wearing only a business suit
'and street shoés when he jumped at
'night into sub-freezing temperatures
and winds of up to.200 miles an hour.
. Even.if Cooper should somehow have
survived and is watching recent devel-
opments on télevision, he still isn't clear
of the law. A federal grand jury in 1977
banded down an hie athe ale against
7 r chai ging BS ; iracy.
| in case..." said. Bae

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Part oY the ransom paid to skyja¢ker-D.B. Cooper in 1971, discovered yesterday on a beach

in Washington State.

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ORTLAND, Ore. —- The™
mystery surrounding DB.
Cooper's skyjacking ard
- disappearance eight years
ago has been rekindled by a
Vancouver; Wash., family's inad-
yertent discovery of worn packets
of $20 bills on the Columbia River
shoreline — part of Cooper's $200,-

000 ransom. - 4

' The saga' which ichanged the
nature of airline piracy began on
Thanksgiving Day, 1971, when
'Cooper boarded Northwest Air-
lines flight 305 for a-flight from
'Portland to Seattle. Once aboard,
he handed a crew member 2 note,
'Saying he was carrying a bomb ina
satchel and wanted $200,000 in
'unmarked $20 bills. .

When the jetliner landed at the
Seattle-Tacoma International Air-
port that evening, authorities had
arranged the cash anid had also
obtained four parachutes, as in-
structed by Cooper.

Cooper then allowed the flight's
86 passengers and all crew mem-
bers -but two pilots and-one stew-

ard ) disembark. He then
ordered the aircraft to take Off | for
Reno, Nev.

'At. one point in that flight, the
Erew felt = ee ee
tessure. whic suggested the -jet-
oes 's rear cabin door had-opered.

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A-1 HERALD EXAMIN SR
LOS ANGsbi, CA

Date: 2/13/80

Edition: Wednesday Latest

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NV

ie pilits attempted to talk. to However, the site df the discovery of
Macnee y intercom, they Bot no ue ae D.B; Cooper ransom monsy-is-tothe
'response. : 7 : 70 miles northwest: of the area where

\ 'The FBL béliev Sit is at that pind _ 'Coffelt said hé touched down.

The distance'involved tends to be
Over La Center, Wash., about 25 miles} Coffe t's story of the hijacki ends to be lie

orth of Portland '— that Cooper|toig over a
period of months in 1974 to
Hrepped on the bag of money and thelan old friend who helped him search for
gatchel containing the s supposed bomb, |the lost money. Coffelt died of apparent

and: leaped out.
He .tumbled into the- 'heart of - {Ratural causes in Hawaii in 1975.

Bacitic Northwest storm, with tem) 'Further weakening Coffelt's claim of
titres. at the 10,000-foot altitude ap thebeing Cooper is his assertion that he
Thinus end of the thermometer. Authori-fanded just east. of Mt. Hood; which is
ies estimated Cooper experienced a bout 25 miles south of the Columbia
eadwind of up to 200 miles per hour. River.
He would. have landed on the ground Experts agree that even if the money

at a.-speed of 50-70 miles per. hour, ntered the river'at that point, it would
authorities calculated. - unlikely that it could wind its way

The FB] conducted numeroils recon- down the wide Toutad on the no 60 miles

ington and employed complicated of the river. .
'computer calculations to help deter- 'The money would have had to float

(mnine" hi migh through locks, reservoirs, spillways and
where Cooper. t have landed, wer units on the Columbia," said a

,~-Ralph. Himmelsbach, the FBI agent geologist with 'the U.S. Army Corps of

'who has invested the past eight years on Engineers in Portland. "I don't think it
ithe «case, rere ey after could have done that and been intact."
t wi
'Cooper's Soe attennt ing man as Robert Wagman, a producer for "60
Exhaustive searches by the Washing-Minutes" who has spent more than a
ton National Guard and. the Fl year investigating Coffelt's claim to the
produced only one clue-— a placard|D:B. Cooper legend, said, "Based on
from the jetliner's rear'door.-- - "conversations I've had with FBI agents
' Hundreds of treasure hunters hav tand engineers who know the river, it
prowledl 'southwest Washirigton ° envi doesn't seem possible that the money
ons hoping to find thé missing cash o could have washed up (where it was
-/found) from where Coffelt said he lost it.

re tome * Olt "hey, "
Ht aro we de ceanl It actually defies belief."
Until the Id_Dwayne Ingr And some people still refuse 'to

fama its discovery of a dozettyasiove that Cooper is dead.

of. tattered -$20 bills,. .. those,
'efforts had failed... ° tok Journalist 'J.D. Reéd, the author of
- Cooper's: daring and unorthodox 4irtthe recently released 'fictional' ' book

hijacking ++ which came to be known'asf'Free: Fall," dealing with the Cooper

ia "skyjacking" — provoked other efforts dventure, said he disagrees. with 'the
ito extort money. from commercial air-BI that finding the money 'tends to
itinés. 'That' increase "in airline piracypupport'the probability that D.B. Cooper
triggered 'the installation of beefed-ipdid not ud the at th Coo
security systenis at e nation's airpo eit -doesn't rule out that Cooper got
if 'spot potential hijackers. - . re way." said Reed. Coe aed
Over thé. years, many people refused
fo. believe that Cooper had died in his
fort, and a féw eveti claimed to be the
giysterious Skyjacker. *
An'one case;'Byron "Jack" 'Cotfelt, an
diivict' 'who claiiied to. be the
inysterious 'hijacker, told a friend that
he lap after Parachuting, 'from the
aifliner. "y. 355 mine

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T=-1 LOS ANGELES TIasd
LOS ANGIOULS ? Cz A
Date: 2/13/80

Edition: wednesday Final

GTO A young Van- "Law eptorceric

uver, Was. ly on an outin ws Coot
along the Columbia River last Sunday have eve i Cops dein
suddenly stumbled across 12 stacks of|he was swearing: only'a business suit
moldering money—part of the $200,-fand street hoes when he jumped into
900 that the the er made airline hijacker} howling wind and 'freezing rain in
than « 'made off with more an unreliable parachute. It has been
ian it 9 years ago, the FBI said etinated thst, be hit the ground: ata
TAWth the bills now having been Epged OF 50 fa TOP
traced definitely to the Cooper loot, boarded the jetliner in Portland for an
a) ages from the Portland and evening flight to 'Seattle. Once air-
FBI offices have begun an €X-iborne, he demanded that the airline
tensive search of the area for more of. have $200, 000 in $20 bills. and three

Found by Family on Oi
Part of 'D.B. 'D. B. Cooper' Li Loot

sign of Cooper or, more likely, his Te
mains.

The money—"several thousand
dollars," according to one official—
was found in Washington about five
'miles northwest of the Interstate 5|
bridge that spans the Columbia and

separates Washington from on,

FBI agent William M. Baker told a

news conference in Portland.
_Discovery of the money by Harold

Dwayne Ingram, 27, his wife, Patricia,
26, and their sons, 8 and 3, marked
the latest twist in the bizarre saga of
the now-legendary Cooper, who pa-.
rachuted from a Northwest Airlines
jetliner on Thanksgiving Eve, 1971,| :
never to be seen or heard from again.
'When found by the Ingrams, the'
'stacks of $20 bills were bound by de-
'composing rubber bands, the FBI
'zaid. But there was "no trace of D. B.
Cooper," 'according to the agency.
"Shortly. after the hijacking, a' cult
'sprang around D. B Meise a
'name that never' has been traced, to

its origins.
A private élub was named in his
honor, D. B. Cooper T-shirts were

yun off and anniversary parties were
held.

er Cooper got away with
the money was an open question,

ynanufactured, bumper 'stickers were fire,

the money—arid possibly for some "para arachutes on hand when the- plane

ded in Seattle. He threatened to
blow up the plane if his emands
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aThe airline cottgiled pov
re and money. However,
d Tuesday that the serial
numbers of the bills had been record-
Cooper permitted the airliner's 36
passengers to leave the plane in Seat-
tle. He then ordered the crew to take
the plane to-Reno and told the pilot to
fly' at, ta relatively 'low; ome and to
openth he plane's rear si

Crew 'fnembers last hetrd is voice
on the plahe's intercom when they
were over the Washington-Oregon
'border. They said they. believe -he
'ineped. using the least reliable para-

ute,

~The aéconipos osed money 'was' found
cat [17 to 20 miles from the jump site by

' older son, Brian. The

bts were partly buried in sand that

Ingrams were scooping out
build a fire.

"Here's some more wood for the
7, the ane récalled his
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Sona

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a .% area? wood;". "He
(Brian) ught 'he had struck it

wi
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of the Cooper money.
tHe 'turned them over to the FBI, add-
ing With a sniile that'they were go de-
'composed, "T couldn't have spent it." -
'In leafing through. the rotting bills,
'Baker said, the FBI made about "nine
bed 10 imbers of the missing m with
e num e money.
The bills were flowh to Washington

ered bills Se ieeton they ned. -not'been
separated and "are in much. the same
ordef as when they were given tothe
hijacker." .

; The initial search, confined! to: an
area several hundred yards long and
40 yards wide, turned up "fragments
of more money"—nothing more, Bak-

er said. He said the money appeared
te .

'gled in giant wild plackt 'bush

k + Hhey will never'be found:
 Ratoh Himimelsbach; the FEI

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Trying to withdraw Gash
from the Columbia's banks

gy ANCOUVER, -''Wash. —!" A gaping pit, about 20 yz

FBI agents continued 'ta the wa edge, show spot
Fe sift throygh silt and sahdwhere Brian Ingram found the
'Ww along the banks' of thethree-packages of bills on Sunday.
Columbia River yesterday in aniOn'Tuesday, agents digging as deep
attempt to-.piece 'together a solujas three feet came up with more
$idn to the 1971 \D.B. "Coopepits and pieces of $20°bills. The site
Se ea tras ts £ $00'ineie been underwater at various-

Additional fragments o billst °

weré discovered yesterday and an ones 8S © past as the river level
FBI spokesman said the portion of| . any would-be treasure seekers
were barred from the area by a

we ransom rinearthed oo may
'have been bur a Columbia iff' ed gate.
'River 1974 dredging operation. * Teas ea prectators: i diree

local fishermen, a crowd of report-

*« The search followed a disclosure
'Tuesday that several thousand dol- ers and a herd of dairy cattle that
munched away in a pen about a

Jars from the $200,000 ransom paid
hundred yards from the digging.

fo She Jegendary . hijacker, was

ound last weekend by a Vancou-| Searchers used a backhoe to dig
iy at, Wash., family during a week 4 three-foot trench at the site of
end picnic. "se A. 6 Sunday's discovery; and a Portland
'_ The ransom was paid Nov. 24} crate University geologist was
called in to examine sand layers

4971, to a_man who identified
himself as Dan Cooper. when hel and determine how deep the exca-
vation should be. ' .

hijacked a Northwest Orient Air-
lines flight en route from Portland Leonard Palmer, an associate
'_ | professor at PSU, said the trench

: Cooper released the 36 passen-| showed coarse sand varying from
'gers and all but three of the crew} about six inches deep at the water's
when the plane arriyed in Seattle} ogce 'to.' two sfeet yand. deeper

farther toward ishore. _

There'he-demanded $200,000 in $20
'Corps of Engineers told the FBI the

co

[ % The plane a 'on bar hag but
Cooper apparently stuffed the | coarse and was-der

'pounds of money into a parachute Sortk bank in aug iO7k. ake, .
bag, tied it to his waist and jumped] 4nfoot ship channel was dredged
'from the plane as -it 'flew over to provide greater access' :to' the
Southwestern Washington. - ¢° ports ot Portland and Vancouver,

Jt xis: the only unsolved plane Fpy agent Bill Williams said yester-
hijacking in US. history. -. |day in Portland.

