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"Several thousand dollars" of the! $200,000 obtained eight years ago by the celebrated airline hijacker who used the name Dan Cooper was found Sun- day along the Columbia River down- stream from Vancouver, Wash., the FBI reported Tuesday.
Three bundles containing 12 packets . of weatherbeaten $20 bills were found in river sand by a picnicking Vancouver family, about nine miles northwest of; the city.
FBI agents searching the beach Tuesday afternoon found several more, fragments of $20 bills, some of them under three feet of sand.
Harold Dwayne Ingram, his wife, Patricia, and their son, Brian, 8, were epreparing to build a fire on the beach when Brian brushed the sand aside and turned up some of the bills, Ingram said.
"We dug around and found three bundles of bills tied with rubber bands," Ingram said.
The bills were wet and badly worn, but the serial numbers were legible.
"We dug around and found three bundles of bills tied with rubber bands," Ingram said.
The bills were wet and badly worn, but the serial numbers were legible. The FBI identified the serial numbers and confirmed that they were part of the loot given Cooper when he hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 727 jetliner between Portland and Seattle on Nov. 24, 1971.
William M. Baker, assistant special agent in charge of the Portland FBI of-" fice, said the Ingrams were relatively hew to the Vancouver area, moving there recently from Oklahoma. They had never heard of Cooper, Baker said.
"They took it (the money) home and were talking to some friends about it," Baker said. "The friends pointed out that it might be the money from the Cooper thing. That's when they called the FBI."
Ralph Himmelsbach, the FBI agent in charge of the case since the hijack -. ing, said it was the first solid clue to the Cooper mystery since the hijacker bailed out near La Center, Wash., into a 'winter storm at 8:10 p.m. that Thanks-" giving Eve. The first hijacking for money, the Cooper case became a na- tional sensation.
that Thanks-" giving Eve. The first hijacking for money, the Cooper case became a na- tional sensation.
Baker said it was possible the FBI laboratory in Washington, D.C., could. discern fingerprints on the money.
"That would be a hell of a break," he said.
Baker said the money the Ingrams found had not been counted. At first the amount recovered was estimated at about $4,000, but "we have revised our estimate to several thousand dollars," he said.
Baker said the money was bundled into packages of several sizes at the time of the hijacking, "to make it ap- pear that it was randomly done, as if it was done in a hurry." Because of that, the actual amount could not be estimat- ed, he said.
FBI agents Tuesday were carefully combing the site of the Sunday discov- ery for further clues. The beach, open to the public, is owned by the New Columbia Gardens Co., a truck and dai- ry farm.
Cooper was seen on the plane tying a nylon cord around his waist, presum- ably to tie the money into a parachute bag.
Cooper was seen on the plane tying a nylon cord around his waist, presum- ably to tie the money into a parachute bag. The Ingrams said they did not see any sign of a cloth bag, but Himmels- bach said it would be hard to under- stand how the bundles of bills could have stayed-together all these years if they were not in some kind of contain- er.
Baker said the search for Cooper's remains or other clues would be re- sumed in a new area.
FBI spokesmen concluded that the- bills could have been washed down some tributary of the Columbia.
George Holmes, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hydrologist, said he would review information about where Coop-
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By LEVERETT RICHARDS of Tho Orogonlan Bicit
"Several thousand dollars" of the! $200,000 obtained eight years ago by the celebrated airline hijacker who used the name Dan Cooper was found Sun- day along the Columbia River down- stream from Vancouver, Wash., the FBI reported Tuesday.
Three bundles containing 12 packets. of weatherbeaten $20 bills were found in river sand by a picnicking Vancouver family, about nine miles northwest of; the city.
FBI agents searching the beach Tuesday afternoon found several more, fragments of $20 bills, some of them i under three feet of sand.
FBI agents searching the beach Tuesday afternoon found several more, fragments of $20 bills, some of them i under three feet of sand.
Harold Dwayne Ingram, his wife, Patricia, and their son, Brian, 8, were preparing to build a fire on the beach when Brian brushed the sand aside and turned up some of the bills, Ingram said.
"We dug around and found three bundles of bills tied with rubber bands," Ingram said.
The bills were wet and badly worn, but the serial numbers were legible. The FBI identified the serial numbers and confirmed that they were part of the loot given Cooper when he hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 727 jetliner between Portland and Seattle on Nov. 24, 1971.
William M. Baker, assistant special agent in charge of the Portland FBI of -: fice, said the Ingrams were relatively I new to the Vancouver area, moving there recently from Oklahoma. They had never heard of Cooper, Baker said.
"They took it (the money) home and were talking to some friends about it," Baker said. "The friends pointed out that it might be the money from the Cooper thing.
"They took it (the money) home and were talking to some friends about it," Baker said. "The friends pointed out that it might be the money from the Cooper thing. That's when they called the FBI."
Ralph Himmelsbach, the FBI agent in charge of the case since the hijack-, ing, said it was the first solid clue to the Cooper mystery since the hijacker bailed out near La Center, Wash., into a winter storm at 8:10 p.m. that Thanks- giving Eve. The first hijacking for money, the Cooper case became a na- tional sensation.
Baker said it was possible the FBI laboratory in Washington, D.C., could. discern fingerprints on the money.
"That would be a hell of a break," he said.
Baker said the money the Ingrams found had not been counted. At first the amount recovered was estimated at about $4,000, but "we have revised our estimate to several thousand dollars," he said.
Baker said the money was bundled into packages of several sizes at the time of the hijacking, "to make it ap- pear that it was randomly done, as if it was done in a hurry." Because of that, the actual amount could not be estimat- ed, he said.
Baker said the money was bundled into packages of several sizes at the time of the hijacking, "to make it ap- pear that it was randomly done, as if it was done in a hurry." Because of that, the actual amount could not be estimat- ed, he said.
FBI agents Tuesday were carefully combing the site of the Sunday discov- ery for further clues. The beach, open to the public, is owned by the New Columbia Gardens Co., a truck and dai- ry farm.
Cooper was seen on the plane tying a nylon cord around his waist, presum- ably to tie the money into a parachute ibag. The Ingrams said they did not see any sign of a cloth bag, but Himmels- bach said it would be hard to under- stand how the bundles of bills could have stayed together all these years if they were not in some kind of contain- er.
Baker said the search for Cooper's remains or other clues would be re- sumed in a new area.
FBI spokesmen concluded that the bills could have been washed down some tributary of the Columbia.
George Holmes, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hydrologist, said he would review information about where Coop-
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Bills 1st solid clue in hijack mystery
By-LEVERETT RICHARDS of The Oregonian statt
The weathered bundles of $20 bills found on the Washington bank of the Columbia River nine miles northwest of Vancouver on Sunday were the first solid clues to the mystery of the "Dan Cooper" aircraft hijacking, FBI agents said Tuesday.
One of the more intensive searches in the FBI's history had failed to turn up any clue to the fate of the mysterious hijacker or his loot during the eight years since he bailed out of a Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 727 flying at 7,000 feet over
One of the more intensive searches in the FBI's history had failed to turn up any clue to the fate of the mysterious hijacker or his loot during the eight years since he bailed out of a Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 727 flying at 7,000 feet over La Center, Wash., on Nov. 24, 1971, FBI spokesmen said.
Cooper's was the first hijacking of a commercial airliner for money, and started a chain of similar attempts, which was responsible in part for the rigid security system now enforced at all United States airports and most ma- jor airports abroad.
Because of an erroneous report of the name used by the hijacker, he be- came known nationally as D.B. Cooper, although the airline manifest showed he had used the name "Dan."
The man who called himself Cooper paid cash for a ticket and boarded Northwest's Flight 305 at Portland In- ternational Airport just before it depart- ed. He sat in a rear seat in the cabin and waited until the plane was airborne. Then he handed stewardess Florence Schaffner a note saying he had a bomb in the satchel he was carrying and de- manding $200,000 in unmarked $20 bills.
By the time the plane landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at 5:45 p.
Florence Schaffner a note saying he had a bomb in the satchel he was carrying and de- manding $200,000 in unmarked $20 bills.
By the time the plane landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at 5:45 p.m., airline officials were gather- ing the money and the four parachutes he had demanded. The hijacker released the 36 passengers on board, along with all crew members except one steward- ess and two pilots. The plane then took off and headed south at 7,000 feet in stormy weather.
At 8:10 p.m. the pilots felt a fluctua- tion in cabin pressure which indicated the rear door had been opened. Later tests showed this was when the hijack- er had bailed out, taking with him the money and the device that he claimed was a bomb.
Computer calculations and a later reconstruction of the flight persuaded the FBI that Cooper had bailed out near Woodland, Wash., and would have landed somewhere west of Lake Mer- win.
William Rataczak, first officer (co- pilot) on the hijacked plane who flew the later reconstructions of the hijack flight, said the pilots received no an- swer when they called on the inter: phone to their passenger and were not certain he was gone until they landed in Reno, Nev.
later reconstructions of the hijack flight, said the pilots received no an- swer when they called on the inter: phone to their passenger and were not certain he was gone until they landed in Reno, Nev., at 1.1 p.m.
The "target area" was searched re- peatedly by the FBI, other law enforce- ment officers and soldiers from Fort Lewis, Wash., but no trace of man or money was found. Northwest Airlines offered a reward, since expired, and hunters and woodsmen continued the search for years without success.
Before Sunday, the only item that had been found from the hijacking was a.placard believed to have blown off the bulkhead of the 727 when the door was opened in flight.
It was found 13 miles east of Castle Rock, Wash., in January 1979. The placard, if indeed it came from the hi- jacked plane, "helped to confirm that the plane was on course all the way, but didn't shed any light on what happened to Cooper," said FBI agent Ralph Him- melsbach, who headed the investiga- tion.
After eight years of investigation Himmelsbach has said he still believes Cooper could not have survived the pa- rachute jump at 7 degrees below zero, dressed as he was in a light business suit and street shoes.
After eight years of investigation Himmelsbach has said he still believes Cooper could not have survived the pa- rachute jump at 7 degrees below zero, dressed as he was in a light business suit and street shoes.
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Bills 1st solid clue in hijack mystery
By LEVERETT RICHARDS of The Oregonlan staff
The weathered bundles of $20 bills found on the Washington bank of the Columbia River nine miles northwest of Vancouver on Sunday were the first solid clues to the mystery of the "Dan Cooper" aircraft hijacking, FBI agents said Tuesday.
One of the more intensive searches in the FBI's history had failed to turn up any clue to the fate of the mysterious hijacker or his loot during the eight years since he bailed out of a Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 727 flying at 7,000 feet over La Center, Wash.
One of the more intensive searches in the FBI's history had failed to turn up any clue to the fate of the mysterious hijacker or his loot during the eight years since he bailed out of a Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 727 flying at 7,000 feet over La Center, Wash., on Nov. 24. 1971, FBI spokesmen said.
Cooper's was the first hijacking of a commercial airliner for money, and ¿started a chain of similar attempts, which was responsible in part for the rigid security system now enforced at all United States airports and most ma- jor airports abroad.
Because of an erroneous report of the name used by the hijacker, he be- came known nationally as D.B. Cooper, although the airline manifest showed he had used the name "Dan."
The man who called himself Cooper paid cash for a ticket and boarded Northwest's Flight 305 at Portland In- ternational Airport just before it depart- ed. He sat in a rear seat in the cabin and waited until the plane was airborne. Then he handed stewardess Florence Schaffner a note saying he had a bomb in the satchel he was carrying and de- manding $200,000 in unmarked $20 bills.
By the time the plane landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at 5:45 p.
Then he handed stewardess Florence Schaffner a note saying he had a bomb in the satchel he was carrying and de- manding $200,000 in unmarked $20 bills.
By the time the plane landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at 5:45 p.m., airline officials were gather- fing the money and the four parachutes he had demanded. The hijacker released the 36 passengers on board, along with all crew members except one steward- ess and two pilots. The plane then took off and headed south at 7,000 feet in stormy weather.
At 8:10 p.m. the pilots felt a fluctua- . tion in cabin pressure which indicated the rear door had been opened. Later . tests showed this was when the hijack- ; er had bailed out, taking with him the money and the device that he claimed was a bomb.
Computer calculations and a later reconstruction of the flight persuaded the FBI that Cooper had bailed out near Woodland, Wash., and would have . landed somewhere west of Lake Mer :- win.
William Rataczak, first officer (co- pilot) on the hijacked plane who flew the later reconstructions of the hijack flight, said the pilots received no an- swer when they called on the inter: phone to their passenger and were not.
(co- pilot) on the hijacked plane who flew the later reconstructions of the hijack flight, said the pilots received no an- swer when they called on the inter: phone to their passenger and were not. certain he was gone until they landed in Reno, Nev., at 11 p.m.
The "target area" was searched ref: peatedly by the FBI, other law enforce- : ment officers and soldiers from Fort . Lewis, Wash., but no trace of man or money was found. Northwest Airlines offered a reward, since expired, and hunters and woodsmen continued the search for years without success.
Before Sunday, the only item that had been found from the hijacking was a placard believed to have blown off the bulkhead of the 727 when the door was opened in flight.
It was found 13 miles east of Castle Rock, Wash., in January 1979. The placard, if indeed it came from the hi- jacked plane, "helped to confirm that the plane was on course all the way, but didn't shed any light on what happened to Cooper," said FBI agent Ralph Him- melsbach, who headed the investiga- tion.
After eight years of investigation. Himmelsbach has said he still believes Cooper could not have survived the pa- rachute jump at 7 degrees below zero, dressed
Himmelsbach has said he still believes Cooper could not have survived the pa- rachute jump at 7 degrees below zero, dressed as he was in a light business suit and street shoes.
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Bills 1st solid clue in hijack mystery
By LEVERETT RICHARDS of Tho Oregonian staff
The weathered bundles of $20 bills found on the Washington bank of the Columbia River nine miles northwest of Vancouver on Sunday were the first solid clues to the mystery of the "Dan Cooper" aircraft hijacking, FBI agents said Tuesday.