:_ On Monday FBI agents identified Owais trying now to deterinine
'setlat numbers from, the tattered] if the ills were sucked in by the

"bills, 'and began searching for|dredge at that' time," he added.
faditional clues along the river|* williams .said. Cooper's -body
Baiik,: at a''site about "five milles| would have' jammed the dredging
'Horthwést Of Vancouver and just|equipment,.and hence would have
forth'of Portland. +": - [heen discovered, had he died with
v ssome of the bills' were wads as|the ransom. still tiéd to his waist.
'big. a8 a'quarter or-a Scent plece,"| "However they (the bills) got
'Tom "Nicodemus, FBI agent in:there, they must have been depos-
'Charge of 'the search, 'said of the ited within a couple of years after
'Subsequent discoveries." - the' hijacking," said Ralph Him-
Apparently they were the re- telstach, the FBI agent, who -has

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4timme|sbach said the. money
| j-flimmels found Sunday in one location,
'gecured by rubber 'bands in the
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A container or -some| ,° The site, about. five
log er 'wrapper: ust ome | tees files northwest of Van-
heid the money together : couver,. Wash., is. several
'ér the bills: would' not! miles' downstream' 'from

| sulted about how the,
'money ., might have.
\.Feached the site, about 20 ,

Side after eight years, he
Said.. But agents 'have no
trace of such a: 'container,
ore even the parachute

g Cooper was believed
to have used.

Williams 'said the FBI
Mhas 'not. determined
, 'whether the money coiild
'haye survived the force
of the dredging equip-.
ment if it. had been:
Sucked from the bed 'of
the river. y

; He also said -hydrolo-
Bists were being con-

Pidinie

Pores csouth. of where
Cooper * was evi

shave Siamped" Williaige |
Said the FBI was consider: |
"tog the possibilty that the'
Money may even 'have.}.
ary ups , guided | ji
of Ocean

tes during: periods of 4 ;

Pow water' in! the: Colum:
it tia 'River. - Tt 4% f = '
bE"It. does, probably raise
f as many questions .as-an-
*Swers — perhaps more,"
(Said agent Paul 'Hudson,
| coordinator of 'the 'dig.
'fing forts: 'In my.own
§ qaind,. '1'éan rule out the

sibill ) that it was bur-
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have been found 'side by ; i the flight | path. of the

airliner <on its way to
Reno from Seattle.
Using cabin-pressure
data from the 727's flight
recorder, the FBI plotted

-| a trapezoid-shaped area in:
which Cooper was likely

to' have landed.

"This, of course, is out-
Side of that trapezoid,"
agent Tom: 'Nicodemus
said. .
Hudson said the money
and the hijacker could
have come 'down in a
number of drainages, all
of which end up in the
half-mile-wide Columbia.
He said the round shape
Of the crumbling wads of
snoney indicated that the
cash could have tumbled
along a stream bed.

t* The-search was broken
f.at-nightfall yesterday,
and. the excavation site
yas' 'kept 'under guard.
i is'to continue

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@.i5FBI: cagenta|.; 'The passengers. an two-flight at-
ednesday foun ty ad neers. 209 i

noney ; from the $200,000. -airlirie hi- ten pa off i ked
ickinig' loot ofthe jegendary "D, B, fhe sesptider of Ube sr erent as looked
= but Ihe my as southwest Washington, 'the mah who
a to peted Ao Ue mane wns, 5 has vocal! pie eee
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like they'll be: able to:help-us out."

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jnesday- morning, some of them orn
es orate 3 feet. One agent at the site
described a. formless, figt-sizé clump
iS 'a wadded-up bunch Of $2 Bills,"

'. 'Himmelsbach said the geologists
'and 'corps' scientists probably would
ibe, ablé-to.-determine whether "the
al.on:the shore. in.which the
| {money:was found had.come the
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FBI office, said geologist igonard Palmer 'had concluded

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ay ity hit th m pe
2 Pa A | | a Se! Palmer: aeulated en took nine
te "VANCOUVER Wash — DB. years -t0 ;move 'downstream. The
nober remains atlarge. = dead rj oval shape of the bundled, rubber
"Hband-wrapped: bills 'Appeared to
FBI agents ended 'their search éfi have 'been 'eaused by a rolling
sandy "Tena Bar' on" the Columbia| motion; Palmer:said, like the move-
River yesterday and returned to| ment 'of a-river. |
their Seattle. headquarters to re: Most-of'the three bundles of:cash
group -. were Shippei.to an FBI laboratory
Aside from. the: fragmented $2) in Washington, D.C.,for analysis —
bills found Sunday by-a:picnickinig| including fingerprint. tests 'that
'Vancouver family and some addi-\eould 'Jead "to "Cooper's identity.
tional fragments:of bills unéarthed Preliminary 'Tesults are expected
Wednesday dy agents, there were) next week. -
* Persil signs of 'the Anfamous The FBI will eventually give ihe
cker. back after determining
[8 Cooper. bailed out ofthe hijacked ener a the -proper owner<is

orthwest Airlines Boeing 727 jet- Northwest-Airlines or the Royal

liner over southwest Washingtoniciohe Insurarice Company of New
an: Nov .24, 1971, with $200,000°in York, which coveréd the loss. Only
cash éxtorted from. the airline. 'He, ahout $3,000: of 'the $200,000°in
has not been seen: since. - _: . Ber was found last Sunday -by

"There was nothing -more* 'to year-old' Brian Ingram. 9%

tind," 'said John Pritigle, 'assistant aa
tial agent in 'chargé of 'the; Despite Palmer's theory,
ttle FBL-office. "We'll wait-until |agents on the scene leaned moreé.to
ali the people (agents) gét-back. the idea thatthe money had. bee
arly next week and.See-what.we |frozen — 'mostly because rub)
yo: ay fy Bir bands are not likely to withstaii
MPurther: " pheaks in the 8 44-year |the punishment of 'a rushing rive
further' agents ave. teihey. ma |for 'nine-years. =
ef clues. =329F| "qt obviously hadn't been in 'the
Mot. likely there goon Mil beat ter-ehut lone,
tourists . Migging around the "$00:
stretch' .of "fiver : shoreline
Shere the money, 3 ; found.'
= were' 'keepin' "smn Sit ead
Fazio, 0,-part-owner-of sthe
Fz Cy Brothers. Farm where. the
be I agents. were, digging. "Maybe tl
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start letting pedple i" a,
acf'T'm sure there will cbe:plenty: of
ple in cere. Aftér: we--leaye,
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it: + Kenneth. Moore, 'who's

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'the bills, probably. spent eight -ears
it the ord Balm I eached hi co

'@, Leonard err is cbn-

i¢lusion after examining the siver

peak. éarlier in the week, throwing
..question one FRI theory; that
16 cash ha

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ee ae be eg ee a + weare-nassed before the first substantial clue

gusé Tiivery. fit! Pn too young to' retire' in' my! iw Sik years passed before the first substantial clu

a naton ation, wut k's mandatory' in the FBI-wHen" ri appeared in the case. A skull was 'found ira are an

Teach 55," he said, smoothing the lapél on -his gray, the mountains of La Center, 'the Washington town

Ydouble-knit suit." --. 0-2 cnn vie' San, « et fCOOper said his prayers) over and jumped pinto the

i + "Eve never: got so. personally involved 'as to' get Swirling Aight. F :.° joys MR ree

either very elated or just crash — you don't surviveini: Ina tree over the skull were the-remnants of a

'this business that way... People who have that idea parachute. <<" w be Ste a ee

'either don't know éjough about law'enforcement or; "It turned dut tobe a 'chute météordlogical

'have seen too much: TV." = - = °.-+ ~ ,- °» ° "balloon," Himmelsbach said' plainly. "And: the skull

. *. These are thé Words of the man' who, minutes tufned out 'to be a lost hunter who was '29 instead of

. 'earlier, had coridemned,the people of. Ariel, Wash.,.for ; the 48 that Cooper was:estimated tobe," ."

3 holding annual. "D.B. Cooper Days," 'which feature} - The next'clue cathe last Sunday when 8-year-old
'Cooper Jook-alikes bailing out of airplanes.with attache| Brian Ingram yelled to his father about finding some
cases. - SEM kr es, "ye * * Imoney on the shore of the Columbia River at-Tena Bar.

: __ - "They're making fun out of a humorless situa-|Hatold Ingram, :of Vancouver, Wash., had his family

; tion," Himmelsba¢h said flatly. "I regret. seeing a man I picnic turned irito a national event by three decaying

te consider to be a common criminal, who terrorized and] bundles of money —'and he called the FBI...' —

. 'threatened the 'lives'-of others, celebrated in this} . "'Margé Gillam, who works in the office,'took the

manner... cal ead found 'tiat ard eetial numbers matched the

"And some people probably stand to' profit from; Cooper. bills," Himmelsbach recalled... - »- ,
tthe 'attraction ©» Prony Stand 4o profit from) rN yieh quick, quiet hands, the agent reached inside
® .. »D.B. Cooper 'has haunted. Him 'elsbach for. jhine| his codf-and produced a small white envelope. In it was

' ears — éver since the night of Nov. 24, 1971, when the| the only real clue in the mystery-of D.B. Cooper four

'agent listened to the skyjacking unfold via the traffic] Of the recovered bills. He fingered them gently.

jcontrol tower at Portland International Airport . "You see how they appear to have been rolled by a

Like it or not it has been his biggest 'case. - river, like they were moved underwater a long way,"
-- "I think that most likely the greater probability is|hé €xplained.- ae
that he is dead. I have a lot of reasons for that being] "He had a theory about the money. - — .
the greatest likelihood. Would-you like to hear them?"}.. :""Well, I've been doing non-stop interviews the past
.. , if Cooper wanted to survive, he should'have:had|few days, so I haven't :done much research, and I
- qa, tot of equipment needed to take the' jump,"|frankly.don't know how 'the.money got' there.

, 'Himmelsbach said. "He should havé had a hard hat. He] -, "My feeling is that it was probably lying there for.
' 'should have had goggles, a leather flight jacket, a quite 'some time, because the people said when they
- Hight. suit, small. hand 'tools or side cutters so ag to} Pitked-up the bundles, the rubber bands just crumbled

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'extricate himself from whatever he might have.gotten| Way." - . a
fhung up in.: - ote TE ght ha °-goren .__ So how did the money travel 15 miles from the
Ei "He could have 'had no idea where he Wwas.;He 'Supposed jumpsite? .. ©. ' 0.
;couldn't possibly have estimated where-hé would have ... ' "That's a puzzling question. J would really be
Manded. Either he didn't know or 'he didn't care, , interested in explaining how this money found its way
& "He .was going for 'broke. It_was an enormous Upstreami on the Columbia — that's assuming it made

'gamble: 'He was wearing -a 'businéss. suit, a Stickpin, its Way down-from the jump area by the Lewis River.

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alligator shoes, a narrow' black 'tie, a black raincoat, Was it floating at the time, and did the wind blow it?
jGark glasses and was carrying a'black attache case. Jt, Did the tidé carry it? Was it just a freak eddy?" «
jas, 'If I make it; OK, if. I don't, So what.'" °° '" ~ Himmelsbach 'again looked out the window at the
Then came a flood of Jotig-memorized particulars:|Willamett as bownd-for-work Friday 'morning autos
"196 'The aircraft was flying 10,000 feet at 170.knots, or | skidded across bridges left icy from,a night of snow.
196 miles per Hour. Outside, the air temperature was| - ."I just don't know," he said. 'J. just dgn't know."
minus 7 degrees. When he jumped_out!the airplane} —_,,.- "oa. "Ae 'sha' sideburns'

a8 'on 'instrumental and was flying though clouds.| 'His sandy -hair,- mustache 'and' sideburns "now
": + "Winds:in Portland were gusting at"ground level| Stteaked with silver, Himmelsbach "puta hand to thé
it 25'to 45 knots —-:30 to 50 miles per houf. His vertical| Side Of his angular 'face. It looked like 'the 'most

. descent was estimated at 26 miles per 'hour. So he''s|.12famous air piracy case 'in history was closed,

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de scending'straight down at,28 miles per.hour, "Add to'... Surely, it was suggested,' after 8% years of

at 'the 30°to:50 miles per hour, and you figure*he., investigation, the"D:B." in D.B.-Cooper must stand for

Struck the' ground at Jeast'56 miles jferhour and "dead and buried"... —
possibly as :high as 70 miles 'per' house rap te buried: rol hy we,

Coitid have ; , Oe no, said Himmelsbach 4 have hot réached
i 1 . ye f« + «" that conclusion. I do not state or claim that he didn't
." Cooper had requested four patachutes'and got his SURVIVE7 <0. $a, WAS 4 Sui ae Sa
"Wish. He left two on the plane. The one chute he So
strapped on was.a fion-functioning trainer sent by

mistake, Himmelsbach said, and. the other was'a sky-

diver's acrobatic 'parachute — which contained:only a
; small drag canopy used in stunt work.

-,, ,He day after-Cooper jumped, Himmelsbach and
phis friend, Art Enderlin,. Portland's chief pf. police,
'flew over the area 'in the agent's airplane. A week
Hater Himmelsbach, retraced the: entire.route of th

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would otherwise have' been just a routine
book-signing party proved something more Friday
night when Casablanca Record and FilmWorks
and Delacorte Press held a reception at ,
Brentano's in Beverly Hills honoring novelist J. D.
'Reed for the publication of his new book, "Free
Fall." A fictionalization of the nine-year-old D. B-
8 Cooper skylacking, "Free Fall" was guafanteed-a
replace: 'onthe best seller lists last week when a
"portion of the $200,000 in ransom money missing
along with Cooper was discovered near the
Columbia River in Washington, reviving public
. interest in the case. Of just as much interest to
*-tingel- town sjeuths was Tuesday's announcement
"Shy Nell Bogart, president of Casablanca, that he
«4s selling his interest in the company to its parent
™gorporation, Polygram, for considerably more than
.*$200,000. A further announcement detailing the
"future of Casablanca's film operations is also
«expected — but as of Friday, Peter Guber,
"nCasablanca's chairman, was keeping mum.
i* + So with two mysteries in the air, the
* reception's success was guaranteed — even
_ though no answers proved forthcoming. Guber did
"make a quick appearance, but left before many of
the guests had arrived. John Frankenheimer, who
will direct the movie version of Reed's book, was
'$tranded in Malibu and could not attend. Reed
signed the necessary books ahd.answered the
inevitablé questions, all the while'maintaining that
Cooper still lives. Everybody slise.did what-people
'normally do at such affairs: For example, Herald
Examiner astrologer Joyce Jilison told how the
FBI told her she was too big a security risk to
'attend the Lake Placid Olympics, while publicist
Carol Green introduced Craig Wasson, who stars
~\in the: new Paramount release ''The Outsider," the
story of an American who goes to 'jreland to fight
., for the IRA..
Meanwhile, Casablanca executive Chuck
Ashman kept telling one and-all that a really:big
*. announcement concerning Casabjanca's future
'ould be expected Wednesday. Pressed to tell
man responded, "Neil Bogart is the real
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leads to mysterious ex-con
he yéar was ~ It was @ -Butathat may not be what hap-
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_Eve in Portland, Ore., an¢ evidence that D.B. Cooper was an or uae
'at the busy 'Portland Inter: ex-con named.Byron "Jack" Coffelt .
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loved ones preparing for the next fine investigating the Coffelt-
day's feast... °° |. - fGooper connection, yet his_story
'y's diddleage man, dressed in Ahus-aever before been publisted.
"lack suit, white shirt and thin
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-Zounter: The man, who was about 6
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"earfied a briefcase, gave his name
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the wrong key and the name ¢ame
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A few minutes after takeoft} the
fuisnamed 'passenger :handey a
stewardess :a note threatening 'to
phowetip. te plane with a hidd
*bomb if he:didn't receive $200,000
Feash. and' four parachutes. The
'plane went 'to Seattle, where an
'FBi-agent brought the. ransom .to
"fhe cabin door and handed it to a
stewardess. "Then, as 'the plane
continued' on toward, Reno, Nev.,
with its..tear door open, as the
Phijacker had "instructed, 'D:B.
Cooper' jumped into -the night —
Fand became .a jegerid in American
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ie, The massive manhunt that began
"the: neXt day in the mountainous
(terrain that Cooper jumped into
twas only the beginning. In the
'eight years since the famous inci-
.-dent, the Federal Bureau of Inves-
gation has expended thousands of
man-hours tracking' down leads on|
ome. 900 suspects. Yet, the official
line is still that an unknown man -
hijacked Flight 305 that night and
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'DS is a mystéry story — though an investigation has | §-'Beckwith had not been idle with his wealth, a six-
tufhe e evidence suggesting that Corfeit-was |fifureangua) income from a lifetime trust Yeft by his
Codper, 'including two. passengers on the. hijacked. father. He has reportedly financed several right-wing

aifplane who saw photos of Coffelt and identified him: joquses.
as'the hijacker. - °- . Coffelt became Beckwith's aide-de-camp and got
. * The story also has. "intriguing characters _ 1 of..more than.one Beckwith-financed bank

indluding alleged 'bungling, FBI agents, a rich right- |}a®count. But little elsé is known about this mysterious
phig recluse who is the last living relative of Abraham relationship, 'which Beckwith himself declines to
Lincoln and the convicted assassin of Martin Luther clarify. :

King Jr., James Earl Sa . "Other bits and pieces have emerged about. this
aren -* period of Coffelt's life: ~
uch of Jack Coftelt's i life is shrouded in cayateey, D-In 1974, Goffelt boasted to an old friend, former

-and 'that's undoubtedly the way he wanted it. This (Atlanta céll mate James Brown, that he had "helped
pitture of his life was pieced'together from interviews |kill a nigger" in Memphis, Tenn. Then, elaborating
with 'various 'knowledgeable sources, including jour- |slightly, he said that he had been in "one of the white
ists and lawmen.*- cars" that caused confusion around Memphis immedi-
Coffelt, who was born in 1916, 'spent the first 30 jately after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in
xb of his life in and out of jails throughout. the [1968.
dwest for a variety of minor crimes. In 1949, e- hit In 1978, James Earl Ray was shown a picture of
ithe' big time: He réceived.a 10-year sentence. for Coffelt by someone investigating the Coffelt-Cooper
te"transportation 'of a'stolén automobile, and i¢onnection, and reportedly identified his old prison
ed time in .Atlanta and 'Leavenworth federal mate — biit, only 'after being shown Coffelt's death
pmsons. Over the years, his cell inates reportedly |certificate. Ray gave no further information, accord-
coo CoL- Jack Durant, "whe was world Wa % ing to a source 2 close to the investigation.
g the Hesse crown jewels uring Wor! ar es a=
sthtence for killing Martin Luther King Jr. ; and James e White 'House epartn Pentagon. A college {ara
oe y officer convicted: of serving. oe eported that he was riding in an automobile with

iat assault charge..." offelt in Washington, D.C., when Coffelt 'picked u
Pp
"2 Srenetins during those prison 'years, Coffelt. and en. Creighton Abrams, US. Army chief of staff (now
apparently mac there ct.: A source, who Aeceased) and took him to the Pentagon. This professor
uested anonymity, says thére is'a letter signed by J.. fas claimed that he saw Coffelt flash FBI credentials.

ar Hoover asking thé prison. warden for informa-" ' —
Sometime around 1970, Beckwith fired Coffelt. It

tian about Coffelt, as well as evidence-that thé agent in J .
'¢hlarge of the local FBI office in Atlanta was Coffelt's |was a bitter parting. In 1973, Beckwith settled a suit
'Yfiled by Coffelt reportedly by giving his former aide a

'sofe visitor for five 'years. :,"
Bt era persons who have "stadied Cotfeit's past sum equal to.$750 per month, retroactive to 1963. (The
suspect that he became.an FBI informant in prison, |settlement papers are sealed by court order.)

Rice secr etly" turning over information damagin; Beckwith is still alive at, about 80 years of age. But

Bl].
hi§ cell rates. Certain sources 'add that 'Coffelt jhe lives in seclusion, and has declined repeatedly to be
elf described his days in the pen as a "revolving |interviewed on his relationship with Coffelt.
" claiming that he would be let out for-a few'days | . After 'the break with Beckwith, Coffelt spent the
of vpeks at a time to carry out, "a job" for the. jnext couple of years in Washington, D.C., and, for brief
ernment. : -- periods of time, in Lawrence, Kan. He held a string of
'The FBI refused to comment on ariy of this or-on did jobs during this time and was described as being
ab Other aspect of Coffelt's life. »...- and drinking heavily during 1971.
'y- In 1955, after-serving only six years of his 10-year :': Some who have investigated Coffelt theorize chat
ntence, 'Coffelt was paroled from Leavenworth. - is deteriorated financial situation after his break with
- | In the mid-'60s, he began a mysterious association Beckwith-may have driven him to try the desperate
'wth 'Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, the last - living hijacking of Flight 305.
ire qative of Abraham Lincoin.. :
kwith = "Lincoln's great-grandson — is the
'sGon- of rich industrialist Warren 'Beckwith, and he
lifes on a sprawling. 300-atre estate in Virginia. The
Bick inter 'came from 'the Lincoln side of the family:

aherited it from his mother, who mogeret
po ae father, Lincolit's:son—<rer.:

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ks. Eléven' days after the Cooper hijacking, Coffelt-
ory cae a. surgical technician at.a~nerthern,
Virginia ital. His superior there, a woman, told
fsources t that Coffelt had difficulty walking ang at one

{point 'showed her his "badly. discolored legs"
\eajuries which some believe he sustained in the

'sIt's_a strong piece, of circumstantial evidence,"
said Summers. "We had a lab report confirming that
(the) cording ... was from a parachute and several years
old. No one has ever asked me, but I'll be happy to take
a lie-detector test about 'where we found it, and how
we dug it tip. We were very careful uncovering it. I

chute jump. He worked at the hospital through! took soil samples which I turned over to the lab so I
"most of 1972, then in June of 1973 he contacted his old would know something hadn't just been buried there."

cell mate, James Brown, for the first time in years.

A year later, in May 1974, Coffelt told Brown for
ithe first time that he was D.B. Cooper and disclosed
some details of the crime that, if true, presumably only
the hijacker could have known. For example, accorda-
ing to Brown, Coffelt described changing into boots
"before' jumpirg and boasted of flirting with one of the
,Stewardesses. .Coffelt also said that he dropped the
"$200,000 ransom during the parachute jump and had
ever recovered it.

'Coffelt told Brown that. 'he wanted to go back into
the Cascades and look for the small fortune, but he
seeded help. Brown agreed to accompany him,.ard in
"July of that year, the two men and Brown's muscular,
"*B-foot-plus, 17-year-old-son, Byron, 'made a weeklong
'trek into the mountains.

i" ' According 'to:Brown, Coffelt was then'so ill that at}. ;

one point he nearly -collapsed on a steep grade.
'However, after a week in-which they madé themselves
kas s inconspicuous as possible, they found no money and

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** » Still, to this day, James Brown remains unshaken
' in his conviction that his old cell mate was D.B. Cooper.
b-After the Cascades trip, Coffelt moved to Hawaii
jand died there in June 1975. Brown, who did not learn
'about Coffelt's death for more than a year, had written
'down everything Coffelt told him, and began writing a
'book ' manuscript. But he knew he needed help,
preferably from a promoter f 'familiar with Hollywood
wheeling and dealing. -

: Brown found free-lance 'producer Dirk 'Summers,

1 aiho was in Las Vegas while producing a Ken Norton
jbeas vyweight title fight for CBS Sports. - .

4 Summers said an interview that he subse-
Se aeane had Brown and his son take liedetector tests
"eoncerning the five weeks they spent with Coffelt.
"They. passed with flying colors," Summers said. "But
ail that meant was that Brown believed Coffelt's story.
I kept thinking, if this story is true, it's the story of the
-eentury. "

Summers began his own investigation, and he and
Brown organized.an expedition into the Cascades in
}i977, back to where Coffelt had -taken- Brown three
'Wears earlier. This time, thanks toa metal detector and
"energetic digging, the search party unearthed a solid
ipiece of physical evidence:.a 14-inch piece of cording

to be synthetic nylon of the type used in
parachute Shrouding — 'and -it was 5:to- 7 d.

"The area'where we found this was very primitive,
remote wilderness," Summers explained. "This was Big

' Foot country. We had to lower ourselves down a cliff

to get to the site. There was a dead tree that Jack (told
Brown) said he hit. And this enormous, two-story high
rock with markings on it. ""Xs" and "Os" that Coffelt
said he had: scratched into the rock the night he landed
there. That was where we dig. You could:even see the
narrow trenches, where his feet had hit the ground."
Summers became a believer in the story, and he,
too, is still convinced that Jack Coffelt was .DB.
Cooper. .
. In addition, Summers believes that the' 'FBI has
one to great lengths to cover up and otherwise derail
e case.