One of the more intensive searches in the FBI's history had failed to turn up any clue to the fate of the mysterious hijacker or his loot during the eight years since he bailed
One of the more intensive searches in the FBI's history had failed to turn up any clue to the fate of the mysterious hijacker or his loot during the eight years since he bailed out of a Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 727 flying at 7,000 feet over La Center, Wash., on Nov. 24, 1971, FBI spokesmen said.
Cooper's was the first hijacking of a commercial airliner for money, and ¿started a chain of similar attempts, which was responsible in part for the rigid security system now enforced at all United States airports and most ma- jor airports abroad.
Because of an erroneous report of the name used by the hijacker, he be- came known nationally as D.B. Cooper, although the airline manifest showed he had used the name "Dan."
The man who called himself Cooper paid cash for a ticket and boarded Northwest's Flight 305 at Portland In- ternational Airport just before it depart- ed. He sat in a rear seat in the cabin and waited until the plane was airborne. Then he handed stewardess Florence Schaffner a note saying he had a bomb in the satchel he was carrying and de- manding $200,000 in unmarked $20 bills.
Then he handed stewardess Florence Schaffner a note saying he had a bomb in the satchel he was carrying and de- manding $200,000 in unmarked $20 bills.
₹ By the time the plane landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at 5:45 p.m., airline officials were gather- ring the money and the four parachutes he had demanded. The hijacker released the 36 passengers on board, along with all crew members except one steward- ess and two pilots. The plane then took off and headed south at 7,000 feet in stormy weather.
At 8:10 p.m. the pilots felt a fluctua- . tion in cabin pressure which indicated the rear door had been opened. Later . tests showed this was when the hijack -: er had bailed out, taking with him the money and the device that he claimed was a bomb.
Computer calculations and a later reconstruction of the flight persuaded the FBI that Cooper had bailed out near Woodland, Wash., and would have : landed somewhere west of Lake Mer: win.
William Rataczak, first officer (co -. pilot) on the hijacked plane who flew the later reconstructions of the hijack flight, said the pilots received no an- swer when they called on the inter: phone
pilot) on the hijacked plane who flew the later reconstructions of the hijack flight, said the pilots received no an- swer when they called on the inter: phone to their passenger and were not certain. he was gone until they landed in Reno, Nev., at 11 p.m.
The "target area" was searched red peatedly by the FBI, other law enforce- . " ment officers and soldiers from Fort . Lewis, Wash., but no trace of man ór money was found. Northwest Airlines offered a reward, since expired, and hunters and woodsmen continued the search for years without success.
Before Sunday, the only item that had been found from the hijacking was a placard believed to have blown off the bulkhead of the 727 when the door was opened in flight.
It was found 13 miles east of Castle Rock, Wash., in January 1979. The placard, if indeed it came from the hi- jacked plane, "helped to confirm that the plane was on course all the way, but didn't shed any light on what happened to Cooper," said FBI agent Ralph Him- melsbach, who headed the investiga- tion.
After eight years of investigation.
The placard, if indeed it came from the hi- jacked plane, "helped to confirm that the plane was on course all the way, but didn't shed any light on what happened to Cooper," said FBI agent Ralph Him- melsbach, who headed the investiga- tion.
After eight years of investigation. Himmelsbach has said he still believes. Cooper could not have survived the pa- rachute jump at 7 degrees below zero, dressed as he was in a light business suit and street shoes.
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Cooper expert' to close out career
The finding of some of the "Dant 'Cooper" hijacking money Sunday came is a dramatic climax to the career of jean Ralph Himmelsbach, the FBI's) Cooper expert.
Himmelsbach, himself a veteran pi- lot, has lived, breathed and slept the Dan Cooper case ever since a man using that name hijacked a Northwest Air- lines jet from Portland on Thanksgiving Eve, 1971.
Himmelsbach, himself a veteran pi- lot, has lived, breathed and slept the Dan Cooper case ever since a man using that name hijacked a Northwest Air- lines jet from Portland on Thanksgiving Eve, 1971.
Himmelsbach, who has logged thou- sands of hours of flying time in his own 1952 model single-engine Beechcraft. Bonanza, was aloft in an Oregon Air
National Guard helicopter ready to in- tercept the hijacked plane within a few' minutes after the airliner took off from Seattle, where Cooper obtained $200,000 and four parachutes. But the air turbulence that night was so severe that the helicopter was ordered back to Portland Airbase.
Next morning Himmelsbach started the first of a series of flights which took him the length of the hijack route many times, between investigating other clues, all of which proved to be false.
"I was over the target area near (Lake Merwin Sunday again," he said
Tuesday. "I saw they had logged a lot! of prime search area, and thought some- thing would turn up now."
But he never guessed the news that would confront him when he reported for. work Monday.
"I'll admit to a certain sense of satis- faction," Himmelsbach said Tuesday, flashing a broad smile.
"I'll admit to a certain sense of satis- faction," Himmelsbach said Tuesday, flashing a broad smile. "The case isn't solved, but this is certainly a major milestone."
Himmelsbach will retire March 1, after 27 years with the FBI - climaxed! by his work on the Cooper case, one that will go down in FBI history. .
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The finding of some of the "Dana Cooper" hijacking money Sunday came is a dramatic climax to the career of ean Ralph Himmelsbach, the FBI's Cooper expert.
Himmelsbach, himself a veteran pi- lot, has lived, breathed and slept the Dan Cooper case ever since a man using that name hijacked a Northwest Air- lines jet from Portland on Thanksgiving Eve, 1971.
Himmelsbach, who has logged thou- sands of hours of flying time in his own 1952 model single-engine Beechcraft, (Bonanza, was aloft in an Oregon Air
National Guard helicopter ready to in- tercept the hijacked plane within a few minutes after the airliner took off from Seattle, where Cooper obtained. · $200,000 and four parachutes. But the air turbulence that night was so severe that the helicopter was ordered back to Portland Airbase.
Next morning Himmelsbach started the first of a series of flights which took him the length of the hijack route many times, between investigating other clues, all of which proved
Next morning Himmelsbach started the first of a series of flights which took him the length of the hijack route many times, between investigating other clues, all of which proved to be false.
"I was over the target area near). (Lake Merwin Sunday again," he said,
"Tuesday. "I saw they had logged a lot! of prime search area, and thought some- thing would turn up now."
But he never guessed the news that would confront him when he reported - for work Monday.
"I'll admit to a certain sense of satis- faction," Himmelsbach said Tuesday, flashing a broad smile. "The case isn't solved, but this is certainly a major milestone."
Himmelsbach will retire March 1, after 27 years with the FBI - climaxed by his work on the Cooper case, one; that will go down in FBI history.
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By PAT MOSER Columbian Staff Writer WASHOUGAL - Bob Devaney watched the ducks peck away at something floating in the Washou- gal River near the Riverside Bowl.
It was March 22, 1977, and Devaney of 4221 F Circle, Washou- gal, was fishing for steelhead. The muddy runoff waters had cleared, and the river was in shape for catching the ocean-going trout.
"I watched the ducks nibbling away," Devaney said. "I waded out to see. That's when I saw the money. At first, I thought it was play money."
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But Devaney picked up a bill and examined it. It was a real $20 bill, and there were six others to be grabbed from atop the water. .
-Devaney's story became more
significant last week when part of the D.B. Cooper hijacking money was found washed up on a Colum- bia River beach nine miles down- stream from Vancouver. One theo- ry contends the money could have washed out of the Washougal River watershed during the nearly 81/2 years since Cooper parachuted from an airliner over Southwest Washington.
A check with the Federal Bureau. of Investigation list of serial num- bers on the $200,000 given Cooper didn't match those found by Deva- ney.
of Investigation list of serial num- bers on the $200,000 given Cooper didn't match those found by Deva- ney. Davaney still has his $140 tucked away in cellophane bags.
. The D.B. Cooper money find also brought significance to a grien bank bag found by Jack Smith who lives up the Washougal River in Skamania County.
Smith was driving down the river
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The purse turned out to be a bank bag with $6,040 inside, all 20s, except for two 10s.
"Being an honest person, I turned it in," Smith said. "Then I waited-a year. The FBI checked to see if it was part of the Cooper money. I wasn't."
After a year, no one claimed it, so Smith got half.
The FBI checked to see if it was part of the Cooper money. I wasn't."
After a year, no one claimed it, so Smith got half. Under state statute, the other half of the money. goes to the state general fund.
Devaney's and Smith's experi- ences may mean that the Washou- gal River, while possibly not the source of the Cooper money, is a veritable stash of someone else's.
In fact, soon after the Cooper money was found near Vancouver, an FBI agent said an anonymous
person called to tell agents, that three 20s folded together ; were found in the river. The caller said they were already spent, ruling out a serial number comparison.
While Devaney has kept his money, Smith spent his $3,020. "I didn't have to 'launder' it," Smith said. "I used it to drill my well and put in a septic tank."
With tales of money along the Washougal River and the possibili- ty of the D.B. Cooper cash coming from its watershed, suprisingly, no FBI agents have seemed to be around asking the river folks if they know of money being found.
"I haven't seen anyone that well dressed today," said Sharrol Fuller, one of the owners of the
no FBI agents have seemed to be around asking the river folks if they know of money being found.
"I haven't seen anyone that well dressed today," said Sharrol Fuller, one of the owners of the Riverside Grocery, a meeting place for Washougal River residents.
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By PAT MOSER Columbian Staff Writer WASHOUGAL - Bob Devaney watched the ducks peck away at something floating in the Washou- gal River near the Riverside Bowl.
It was March 22, 1977, and Devaney of 4221 F Circle, Washou- gal, was fishing for steelhead. The muddy runoff waters had cleared, and the river was in shape for catching the ocean-going trout.
"I watched the ducks nibbling away," Devaney said. "I waded out to see. That's when I saw the money. At first, I thought it was play money."
But Devaney picked up a bill and examined it. It was a real $20 bill, and there were six others to be grabbed from atop the water.
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Cooper hijacking money was found washed up on a Collum- bia River beach nine miles dosvn- stream from Vancouver. One theo- ry contends the money could have washed out of the Washougal River watershed during the nearly 81/2 years since Cooper parachuted from an airliner over Southwest Washington.
A check with the Federal Bureau of Investigation list of serial num- bers on the $200,000 given Cooper didn't match those found by Deva- ney. Davaney still has his $140 tucked away in cellophane bags.
The D.B. Cooper money find also brought significance to a green . bank bag found by Jack Smith who lives up the Washougal River; in Skamania County.
Smith was driving down the river
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By Bud May The Daily News
A thorough search of a Columbia River beach where part of D.B. Cooper's ransom money was found Sunday has turned up no new clues as to the fate of the legendary skyjacker.
The FBI said today that the search will continue today and Fri- day, then probably be suspended temporarily.
Brought to the beach to aid in Wednesday's search were a' backhoe and a geologist.
The FBI said the backhoe was used to dig a trench near the discovery site, making possible a study of the layers to sand.
An associate professor of geology at Portland State University, Leonard Palmer, was retained to inspect the sand and to assist in- vestigators in determining when the bundled money may have been deposited there.
Palmer, to the surprise of some authorities, concluded that the money was deposited on the beach in the past year or two because it was above clay deposits put on the
Palmer, to the surprise of some authorities, concluded that the money was deposited on the beach in the past year or two because it was above clay deposits put on the beach in a 1974 channel dredging operation.
According to the FBI, a coarse layer of sand sloped from a height of about six inches at the river's edge to two feet or more some distance up the river bank.
Earlier, Ralph Himmelsbach, a Portland FBI agent who has had charge of following new leads in the Cooper case for a number of "years, said he believed the money must have been deposited within a couple of years after the skyjacking.
He says discovery of the money provided a major break in the case, but puts authorities no closer to locating Cooper, whom Him- melsbach believes is dead.
Agents say the money was tied to Cooper when he bailed out'of the plane, but was no longer with him when it was deposited on the beach.
If it had still been attached to his body at the bottom of the river when the channel was dredged in 1974, the body would have clogged up the dredge and have been found, agents believe.
If it had still been attached to his body at the bottom of the river when the channel was dredged in 1974, the body would have clogged up the dredge and have been found, agents believe.
Jack Pringle, assistant agent in charge of the Seattle FBLOffice, told The Daily News this morning.that small bits and pieces of $20 bills were located Wednesday when agents continued digging in sand surrounding the spot where a Vancouver family discovered money Sunday.
The Harold Dwayne Ingram family was on an outing north and [west of Vancouver when their 8-year-old son, Brian, uncovered several thousand dollars in decomposed bills.
Ingram contacted the Portland FBI Office, and a check of serial numbers conclusively established that the money was part of $200,000 in. $20 bills Cooper had when he bailed out of a Northwest Orient Airlines jet over the Lewis River area on Nov. 24, 1971.
Pringle said the area was still being searched today, but no-new! evidence had been located as of this forenoon.
"Some of the area is inaccessible, and there's no way we can search the whole area," Pringle said in Seattle this morning.
"Some of the area is inaccessible, and there's no way we can search the whole area," Pringle said in Seattle this morning.
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A thorough search of a Columbia River beach where part of D.B. Cooper's ransom money was found Sunday has turned up no new clues as to the fate of the legendary skyjacker.
Cooper's ransom money was found Sunday has turned up no new clues as to the fate of the legendary skyjacker.
The FBI said today that the search will continue today and Fri- day, then probably be suspended temporarily. 1
Brought to the beach to aid in Wednesday's search were a backhoe and a geologist.
The FBI said the backhoe was used to dig a trench near the discovery site, making possible a study of the layers to sand.
An associate professor of geology at Portland State University, Leonard Palmer, was retained to inspect the sand and to assist in- vestigators in determining when the bundled money may have been deposited there.
Palmer, to the surprise of some authorities, concluded that the money was deposited on the beach in the past year or two because it was above clay deposits put on the beach in a 1974 channel dredging operation.
According to the FBI, a coarse layer of sand sloped from a height of about six inches at the river's edge to two feet or more some distance up the river bank.
Earlier, Ralph Himmelsbach, a Portland FBI agent who has had charge of following new leads in the
Earlier, Ralph Himmelsbach, a Portland FBI agent who has had charge of following new leads in the Cooper case for a number of years, said he believed the money must have been deposited within a couple of years after the skyjacking.