Summers added he suspects that the FBI may 'have
known all along that Coffelt was the hijacker, but
didn't-ge-after him because they knew he had_stories
to tell about his 'earlier cooperation with the agency.

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Hijacker "Cooper's" $200,000
—— is it still near Mount Hood?

as Byron "Jack" Cot] Peoluly1977, Wheeler was-siouen
felt the' mysterious hilphotographs -of Coffelt by Holly-
Jacker D.B. Cooper? _Jwood. producer Dirk Summers,
tar? though the case istwho was investigating the. case.
ota rom proven, there are twoSummers said in an interview that
ba or, of evidence that suggest thatshe positively identified Coffelt as
ties elt, an ex-convict with alleged the man who .hijacked_the plane
ties to ath ¢_ Federal Bureau'of and signed a statement attesting to
inves gation, was indeed the man the fact. She-has since repeated her
Flight 305 wu h oe -Northwest| positive indentification of Coffelt
vanpomn in 1971 with $200,000lon a number of occasions to
Feira . a various people, including a pro-
irst, two people who werelducer for CBS-TV's "60 Minutes"
aboard Flight 305 were shown alprogram. - ,
photograph of Coffelt and identi-| Wheeler now lives in Columbia,
is i" as the hijacker. . Mo., and is a stewardess for Fron-
fe econd, Coffelt apparently told ajtier Airlines. Her husband, a col-
former. cell mate, Jim 'Brown, im-llege football coach, represents her
yrtaiit : details. of 'the ,erimethat|in all negotiations, and- she will
reportedly share in any book or
.|movie profits Summers makes on
ithe Coffelt-Cooper story. Despite
lstewardess aboard Northwest repeated requests, she refused to
\Right 305, told investigators that be interviewéd for this -story.
She saw the midn who. boarded :as| U George LaBissonicre, & cove
D.B. Cooper 'without his 'hat "and ae attorney who lives

dark glasses. Before the plane'took.!" » ttle. was 'a_ pasSenger~dn
off at Portland International -Air-
port, she said she had to-go down
the-ramp to get Cooper, who was
standing with a-drink in his thand
watching the plane being 'loaded
with provisions. 'He. boarded -the
piane-only after the storage doors
were. tlosed.~ °
-. Shortly after takeoff, she 'saw
him writing 4 note, which he soon
ed:to her. The note claimed
that hé'had a bomb in his briefcase
dand that she should sit next to-him.
hen he opened his briefcase and
showed her what looked like sticks
f dynamite and a battery. - .
: XCooper told her he wanted $200,-
00 in $20 bills and four parachutes
fwhen the plane landed in-Seattle,
its scheduled destination. , She
jwrote down his demands, and
relayed them to the pilot, Captain
William Scott, and co-pilot, William
Rataczak. (Scott is still with North-
est Airlines and commands 7
umbo. jets. Rataczak 4 captain,
too; for her airline.)

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Flight 305 'LaBissoniere, who also saw the hijacker a—:The hijaeked airliner's route is the key to Jack
withote-his hat, said in an interview that he identified Coffelt's story. The account released by the FBI has tire
an FBI photo of Coffelt a month after the hijacking. |plane taking off from 'Seattle' and heading directly
But he said nothing more ever happened as a result of over Portland. Then the plane continued south to
the identification, as far as he knows..He added that he Medford, Ore., staying on the west side of Mount Hood
'tried calling the FBI several times, but no one ever'and the Cascades range. Somewhere in northern

returned his calls. . .
"The hijacking points

eno

ene the FBI says, the plane turned east toward
Coffelt's story is at Odds with this. He told Brown

D According to Jim*Brown, a formercell mate, that the plane fléw to the east of Mount Hood and that

Coffelt 'told him that, during the hijacking, when the
$200,000 was delivered and the plane was still on the

-he jumped in an area northeast of the mountain.
So, if it could be proved that the plane took the

ground in Seattle, he ordered the pilots over the cabin route released by the FBI, Jack Coffelt was not D.B.
intercom to "get this bleeping show on the road." The cooper. But, on the other hand. if it can be shown that

quotes used in news reports were "Let's get this sho
on the road" and "Let's Bet this damn show on th
road." :
Summers claims that co-pilot Rataczak confirnied
to him that Cooper used such language. .

' Coffelt told Brown that when the plane left
Seattle, he was alone for a time with stewardess Tine
'Macklow Larsen, and he flirted with. her.

Nothing like this has ever been reported in the
'press. However, in an interview with Summers at the
home-of her brother-in-law {who is an FBI agent), ;
Larsen admitted that D.B. Cooper had "made a pass" at ;
her. Also, in an interview conducted by another'
source, stewardess Wheeler said that Larsen told her
the same story about flirting - shortly "after the
hijacking. —

the airliner flew east of Mount Hood — in direct
ontradiction to all published accounts —- then one
ight have to believe that Coffelt hijacked Flight 305.
FBI agent Ralph Himmelsbach, the' agent in
harge of the D.B. Cooper investigation since the
eginning, stands firm on the e published route.

"It's not possible that the 'hijacker jumped out
anywhere near Mount Hood or the east side of it," he
said in an interview. "Air traffic control tracked the
iroute of the plane." But those radar records are not
'available to the public, nor is the black-box informa-
'tion from the plane's cockpit. "We're not going to
release a detailed map of the thing," Himmelsbach

Dirk Summers 'said 'that; in an interview with

D In published accounts, the FBI said the hijacker ! Rataezak, the co-pilot referred to flying "to the left
was obvicusly an amateur and noted as proof that he'f -. easterly" of Mount Hood. (This could not be

had parachuted from the plane wearing street shoes

'confirmed; the entire cockpit crew refused to grant

apparently unaware 'that the slipstream would -pull interviews.) Summers speculated that the FBI might
them off. But Brown aia Coffelt told him pul haye given a misleacing route so tha: the landing area

changed from street shoes into boots before the jump,

Wheeler, the stewardess, has reported to several
'sources that she saw D.B. Cooper change into boots
before jumping.

O The FBI's official version is that Cooper told the
pilot he wanted to go to Mexico and that the crew —
not Cooper — selected Reno as a refueling stop. This
version suggests the hijacker did not plan to jump over
a specific ared.:

But Brown.spid Coffelt told another story: That. he
-ordered the pilot to fly directly to Reno, at an altitude
-of 10,000 feet and at a speed of no more than 200 miles
per hour, with the plane's flaps at 15 degrees. Coffelt
'said he knew when to jump because the spot had been
staked out with beacons. He added that he had a Jeep
hidden nearby. ™

Summers said co-pilot Rataczak confirmed that
Cooper SeteetedeReno as a refueling stop and directed
bin to fly at 10,000 feet at 200 mph a and with 1edegree

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wouldn't, -be swamped with treasure hunters while
agents combed it. .

Two F-166 jets from McCord Air Force Base
'followed Fligtt 305, after 'it took off from Seattle. Lt.
'Col. Harvey L. Wallace, now retired, piloted one of the
jets and remembers tbat night. "We -were in -heavy
weather. Ther? were a few breaks in it but it was
pretty dark and thick and I didn't see him jump. I
stayed above the plane because I know what these
mountains around there are like." To the crucial
question of whether or not'they flew to the west or
east of Mt. Hoor!, Wallace says, "I really don't know. |]
was radar-contr Iled the whole way. I know I broke off
somewiere Sout of Medford, probably into California,
when my Teel got low after following him tie piahe)
for, more than two hours." ©

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oe As recounted by Brown, Jack Coffelt's account' Despite pain from injuries to his rib cage, penitals.
'pt the hijd@king is detailed' and plausible: +————~e 'fee S, he managed to get the chutes off. Then
iw, Coffelt said he had planned: to steal a few millionhe sprayed thera with an aerosol can of sulvent until
'dollars, which he thought would be aboard the flight,they melted. He buried what was left of the chutes —
-headed for the Federal Reserve Bank in Seattle. mostly metal snaps and buckies — next to a large rock,
.. , But after watching the loading of the plane andon which he scratched large Xs and Os.

_ Seeing that the bank money was not there, he carried § He now considered his dilemma. He could hear
'out his alternate plan to demand the $200,000 ransom.signals from the beepers in-both the Jeep and the
+... .Coffelt said his bail-out point was not around Lakemoneybag, but the latter was weak and beginning to
[Merwin in Washington, as stated by the FBI, but ratherfade. He thought about going 'after the money, "but

$70 miles farther southeast in the Cascades range inquickly dismissed the plan when-he realized he would
'Oregon, on the east side of Mount Hood. ~— * |have a difficult enough time reaching the Jeep from

Waiting in the brush. He added that the tour-wheel-|remaining strength and began his trek though the
drivé .vehicle was equipped with an electronic/Ditch-dark forest, homing in on the Jeep beeper.
"beeper." " ° oS - When the sun came up, he was still miles away
i. Hevalso said he had stashed another vehicle, ajfrom the Jeep. At one point, he crossed a road and was
'white Cadillac, close to a paved road. stunned to see a bulldozer at work nearby. He turned
.. Standing at the open door, Coffelt said he soon! his face so the driver couldn't identify him later.
'saw the 'Bonneville Dam on thé Columbia River and|Around noontime, some 15 hours after his landing, he
jinew the plane was just east of Portland. . reached the Jeep. ce, 7
i. _ He said he put the'bag containing the $200,000-and}. ,. He Joaded it with an explosive charge, rolled it
'an electronic receiver he was carrying inside .a green into a laké and blew it up. He then got into the back
'plastic bag he had.in bis briefcase. After throwing theSeat of the Cadillac and his accomplice drove him to
'briefease overboard, he tied a line around thefKansas City, where he got medical attention.
moneybag and made a loop for 'his arm. '| "Phe following spring, after the snow melted, he
'Spotting a beacon on Mount Hood, he was able to Hartered a helicopter and pilot and returned to the
see.a triangle of three small runway lights located eastjarea, but when the pilot became suspicious he gave up

;

of Mount Hood, 'apparently set in place by .his|on his efforts to spot the moneybag.

accomplice. He put his: arm through the moneybag 'He tried again on foot with his cellmate Brown
Joop .and waited. Sdon he received a signal from the and Brown's son a few years later, but. that trip was a
'Jeep beeper 'below. But as he-waited to jump directly/failure, too. ; .
'Over the beacon lizghts,'he was suddenly swept.off| Coffelt died a year later, before he'could try again.
'balance by.the swirling wind and sucked down into theSo."if believe Jack Coffelt was D.B. Cooper, you must
'darkness, ; . ., iso believe a bag of money is still in the-Cascades, just
* . At-that altitude, he said, he figured a count of 50Maiting to be found by a lucky treasure-hunter.
, would be about right before opening the chute. But as|_ "That's part of the magic of the mysterious, DB.
he fell farther into the black hole, he made it only toPooper. os —
about 30 before pulling on the chest-pack rip cord.

NotHing happened. : . ;

_ °'He desperately pulled at the D-ring on the seat-

'pack chute — and it, opened with a jolt. At that

monient, relieved that he wouldn't die by hitting the

éarth at nearly 200 miles per hour, he relaxed his grip
On, the moneybag, and it slipped off his arm and into
a night. ; . _

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"He would never see the moneybag again.
4 The combination of a.strong wind and the early
ute opening caused 'him to drift far from the
meadow he had selected, he said: He hit the ground
'hard at'wore than 30 mph, was draggedsalong and
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FD-71 (Rev. 8-29-74)

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)

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FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLAS SIFICATION:
(-] Teletype (C] Immediate (-] TOP SECRET
(2 Facsimile (2 Priority (.) SECRET
Cj —AIRTEL (2 Routine (9 CONFIDENTIAL !
(J UNCLAS EF TO !

(4 UNCLAS |

Date /1/80 |

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FROM: / » PORTLAND (164-41) (P)

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY
6253 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., SUITE 519
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA 90028

NORJAK
00: SEATTLE

|

California Institute of Criminology, North Hollywood,
California, telephone | l by letter dated
3/25/80 to the Portland Office advised his agency was
proposing to do a scientific case study of the NORJAK
which he described as one of the most renoun cases of
twentieth century, and was requesting permission from
Bureau.

case,
the
the

Before a reply is sent to | Los
Angeles is requested to expeditiously advise whether the
California Institute of Criminology is a bonafide law
enforcement agency and any other information of interest
in possession of Los Angeles.

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1 Seattle (164-81)
1 Portland
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TO:

FROM:

SUBJECT:

4/22/80

SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
SAC, LOS ANGELES (164- 497) (RUC) (3)

——

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY

6253 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 519

Hollywood, California 90028

NORJAK

00: Seattle

Re Portland airtel to Los Angeles dated 4/1/80.

For information of Portland, Los Angeles indices

' contain no reference to the California Institute of Criminology
or | It was determined through

observation that the California Institute of Criminology
| is located at the above address, which is in a run down section
| of the Los Angeles area. From observation of Suite 519,

it does not appear to be a bonafide law enforcement agency

and it appears to be a private school.

Police Department (LAPD) failed to locate anyone who has ever
heard of the institute.

2 - Portland Erm a=

SEARCHED ansae

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TRANSMIT VIA PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: !
CJ Teletype ([) Immediate (.) TOP SECRET :
(- Facsimile (7 Priority (1) SECRET }
@) AIRTEL " (D Rottine (1) CONFIDENTIAL
(J UNCLAS EF TO
| UNCLAS 27/80 !
Date x
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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
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FROM: . SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (3) (RUC)
SUBJECT: NORJAK C29
00: Seattle
Sub-Reference: JAMES BRYANT COFFELT, aka
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County District Attorney's Office, telephone number 974-3685, b7C
telephonically contacted SA| ] stated

pbhat_durina_the evening hours of 2/11/80, the residence of
Encino, California,
was set on fire. In connection with the fire on 2/11/80,
arson investigators found gasoline cans in the residence
and evidence that gasoline had been poured on the carpets
throughout the residence. Because the house was tightly
closed _it only partially burned. A security guard was retained
by | | to protect the residence. The following night
the residence burned again and the security guard, who was
chosen at random, admitted to setting the fire. He denied
being initially involved.

2 - Bureau
1 - Portland (164-41) (Info)
2 - Seattle (164-81)

- Los Angeles

JCA/damg Ure [oe COPY

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(Number) (Time) INDEXED ome",
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SERIALIZED <_oe ~~ _—

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oa GH Routine () CONFIDENTIAL !

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NORJAK
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LOS ANGELES DIVISION, DURING A TELEPHONE CALL FROM SOURCE'S
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INDIAN NOW LIVING IN SOUTH DAKOTA CONFIDED HE WAS PLANNING TO

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EVENTUALLY PUBLISH A BOOK REGARDING HIS PAST ACTIVITIES EDL A ry 4 V/ -IGff,

ADVENTURES AND | ] AN EXCERPT FROM WHAT WAS ~~" ~ yo

PURPORTED TO BE A[ ]OF THE BOOK. THIS EXCERPT WAS \

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AN ACCOUNT OF[__| HIJACKING OF A COMMERCIAL AIRLINER IN- | Es

~ 7trey
THE EARLY 1970S PSING THE "COOPER". ACCORDING TO SOURCE,—~_
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PAGE THREE (LA 164-467) UNCLAS
WASHINGTON, IN THE EARLY 1970S.

SOURCE ALSO LEARNED THROUGH CASUAL CONVERSATION WITH
UNIDENTIFIED AMERICAN INDIANS IN SOUTH DAKOTA THAT[__|
REPORTEDLY GAVE SUMS OF MONEY TO THE AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT

(AIM) IN SOUTH DAKOTA IN EARLY 1970S. SOURCE HAS HEARD DONATIONS

SOURCE DESCRIBED[___] as FOLLOws: | | AKA

| } DoB | ]5 Foot 10

INCHES, 170 POUNDS, DARK HAIR, GREEN EYES.

SOURCE BELIEVES[____] PRESENTLY RESIDING KYLE, SOUTH
DAKOTA, AND EMPLOYED IN UNKNOWN CAPACITY AT LITTLE WOUND SCHOOL,
KYLE.

SOURCE PLANS TO VISIT FRIENDS IN SOUTH DAKOTA, AUGUST 1980
AND IF SO DESIRED BY THE BUREAU CAN ARRANGE TO RECONTACT
[__]FoR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SOURCE DID NOT
DELVE INTO THIS INCIDENT IN GREAT DETAIL WITH| _|IN 1979

AS SOURCE WAS NOT THEN AWARE OF A SEATTLE HIJACKING INVOLVING

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PAGE FOUR (LA, 164-467) UNCLAS

SUSPECT USING THE NAME COOPER.

FOR INFORMATION SEATTLE AND MINNEAPOLIS, SOURCE WAS ACTIVE

FOR PHOENIX DIvIsIon[__]WHEN SOURCE FURNISHED EXTENSIVE be

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AND RELIABLE INFORMATION REGARDING| IN PHOENIX b7D
AND ELSEWHERE. SOURCE WAS| |AND THERE HAS BEEN

NO SUBSEQUENT CONTACT WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL UNTIL CONTACT WITH

sa[___} za pivzszon,|

SHOULD SEATTLE DESIRE TO UTILIZE SOURCE TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION RE IT IS SUGGESTED A FOLLOWUP CONTACT WITH b6

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SOURCE, WHICH CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY TELEPHONE, BE MADE BY SA[____| b7D
IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT DURING] | INTERVIEW SOURCE

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AS SOURCE BELIEVES HE MAY BE THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL WHO KNOWS OF THE

AFOREMENTIONED | |OF CAPTIONED HIJACKING.

LOS ANGELES INDICES NEGATIVE RE[ __] AKa.

LOS ANGELES RECOMMENDS MINNEAPOLIS CONDUCT DISCRETE INTERVIEWS

VIA ESTABLISHED SOURCES TO CONFIRM WHEREABOUTS OF THAT Pec

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ANY INTERVIEW OF[___] BE DELAYED PENDING COMPARISON OF b6
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| | FINGERPRINTS WITH LATENTS FROM CRIME SCENE SEARCH b7D

AND FURTHER CONSIDERATION RE UTILIZATION OF SOURCE PRIOR TO HIS
INTERVIEW.

BUREAU IS REQUESTED TO COMPARE KNOWN FINGERPRINTs| _| Pee

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IF ON FILE, IDENTIFICATION DIVISION, WITH CRIME SCENE LATENTS.
LOS ANGELES WILL AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTION RE POSSIBLE
RECONTACT WITH SOURCE.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OF THE BUREAU, SOURCE IS SUBJECT

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dun2 18, 1836
TO: DIRECTOR, FRI (164-2111)
PROM: «SAC, HIMIEAPOLIS (164-73) (P)

SUSJECT: = nGRIAK
C83 SEATTLE

Pe Los Angelns telotyp? dated 6/13/60.

For inforwation, on 6/17/00, | Colala Sioux Tribal (OST)
Potice arth: 2 qe, South Pakota, was contacted rogarding
(rescribed in referenced teletype), and furnTshea tho

YORIOWING Nnvormation:

[|stated that currcntly he bet feves[_—_] to he fg }oved by the

Calala Si Coss alicqa fyvda, S$ Jakota. stated is
currently which_are locate? in the Yollow
Boar Camp area of the Pine Ridqe Indian Pesorvation. potnt\ed out that
these L_ lara not in any way associated with the Amortcan Indian
Vovenont (AI)} | located on the Pine Ridae Reservation.
[indicated he has kroum | for approximately Five to
six years, although he does not tnow_hiia real well. | stated that he
roles bo to bo warricd to al lvoe rosidcs semashore in

the Rapid City, South Dakota, arca. He stated ho 7s aware of the fact that
vas forerly in the Marine Corps and indicated that ho had received
numerous decorations during his service in the Varine Corps, including the

receipt of| |

"2 stated| Jhas proviously associated with tho AIl but was unable
to furnish any detatis reaardina current feelings toyard this oraani-
zation.

by Rurcau |
z» Los fAnqeles (164-497
y. Soattle (164-81)

2 - (tinneapolis

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, Recoiving offices should note that to conduct_discroet investiqa-
tion in the Kyle and Yellow Rear Comp areas ro garding| Jactivities b6
and whereabouts is extremely difficult due to the small size of the cormunity b7C
and the remote location of| Jat this tire.

Minneapolis Nivision is holding further investioation in this matter
in abeyance pending receipt of further information from Seattle or Los Angeles
regarding the Fingerprint comparison requested in referenced teletype and
further contact with Los Angeles source.

DB Cooper-25938

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1-336 (Rev. 10-26-79)

YOUR FILE NO.
FBI FILE NO,

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Washington, D. C. 20537

REPORT

of the

LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION

164-497 (7) (P)
164-2111

LATENT CASE NO. 4 |)5114 0

To:SAC, Los Angeles

RE: NORJAK;

REFERENCE: Telétype 6/12/80
EXAMINATION REQUESTED By: Los Angeles

SPECIMENS:

prints i
FBI

The previously reported unidentif
this case are not the fingerprint
No palm prints for

the Identification Division files.

2 - Seattle -(164-81)
1 - Portland (164-41)

July 3, 1980

ied latent finger-
s of|

are contained in

LY 497. //¢

THIS REPORT IS FURNISHED FOR OF PICTAE-U5E-ONEY—

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

«. FD-302 (REV. 3-8-77)
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1. . Date of transcription _6. /4 7/80.

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[ | Billings, Montana, b7Cc
furnished the following information during a telephone call b7D
from Billings to Los Angeles, California:

| | advised that approximately one year ago

7 (1979),] | also known as | |} an American

Indian now residing in Kyle, south Dakota, confided he was

planning to eventually publish_a_book regarding his past

activities and adventures and| Jan

excerpt from what was purported to be al lof his
forthcoming book. The excerpt was an account of| }

hijacking of a commercial airliner_in the early 1970's using .
the name "Cooper." According to| | this document b6
contained many details of the crime and were represented b7C
by to be in account of his own accomplishment of 'the b7D
hijacking. | ] stated] lisa heavy drinker and -

| | shortly thereafter, | |made additional
references to the hijacking and cautioned| | that no one
else was aware of his proposed bock and his accomplishment

of this crime. | |was unable to recall all of the details
of the] Jot the hijacking, but remembered there

was an explanation of the planning of the crime, including

use of the name "Cooper" and a reference to the perpetrator
parachuting from the aircraft.

| Jexplained she.did not question[_| b6
in any detail concerning this matter in 1979 as she was b7C
unaware at that time of a hijacking of a commerical airliner b7D
in Seattle involving a suspect using the name "Cooper" who
parachuted from the plane while in flight.

According to| [served in the United b6
States Marine Corp from approximately | Jand was b7C
'a combat veteran of two or more tours in Vietnam. He claims b7D
to have been parachute trained in the Marine Corp and is :
believed to have been active in "skydiving" subsequent to his
discharge from the military service.

Investigation on___ 6/9/80 a Los Angeles, California 4 Los Angeies 764 -49°

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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the properly of the FBI and is loaned to your agency:
it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. DB Cooper-25941

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Complaint Form
FD-71 (Rev. 8-29-74)

NOTE: Hand print names legibly; handwriting satisfactory for remainder. rae

Indices: [[] Negative [[] See below

Subject's name and aliases

Character of case

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(C) Personal Jeo Tetephonic Date _~/ Time FP
Address of subject Comnlainant's 'address and telenhone number
Race Sex Height Hair Build Birth date and Birthplace
r=! Ww Male S* rd LED Sco
33 A ; Weight Eyes Complexion Social Security Number
se (_] Female Z VS
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SUBJECT: NORJAK
(A) -
00: Seattle |

Re Los Angeles teletype to the Bureau, 6/11/80.

Enclosed for Seattle are agent interview notes
and the original FD-302 setting forth information reported
to Los Angeles by [ lon 6/9/80. Enclosed for
Minneapolis is one copy of this FD-302 for assistance in
conducting additional leads that might be requested by the
office of origin.

As set forth in referenced Los Angeles teletype,

1
ET te a SS RBI |
TRANSMIT VIA: - | PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION:
CjTeletype = , + Immediate |. (CO TOP SECRET :
(jFacsimile = .- {1 Priority'. | (2 SECRET :
4 r , - . oe. ' . *s
4) AIRTEL =. Rotting. |.) CONFIDENTIAL |
Bo age Ue be te [2 UNCLAS ; i
. poe ae fo. , Date __9/9/80__-~ '
fleet eo oe ee ee ee eee wee eww we ee em ne er rere "
TO: _ SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES' (164-497) $Z) (RUC)

[—Sdiis concerned that any interview of [|

aka, confronting[|_____| with allegations reported by

will immediately identify the source of this information.