He says discovery of the money provided a major break in the case, but puts authorities no closer to locating Cooper, whom Him- melsbach believes is dead.
Agents say the money was tied to Cooper when he bailed out of the plane, but was no longer with him when it was deposited on the beach.
If it had still been attached to his body at the bottom of the river when the channel was dredged in 1974, the body would have clogged up the dredge and have been found, agents believe.
Jack Pringle, assistant agent in charge of the Seattle FBI Office, told The Daily News this morning that small bits and pieces of $20 bills were located Wednesday when agents continued digging in sand surrounding the spot where a Vancouver family discovered money Sunday.
The Harold Dwayne Ingram family was on an outing north and vrest of Vancouver when their 8-year-old son, Brian,
The Harold Dwayne Ingram family was on an outing north and vrest of Vancouver when their 8-year-old son, Brian, uncovered ¡several thousand dollars in decomposed bills.
Ingram contacted the Portland FBI Office, and a check of serial (numbers conclusively established that the money was part of" $200,000 in $20 bills Cooper had when he bailed out of a Northwest Orient Airlines jet over the Lewis River area on Nov. 24, 1971.
Pringle said the area was still being searched today, but no new! evidence had been located as of this forenoon.
"Some of the area is inaccessible, and there's no way we can search the whole area," Pringle said in Seattle this morning.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. - Eight- year-old Brian Ingram, who found bun- dies of $20 bills last week but had to turn them over to, authorities, has been given onė by the FBI.
The boy jumped into the national spotlight Feb. 10 when he discovered several thousand dollars of the $200,000 ransom paid to skyjacker Dan Cooper in 1971. The money, frayed around the edges, was identified by FBI agents who have been looking for Cooper since he jumped from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane over Southwest Wash- ington.
The $20 was given to the boy by Mike Heywood, Hough Elementary School PTA president. Accompanying the bill was a certificate praising the boy for his find.
Since finding the money, Brian and his parents, H. Dwayne and. Patricia, have been the subject of network televi- sion newscasts and newspaper articles.
Dwayne and. Patricia, have been the subject of network televi- sion newscasts and newspaper articles. Saturday night, the three were satirized on the "Weekend Update" segment of the weekly television show "Saturday Night Live."
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VANCOUVER, Wash. - Eight- year-old Brian Ingram, who found bun- dles of $20 bills last week but had to turn them over to authorities, has been given one by the FBI.
The boy jumped into the national spotlight Feb. 10 when he discovered several thousand dollars of the $200,000 ransom paid to skyjacker Dan Cooper in. 1971. The money, frayed around the edges, was identified by FBI agents who have been looking for Cooper since : he jumped from a
The money, frayed around the edges, was identified by FBI agents who have been looking for Cooper since : he jumped from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane over Southwest Wash- ington.
The $20 was given to the boy by Mike Heywood, Hough Elementary School PTA president. Accompanying. the bill was a certificate praising the boy for his find.
Since finding the money, Brian and- his parents, H. Dwayne and Patricia, have been the subject of network televi -: sion newscasts and newspaper articles. Saturday night, the three were satirized on the "Weekend Update" segment of the weekly television show "Saturday. Night Live."
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By Bud May The Daily News
If they ever create a hall of fame for lawbreakers, D.B. Cooper will certainly have an. honored spot as the perpetrator of America's only unsolved skyjacking.
But does that make him a hero, or just a criminal pic- tured by some as a Robin Hood character who stymied the establishment?
The legendary man had few admirers among people whose opinions were solicited by The Daily News today.
An exception is Dave Fisher, who operates the ' Store and Tavern along his wife, Laurel.
"I'll admit he's a crook, like most of the people, here, I hope he got away an; on the loose. People here fl he put Ariel on the map, ad we're kind of rooting for him!' Fisher said.
Gordon Connell, a Kelso hardware store owner, disagrees.
"I think D.B. Cooper is a long way from being a hero. He is or was a common crook who stole someone else's. money; and if he's found alive, he should be punished fully.
He is or was a common crook who stole someone else's. money; and if he's found alive, he should be punished fully.
"I also think it's asinine that people form D.B. Cooper clubs, hold D.B. Cooper par- ties, print D.B. Cooper T- shirts and find other ways to glorify him," Connell said.
Conrad Bankson, principal at the Mint Valley School in Longview, has similar views.
"What he did was. sensa- tional, but keep in mind that kidnapping and demanding ransom are serious crimes. If he's ever found alive, which I doubt, he should get the full penalty of the law."
Pausing. Bankson added, "If he's dead, perhaps nature provided the ultimate penal- ty."
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John Hayes, operator of a service station in Kelso, had nothing good to say about the man sought since bailing out of a Northwest Orient Airlines et over the Lewis River areal on Nov. 24, 1971.
"D.B. Cooper broke the law, and he sure doesn't deserve sympathy. I give him credit for being smart, but I still think he's a damn crook, and I hope he's brought to justice," Hayes commented.
I give him credit for being smart, but I still think he's a damn crook, and I hope he's brought to justice," Hayes commented.
A Castle Rock housewife, Margaret Kotera, considers. Cooper a man who risked the lives of innocent persons for personal gain.
"I don't admire him. When you take the law into your own hands and endanger other peo- ple's lives you are no hero," she said.
Some citizens polled con- cede' Cooper was a lawbreaker, but credit him with being a one-of-a-kind crook who made a lot of people, scratch their heads.
Norma 'Sewell of Kelso, a deputy clerk at the County Clerk's Office, characterized the skyjacker in that manner.
"He's an out and out crook, but he carried out his crime spectacularly, and he's baffl- ed some very good police minds for nearly nine years,' she said.
1) Dick Wilson, plant manager at Longview Ice and Cold Storage, sees Cooper as a criminal whose.crime.brought him endless publicity.
"There's no doubt he was a crook, but he sure got a lot of advertising. Not everyone has a name on T-shirts," Wilson said.
"There's no doubt he was a crook, but he sure got a lot of advertising. Not everyone has a name on T-shirts," Wilson said.
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Whatever his detractors isay, Cooper still has some fans.
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Minutes after Tuesday's an- houncement that some of the ransom money had been found, a Portland parking garage attendant told this reporter, "I sure hope this doesn't mean he's dead. I've aways hoped he got away."
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If they ever create a hall of fame for lawbreakers, D.B. Cooper will certainly have an honored spot as the perpetrator of America's only unsolved skyjacking.
But does that make him a hero, or just a criminal pic- tured by some as a Robin Hood character who stymied the establishment?
The legendary man had few admirers among people whose opinions were solicited by The Daily News today.
f An exception is Dave Fisher, who operates the Ariel, Store and Tavern along with his wife, Laurel.
"I'll admit he's a crook, but like most of the people up here, I hope he got away and is on the loose. People here feel he put Ariel on the map, and we're kind of rooting for him." Fisher said.
Gordon Connell, a Kelso hardware store owner, disagrees.
"I think D.B. Cooper is a long way from being a hero. He is or was a common crook who stole someone else's money; and if he's found alive, he should be punished fully.
He is or was a common crook who stole someone else's money; and if he's found alive, he should be punished fully.
"I also think it's asinine that people form D.B. Cooper clubs, hold D.B. Cooper par- ties, print D.B. Cooper T- shirts and find other ways to glorify him," Connell said.
Conrad Bankson, principal at the Mint Valley School in Longview, has similar views.
"What he did was sensa- :tional, but keep in mind that kidnapping and demanding ransom are serious crimes. If he's ever found alive, which I doubt, he should get the full penalty of the law."
Pausing, Bankson added, "If he's dead, perhaps nature provided the ultimate penal- ty."
John Hayes, operator of a service station in Kelso, had nothing good to say about the man sought since bailing out! of a Northwest Orient Airlines, jet over the Lewis River area on Nov. 24, 1971.
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"D.B. Cooper broke the law, and he sure doesn't deserve sympathy. I give him credit i for being smart, but I still think he's a damn crook, and I hope he's brought to justice," Hayes commented.
I give him credit i for being smart, but I still think he's a damn crook, and I hope he's brought to justice," Hayes commented.
A Castle Rock housewife, Margaret Kotera, considers Cooper a man who risked the lives of innocent persons for . personal gain.
"I don't admire him. When you take the law into your own . hands and endanger other peo- ple's lives you are no hero," she said.
Some citizens polled con- cede Cooper was a lawbreaker, but credit him with being a one-of-a-kind crook who made a lot of people, scratch their heads.
Norma 'Sewell of Kelso, a deputy clerk at the County Clerk's Office, characterized the skyjacker in that manner.
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"He's an out and out crook, but he carried out his crime spectacularly, and he's baffl- red some very good police minds for nearly nine years," she said.
Dick Wilson, plant manager 'at Longview Ice and Cold Storage, sees Cooper as a criminal whose crime brought , him endless publicity.
"There's no doubt he was a crook, but he sure got a lot of advertising. Not everyone has a name on T-shirts," Wilson said.
"There's no doubt he was a crook, but he sure got a lot of advertising. Not everyone has a name on T-shirts," Wilson said.
Whatever his detractors isay, Cooper still has some fans.
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Minutes after Tuesday's an- nouncement that some of the . ransom money. had been): found, a Portland parking garage attendant told this reporter, "I sure hope this doesn't mean he's dead. I've aways hoped he got away."
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FBI calls off search for more hijack money
The FBI has, at least temporarily, called off its search along the Columbia River for more of the money obtained eight years ago by the airplane hijacker who used the name Dan Cooper.
Jack Pringle, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI's Seattle office, sald, the search was
Jack Pringle, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI's Seattle office, sald, the search was called off late Thursday night after several days of sand-sifting produced no new evidence. The Seattle office has coordinated.
search efforts in the Cooper caper, the only unresolved hijacking on record since it occurred in 1971. .
Pringle said search efforts might be. renewed next week, after the results of laboratory tests are received on the sev- eral thousand dollars in badly decayed $20 bill fragments found by a picnick- ing family Sunday about nine miles- downstream from Vancouver.
He said there was a chance the tests "could find additional debris that might give us an idea where (the money) may have been" before it washed onto the river bank.
· A geologist serving as consultant to the FBI has said he believes the money had spent most of the past eight years underwater and was deposited on the sandy beach only within the past year.
The Northwest Airlines plane was hijacked between Portland and Seattle by a man who said he had a bomb.
The Northwest Airlines plane was hijacked between Portland and Seattle by a man who said he had a bomb. The hijacker obtained $200,000 in $20 bills when the plane landed in Seattle and then parachuted with the money over Southwest Washington.
The bills found; Sunday represented the first trace of the hijacker or money since the Thanksgiving Eve hijack oc- curred.
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The FBI has, at least temporarily, called off its search along the Columbia River for more of the money obtained eight years ago by the airplane hijacker who used the name Dan Cooper.
Jack Pringle, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI's Seattle office, said, the search was called off late Thursday night after several days of sand-sifting produced no new evidence.
Jack Pringle, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI's Seattle office, said, the search was called off late Thursday night after several days of sand-sifting produced no new evidence. The Seattle office has coordinated
search efforts in the Cooper caper, the only unresolved hijacking on record since it occurred in 1971. .
Pringle said search efforts might be- renewed next week, after the results of laboratory tests are received on the sev- eral thousand dollars in badly decayed $20 bill fragments found by a picnick- ing family Sunday about nine miles downstream from Vancouver.
He said there was a chance the tests "could find additional debris that might give us an idea where (the money) may have been" before it washed onto the river bank.
A geologist serving as consultant to · the FBI has said he believes the money had spent most of the past eight years underwater and was deposited on the sandy beach only within the past year.
The Northwest Airlines plane was hijacked between Portland and Seattle by a man who said he had a bomb. The hijacker obtained $200,000 in $20 bills .
The Northwest Airlines plane was hijacked between Portland and Seattle by a man who said he had a bomb. The hijacker obtained $200,000 in $20 bills . when the plane landed in Seattle and · then parachuted with the money over Southwest Washington.
The bills found Sunday represented the first trace of the hijacker or money since the Thanksgiving Eve hijack oc- curred.
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By LESLIE L. ZAITZ of The Orogenlan elaff
VANCOUVER, Wash. - Guernsey cattle and puzzled fishermen watched with curiosity Tuesday as 20 casually attired FBI agents
- Guernsey cattle and puzzled fishermen watched with curiosity Tuesday as 20 casually attired FBI agents combed the Columbia ¡River shoreline near here, looking for more of a hijacker's treasure.
The agents, working with garden frakes and shovels, carefully sifted through the sand on what is known locally as Tena's Bar, a sloping beach about nine miles northwest of Vancou- ver, The beach is owned by New Co- lumbia, Gardens Co., which operates a truck and dairy farm behind the beach.
What attracted the searchers was the find Sunday afternoon of a dozen bundles of worn $20 bills, part of the ransom paid more than eight years ago to the legendary "Dan Cooper." A man using that name hijacked a Northwest Airlines jetliner in November 1971 andy parachuted out of the aircraft with 21 pounds of cash totaling $200,000.
The bundles on the beach were/ found by 8-year-old Brian Ingram, who was helping his parents, Harold Dwayne and Patricia Ingram, build a fire for a picnic. The family, which moved to Vancouver recently from Oklahoma, had never heard of the man who was widely known at the time-of
The family, which moved to Vancouver recently from Oklahoma, had never heard of the man who was widely known at the time-of his crime as D.B. Cooper. -
Dorwyn Schreuder, the FBI agent supervising the beach search, said' the Ingrams put the money aside after dis- covering it and continued with their picnic. They reported their discovery to the FBI on Monday.
The site, a popular fishing spot for Vancouver residents, was guarded by agents Monday night and the search started about noon Tuesday.
Agents roped off a section of beach measuring roughly 150 yards long and 30 yards wide. All driftwood was re- imoved, and then began the laborious task of raking through sand at least S Inches deep.
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The Ingrams' find had been about 6 inches. beneath the surface, Schreuder said. FBI agents Tuesday afternoon found fragments of at least two other $20 bills. By late Tuesday, several more fragments had been found as deep as 3 feet.below the surface.
"We'll be taking some heavy equip- ment, probably backhoes, in there Wednesday to dig deeper," said Bill Baker, assistant special agent in charge of the Portland FBI office.
"We'll be taking some heavy equip- ment, probably backhoes, in there Wednesday to dig deeper," said Bill Baker, assistant special agent in charge of the Portland FBI office.
Schreuder and other agents at the site said they still supported the long- held FBI theory that Cooper died in his parachuting attempt.
"He's probably not alive today," Schreuder sald. "If he were, I think he'd be with his money,"
The FBI initially was cautious about disclosing the precise location of the discovery. Operators of the farm said they knew something was unusual : when several cars streamed along a road leading through the farmyard to the beach.
"We didn't know what it was about until we heard it on the radio," said one farm employee.
And three fishermen who routinely spend every day but Sundays fishing on the beach initially were confused and; then angry.
"These guys wouldn't tell us what. "was going on," said Ken Davenport of Vancouver. "They asked us to move, but wouldn't tell us who they were or
why.
Another fisherman, Mike Haddican of Vancouver, said they knew some- thing was up "because everybody was getting out of cars with shovels instead, of fishing poles,"
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Another fisherman, Mike Haddican of Vancouver, said they knew some- thing was up "because everybody was getting out of cars with shovels instead, of fishing poles,"
The Guernsey * cows watched the beach show from their pens on a small bluff, scattering occasionally when heli- copters chartered by news organiza- tions flew overhead.
Within an hour after the FBI an- nounced where the money had been found, private automobiles streamed down Northwest Lower River Road, & narrow two-lane road leading to the farm. A Clark County sheriff's deputy guarded the entrance, preventing the public from getting to the beach.
FBI agents were to remain on the scene overnight to keep out would-be treasure hunters.
The FBI said how much of the beach would be searched would be determined. after the agency consulted with hy- drologists and others who could provide! expert advice about from where the money may have come.
Only half-joking, Schreuder said the agents "could search all the beach from here:to Astoria."
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FBI agents wield rakes, shovels in 'treasure hunt'
(Indicate page, name of spaper, city and state.) Oregonian Portland, Ore.
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By LESLIE L. ZAITZ of The Orogenian ctoft
VANCOUVER, Wash. - Guernsey cattle and puzzled fishermen watched with curiosity Tuesday as 20 casually attired FBI agents combed the Columbia 'River shoreline near here, looking for more of a hijacker's treasure.
The agents, working with garden rakes and shovels, carefully sifted through the sand on what is known locally as Tena's Bar, a sloping beach about nine miles northwest of Vancou- ver. The beach is owned by New Co- lumbia Gardens Co., which operates a truck and dairy farm behind the beach.
What attracted the searchers was the find Sunday afternoon of a dozen bundies of worn $20 bills, part of the ransom paid more than eight years ago to the legendary
What attracted the searchers was the find Sunday afternoon of a dozen bundies of worn $20 bills, part of the ransom paid more than eight years ago to the legendary "Dan Cooper." A man using that name hijacked a Northwest Airlines jetliner in November 1971 and? parachuted out of the aircraft with 211 pounds of cash totaling $200,000.
The bundles on the beach -were !. found by 8-year-old Brian Ingram, who was helping his parents, Harold Dwayne and Patricia Ingram, build a fire for a picnic. The family, which moved to Vancouver recently from Oklahoma, had never heard of the man who was widely known at the time of his crime as D.B. Cooper.
Dorwyn Schreuder, the FBI agent supervising the beach search, said the Ingrams put the money aside after dis- covering it and continued with their 'picnic. They reported their discovery to the FBI on Monday.
The site, a popular fishing spot for Vancouver residents, was guarded by agents Monday night and the search, started about noon Tuesday.
Agents roped off a section of beach measuring roughly 150 yards long and '30 yards wide.
spot for Vancouver residents, was guarded by agents Monday night and the search, started about noon Tuesday.
Agents roped off a section of beach measuring roughly 150 yards long and '30 yards wide. All driftwood was re-, moved, and then began the laborious task of raking through sand at least 6 inches deep.
The Ingrams' find had been about 6 inches. beneath the surface, Schreuder "said. FBI agents Tuesday afternoon"! found fragments of at least two otheri $20 bills. By late Tuesday, several more, fragments had been found as deep as 3! feet below the surface.
"We'll be taking some heavy equip- ment, probably backhoes, in there Wednesday to dig deeper," said Bill Baker, assistant special agent in charge of the Portland FBI office.
Schreuder and other agents at the site said they still supported the long- held FBI theory that Cooper died in his parachuting attempt.
"He's probably not alive today," Schreuder said. "If he were, I think he'd be with his money."
The FBI initially was cautious about disclosing the precise location of the discovery. Operators of the farm said they knew something was unusual when several cars streamed along a road leading through the farmyard to the beach.
Operators of the farm said they knew something was unusual when several cars streamed along a road leading through the farmyard to the beach.
"We didn't know what it was about until we heard it on the radio," said one farm employee.
And three fishermen who routinely spend every day but Sundays fishing on ¡the beach initially were confused and. then angry.
"These guys wouldn't tell us what swas going on," said Ken Davenport of Vancouver. "They asked us to move, but wouldn't tell us who they were or
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Another fisherman, Mike Haddican of Vancouver, said they knew some- thing was up "because everybody was getting out of cars with shovels insteadl of fishing poles."
The Guernsey . cows watched the beach show from their pens on a small bluff, scattering occasionally when hell- . copters chartered by news organiza- tions flew overhead.
Within an hour after the FBI an- nounced where the money had been .. found, private automobiles streamed down Northwest Lower River Road, ar narrow two-lane road leading to the farm.
found, private automobiles streamed down Northwest Lower River Road, ar narrow two-lane road leading to the farm. A Clark County sheriff's deputy guarded the entrance, preventing thel. public from getting to the beach.
FBI agents were to remain on the scene overnight to keep out would-be treasure hunters.
The FBI said how much of the beach would be searched would be determined after the agency consulted with hy- drologists and others who could provide! expert advice about from where the money may have come.
Only half-joking, Schreuder said the agents "could search all the beach from here to Astoria."
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(Mount Clipping in Space Below)
Punk or Paradox, the Legend Lives On
By Darrell Boh-Houston
I walked into the airport book- store, vowing that this would be my.
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Punk or Paradox, the Legend Lives On
By Darrell Boh-Houston
I walked into the airport book- store, vowing that this would be my. last D. B. Cooper gimmick.
I waited until the clerk was busy. Then - at eye level - I placed three copies of my skyjack novel on a dis- play rack. D. B.'s face, masked as al-
ways by the world's most famous sund glasses, stared back from the covers.
My heart was pounding. They ar- rest people for ripping books off. But what about ripping them on? D. B. Cooper's picture at a Northwest airport! That's like Jimmy Carter bumper stickers in Tehran!
I left the store, then made a new
entrance. I wanted to view the books with fresh eyes, see. them as a be- tween-planes passenger might.
I stared into those Victor Mature goggles. I felt, again, that there was nothing behind them; no eyebrows, no cynical gleam, no madman's wink. As always I was struck by the beauti- ful blandness of D. B.'s face. No, you
would not buy a used car from such a .man. He'd.give it to you, free.
His suitcoat was equally intriguing.
No, you
would not buy a used car from such a .man. He'd.give it to you, free.
His suitcoat was equally intriguing. A dark meshed knit, it had a profes- sorial quality to it. I suspect it had leather elbow patches.
The knot of Cooper's tie is about the size of a prune. The tie is meager and black. It is somewhat faded, as it
it had sunned for a long time in al pawnshop window.
Then I noticed something that had escaped me. There is a faint smile on D. B.'s lips. A quirk of the artist's pen, of course. The likeness is only a fac- simile after all. Still
A shrill female voice shattered my reverie.
"Sex and skyjacking! And a mon- ster like that awful: D. B. Cooper! You should be ashamed."
The woman had confronted the clerk. She had a copy of my book in her hand. I noticed that in her anger she was flecking D. B.'s face with spit- tle.
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She slammed the book down. She passed me on the way out. I was still ladmiring my literary efforts.
Pointing, the woman asked if I was 'going to buy "one of those."
"The Marquis de Sade," I said, "I'm looking for his complete works.
Pointing, the woman asked if I was 'going to buy "one of those."
"The Marquis de Sade," I said, "I'm looking for his complete works.'
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Anticipating her gasp, I added: "And a good clean family cook- 'book, of course." She was not amused. "Do you mean you actually con- done that Cooper trash?"
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"Of course not, madame," I re- plied. "All.I did was write.it."
The woman scurried off. I think she went after a security guard. I grabbed my skyjack books and ran.
When Buffalo Bill Cody fought his duel with Chief Yellow Hand, his combat outfit consisted of a Mexican suit of crushed black velvet. It was slashed with scarlet and trimmed with silver buttons and lace. Cody had so completely blended the real and the theatrical that nobody - least of all Bill himself - could tell where the actual ended and the dime novel be- gan.
The same thing happened during my quest for D.
Cody had so completely blended the real and the theatrical that nobody - least of all Bill himself - could tell where the actual ended and the dime novel be- gan.
The same thing happened during my quest for D. B. The facts that I had in my burgeoning Cooper file were not enough. I began to fantasize in the stories I wrote; but the more I fabri- cated the truer they sounded.
All I had to do was tap a type- writer key and the skyjacker would jump - any way I wanted him to. Many: of the "facts" I.propagated were repeated by other writers, and some- times,by the authorities.
Even the intellectual readers were
hot immune to D. B.'s magic. Report ing 'in a high-brow California maga: zine, I told how a lot of people up in Washington still think the hijacker was captured by the Sasquatch.
The story was illustrated with a full-page color drawing of Bigfoot, looking somewhat bereft without Fay Wray, scattering ransom money to the wind. Behind him the visage of D. B. Cooper - a rocky outcropping formed his nose - was superimposed on the heights of Mount St. Helens. A string of sky-written clouds spelled out $200,000.
Cooper - a rocky outcropping formed his nose - was superimposed on the heights of Mount St. Helens. A string of sky-written clouds spelled out $200,000.
My province was of the imagina- tion. But it was by no means an exclu- sive domain.
Larry Feingold, a Seattle attorney and former FBI agent, had his own fantasy problem. To assuage it, hey planned to hold a reunion of the 36 passengers who were aboard Flight 305 with Cooper. Feingold was one of them.
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He wanted to find out how the experience had affected all those lives Personally, he felt haunted by this memory.
"It's difficult now to separate fac from fantasy," Feingold said. "I'm nu longer sure what I saw - and I was trained by the FBI. I think I got a good, solid look at Cooper's face. Now I don't know.
"It was so quiet on the plane. Peo- ple were sleeping. It was like a subma- rine. Eerie, ghost-like. The whole thing is like some kind of flying dream from which none of us has yet awakened."
For the past couple of years the D:B. front has been rather quiet. Peo- ple have occasionally asked me where I.
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For the past couple of years the D:B. front has been rather quiet. Peo- ple have occasionally asked me where I. stashed all those unmarked twenties. I. have still registered at hotels as D.B. Cooper and every Thanksgiving Eve I have lifted a glass to my wraith-like benefactor.
Then, last Tuesday, came a phone call from.a friend.
"Take a deep breath, sit down in your ,chair - and hold onto the edges," he said. "Some kid down in. Vancouver just found part of D. B.'s loot."
My first thought was; And some diver looking for abalone will find Atlantis.
"What did the kid look like?"
"Imagine Huckleberry Finn in a pair of run-over Adidas," my friend. said.
I hardly had to look at Brian In- gram's picture in the papers the next morning. I already knew him. In the movie script I had written, but never sold, he was D. B. Cooper as a lad. Right down to the unruly hair and the gap in his front teeth.
One.scene still comes through.
The boy has been left alone in a boxcar with a band of hobos. His fa- ther misses the train as it pulls out of a bleak wintertime siding somewhere.
The boy has been left alone in a boxcar with a band of hobos. His fa- ther misses the train as it pulls out of a bleak wintertime siding somewhere. in Oklahoma.
The young D. B. sobs. He thinks he will never see his dad again. Sud denly Old Man Cooper swings through ¿the boxcar doorway.
"How'd you do it, Pa?" the boy
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haasks. "I snagged the caboose and crawled across the top. Wind like to yblow me off a dozen times."
"You're my hero, Pa." "I'd rather ... just be your fa- ther."
"What do you mean, Pa?"
Old Man Cooper adjusts his rump to the hard, cold floor.'
"Because," he says, "heroes always end up like this boxcar. Stuffy - and hard to ride with."
"Yes, sir, Pa," the boy says. "Yes, sir, and amen."
When Hollywood makes the D. B. : movie, I hope there's a part for Brian Ingram. The kid:is a natural.
* * *
People are again asking me the $200,000 question: Is D.B. Cooper dead oralive?
Since the whole episode is a movie anyway, I turn to: the silver screen for ›.
Cooper dead oralive?
Since the whole episode is a movie anyway, I turn to: the silver screen for ›.my reply.
I hearken to the white stallion in : "Viva Zapata!" Zapata has been am- .bushed and killed, but his horse runs away.
"The horse, the horse!" the assas- sins cry. "Get the horse!"
Too late, Mane flying, the stallion thunders off into the hills, drumming `the legend of Emiliano Zapata with each mercurial stride.
So.it is with D. B. Cooper, the first - and probably the last - successful. parachute skyjacker."
They can find all of the.ransom money, they can dredge up bones and skulls, they can prove beyond a doubt: that D. B. drowned in the icy waters of the Washougal or the Lewis rivers.
But his legend will never die; the white horse will gallop free for as long as men tell stories and writers ply the midnight Remington.
Punk or paragon, cutthroat or av- htar, see him as you will.
But yes, gentle reader, D. B.V. Cooper lives.
He lives in your dreams - and in. mine.
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By Darrell Bob Houston
I walked into the airport book- store, vowing that this would be my last D. B. Cooper gimmick.
I waited until the clerk was busy. Then - at eye level - I placed three copies of my skyjack novel on a dis- play rack. D. B.'s face, masked as al-
ways by the world's most famous sun- glasses, stared back from the covers.