Los Angeles again suggests that any follow-up

case agent in this matter who will be able to arrange for
her interview in Montana via telephone frm Los Angeles.

Accordingly, | ]has requested her identity be protected.

interview of] be coordinated through the Los Angeles

2 - Seattle (Enc. 2)
= Minneapolis (Enc. 1)
- Los Angeles ;

SER ED. w.oneF LED
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U.S. GOVLRNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 19804

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Date 9/3/81. i

UW, TO: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (C1)

FROM: SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50) (RUC)
// SUBJECT: NORJACK
OO:

Seattle

Re Los Angeles airtel to Sacramento dated 4/28/81.

land

feels re

Rialto-S

Office,

regardin
Bishop,
Office,
identifi

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JCW/km1

On 5/26/81;[____
Lone Pine, California, telephone number | |
reiterated the information he had' earlier provided

U.S. Deputy Marshal]
sation he had with
he believes that|

Cooper due to a aie eee article he observed which detailed

captioned incident..
Shas not been observed si

hijacking based upon the newspaper article.

Although he does not =
noted that{— ~~] was formerly employed by Ford Motor Corporation

Jail, Independence, California and the Veterans Administration

Los Angeles
Seattle (164-%
1 - Sacramento '

| Los Angeles, during a conver-
| several_ months before. [~ ]statea

could be identical to D.B.

stated that, to his knowledge,

ince approximately 1969, and he
jis responsible for the

asonably certain that

whereabouts, he
an Bernardino, California area.

He also advised that| has been in the Inyo County

Indepdence, has a reference to him.

requested | - not be contacted

g| this tifie. On 8/27/81, records at the
California Police Deparfment and Inyo Coun Sheriff's
Independence, failed Kselose any infs6r atiog G |

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On 8/27/81. it was determined that | |

is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran_and_ is assigned Veterans
Administration (VA) number | He is receiving dis-
ability payments through the VA, apparently on a regular basis
although his current whereabouts were not available.

LEADS

LOS ANGELES,. .

AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Will attempt to determine
current information regarding through the
Veterans Administration Office, UAC by Seattle.

SEATTLE

AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON: Based upon the status of current .
investigation, will consider feasibility of further investigation
to develop | Jas stispect' in captioned matter,
including arrest checks in San Bernardino, California and the
FBI Identification Division.

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8 ; U.S. DepartmerQM¥ Justice

Federal Bureau of Investigation
11000 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90028

In Reply, Please Refer to

September 16, 1981

File No.
Privacy Act Desk RE: | b6
Veterans Administration | J bre
c Regional Office .
11000 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angéles, California 90024 .
Dear Sir:
. You_are hereby requested to allow Special Agent
| | Federal Bureau of Investigation, to review b6é
any files regarding | | This review is. b7c
desired as efforts are being exerted to locate| for
interview in a pending hijacking investigation. -
Very truly Yours,
; EDGAR N. BEST. .
Special Agent in Charge
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(-) Teletype ([) Immediate (1) TOP SECRET
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FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497@) (C-1) (RUC)
SUBJECT: NORJACK
00: Seattle
Reference Sacramento airtel to Los Angeles
dated 9/3/81.
Records, Veteran's Administration Reginal
Center, 11000 Wishire Boulevard, Los Angeles, as ~
reviewed on 9/16/81, disclosed that bé6é
date of birth has a 20 percent Veteran's b7Cc
Administration (VA) disability. receives his
monthly disability check at] | Port Lavaca,
Texas.
No additional investigation remains at Los
Angeles therefore this matter is considered RUC.
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FM DIRECTOR FBI (164-211)

TO ALL FBI FIELD OFFICES IMMEDIATE N
PERSONAL ATTENTION

BI
"UNCLAS
NOR JACK; CAA-HIJACKING; 00: SEATTLE (164-81)

ON NOVEMBER 13, 1981, UNIVERSAL PICTURES, 190 UNIVERSAL
CITY PLAZA, UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, WILL RELEASE TO THEATERS
NATIONWIDE A MOTION PICTURE TITLED "THE PURSUIT OF D. B.
COOPER." THE MOTION PICTURE IS BASED ON THE CAPTIONED CASE.

IN ITS ADVERTISING PROMOTIONS, UNIVERSAL PICTURES IS
OFFERING A ONE MILLION DOLLAR REWARD FOR INFORMATION RESULTING
IN THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF "D. B. COOPER" FOR AIRCRAFT
PIRACY. THE ADVERTISING PROMOTIONS STATE IN PART "IF YOU HAVE
SUCH INFORMATION AS TO THE REAL D. B. COOPER, CONTACT YOUR . / [2
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THIS OFFER EXPIRES MIDNIGHT,

DECEMBER 1, 1981." a)

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PAGE TWO DE HQ 2185 UNCLAS

UNIVERSAL PICTURES INITIATED THE REWARD OFFER OW ITS
GIN VOLITION TO PROMOTE THE MOTION PICTURE AND IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR PAYMENT SHOULD "D. B. COOPER" BE IDENTIFIED.

EACH OFFICE IS INSTRUCTED TO FURNISH SEATTLE, THE OFFICE

CF ORIGIN, ANY INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES OR CITIZENS. NO INVESTIGATION IS TO BE CONDUCTED

BASED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED. SEATTLE WILL DETERMINE VALIDITY

OF THE INFORMATION AND ADVISE OFFICES OF NZCESSARY

INVESTIGATION.
ALL OFFICES ARE TO BEAR IN MIND WHEN CAPTIONED CRIME WAS

COMMITTED ON NOVEMBER 11, 1971, UNSUB AKA D. B. COOPER WAS
DESCRIBED AS BEING A WHITE MALE, MID-FORTIES, 5° 19" TO 6° 6",
17% POUNDS; OLIVE COMPLEXION, AND LATIN APPEARANCE.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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Memorandum
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To : SAC, SEATTLE (1644-81) Date 12/14/81

From : SAC, LOS ANGELES (164A-497) (C-1) (2

Subject: NORJACK; :
CAA ~ HIJACKING
00: Seattle

Re Bureau teletype to all field offices dated
11/10/81.

On 11/17/81, i
Covina, California, telephone| | telephonically ——
inquired regarding the possibility of a reward regarding ~
the identity of D.B. COOPER. | then provided the
following information, .

[__—jadvised that she has observed an artist b6
drawing published in the local newspaper of D,B. COOPER. nie
She advised that the drawing strongly resembles an individual
she knows as

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advised[__——idis an having

previously a for Aerojet in Azusa, California.
pSoid his former 'residence in Covina , California, at }
— approximately one year ago, and moved with his
wife,| to Portland, Oregon. an
advisedL_____| told her before he moved GS»

that he had been involved in an accident several years ago a
receiving injuries to his legs, and teeth, however, he is

able to walk without a noticeable limp. She thought

possibly the injuries could have been received by parachuting.

She also stated that in conversation with b6
he has commented that he knows the area around the Co ia b7C
River like the back of his hand. She advised she got the

impression that[_____]was raised in the area: He alfo
told her that after he had his accident, type of accid
not mentioned, that he went to Vancouver, Canada, duri j
period of recouperation.

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CO | thought Ld to live beyond his means b6

while living in the Covina, California | area, and mentioned aie
that i i ouse in Covina he also| }
in the area. He also bought a

new just before he and his 'wite moved
away. His house in Covina sold for approximately
The handling the sale of the residence /

was J] a Coldwell Banker peas pote busizess
telephone] | and residence telephone
Ld advised that [ |was a very b6

meticulous individual and she described how he loaded b7¢c
empty boxes in his station wagon to see how they would

stack and how much he could haul before he filled the boxes

and moved to the Portland area. She described[ -

as follows:

Sex Male
Race White
Height . 5'8" 2 5'9"
Hair Brown, straight, short
Facial hair None
Eyes Brown
Age b6
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On November 19, 1981, a drivers license check
was conducted with the California Department of Motor
Vehicles which revealed that] | white
male, date of birth resided at| | Covina,
California, on 6/76/79. € is described as follows;
Sex Male
Height 5'g"
Weight 160 pounds
Hair Brown
Eyes Brown
California Drivers bé
License Number b7C

i s i a: No further investigation is
being conducted d by the Los Angeles Division UAC by Seattle.

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On 12/1/81,|

[| South Lake Tahoe, California advised that after BTC
reading the newspaper article regarding Universal Studios
offering $1 million for information leading to the arrest
and conviction of D. B. Cooper, she decided to furnish the
following information to the FBI. advised that
D. B. Cooper is in reality Melvin Cooper, an individual who

is last known to be employed by the U. S. Forest Ser
advised that

the Bakersfield, California area. She
however,

or |

ES unknown.

ago she met Melvin Cooper at a friends home in

| | advised that approximately twelve years b6

the location

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fornia.

names of

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in any investigation regarding Melvin Cooper.
stated that Melvin Cooper served in the U. S.
was a helicopter pilot, a parachutist and a "daredevil."

She stated that Cooper attended Oregon State University

and had friends in the states of Oregon and Washington. She
noted that Cooper at one time was employed by the Gallo Glass
Factory in Modesto, California.

|} stated that she did not wish to furnish the
rriends and that in no way wanted her friends involved

2-3 Seattle
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described Melvin Cooper as follows:

Sex Male
Race White
Height 5'8" to 5'9"
Build Rather stocky
Eyes Piercing dark brown eyes
Facial
characteristics Long slender nose

The above is being furnished for the review of
the Seattle office.

Seattle is requested to advise whether or not
additional investigation desired.

AD

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TRANSMIT VIA: ' PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION:
() Teletype (7) Immediate (Cc) TOP SECRET
C) Facsimile (7) Priority () SECRET
& AIRTEL [2 Routine (0 CONFIDENTIAL !
(1 UNCLAS EF TO
(4 UNCLAS |
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Date __1/27/82
TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164A-81)
FROM: SAC, SACRAMENTO (164A-50) (P)

SUBJECT: NORYACK
00: SEATTLE SUSPECT: MELVIN COOPER

Re Sacramento airtel to Seattle, dated
1/5/82 and Seattle airtel to Sacramento, dated 1/19/82.

Enclosed for Los Angeles is one copy of Sacramento
airtel dated 1/5/82 which contains information necessary
to cover leads that are being set forth.

For the inf ation o attl recontact with
South Lake b6
Tahoe, California determined that the Melvin Cooper b7c

she referred to, in 1971 would be approximately 45 years
of age. She advised that she is attempting to ascertain his
exact birth date.

For the information of Los Angeles it is noted

that| Jin late December_1981 advised the Sacra- b6
pmenke Office that Melvin Cooper, b7C
had bragged to friends of hers whom she

would not identify as being identical with subject of
captioned case. She advised that Melvin Cooper was killed
in a helicopter crash in the Santa Barbara, Los Angeles
area approximately five or six months ago. At that time
hewas employed in a helicopter rescue company working in

the Los Angeles or Santa Barbara a |
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Referenced airtel from Seattle requested Sacra-
mento to conduct additional investigation to determine if
Melvin Cooper could possibly be identical to captioned
subject.

LEAD
LOS ANGELES

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AT LOS ANGELES AND SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA;
Will identify the crash of a helicopter approximately
five or six months ago, thereafter determine if Melvin
Cooper was employed in the rescue business and was in-
volved in that particular crash. If Melvin Cooper
identified conduct logical investigation to determine
if he could possibly be involved in captioned matter.

SACRAMENTO

AT BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA; Will contact
the U. S. Forest Service, Bakersfield, California in an
effort to identify employment record for Melvin Cooper.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS

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TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: — 'CLAS SIFICATION:
[ Teletype ; ' cy Immediate (3 TOP SECRET
(2 Facsimile (2 Priority (2 SECRET :
i) Airte) (C2 Routine () CONFDENTIAL 1
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[7] UNCLAS
2/11/82

TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164A-81)
FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164A-497) (P) (C-1)

SUBJECT: NORJACK
00: SEATTLE

Re Sacramento airtels to Seattle dated
1/5-27/82.

Investigation regarding suspect Melvin Cooper.

The following investigation was conducted by
Special Agent] at Santa Barbara, California,
on 2/10/82:

| | Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Santa Barbara Flight Service
Station, 1503 Cecil Cook Place, advised that he was not
aware of any helicopter crashes within the past year or
more in the Santa Barbara area. suggested contact
be made with the FAA, General Aviation District Office,
at Van Nuys Municipal Airport, Va California,
telephone number (213) 997-3191. continued that
any incident including crashes of any aircraft under FAA
supervision that happened within the California, Nevada,
or Arizona district, would be known to personnel at
he district office.

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TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION:

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((] Facsimile (CO Priority ((] SECRET
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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (1644-81)
FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164A-497) (P) (C-1)

SUBJECT: NORJACK
00: SEATTLE

Re Sacramento airtels to Seattle dated
1/5+27/82.

Investigation regarding suspect Melvin Cooper.

n

The stigation was conducted by
Special Agent at Santa Barbara, California,
on 2/10/82:

| i Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), Santa Barbara Flight Service

Station, 1503 Cecil Cook Place, advised that he was not

aware of any helicopter crashes within the past year or

more in the Santa Barbara area. suggested contact

be made with the FAA, General Aviation District Office,

at Van Nuys Municipal Airport, Van_Nuys, California,

telephone number (213) 997-3191. continued that

any incident including crashes of any aircraft under FAA

supervision that happened within the California, Nevada,

or Arizona district, would be known to personnel at mes
Ui

he district office.
Los Angeles

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LEAD

LOS ANGELES

AT VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA: Will contact personnel
at the General Aviation District Office, Van Nuys Airport
and conduct appropriate investigation as requested in

reference communications.

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78) ) @

FBI
TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLAS SIFICATION:
C) Teletype . , ( Immediate (_) TOP SECRET
C] Facsimile (_] Priority (_} SECRET
(x) -ALRTEL ([] Routine (C] CONFIDENTIAL

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(> UNCLAS EF TO
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Date 3/8/82

TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164A-81)

RE: NORJACK
0O: SEATTLE

Re Sacramento airtel to Seattle, 1/27/82; and Los
Angeles airtel to Seattle, 2/11/82.

On 3/5/82,|
Federal Aviation Administuation (FAA), General Aviation
District Office, Van Nuys, California, telephone 997-3191,
was contacted. He advised that he reviewed his records,
but could locate no record of a MELVIN COOPER being involved
in any helicopter crash within the Santa Barbara - Los
Angeles, California area during 1980 - 1981. He stated
there were very few helicopter crashes during that period
of time and he was familiar with them, and COOPER is unknown.

In view of the above, Los Angeles considering this
matter RUC'd.

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1-336 (Rév. 10-26-79) @ ©
BER FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Washington, D. C. 20537

REPORT

of the

LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION

YOUR FILE NO. October 25, 1983

FBI FILE NO. 164-2111
LATENT CASENO. A-45410

TO: SAC, Los Angeles

UNSUB., AKA
D. B. COOPER;
NORJAK

RE:

REFERENCE: Telephone call 9/23/83

EXAMINATION REQUESTED BY: Los Angeles
SPECIMENS:

This report supplements and 'confirms Bucal of 9/26/83.

The latent prints previously reported in this case are not
fingerprints or palm prints of | FBI | b6
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THIS REPORT IS FURNISHED POR-OFPICItt USE-ONEY— FBI/D04

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Memorandum @ 6

To

From

Subject :

SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) Date 1/12/84 ™

SAC, LOS ANGELE 64A-497Y(C-1) (RUC)
NORJAK
CAA
00: Seattle
Re| | born | } »S
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. Enclosed herewith forthe Seattle Division is one
driver's license photograph of
For information of Seattle, on September 28, 1983,
an anonymous letter was received at the Santa Ana, California,
Resident Agency, Los Angeles Division, wherein the writer
stated as follows:
"To Whom It May Concern-
I wrote about this before but I'll try again.
You have pictures of a man who jumped out of
an airplane with money and has never been caught.
It's] | Costa Mesa. b6
I'm a neighbor of his-he has the money, he looks b7C
like the man and has an airline background. Also
he changed his name. I'm not going to write again
but you should heed this advice.
A neighbor."
Investigation reflected the following background
information regarding the individual referred to in the
above mentioned letter:
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Name b6
Address bic

Costa Mesa, California
California driver's _
license number

Race White

Sex Male_

Date of Birth _ ]

Height 5*ro"

Weight 185 pounds lo4-+/97 ~ lox

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Memorandum

To SAC, LOS ANGELES (164A-497) (c-3) (c) © 11/19/84

From

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Subject: UNSUB, aka
"D. B. COOPER";
CAB-A
0O: Portland
On 11/16/84,| | Los Angeles bé
Police Department,| ] b7c
telephonically advised that he had recently received information b7D

from a confidential source pertaining to the possible
whereabouts of captioned subject, and based upon the source
information had_ identified the individual in question

as| | California operators license number

| |requested that a copy of the
artist conception of the unknown subject in captioned matter
be forwarded to him for comparison to the California driver's

license which had been requested from the Department of
Motor Vehicles regarding] ]

| | stated he would arrange for his b6
7 informant to meet with appropriate FBI personnel should b7c
an identification of be confirmed as positive with b7D

that of the unknown subject in captioned matter.

The above is for the information of Los Angeles
Division. It is noted that a copy of the artist conception

as depicted in 1A-5 of capti ined and forwarded
by mail to the attention of on 11/16/84. b6

b7C

In view of the tentative nature of the aforementioned
information, it is recommended captioned matter be retained
in a closed status until such time as more definitive information
is received.

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Memorandum

To: SAC, SEATTLE (164A-81) Date 3/4/87

SAC, LOS ANGELES (164A-497) (LBRA/C1) (RUC)

Subject : NORJAK
0O: Seattle

Re telcal Long Beach RA to Seattle, 1/15/87.

Enclosed for Seattle are three Driver's License

photographs and thumbprint of | Jand excerpt b6

from "People" magazine regarding D. B. COOPER. b7C
On 1/15/87, | | (protect per request) advised

that he had recently seen an article in "People" magazine regarding

D. B. COOPER. [I advised that he had observed an individual b6

who_met the description and closely resembled D. B. COOPER working b7c
at at the southwest corner of | | and b7D

jin Long Beach. | | described this individual as:

Sex Male

Race White

Age Mid-40's

Height 6'

Weight 180 J

Hair Dark brown, speckled with gray

Eyes Hazel

He further advised that this individual spoke with_an
accent _and was heard to speak to his wife or girlfriend in| b6
or aL____|dialect. He further advised that the individual wore b7C
glasses on occasion apparently for doing close work. b7D

Investigation disclosed that | } b6
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Date of Birth

Height 5'11"

Weight 175

Hair Black

Eyes Green

The above is provided for the information of Seattle
for whatever action is deemed appropriate. Los Angeles is
considering this matter RUC.

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( NORJAK;) 00: SEATTLE.

FOR INFORMATION OF BUREAU AND RECEIVING OFFICES, SUSPECT HAS
BEEN DEVELOPED IN CAPTIONED MATTER THROUGH INVESTIGATION AT PORTLAND
DIVISION, WHO RESIDED IN PENDLETON, OREGON, IN 1970 THROUGH 1972,
LEFT FOR TWO WEEKS DURING TIME OF HIJACKING, NOVEMBER 24, 1971, CAME
BACK LIMPING AND INJURED, FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF HIJACKER KNOWN AS
"D.B. COOPER," GAVE A PAINTING TO A PENDLETON RESIDENT IN 1972,

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SIGNING SAME "D.B. COOPER," AND DISPLAYED ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF

A CON-MAN, INCLUDING MARRYING A WOMAN |} | OLDER AND

SPENDING OF HER MONEY. AT LEAST TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO KNEW

HIM PERSONALLY THROUGH FAMILY ASSOCIATIONS THOUGHT HE WAS D.B.
COOPER AT THE TIME THE COMPOSITE SKETCH CAME OUT IN THE NEWSPAPERS
IN 1971, BUT WERE RELUCTANT TO CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.
THE SUSPECT RETURNED TO PENDLETON, OREGON, JUST BEFORE THE
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS IN 1971 LIMPING, INJURED, SOMEWHAT DEPRESSED BUT
WITHOUT ANY OBVIOUS EXTRA MONEY; HOWEVER, IT IS FELT THAT THE
HIJACKER MAY HAVE LOST THE MONEY UPON EXITING THE BOEING 727
AIRCRAFT IN VIEW OF THE FACT PART OF IT WAS RECOVERED BY BUREAU
AGENTS IN THE PORTLAND DIVISION IN THE LATE 1970'S WHEN IT WASHED
ASHORE FROM THE COLUMBIA RIVER. THE SUSPECT DEVELOPED WAS 37 YEARS
OLD AT THE TIME OF THE HIJACKING AND COMMITTED SUICIDE AT THE AGE OF
39, ALLEGEDLY IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET ATTENTION FROM YOUNG WOMEN IN A
DORMITORY NEARBY AND FROM HIS ESTRANGED WIFE. SUSPECT HAD BEEN
ASSIGNED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DUTIES IN PAST MILITARY ASSIGNMENT AND
HAD SEVERAL PRIOR ARRESTS FOR FRAUD IN OREGON, WISCONSIN AND
CALIFORNIA. IN ADDITION, AUTOPSY AT TIME OF DEATH TWO YEARS AFTER
HIJACKING SHOWED SUSPECT HAD A CONTUSION BELOW THE KNEE FROM A PRIOR

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INJURY.

FOLLOWING INFORMATION PROVIDED REGARDING SUSPECT: NAME -
MERLIN GENE COOPER, AKA JOHN T. TITAN, JOHN COOP TITAN; DOB
JULY 8, 1934 (WITNESSES DESCRIBED HIM AS 40 TO 48); POB WISCONSIN;
FBI NUMBER 115541D; OREGON SID NUMBER 291 33 33; HEIGHT 6'2"; WEIGHT
170 POUNDS; COMPLEXION - PHOTOGRAPHS RECENTLY OBTAINED FROM MUSKEGO,
OKLAHOMA, DEPICTS SUBJECT WITH DARKER COMPLEXION; BROWN HAIR (HAD
DYED HIS HAIR BLACK IN PAST); BLUE EYES; SCARS - RIGHT WRIST, RIGHT
FOREARM, RIGHT LEG; TATTOOS - RIGHT FOREARM; SOC 397-28-6121; OTHER
CHARACTERISTICS - CIGARETTE STAINS ON RIGHT HAND.

THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION IS TAKEN FROM FILE REGARDING
WITNESSES' DESCRIPTIONS OF HIJACKER DAN COOPER: WHITE MALE.
AMERICAN, MID-FORTIES, 6', 170 TO 175 POUNDS, OLIVE COMPLEXION OR
MEDIUM TO SWARTHY COMPLEXION, BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES, AVERAGE TO
WELL-BUILT, CIGARETTE STAINS ON RIGHT HAND.

LOS ANGELES AT SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA. WILL FURNISH ARREST
REPORT FROM SANTA ANA SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN 1960 FOR "INSUFFICIENT
FUNDS" CHECK AND A PHOTO IF AVAILABLE.

MILWAUKEE AT MADISON, WISCONSIN. 1. WILL FURNISH ARREST
REPORT FROM 1959 ARREST BY MADISON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR "FAMILY

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OFFENSE - NON-SUPPORT". 2. WILL ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON
MERLIN COOPER'S FAMILY THROUGH INQUIRY WITH HIS BIRTH RECORD AT
DEPARTMENT OF VITAL STATISTICS IN AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY COOPER'S
PARENTS AND/OR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, NOTING COOPER WAS ALLEGEDLY
VERY CLOSE TO MOTHER AND MAY HAVE CONFIDED INFORMATION IN HER
RELATIVE TO HIJACKING IF SHE CAN BE LOCATED. 3. CONDUCT ANY OTHER
PERTINENT INVESTIGATION IN AN EFFORT TO LOCATE ANY OF COOPER'S
RELATIVES, NOTING HE WAS BORN IN WISCONSIN AND POSSIBLY RAISED
THERE.

SEATTLE AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. WILL FURNISH PORTLAND
AVAILABLE KNOWN ADDRESSES FOR WITNESSES IN THIS MATTER AS PREVIOUSLY
REQUESTED.