My heart was pounding. They ar- rest people for ripping books off. But what about ripping them on? D. B. Cooper's picture at a Northwest airport! That's like Jimmy Carter bumper stickers in Tehran !.
I left the store, then made a new
entrance. I wanted to view the books, swith fresh eyes, see. them as a be- tween-planes passenger might.
I stared into those Victor Mature goggles. I felt, again, that there was nothing behind them; no eyebrows, no cynical gleam, no madman's wink.
I felt, again, that there was nothing behind them; no eyebrows, no cynical gleam, no madman's wink. As always I was struck by the beauti- ful blandness of D. B.'s face. No, you
I would not buy a used car from such a man. He'd give it to you, free.
His suitcoat was equally intriguing. A dark meshed knit, it had a profes- sorial quality to it. I suspect it had leather elbow patches.
The knot of Cooper's tie is about the size of a prune. The tie is meager and black. It is somewhat faded, as i:
it had sunned for a long time in al spawnshop window.
Then I noticed something that had escaped me. There is a faint smile on D. B.'s lips. A quirk of the artist's pen, of course. The likeness is only a fac- simile after all. Still . .
A shrill female voice shattered my reverie.
. "Sex and skyjacking! And a mon- ster like that awful D. B. Cooper! You should be ashamed."
The woman had confronted the clerk. She had a copy of my book in her hand. I noticed that in her anger she was flecking D. B.'s face with spit- tle.
She had a copy of my book in her hand. I noticed that in her anger she was flecking D. B.'s face with spit- tle.
She slammed the book down. She passed me on the way out. I was still admiring my literary efforts.
Pointing, the woman asked if I was' `going to buy "one of those."
"The Marquis de Sade," I said. "I'm looking for his complete works."
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Anticipating her gasp, I added: "And a good clean family cook- book, of course." She was not amused. "Do you mean you actually con- done that Cooper trash?"
"Of course not, madame,". I re- plied. "All I did was write it."
The woman scurried off. I think she went after a security guard. I grabbed my skyjack books and ran.
When Buffalo Bill Cody fought his duel with Chief Yellow Hand, his combat outfit consisted of a Mexican suit of crushed black velvet. It was slashed with scarlet and trimmed with silver buttons and lace. Cody had so completely blended the real and the theatrical that nobody - least of all' Bill himself - could tell where the actual ended and the dime novel be- gan.
Cody had so completely blended the real and the theatrical that nobody - least of all' Bill himself - could tell where the actual ended and the dime novel be- gan.
The same thing happened during my quest for D. B. The facts that I had in my burgeoning Cooper file were not enough. I began to fantasize in the stories I wrote; but the more I fabri- cated the truer they sounded.
All I had to do was tap a type- writer key and the skyjacker would jump - any way I wanted him to. Many of the "facts" I propagated were repeated by other writers, and some- ctimes by the authorities.
Even the intellectual readers were
not immune to D. B.'s magic. Report- ing 'in a high-brow California maga- zine, I told how a lot of people up in Washington still think the hijacker was captured by the Sasquatch.
The story was illustrated with a full-page color drawing of Bigfoot, looking somewhat bereft without Fay Wray, scattering ransom money to the wind. Behind him the visage of D. B .. Cooper - a rocky outcropping formed his nose - was superimposed on the heights of Mount St.
Behind him the visage of D. B .. Cooper - a rocky outcropping formed his nose - was superimposed on the heights of Mount St. Helens. A string of sky-written clouds spelled out .$200,000.
My province was of the imagina- tion. But it was by no means an exclu- ‘sive domain.
Larry Feingold, a Seattle attorney and former FBI agent, had his own fantasy problem. To assuage it, her planned to hold a reunion of the 36 passengers who were aboard Flight 305 with Cooper. Feingold was one of, them ..
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Date:
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Character: or 164-81
Classification:
Submitting Office:
Seattle
He wanted to find out how the experience had affected all those lives Personally, he felt haunted by the ¿memory.
"It's difficult now to separate fact from fantasy," Feingold said. "I'm nb ,longer sure what I saw - and I was trained by the FBI. I think I got a good, solid look at Cooper's face. Now I don't know.
"It was so quiet on the plane.
I think I got a good, solid look at Cooper's face. Now I don't know.
"It was so quiet on the plane. Peo- ple were sleeping. It was like a subma- rine. Eerie, ghost-like. The whole thing is like some kind of flying dream from which none of us has yet . awakened."
For the past couple of years the D.B. front has been rather quiet. Peo- ple have occasionally asked me where I . stashed all those unmarked twenties. I- have still registered at hotels as D.B. Cooper and every Thanksgiving Eve I have lifted a glass to my wraith-like benefactor.
Then, last Tuesday, came a phone call from a friend.
"Take a deep breath, sit down in your chair - and hold onto the edges," he said. "Some kid down in. . Vancouver just found part of D. B.'s loot."
My first thought was: And some diver looking for abalone will find Atlantis.
"What did the kid look like?"
"Imagine Huckleberry Finn in ą. bair of run-over Adidas," my friend said.
I hardly had to look at Brian In- gram's picture in the papers the next morning.
bair of run-over Adidas," my friend said.
I hardly had to look at Brian In- gram's picture in the papers the next morning. I already knew him. In the movie script I had written, but never sold, he was D. B. Cooper as a lad. · Right down to the unruly hair and the gap in his front teeth.
One scene still comes through.
The boy has been left alone in a boxcar with a band of hobos. His fa- ther misses the train as it pulls out of a bleak wintertime siding somewhere in Oklahoma.
The young D. B. sobs. He thinks he; will never see his dad again. Sud." denly Old Man Cooper swings through ¿the boxcar doorway.
"How'd you do it, Pa?" the boy
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
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February 25, 1980

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Q58 Unknown amount of U. S. currency in deteriorated condition
Q59 Soil from submitted U. S. currency
Result of examination : The exact number of bills contained in the submitted currency could not be determined, because of the deteriorated condition of this currency.
Approximately 290 twenty dollar bills ($5,800.00) are contained in the submitted currency.
The disposition of the submitted evidence and the results of the mineralogy and fingerprint examinations will be furnished separately.
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
To: SAC, Portland (164-41)
February 25, 1980

FBI FILE NO.	164-2111
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Specimens received February 14, 1980
Q58 Unknown amount of U.S. currency in deteriorated condition
Q59
Soil from submitted U. S. currency
Result of examination :
The exact number of bills contained in the submitted currency could not be determined, because of the deteriorated condition of this currency.
Approximately 290 twenty dollar bills ($5,800.00) are contained in the submitted currency.
The disposition of the submitted evidence and the results of the mineralogy and fingerprint examinations will be furnished separately.
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Reference:	Airtel dated February 13, 1980
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On 2/21/80
LaCenter,
Wash., telephone advised that on the day after the D.B. COOPER skyjacking, he was contacted by the FBI at his residence. He stated he provided an Agent of the FBI, name unknown, a photograph of 7 or 8 skydivers belonging to the Century Sky-Divers.
He stated he provided an Agent of the FBI, name unknown, a photograph of 7 or 8 skydivers belonging to the Century Sky-Divers. He said this photo- graph was loaned to the FBI and was for the purpose of attempting to aid the FBI. He said he was assured this photograph would be returned but to date, it has not been.
requested that his photograph he returned.
LEAD
SEATTLE AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Will conduct a file review in this matter to determine if above mentioned photograph is there. In the event the photograph is there and no longer serves an evidentiary purpose, it should be sent to the Vancouver RA for subsequent return to 2 - Seattle JTG/jg®
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10 JULY 1973 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11,6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
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On 2/21/80,
LaCenter,
Wash., telephone advised that on the day after the D.B. COOPER skyjacking, he was contacted by the FBI at his residence. He stated he provided an Agent of the FBI, name unknown, a photograph of 7 or 8 skydivers belonging to the Century Sky-Divers. He said this photo- graph was loaned to the FBI and was for the purpose of attempting to aid the FBI. He said he was assured this photograph would be returned but to date, it has not been.
requested that his photograph be returned.
LEAD
SEATTLE AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Will conduct a file review in this matter to determine if above mentioned photograph is there. In the event the photograph is there and no longer serves an evidentiary purpose, it should be sent to the Vancouver RA for subsequent return to 2 - Seattle JTG/jg
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TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
DATE:
2/21/80
FROM : SA
SUBJECT:
NORJAK(A)
SUBS: D, 9
00: SEATTLE
On 2/21/80,
LaCenter,
Wash., telephone advised that on the day after the D.B. COOPER skyjacking, he was contacted by the FBI at his residence. He stated he provided an Agent of the FBI, name unknown, a photograph of 7 or 8 skydivers belonging to the Century Sky-Divers. He said this photo- graph was loaned to the FBI and was for the purpose of attempting to aid the FBI. He said he was assured this photograph would be returned but to date, it has not been.
requested that his photograph be returned.
He said he was assured this photograph would be returned but to date, it has not been.
requested that his photograph be returned.
LEAD
SEATTLE AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Will conduct a file review in this matter to determine if above mentioned photograph is there. In the event the photograph is there and no longer serves an evidentiary purpose, it should be sent to the Vancouver RA for subsequent return to 2 - Seattle JTG/jg
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE: 2/26/80
FROM :
SA
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00: SE
On 2/26/80
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SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE: 2/26/80
FROM :
SA
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SUBJECT:
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00: SE
On 2/26/80
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Washougal, Washington, telephone telephonically contacted the Seattle Division to advise that he knows the location of a parachute in the Washougal area and would be glad to show an agent where it is. He advised that he lives approximately Washougal and that the parachute is at the residence of a nearby neighbor. He does not know how they obtained the parachute.
Lead
Seattle at Washougal, Washington
Will contact regarding above mentioned parachute to determine any connection with the NORJAK case.
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CAUET TETY IDATION
(SA I PMR (41 (FR) 101-11.6
UNITED STATES GO
RNMENT
Memorandum
TO
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SAC, SFATTLE (164-81)
DATE: 2/26/80
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Washougal, Washington, telephone telephonically contacted the Seattle Division to advise that he knows the location of a parachute in the Washougal area and would be glad to show an agent where it is. He advised that he lives approximately Washougal and that the parachute is at the residence of a nearby neighbor. He does not know how they obtained the parachute.
Lead Seattle at Washougal, Washington
Will contact regarding above mentioned parachute to determine any connection with the NORJAK case.
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FBI
TRANSMIT VIA:
PRECEDENCE: Immediate
CLASSIFICATION: Teletype TOP SECRET Facsimile Priority SECRET Airtel Routine CONFIDENTIAL UNCLAS EFT O UNCLAS
Date
2/22/80
/
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:
SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) (P) (ORA)
RE :
NORJACK
00: Seattle 
On 2/13/80,
telephone number
UNCLAS EFT O UNCLAS
Date
2/22/80
/
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:
SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) (P) (ORA)
RE :
NORJACK
00: Seattle 
On 2/13/80,
telephone number
telephonically contacted the Oakland Resident Agency.
advised that he had in today's San Francisco Chronicle observed an artist sketch of D. B. Cooper. He said that after observing, the sketch it very closely resembles ~who last knew was a in the U. S. Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton. He said that his last contact with him was in 1962 and that he was in the in the Marine Corps. He said that he was affectionately referred to as
name.
He said that men in his unit referred to him as and that this name was adopted by him as a nick- stated he did not have any idea where he was
currently located. When asked if may
have been jump qualified, stated that he did not know.
San Francisco indices reviewed regarding with no record being found. San Francisco is conducting no additional investigation with regard to this matter unless directed to do so by Seattle. 2 - Seattle 1 - San Francisco JBM/ sdc (3)
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TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:
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RE :
NORJACK
00: Seattle
On 2/13/80,
telephonically contacted the Oakland Resident Agency.
advised that he had in today's San Francisco Chronicle
observed an artist sketch of D. B. Cooper. He said that
after observing the sketch it very closely resembles
who
last knew was a
in the u. S.
telephone number
Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton. lie said that his last contact with him was in 1062 and that he was in the in the Marine Corps. He said that he was affectionately referred to as He said that men in his unit referred to him as and that this name was adopted by him as a nick- name. stated he did not have any idea where he was
currently located. When asked if may have been jump qualified, stated that he did not know.
San Francisco indices reviewed regarding with no record being found.
When asked if may have been jump qualified, stated that he did not know.
San Francisco indices reviewed regarding with no record being found. San Francisco is conducting no additional investigation with regard to this matter unless directed to do so by Seattle. Q - Seattle 1 - San Francisco JBM/sdc (3)
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TO:	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:	SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) (P) (ORA)
RE :	NORJACK 00: Seattle

On 2/13/80, telephonically contacted the Oakland Resident Agency.
telephone number
advised that he had in today's San Francisco Chronicle observed an artist sketch of D. B. Cooper. He said that after observing the sketch it very closely resembles who last knew was a in the U. S.
Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton. He said that his last contact with him was in 1962 and that he was in the in the Marine Corps. He said that he was affectionately referred to as
name.
He said that his last contact with him was in 1962 and that he was in the in the Marine Corps. He said that he was affectionately referred to as
name.
He said that men in his unit referred to him as and that this name was adopted by him as a nick- stated he did not have any idea where he was
currently located. When asked if may have been jump qualified, stated that he did not know.
San Francisco indices reviewed regarding with no record being found. San Francisco is conducting no additional investigation with regard to this matter unless directed to do so by Seattle. 2- Seattle 1 - San Francisco JBM/ sdc (3)
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
DATE: 2/27/80
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM :
SA
SUBJECT:
NOR JAK
00: Seattle
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On 2/26/80, Spokane, Washington,
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On 2/26/80, Spokane, Washington,
telephonically contacted the Seattle Division and advised that after viewing an artist composite drawing of D.B. Cooper that the sketch bears resemblance to a former college school mate of his. This school mate is named
approximate age 42-45, formerly attended Colorado between the and former special forces trained person.
advised that may be a ski jumper he has not seen for 20 years and does not know where is can be located.
stated that
Inasmuch as there is no practical way to check out the information in this memo and since the possible suspect has not been seen by the source for the past 20 years, no further action is being taken.