REQUEST OF THE BUREAU:

THE IDENTIFICATION DIVISION IS REQUESTED TO COMPARE KNOWN
FINGERPRINTS OF SUSPECT MERLIN GENE COOPER, DOB JULY 8, 1934, WITH
ALL LATENTS TAKEN FROM BOEING 727 AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENT TO HIJACKING
IN 1971. THE BUREAU IS ALSO REQUESTED TO FURNISH ANY INFORMATION
FROM MILITARY RECORDS AVAILABLE ON MERLIN COOPER, NOTING M.N. USER
UMBRELLA NUMBER IN NCIC PRINT-OUT WAS OA-OSP-32061.

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TO : SAC, PORTLAND (164A-41)
FROM : SAC, LOS ANGELES (164A-497) (C-1/SARA) (RUC)
SUBJECT: NORJACK;
00: Seattle

non-sufficient funds-checks.

respectively.

Re Portland teletype to the Bureau, dated 4/26/88.

Enclosed for Portland is one black and white photograph
taken of MERLIN GENE COOPER, also known as John Coop Titan,
Marlin Gene Cooper on 11/22/60, when he was received in the
ORANGE COUNTY JAIL, Santa Ana, California, following his arrest
on a RICHMOND POLICE DEPARTMENT, Richmond, California warrant for
Enclosed also are copies of his
ORANGE COUNTY JAIL booking sheet and a copy of his CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE identification record.
obtained from Central Jail records, ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT, Santa Ana, California on 5/19 & 5/23/88,

The above was

ORANGE COUNTY JAIL records reflect that MERLIN GENE
COOPER was arrested, fingerprinted, and es on 11/22/60.
He was released on 11/23/60 to Deputy
SHERIFFS OFFICE, Contra Costa County, California.

CONTRA COSTA

The following information was obtained from the ORANGE
COUNTY JAIL in processing sheet:

Name MERLIN GENE COOPER
Sex Male
Race Caucasian -
Height 6'2" TT
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Place of Birth
Hair

Eyes

Residence

Marital Status
Citizenship
Employment
Occupation
Relatives

Orange County Number
CII Number

FBI Number

Tattoos

180 pounds

July 8, 1934

La Crosse, Wisconsin
Brown

Hazel

1391 Graystone,
Norwalk, California
Divorced

United States
Unemployed

Salesman

Mother: ORPHA O. COOPER,
La Crosse, Wisconsin
7720

776-957

115-541D

Outer right forearm:
two hands clasped with
crown and initals "MGC"

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Division, this matter is being considered RUC.

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Re Portland teletype, 4/26/88, captioned as above.
On 5/2/88,] | Madison Police Department (MPD)

+L _____] Madison, Wisconsin, reviewed MPD records for_MERLIN GENE |

.|_ COOPER and advised that COOPER was arrested on 2/6/59 for

probation violation and issuing worthless checks; 6/24/60 for
issuing worthless checks; and again on 2/4/61 for two counts of
issuing worthless checks. At the time of his 2/4/61 arrest, .
COOPER listed a permanent residence address of 13718 Graystone, \
Norwalk, California.

advised that the arrest reports for the above
offenses were microfilmed and the original reports destroyed.
The microfilm printer for the format in which these records were
copied was now broken and repair parts were no longer available.
The film was therefore sent to the University of Wisconsin
Media Laboratory for transfer to a more modern format. Copies
of the actual reports were finally obtained on 5/19/88. A review
of these reports indicates COOPER, in addition to writing.
worthless checks, was wanted for non-support in LaCrosse,
Wisconsin. No information is contained in the records identifying
any of COOPER'S relatives. COOPER did serve one year at the
Wisconsin State Penitentiary at Waupun, Wisconsin.

On 5/19/88, a review of birth records at the Wisconsin
Bureau of Vital Statistics, Madison, Wisconsin, determined that
COOPER was born 7/8/34 to SILAS BYRON COOPER and ORPHA GRIFFIN
COOPER. The COOPERS' residence was listed as Coon Valley,

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Wisconsin. MERLIN GENE COOPER was born in the Township of
Campbell, located in LaCrosse County, Wisconsin.
LEADS
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AT NORWALK, CALIFORNIA y—

If not already accomplished, conduct investigation to.
identify relatives or associates of COOPER at Norwalk, California.

' MILWAUKEE DIVISION

AT COON VALLEY, WISCONSIN

Will attempt to obtain information on MERLIN COOPER'S
family, noting that COOPER was allegedly very close to his
mother, and may have confided information in her relative to
hijacking if she can be located.

Attempt to identify other relatives or associates of
COOPER, inasmuch as he may have been raised in that area.

Will review records at LaCrosse County Registér of
Deeds Office regarding charges of non-support which were filed
against MERLIN GENE COOPER in an attempt to identify ex-spouse
or other relatives.

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Memorandum
To : SAC, LOS ANGELES (164A-497) (C-1) (RUC) Date 7/8/88
From : SA

Subject: NORJACK}
CAA - HIJACKING;
00: Seattle

Re Los Angeles airtel to Portland, 5/31/88, and
Milwaukee airtel to Bureau, 6/9/88.

; For information, investigation requested in Milwaukee
airtel to the Bureau dated 6/9/88 has been conducted and
previously reported in Los Angeles airtel to Portland, 5/31/88.

No additional investigation had been requested and no
pending leads are outstanding at Los Angeles Division. In view
of this and the fact that office of origin (Seattle) has already
been apprised of the results of that investigation, Los Angeles
Division is placing this matter in an RUC'd status by memo.

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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164A-81) (P)
NORJAK;

OO: SEATTLE
RE: MERLIN GENE COOPER, Subject Number 1002.
Re Portland teletype to FBIHQ, 4/26/88.

Referenced teletype advised MERLIN GENE COOPER has been
developed as a suspect by the Portland Division. Suspect
resided in Pendleton, Oregon, in 1970 through 1972. He left
for two weeks during the time of the hijacking on 11/24/71.
He returned injured; walking with a limp.

MERLIN GENE COOPER's description fits the general
physical description of the unknown subject. In 1972, he
gave a painting to a Pendleton resident signing the name
"D.B. Cooper". At least two individuals who knew him
personally through family associations thought he was D.B.
COOPER at the time the composite sketch. came out in the
newspapers in 1971, but were reluctant to contact law
enforcement authorities. The suspect has been assigned air
traffic control duties in past military assignments. An
autopsy at the time of death two years after the hijacking
showed suspect had a contusion below the knee from a prior
injury.

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SUBJECT: UNSUB, aka
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CAA —- HIJACKING
OO: SEATTLE

Re Los Angeles airtel dated 3/15/89.
Enclosed for Seattle are additional computer print-outs |

and "hot tip" sheets received from the "Unsolved Mysteries"
program regarding D. B. COOPER.

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1 TO : SAC, PHOENIX (164A-571)
2 | FROM : SAC, SEATTLE (164A-81) (P)
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> ——the_following investigation was conducted by Special
Agent at Los Angeles, California:

After several cancellations, | | appeared at
the Los Angeles Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
accompanied by a women who wanted to remain anonymous. The woman
stated that the reason she wanted to remain anonymous

she was in the | | She_picked the nane | ito
be called. It should be noted that| J was not recognized

as

advised that she and her husband have been
residing part time in south Kern County in the community
Mountain Club, California. She stated that a_resident,
has lived in the community for approximately | years. He is a
very secretive individual, never really discussing his past. He
mentioned that he had been in the military and seemed to have
knowledge of parachuting, but[______]was unable to say if it was
through experience or by some other means.

She recalled that L_] years ago,|__|haa approximately
in cash, which he deposited in the 1st International
Bank, Frazier Park, California. never mentioned where he
got the money. She added that he has never worked as far as she
knows and could provide no reason for him having that amount of
cash.

[| satea that several months ago the D.B. COOPER
incident was aired on Unsolved Mysterious. Pye Stated Phat after
seeing the television program, she fe that resembles

an aged D.B. COOPER. At this point, indicated that her
involvement in the | | was in|
She stated that from her experience and belief, —_

[could be an aged D.B.COOPER. She described as
white male, approximately 57 years of age, gray baldin hair,
5'11", 235 pounds. When asked specifically about making

statements_about being D.B. COOPER, hijacking airplanes or
extortion,[___]could provide no information which could
connect them as being the same person, other then resembling each
other.

[___] advised that[> resides in a_house ———_,
peretved to be on

Jin the City of Pine Mountain Club. She
stated the house does not have numbers but is bleived to be owned
by who has a
Commercial Center, Pine Mountain Club.

stated that[ sd is a good friend of[__|

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appropriately. She added that Pine Mountain Club is a small
community which is patrolled by the Kern County Sheriff's Office,
Frazier Park Substation.

She stated that[___]has repently been driving al —

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Sex
Date of Birth
Height 6'1"
Weight 190 pounds
Hair Brown
Eyes . Brown
Address _
Frazier Park |
(effective 10/3/91)
Frazier Park
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age group, but none wi a Frazier Park or Pine Mountain Club b7C
address.
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From Los Angeles go north out through the San Fernando
N Valley on I-5. After you pass Magic Mtn and Castaic Lake,
it Is 25 serene hilly miles to Gorman. Just after Gorman,
take the Frazier Park/Mt. Pinos off-ramp left under the
freeway. Stay on this road for 12.2 miles, straight thru
the Frazier Park'area Into the heavily forested region.
At the 12.2 mile point turn right on Mil Potrero Hwy.lt is
another 6 miles of Forest Land to Pine Min. Club. To find
"REALTY WORLG® Mountain Properties", turn feftatthe ~
Exxon station (across, from the Golf Course), go 50 yards
up Pine Circle to Pine Valley Lane. We are In the bullding
on the sourtheast corner of that tiny Intersection.

per \ 85 MILES TO LA CIVIC CENTER
S, | , VIA INTERSTATE HWY 5 @

GOLF TENNIS HIKING
STORES CLUBHOUSE *
SHOPS SNOW POOL

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TRANSMIT VIA:
(1 Teletype
CD Facsimile
AIRTEL

PRECEDENCE:
C] Immediate
(1 Priority
C) Routine

FBI

CLASSIFICATION:
TOP SECRET
SECRET
CONFIDENTIAL
UNCLAS EF TO
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Date 5/8/92

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SUBJECT

NORJAK
CAA

SAC, Los Angeles

SAC, SACRAMENTO

OO: SEATTLE

(164-497) (C-1) (P)

Enclosed for Sacramento and Seattle are two copies
of a map reflecting Pine Mountain Club, California, and two
copies each of an investigative insert.

The Los Angeles Office of the FBI received

information from|

| Sherman

Oaks, California |

connected to the]

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intermediary for a woman who wants to remain anonymous. He
stated that the woman, who wanted to use the nanet |

was

jand has some information to

identify

the Los Angeles Office.

Los Angeles is aware of the
information connecting the look-alike,
D.B. COOPER, however, Los Angeles has not been able to

rsd or eliminate him as being D.B. oe

provide the FBI regarding a person who resembled D.B. COOPER.

Arrangements were made to have[ __] appear at

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SACRAMENTO DIVISION

AT_ PINE MOUNTAIN CLUB AND FRAZIER PARK, CALIFORNIA:

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COOPER.

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FBI
TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION:
() Teletype (C1 Immediate CC) TOP SECRET
(] Facsimile (1 Priority (] SECRET
AIRTEL C] Routine [] CONFIDENTIAL
CJ UNCLASEFTO
CJ] UNCLAS
Date 6/29/92
TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164A-81)
FROM : SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (RIVRA/C-1) (RUC)
SUBJECT : NORJAK

00: Seattle

On 6/29/92, | |(PROTECT), telephone number
| provided the following information:

[_ Jadvised he was watching the TV show "In Search
Of" on Sunday, 6/28/92. This show featured a story regarding
the D. B. COOPER hijacking. | | strongly felt| |

who| |

Pocomoke, Maryland, was the| Lof the
person portrayed in the sketch of D. B. COOPER. | jis a (
Vietnam War veteran, parachutist, and a pilot of small engine
planes. Around 1980] -_

L; As the town

of Pocomoke 1s a small community, no one understood where
obtained the funds for these two endeavors.

believed would now be approximately[]years of age.

The above information is being provided to the
Seattle Division for whatever action Seattle feels is
appropriate in this matter.

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