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DB Cooper-17519 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE: 2/27/80
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT:
NOR JAK
00: Seattle
SubJ
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· On 2/26/80, Spokane, Washington,
telephonically contacted the Seattle Division and
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE: 2/27/80
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT:
NOR JAK
00: Seattle
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· On 2/26/80, Spokane, Washington,
telephonically contacted the Seattle Division and advised that after viewing an artist composite drawing of D.B. Cooper that the sketch bears resemblance to a former college school mate of his. This school mate is named
approximate age 42-45, formerly attended the Colorado between and former special forces trained person. stated that
advised that may be a ski jumper he has not seen for 20 years and does not know where is can be located.
Inasmuch as there is no practical way to check out the information in this memo and since the possible suspect has not been seen by the source for the past 20 years, no further action is being taken.
JKM
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DB Cooper-17520 FD-350 (Rev. 10-19-77)
(Mount Clipping in Space Below)
No money, no fish Treasure hunters fail to find more Cooper loot 1
VANCOUVER, Wash.
10-19-77)
(Mount Clipping in Space Below)
No money, no fish Treasure hunters fail to find more Cooper loot 1
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP). When the fellas gather at T'ena Bar, fish stories abound. Hardly anyone wants to talk about the D.B. Cooper money that got away.
Tena Bar isn't a local watering hole. It's a local fishing hole -- and the sand bar on the Columbia River on which the D.B. Cooper loot was found recently.
For awhile, all sorts of people `gathered at the bar to search for some of the $200,000 ranson money taken by Cooper in the nation's first hijacking-for-profit nine years ago; after a boy found weathered packets of $20 bills in the sand.
On Wednesday, however, the only evidence of : last week's frantic search of the beach by EBI agents were mounds of sand turned up by the searchers,
We haven't seen anybody " said Bill Holcomb, a Vancouver resident and frequenter of Tena Bar.
Holcomb was fishing there with Virgil Nichols and Ken Troupe, both of Vancouver. The trio made up the entire fishing population of Tena-Bar on Wednesday,
"We drag junk out of this river every day.
The trio made up the entire fishing population of Tena-Bar on Wednesday,
"We drag junk out of this river every day. Plastic, old shoes, things like that," said Nichols. "But never any money.'
"There may be money here, but there's ito fish," Holcomb said.
A long trench on the beach dug for use by river experts studying the layers of sand has been refilled, as has the Jarge hole around the spot where 8-year-old Brian Ingram found the Cooper money.Cooper hi- jached a Northwest Airlines plane in 1971 and jumped from the back of the jet with $200,000.
The Fazio Brothers, who own the beach next to their farming opera-
tion, seem glad it's over
As soon as the FBI left Frida said Richard Fazio, " Two, people came, got stuck in the sand, aild wanted me to pull them out. I .d. and then Iwent up to close the gate.
Meanwhile, local FBI agents `assigned to the case are awaiting the results of tests of the money by the bureau's crime lab in Washington, D.C., and checking all the leads that Invariably crop up when anything to do with the Cooper case is publiciz.
, and checking all the leads that Invariably crop up when anything to do with the Cooper case is publiciz. ed.
'Every time you have anything in theCooper case that gets ary publicity, the fallout is a greit number of leads - look-a-like leads,
SUBS. B.E. S.11 $5€
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Date: 2/12/80 Edition:
Title:
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The question of who eventually will get the money apparently has not been settled. Guy Staffa, of Royal Insurance in New York, the firm that repaid Northwest Airlines $180,000 from the $200,000 loss, said the FBI had not yet contacted the firm,
"We've had no official word con- firming
Staffa, of Royal Insurance in New York, the firm that repaid Northwest Airlines $180,000 from the $200,000 loss, said the FBI had not yet contacted the firm,
"We've had no official word con- firming that this is the money," Staf- fa said. "If it is, we would have an in- terest in the recovery along with the insured (Northwest Airlines)."
An FBI composite drawing of D. B. Cooper
:
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(Mount Clipping in Space Below)
No money, no fish Treasure hunters fail to find more Cooper loot
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) When the fellas gather at Tena Bar, fish stories abound. Hardly anyone wants to talk about the D.B. Cooper money that got away.
Tena Bar isn't a local watering hole. It's a local fishing hole -- and the sand bar ou the Columbia River on which the D.B. Cooper loot was found recently.
For awhile, all sorts of people gathered at the bar to search for some of the $200,000 ranson money taken by Cooper in the nation's first hijacking-for-profit nine years ago, after a boy found weathered packets of $20 bills in the sand.
On Wednesday, however, the only evidence of last week's frantic search of the beach by FBI agents were mounds of sand turned up by the
On Wednesday, however, the only evidence of last week's frantic search of the beach by FBI agents were mounds of sand turned up by the searchers
"We haven't seen anybody," said Bill Holcomb, a Vancouver resident and frequenter of Tena Bar.
Holcomb was fishing there with Virgil Nichols alid Ken Troupe, both of Vancouver. The trio made up the entire fishing population of Tena Bar on Wednesday.
"We drag junk out of this river_ every day. Plastic, old shoes, things like that."" said Nichols, "But never any money.3
"There may be money here, but there's no fish," Holcomb said.
A long trench on the beach due for use by river experts studying the layers of sand has been refilled, as has the large hole around the spot where 8-year-old Brian Ingram found the Cooper money Cooper hi- jackied a Northwest Airlines plane in 1971 and jumped from the back of the jet with $200,000.
The Fazio Brothers, who own the beach next to their farming opera-
tion, seem glad it's over.
"As soon as the FBI left Friday," said Richard Fazio, "Two people came, got stuck in the sand, and wanted me to pull them out.
"As soon as the FBI left Friday," said Richard Fazio, "Two people came, got stuck in the sand, and wanted me to pull them out. I dil. and then I went up to close the gate." Meanwhile, local FBI agents assigned to the case are awaiting the results of tests of the money by the bureau's crime lab in Washington, D.C., and checking all the leads that invariably crop up when anything to do with the Cooper case is publiciz- ed.
Every time you have anything on the Cooper case that gets any publicity, the fallout is a great number of leads - look-a-like leads.
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Date: 2/12/20 Edition:
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I had the pleasure, or should I say the opportunity of talking to D.D. Cooper in Portland Oregon, in a night club, right after his celebrated Hijacking, in which he parachuted out of an airplane, and into history.
It Was actually a chance meeting, but he was talking to me in a low voice about how he did'nt need the money, only the prestigue of knowing that the F.B.I. could be had, he stated to me that the F.B.I. only respect a sharp. and wise criminal, and that the sharper you are the less crime that you do.
D.D. Cooper mentioned to me that the latest pictures of him in the paper were not accurate, and that he was going to have Plastic Surgery, his words were Cosmetic Surgery.
D.D. Cooper Was the coolest man that I had ever met, he seemed so professional; He talked of pulling one more job, on the level of the great Brinks robbery, this Was to be done in Las Vegas,
Cooper Was the coolest man that I had ever met, he seemed so professional; He talked of pulling one more job, on the level of the great Brinks robbery, this Was to be done in Las Vegas, because he stated that few people had ever pulled off a big heist in Las Vegas, and lived to tell about it; I replied; D.D. That's Mafia money you're talking about, and he said yeah, I know, that's what keeps me motivated.
I'LL say one thing for D.D. he loves Tatoos, he has them all over his arms, and legs. He claims that he paid a fortune to have them did when he Was in the army.
I could go on talking about D.D. Cooper all day, but I must close now; For D.D. Along with Former President Richard M. Nixon are like so many other self-tortured souls who are vengeful of the F.B.I. for turning them down, when they so desperately wanted to be a member of the F.B.I.
"
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RE: D.D. Cooper
I had the pleasure, or should I say the opportunity of talking to D.D. Cooper in Portland Oregon, in a night club, right after his celebrated Hijacking, in which he parachuted out of an airplane, and into history.
It was actually a chance meeting, but he was talking to me in a low voice about how he did'nt need the money, only the prestigue of knowing that the F.B. I. could be had, he stated to me that the F.B.I. only respect a sharp. and wise criminal, and that the sharper you are the less crime that you do.
D.D. Cooper mentioned to me that the latest pictures of him in the paper were not accurate, and that he was going to have Plastic Surgery, his words were Cosmetic Surgery.
Cooper mentioned to me that the latest pictures of him in the paper were not accurate, and that he was going to have Plastic Surgery, his words were Cosmetic Surgery.
D.D. Cooper was the coolest man that I had ever met, he seemed so professional; He talked of pulling one more job, on the level of the great Brinks robbery, this was to be done in Las Vegas, because he stated that few people had ever pulled off a big heist in Las Vegas, and lived to tell about it; I replied; D.D. That's Mafia money you're talking about, and he said yeah, I know, that's what keeps me motivated.
I'LL say one thing for D.D. he loves Tatoos, he has them all over his arms, and legs. He claims that he paid a fortune to have them did when he Was in the army.
I could go on talking about D.D. Cooper all day, but I must close now; For D.D. Along with Former President Richard M. Nixon are like so many other self-tortured souls who are vengeful of the F.B.I. for turning them down, when they so desperately wanted to be a member of the F.B.I.
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(Inte page, name of aper, city and state.) p. Cl Seattle Times Seattle, Wa.

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VANCOUVER, Wash. - Human skeletal remains found in a rough section of Southwest Washington are those of a teen-age girl and not the bones of D.
- Human skeletal remains found in a rough section of Southwest Washington are those of a teen-age girl and not the bones of D.B. Cooper, the airline hijacker, said Federal Bureau of Investigation officials yesterday.
Special Agent John Pringle said Dr. Arch Hamilton, Clark County coroner, determined the skull found near the western boundary of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest belonged to a young girl.
Pringle said the girl's age or identity has not been determined.
The skull and other bones were found Sunday by Jack Bannister, of Yacolt, Clark County, and his son, Jack, as they were panning for gold about five miles from Yacolt, according to the Clark County sheriff's office.
While the sheriff's office said it didn't think the bones belonged to the famed hijacker, speculation had run high that the skull was Coo- per's because it was found in the general area where Cooper bailed out of a plane with $200,000.
Cooper hijacked the plane in Seattle in November, 1971, after pick- ing up $200,000 and bailed out somewhere over Southwestern Washington.
Cooper hijacked the plane in Seattle in November, 1971, after pick- ing up $200,000 and bailed out somewhere over Southwestern Washington.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. - Human skeletal remains found in a rough section of Southwest Washington are those of a teen-age girl and not the bones of D.B. Cooper, the airline hijacker, said Federal Bureau of Investigation officials yesterday.
Special Agent John Pringle said Dr. Arch Hamilton, Clark County coroner, determined the skull found near the western boundary of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest belonged to a young girl.
Pringle said the girl's age or identity has not been determined.
The skull and other bones were found Sunday by Jack Bannister, of Yacolt, Clark County, and his son, Jack, as they were panning for gold about five miles
The skull and other bones were found Sunday by Jack Bannister, of Yacolt, Clark County, and his son, Jack, as they were panning for gold about five miles from Yacolt, according to the Clark County sheriff's office.
While the sheriff's office said it didn't think the bones belonged to "the famed hijacker, speculation had run high that the skull was Coo- per's because it was found in the general area where Cooper bailed out of a plane with $200,000.
' Cooper hijacked the plane in Seattle in November, 1971, after pick- ing up $200,000 and bailed out somewhere over Southwestern Washington.
No trace of Cooper had been found until a 8-year-old boy found some . of the $20 bills along the Columbia River two weeks ago.
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Cooper book could blend fact, fantasy
L OOK FOR a book or two on D.B. Cooper to show up in the next few weeks or months.
A news source claims a writer has secured documents on the case from the FBI through the Freedom of In- formation Act and hopes to weave a tale out of the sky- jacking that has kept people wondering for 81/2 years.
It wouldn't be surprising to see more than one author try to cash in on the recently rekindled publicity about the incident. Cashing in like that seems to be more in vogue these days than it was in 1971, when Cooper disap- peared.
Authors of those kinds of books often report theory and supposition as well as fact. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between what the writers know and what they think or assume.
. Some authors make no bones about mixing fact and fantasy. Take .44, the semifiction book about the Son of Sam murders in New York by Jimmy Breslin and Dick Schaap.
44, the semifiction book about the Son of Sam murders in New York by Jimmy Breslin and Dick Schaap. Breslin and Schaap admit in the foreword to the book that they changed the names of the characters and the sequence of events, and embellished on the story.
They graphically detailed what their deranged killer was thinking about, for example, but it was obviously what the authors thought the killer was thinking. Of course, it added greatly to the drama of the book.
-Breslin and Schaap said the embellishment was legitimate because they wanted to recreate the at- mosphere of the murders, to portray in fiction the gut- level realism of the crimes.
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Although the skyjacking was hardly as heinous a erime as a New York murder spree, that mixture of fact and fantasy might be what you'll see in the D.B. Cooper book, assunfing there indeed is one in the making.
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Although the skyjacking was hardly as heinous a erime as a New York murder spree, that mixture of fact and fantasy might be what you'll see in the D.B. Cooper book, assunfing there indeed is one in the making. The Cooper author would have an easy time cooking up a tale of where the hijacker came from and what happened to him, and the story could be quite readable.
If he has any trouble making up a story about who Cooper was or what happened to him, he could look piles of newspaper clippings that report on different people's theories on the subject. But with all the leads the FBI says it has tracked down, there can hardly be a lack of ideas about Cooper's fate.
As far as distinguishing fact from fantasy, we hope the newspapers have done their duty in labeling theories as what they are. It would be nice if any books on the matter did the same.
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L OOK FOR a book or two on D.B. Cooper to show up in the next few weeks or months.
A news source claims a writer has secured documents on the case from the FBI through the Freedom of In- formation Act and hopes to weave a tale out of the sky- jacking that has kept people wondering for 81/2 years.
It wouldn't be surprising to see more than one author try to cash in on the recently rekindled publicity about the incident. Cashing in like that seems to be more in vogue these days than it was in 1971, when Cooper disap- peared.
Authors of those kinds of books often report theory and supposition as well as fact. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between what the writers know and what they think or assume.
. Some authors make no bones about mixing fact and fantasy. Take .44, the semifiction book about the Son of Sam murders in New York by Jimmy Breslin and Dick Schaap.
44, the semifiction book about the Son of Sam murders in New York by Jimmy Breslin and Dick Schaap. Breslin and Schaap admit in the foreword to the book that they changed the names of the characters and the sequence of events, and embellished on the story.
" They graphically detailed what their deranged killer was thinking about, for example, but it was obviously what the authors thought the killer was thinking. Of course, it added greatly to the drama of the book.
Breslin and Schaap said the embellishment was legitimate because they wanted to recreate the at- mosphere of the murders, to portray in fiction the gut- level realism of the crimes.
( !- dicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) Dr. Af The Daily News Longvior, Va.
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Although the skyjacking was hardly as heinous a crime as a New York murder spree, that mixture of fact and fantasy might be what you'll see in the D.B. Cooper book, assunting there indeed is one in the making.
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If he has any trouble making up a story about who Cooper was or what happened to him, he could look piles of newspaper clippings that report on different people's theories on the subject. But with all the leads the FBI says it has tracked down, there can hardly be a lack of ideas about Cooper's fate.
As far as distinguishing fact from fantasy, we hope the newspapers have done their duty in labeling theories as what they are. It would be nice if any books on the matter did the same.
We probably can't take the word of anybody but Cooper himself on what actually took place. But although the FBI, which must track down every lead, might disagree, it sure is fun to guess about what happened to the old boy
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L OOK FOR a book or two on D.B. Cooper to show up in the next few weeks or months.
A news source claims a writer has secured documents on the case from the FBI through the Freedom of In- formation Act and hopes to weave a tale out of the sky- jacking that has kept people wondering for 81/2 years.
It wouldn't be surprising to see more than one author try to cash in on the recently rekindled publicity about the incident. Cashing in like that seems to be more in vogue these days than it was in 1971, when Cooper disap- peared.
Authors of those kinds of books often report theory and supposition as well as fact. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between what the writers know and what they think or assume.
. Some authors make no bones about mixing fact and fantasy. Take .44, the semifiction book about the Son of Sam murders in New York by Jimmy Breslin and Dick Schaap.
44, the semifiction book about the Son of Sam murders in New York by Jimmy Breslin and Dick Schaap. Breslin and Schaap admit in the foreword to the book that they changed the names of the characters and the sequence of events, and embellished on the story.
They graphically detailed what their deranged killer was thinking about, for example, but it was obviously what the authors thought the killer was thinking. Of course, it added greatly to the drama of the book.
Breslin and Schaap said the embellishment was legitimate because they wanted to recreate the at- mosphere of the murders, to portray in fiction the gut- level realism of the crimes.
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Although the skyjacking was hardly as heinous a crime as a New York murder spree, that mixture of fact and fantasy might be what you'll see in the D.B. Cooper book, assunting there indeed is one in the making.
Submitting Office: SE
Although the skyjacking was hardly as heinous a crime as a New York murder spree, that mixture of fact and fantasy might be what you'll see in the D.B. Cooper book, assunting there indeed is one in the making. The Cooper author would have an easy time cooking up a tale of where the hijacker came from and what happened to him, and the story could be quite readable.
If he has any trouble making up a story about who Cooper was or what happened to him, he could look piles of newspaper clippings that report on different people's theories on the subject. But with all the leads the FBI says it has tracked down, there can hardly be a lack of ideas about Cooper's fate.
As far as distinguishing fact from fantasy, we hope the newspapers have done their duty in labeling theories as what they are. It would be nice if any books on the matter did the same.
We probably can't take the word of anybody but Cooper himself on what actually took place. But although the FBI, which must track down every lead, might disagree, it sure is fun to guess about what happened to the old boy.
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Agent in D.B. Cooper case retires
PORTLAND - For more than eight years, Ralph Himmelsbach,j . an agent with the Federal Bureau; of Investigation, followed a nar-l ; row trail of clues and tips in his quest of a legendary hijacker called D.B. Cooper. But the first real break in the case didn't come until Himmelsbach's F.B.I. career was drawing to a close.
After 29 years with the bureau, Himmelsbach retired as of Fri- day, a few months before he reaches the mandatory-retirement age of 55.
Himmelsbach was the agent re- garded as the bureau's expert on the puzzling case that started { when the still-unknown sky pirate leaped from a Northwest Airlines 727 with 10,000 $20 bills and two parachutes on Thanksgiving Eve, , 1971.
as the bureau's expert on the puzzling case that started { when the still-unknown sky pirate leaped from a Northwest Airlines 727 with 10,000 $20 bills and two parachutes on Thanksgiving Eve, , 1971.
Nothing has been heard of Coo- per; and nothing was seen of the money until an 8-year-old boy found about $5,800 of it mixed in the sand along the Columbia River near Vancouver, Wash., February 10.
"It's been an interesting case and I have enjoyed the investiga-
tion because of the things that! have happened," Himmelsbach said. "It altered my life because of all the attention I have i received."
But, he added, "I think I'll walk away from it and it will never bother me."
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PORTLAND - For more than eight years, Ralph Himmelsbach,ji y an agent with the Federal Bureau; of Investigation, followed a nar-t; row trail of clues and tips in his quest of a legendary hijacker called D.B. Cooper. But the first real break in the case didn't come until Himmelsbach's F.B.I. career was drawing to a close.
After 29 years with the bureau, Himmelsbach retired as of Fri- day, a few months before he reaches the mandatory-retirement age of 55.
Himmelsbach was the agent re- garded as the bureau's expert on the puzzling case that started : when the still-unknown sky pirate . leaped from a Northwest Airlines 727 with 10,000 $20 bills and two parachutes on Thanksgiving Eve, 1971.
Nothing has been heard of Coo- per; and nothing was seen of the money until an 8-year-old boy found about $5,800 of it mixed in the sand along the Columbia River near Vancouver, Wash., February 10.
"It's been an interesting case and I have enjoyed the investiga- I tion because of the things that! have happened," Himmelsbach said.
"It's been an interesting case and I have enjoyed the investiga- I tion because of the things that! have happened," Himmelsbach said. "It altered my life because of all the attention I have i. received."
But, he added, "I think I'll walk away from it and it will never bother me."
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Rotting Cash a Clue To 1971 Hijacking
Che Los Angeles Times
Washington -- A young Vancouver, Wash., amily on an outing along the Columbia Riv- r Sunday suddenly stumbled across. 12 tacks of moldering money- part of $200,000 hat notorious airline hijacker D.B. Cooper ad made off with more than eight years go, the FBI said yesterday.,
With the bills traced to the Cooper loot, 30 gents from the Portland and Seattle FBI of- ices have begun a search of the area for more of the money- and possibly
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With the bills traced to the Cooper loot, 30 gents from the Portland and Seattle FBI of- ices have begun a search of the area for more of the money- and possibly some sign, f Cooper or, more likely, his remains.
The family found the money-"several housand dollars," according to one official -- bout five miles northwest of the Interstate bridge that spans the Columbia and sepa- ates: Washington from Oregon, FBI agent Villiam M. Baker said in Portland. The bills ere partly buried in sand that the family 'as scooping out to build a fire.
The discovery, by Harold Dwayne Ingram, 7, his wife, Patricia, 26, and their 8- and 3- ear-old sons, marked the latest twist in the izarre saga of the now-legendary .Cooper, ho parachuted from a Northwest Airlines tliner on Thanksgiving Eve, 1971, never to e seon or heard from again.
Law enforcement authorites long have be-
lieved that Cooper died in his plunge from the Boeing 727, because. he was wearing only a business suit and street shoes when- he jumped into a howling wind and freezing rain with an unreliable parachute.
he was wearing only a business suit and street shoes when- he jumped into a howling wind and freezing rain with an unreliable parachute.
The saga began when Cooper boarded the: jetliner in Portland for a flight to Seattle. Once airborne, he demanded that the airline : have $200,000 in $20 bills and three para- chutes on hand when the plane landed in: Se- attle. He threatened to blow up the plane if . his demands were not met. The-airline com- plied, providing the parachutes and money. The FBI said yesterday that the serial num- bers of the bills had been recorded.
Cooper permitted the airliner's 36 passen- gers to leave the plane in Seattle. He then ordered the crew to head for Reno and told the pilot to fly at a relatively low altitude and open the plane's rear stairway.
Crew members said they believed he: jumped, using the least reliable parachute; over southwest Washington, Law enforce. ment officials have theorized that his body. is in Lake Merwin, 30 miles north of Port- land, or entangled in thick bushes. The de- composed money was found 17 to 20 miles from what is believed to have been the" jump site.
The de- composed money was found 17 to 20 miles from what is believed to have been the" jump site.
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Rotting Cash a Clue To 1971 Hijacking
The Los Angeles Times
Washington-A young Vancouver, Wash., family on an outing along the Columbia Riv- er Sunday suddenly stumbled across 12 stacks of moldering money- part of $200,000 that notorious
, family on an outing along the Columbia Riv- er Sunday suddenly stumbled across 12 stacks of moldering money- part of $200,000 that notorious airline hijacker D.B. Cooper had made off with more than eight years ago, the FBI said yesterday.
With the bills traced to the Cooper loot, 30 agents from the Portland and Seattle FBI of- fices have begun a search of the area for more of the money-and possibly some sign of Cooper or, more likely, his remains.
The family found the money-"several thousand dollars," according to one official- about five miles northwest of the Interstate 5 bridge that spans the Columbia and sepa- rates Washington from Oregon, FBI agent William M. Baker said in Portland. The bills were partly buried in sand that the family was scooping out to build a fire.
The discovery, by Harold Dwayne Ingram. 27, his wife, Patricia, 26, and their 8- and 3- Year-old sons, marked the latest twist in the bizarre saga of the now-legendary .Cooper, who parachuted from a Northwest Airlines etliner on Thanksgiving Eve, 1971, never to De seen or heard from again.
Cooper, who parachuted from a Northwest Airlines etliner on Thanksgiving Eve, 1971, never to De seen or heard from again.
Law enforcement authorites long have be-
lieved that Cooper died in his plunge from the Boeing 727, because he was wearing only a business suit and street shoes when he jumped into a howling wind and freezing . rain with an unreliable parachute.
The saga began when Cooper boarded the jetliner in Portland for a flight to Seattle. Once airborne, he demanded that the airline have $200,000 in $20 bills and three para- chutes on hand when the plane landed in Se- attle. He threatened to blow up the plane if . his demands were not met. The airline com- plied, providing the parachutes and money. The FBI said yesterday that the serial num- bers of the bills had been recorded.
Cooper permitted the airliner's 36 passen- gers to leave the plane in Seattle. He then ordered the crew to head for Reno and told the pilot to fly at a relatively low altitude and open the plane's rear stairway.
Crew members said they believed he jumped, using the least reliable parachute, over southwest Washington.
Crew members said they believed he jumped, using the least reliable parachute, over southwest Washington. Law enforce- ment officials have theorized that his body is in Lake Merwin, 30 miles north of Port- land, or entangled in thick bushes. The de- composed money was found 17 to 20 miles from what is believed to have been the" jump site.
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Enclosed for Seattle are the following:
a) a photostatic copy of six pages of the February 1980 issue of Prevention magazine, including an article written by 1 b) A newspaper clipping from Newsday, a Long Island, NY newspaper, dated 2/13/80.
NY RA by These enclosures were brought into the Hauppauge, for the Suffolk County
DA's Office. He noted that the crime sketch of "D.B. COOPER" is a look-a-like to several photographs of which appear in the Prevention Magazine article. Secondly, in the article indicates that he is a former para- chutist who has jumped from a low flying aircraft. The written notations on the article are those of
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No leads are set forth here, but are left to the discretion of the Office of Origin.
indicates that he is a former para- chutist who has jumped from a low flying aircraft The written notations on the article are those of
No leads are set forth here, but are left to the discretion of the Office of Origin.
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Discovered 'Cooper' bills only
$5,800, says F.B.I.
VANCOUVER, Wash. - (AP) - The crumbling remains of $20 bills unearthed by a Vancouver family more than two weeks ago - represents about $5,900 of the $200,000 taken in the 1971 D.B. Cooper skyjacking, the Federal Bureau of Investigation says. Ray Mathis, senior agent, said officials
; counted the decaying greenbacks during F.B.I. laboratory tests in Washington, D.C. Otis Cox of the bureau's Washington, D.C., office said little else has been revealed about : the money. Lab technicians continue to study ¡the loot, particularly for evidence of where it?
, office said little else has been revealed about : the money. Lab technicians continue to study ¡the loot, particularly for evidence of where it? .might have been before it washed up on the
banks of the Columbia River, Otis said. The lumpy wads of money were found buried in shallow sand west of here.
The fate of Cooper, America's first sky- jacker-for-money, has never been learned, al- though the F.B.I. maintains he is probably long dead.
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Discovered 'Cooper' bills only ($5,800, says F.B.I.
VANCOUVER, Wash. - (AP) - The crumbling remains of $20 bills unearthed by a Vancouver family more than two weeks ago - represents about $5,800 of the $200,000 taken in the 1971 D.B. Cooper skyjacking, the Federal Bureau of Investigation says. Ray Mathis, senior agent, said officials
counted the decaying greenbacks during F.B.I.g laboratory tests in Washington, D.
Ray Mathis, senior agent, said officials
counted the decaying greenbacks during F.B.I.g laboratory tests in Washington, D.C. Otis Cox of the bureau's Washington, D.C., office said little else has been revealed about the money. Lab technicians continue to study : ¡the loot, particularly for evidence of where it 1 (night have been before it washed up on the banks of the Columbia River, Otis said. The lumpy wads of money were found buried in shallow sand west of here.
The late of Cooper, America's first sky-) jacker-for-money, has never been learned, al- though the F.B.I. maintains he is probably long dead.
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
SAC, Portland (204-417
February 29, 1980
To:

164-2111
FBI FILE NO.
00214031 D/S LL VJ

HORJAK
LAB. NO.
Re:
SUB E
February 14, 1980
Specimens received
Result of examination:
a description of the evidence submitted with Portland communication dated February 13, 1980, was listed in Laboratory report dated February 25, 1980.
Speciman Q59 contains sand that exhibits characteristics which indicate it was subjected to erosional processes, i. e. moving water, and is consistent with having come from sediment which was deposited by the Columbia River.
Q59 is enclosed herewith. The disposition of 058 will be furnished with the results of the requested fingerprint examination.
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FBI FILE NO.
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LAB. NO.
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SUB G
February 14, 1980
Specimens received
Result of examination:
A description of the evidence submitted vith Portland communication dated February 13, 1980, wes Listed in Laboratory report dated February 25, 1980.
Specimen 059 contains sand that exhibits characteristics which indicate it was subjected to @racional processes, i.e. moving water, and is consistent With having come from sediment which was deposited by the Columbia River.
Q59 is onglesed herewith. . the disposition of 058 will be furnished with the results of the requested fingerprint examination.
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
To: SAC, Portland (164-41)
February 29, 1980
From: Director, FBI

FBI FILE NO.	164-2111
LAB. NO.	00214031 D/S LL VJ

Re:
HORJAK
SUB G
Examination requested by:
Portland
Reference:
Airtel datod February 13, 1980
Examination requested:
Document - Mineralogy ~ Fingerprint
Remarks:
of the Oregon office of the United States Geological Survey was consulted and may be contacted at PTS concerning tributary flow
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
To: BAC, Portland (164-41)
February 29, 1980
From: Director, FBI

FBI FILE NO.	166-2111
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Re:
MORJAK
SUB G
Examination requested by:
Portland
Airtel datod February 13, 1980
Reference:
Examination requested:
Document - Miseralogy - Fingerprint
Remarks:
of the Oregon office of the
Waited States Geological Survey wan consulted and Day
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: PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE RALPH P. HIMMELSBACH (FORMER SA), APPEARANCE ON NBC AND ABC NETWORK TELEVISION PROGRAMS; MEDIA RELATIONS.
RALPH P. HIMMELSBACH, WHO RETIRED AS A BUAGENT ON FEBRUARY 29, 1980, ADVISES HE HAS ACCEPTED INVITATIONS TO APPEAR AT NEW YORK CITY ON NBC NETWORK TELEVISION SHOW "TOMORROW," 1:00 A.M., MARCH 4, 1980; AND ABC SHOW "GOOD MORNING AMERICA," 8:45 A.M., MARCH 5, 1980. INTERVIEWS WILL DEAL WITH HIS CAREER OVERALL, AND HIS ASSOCIATION WITH BUFILE 164-2111, ENTITLED "NORJAK (A); 00 :SEATTLE." BT
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RALPH P. HIMMELSBACH, WHO RETIRED AS A BUAGENT ON FEBRUARY 29, 1980, ADVISES HE HAS ACCEPTED INVITATIONS TO APPEAR AT NEW YORK CITY ON NBC NETWORK TELEVISION SHOW "TOMORROW," 1:00 A.
HIMMELSBACH, WHO RETIRED AS A BUAGENT ON FEBRUARY 29, 1980, ADVISES HE HAS ACCEPTED INVITATIONS TO APPEAR AT NEW YORK CITY ON NBC NETWORK TELEVISION SHOW "TOMORROW," 1:00 A.M., MARCH 4, 1980; AND ABC SHOW "GOOD MORNING AMERICA," 8:45 A.M., MARCH 5, 1980. INTERVIEWS WILL DEAL WITH HIS CAREER OVERALL, AND HIS
ASSOCIATION WITH BUFILE 164-2111, ENTITLED "NORJAK (A); 00:SEATTLE." BT
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3.PDOGGI 0031807 PP KQ SE DE PD . P 031743Z MAR 80 EM PORTLAND (30-501) P TO DIRECTOR PRIORITY ' SEATTLE (164-SI) PRIORITY BT UNCLAS ATIN. : PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE RALPH P. HIMMELSBACH (FORMER SA) , APPEARANCE ON NBC AND ABC NETWORK TELEVISION PROGRAMS; MEDIA RELATIONS .
RALPH P. HIMMELSBACH, WHO RETIRED AS A BUAGENT ON FEBRUARY 29, 1930, ADVISES HE HAS ACCEPTED INVITATIONS TO APPEAR AT NEW YORK CITY ON NBC NETWORK TELEVISION SHOW "TOMORROW," 1:00 A.M., MARCH 4, 1980; AND ABC SHOW "GOOD MORNING AMERICA," 8:45 A.M., MARCH 5, 1980. INTERVIEWS WILL DEAL WITH HIS CAREER OVERALL, AND HIS ASSOCIATION WITH BUFILE 164-2111, ENTITLED "NORJAK (A); 00 :SEATTLE." BT
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TO
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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM : SA
SUBJECT:
NOR JAK
00: Seattle
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
DATE: 3/4/80
file+ Jul- G, M,L,
Following the finding of a portion of the Nor jak money along the Columbia River, approximately 5 miles downstream from the I-5 bridge, Vancouver, Washington, on the weekend of February 9-10, 1980, the following Special Agents from the Seattle Division proceeded to the money site:
Also at the site were SA's and
(Vancouver RA).
Agents from the Portland Division provided the origin manpower to search the beach area for any other traces of NORJAK evidence.
On 2/14/80 and 2/15/80 the Seattle Division finished searching the crime scene area with the assistance of
a
provided
which were used for hire in The scene was secured on the afternoon of 2/15/80. No further funds were found or other evidence.
Portland
State University was on the scene to advise the FBI on soil samples on 2/14/80.
No further funds were found or other evidence.
Portland
State University was on the scene to advise the FBI on soil samples on 2/14/80. The Portland Division is preparing an FD-302 in this regard. The Portland Division also forwarded the found money to the FBI Laboratory. There was approximately $5800 found according to the lab. A separate lab report is being prepared.
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SUBJECT:
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Following the finding of a portion of the Nor jak money along the Columbia River, approximately 5 miles downstream from the I-5 bridge, Vancouver, Washington, on the weekend of February 9-10, 1980, the following Special Agents from the Seattle Division proceeded to the money site:
Also at the site
downstream from the I-5 bridge, Vancouver, Washington, on the weekend of February 9-10, 1980, the following Special Agents from the Seattle Division proceeded to the money site:
Also at the site were SA's and (Vancouver RA).
Agents from the Portland Division provided the origin manpower to search the beach area for any other traces of NORJAK evidence.
On 2/14/80 and 2/15/80 the Seattle Division finished searching the crime scene area with the assistance of
a
provided
which were used for hire in The scene was secured on the afternoon of 2/15/80. No further funds were found or other evidence.
Portland State University was on the scene to advise the FBI on soil samples on 2/14/80. The Portland Division is preparing an FD-302 in this regard. The Portland Division also forwarded the found money to the FBI Laboratory. There was approximately $5800 found according to the lab. A separate lab report is being prepared.
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In Reply: Refer to File No.
February 28, 1980
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Federal Bureau of Investigation 915 Second Seattle, Washington
Re: C. B. Cooper
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Gentlemen:
in Pierce County, telephone
number telephoned the Pierce County Sheriff's Office indicating that a long-time
was just the type of personality that has been de- scribed in the news; also, the training.
had received paratrooper
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Department. Also, there is a Grays Harbor who might have knowledge of his location. who resides somewhere in
We recognize this is extremely slim, but we never thought you would find the money either.
Sincerely, . Ja Samanth LYLE SMITH
SHERIFF OF PIERCE COUNTY
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In Reply: Refer to File No.
February 28, 1980
Federal Bureau of Investigation 915 Second Seattle, Washington
Re: C. B. Cooper
Gentlemen:
D.B.
SUBJ,B
in Pierce County, telephone number indicating that a long-time telephoned the Pierce County Sheriff's Office
was just the type of personality that has been de- scribed in the news; also, the training.
had received paratrooper
OR She does not know the whereabouts of this man, but states that he had
Department. Also, there is a the Seattle Police Grays Harbor who might have knowledge of his location. who resides somewhere in
We recognize this is extremely slim, but we never thought you would find the money either.
Sincerely, .
Ja SanTh LYLE SMITH SHERIFF OF PIERCE COUNTY
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ATTN :
FBI LABORATORY,
DOCUMENT SECTION, SA
FBI IDENTIFICATION DIVISION,
LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION,
FROM: SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK
SUBS. Gill
Re Portland airtel to Bureau, 2/13/80; and Portland teletype to Bureau, 2/20/80.
Enclosed herewith for the Laboratory are four additional bills from the ransom in this matter obtained on 2/14/80, from as was set forth in referenced teletype.
REQUEST OF THE FBI LABORATORY
LABORATORY. Is requested to conduct any examination possible with the four above mentioned additional bills and to include them with the rest of the recovered ransom.
Is requested to conduct any examination possible with the four above mentioned additional bills and to include them with the rest of the recovered ransom.
Upon conclusion of the laboratory examination of the ransom in this matter, the evidence should be returned to Portland for preservation in connection with the prosection presently before the U.S. District Court, Portland.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
4 - Bureau (Enc. 4) (2) - Seattle (164-81) - Portland
RPH : pkg (8)
164-81-8285
SERIALIZOS
MAR 4)
1980 1 ---
DB Cooper-17566
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(Number)
(Time)
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STRAXFD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)
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*
FBI
TRANSMIT VIA:
PRECEDENCE: Immediate
CLASSIFICATION: Teletype TOP SECRET Facsimile 
Priority SECRET Airtel Routine CONFIDENTIAL UNCLAS E F TO UNCLAS
Date
2/29/80
TO:
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
ATTN :
FBI LABORATORY,
DOCUMENT SECTION, SA
FBI IDENTIFICATION DIVISION,
LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION,
FROM :
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK
SUBS 9,74
Re Portland airtel to Bureau, 2/13/80; and
ATTN :
FBI LABORATORY,
DOCUMENT SECTION, SA
FBI IDENTIFICATION DIVISION,
LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION,
FROM :
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK
SUBS 9,74
Re Portland airtel to Bureau, 2/13/80; and Portland teletype to Bureau, 2/20/80.
Enclosed herewith for the Laboratory are four additional bills from the ransom in this matter obtained on 2/14/80, from as was set forth in referenced teletype.
REQUEST OF THE FBI LABORATORY
LABORATORY. Is requested to conduct any examination possible with the four above mentioned additional bills and to include them with the rest of the recovered ransom.
Upon conclusion of the laboratory examination of the ransom in this matter, the evidence should be returned to Portland for preservation in connection with the prosection presently before the U.S. District Court, Portland.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
4 - Bureau (Enc. 4) (2)- Seattle (164-81) 2 - Portland
RPH : pkg (8)
164-81-8285
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Approved:
Transmitted
(Number)
(Time)
MAR 4 1980
Per FRI. SEATTLE
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FM BUTTE (164-26)
TO ALBUQUERQUE PRIORITY
SALT LAKE CITY PRIORITY
SEATTLE
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TO ALBUQUERQUE PRIORITY
SALT LAKE CITY PRIORITY SEATTLE (164-61) PRIORITY
BT
UNCLAS
NORJAK (A); 00: SEATTLE. BUFILE 164-2111/
ON MARCH 5, 1980,
(PROTECT IDENTITY)
MONTANA, TELEPHONE
TELEPHONI- b6
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CALLY ADVISED HE WAS WATCHING THE TV PROGRAM "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" TODAY WHEN HE OBSERVED A SHOWING OF A COMPOSITE OF D. B. COOPER. ADVISED THE COMPOSITE STRONGLY RESEMBLES
ONE (PHONETIC) A FORMER ACQUAINTANCE WITH WHOM HE HAD
UNRECALLED LOCATION IN
AT THE LATTER LOCATION THE
JOB INVOLVED
ACCORDING
Seattle indices negative
3/5/20 Item
TO
FOR UNITED NUCLEAR
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AT IN THE EARLY
AND AT KENNECOTT COPPER
COMPANY
IN ABOUT STATED
WAS A
COCKY INDIVIDUAL WHO TALKED OF HIJACKING PLANES AND INDICATED
HE LAST SAW HIM AT IN 1970.
AV NerSão:
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Source - Subject -
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CONTINUED HE HAS NO PERSONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO BUT BELIEVES HE MAY HAVE BEEN FROM COLORADO ORIGINALLY AND IS SEVERAL YEARS YOUNGER THAN YEARS OF AGE.
- Subject -
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CONTINUED HE HAS NO PERSONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO BUT BELIEVES HE MAY HAVE BEEN FROM COLORADO ORIGINALLY AND IS SEVERAL YEARS YOUNGER THAN YEARS OF AGE.
ALBUQUERQUE
CONTACT UNITED NUCLEAR, IN AN EFFORT TO LOCATE EMPLOYMENT RECORD CONTAINING BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA CONCERNING SALT LAKE CITY
AT REVIEW KENNECOTT COPPER COMPANY RECORDS OF
EMPLOYMENT FOR INFORMATION REGARDING SEATTLE
CHECK INDICES TO DETERMINE IF THE NAME HAS SURFACED DURING THIS INVESTIGATION. IF ALBUQUERQUE AND SALT LAKE CITY ARE SUCCESSFUL IN IDENTIFYING SET OUT APPRO- PRIATE LEADS TO LOCATE AND INTERVIEW, OR OTHERWISE RESOLVE IDENTITY.
BT
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
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TO ALBUQUERQUE PRIORITY
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SEATTLE (164-61) PRIORITY
BT UNCLAS
NORJAK (A); 00: SEATTLE. BUFILE 164-2111.
ON MARCH 5, 1980, (PROTECT IDENTITY)
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MONTANA, TELEPHONE TELEPHONI- b7D
CALLY ADVISED HE WAS WATCHING THE TV PROGRAM "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" TODAY WHEN HE OBSERVED A SHOWING OF A COMPOSITE OF D.
ON MARCH 5, 1980, (PROTECT IDENTITY)
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MONTANA, TELEPHONE TELEPHONI- b7D
CALLY ADVISED HE WAS WATCHING THE TV PROGRAM "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" TODAY WHEN HE OBSERVED A SHOWING OF A COMPOSITE OF D. B. COOPER. ADVISED THE COMPOSITE STRONGLY RESEMBLES
ONE (PHONETIC) A FORMER ACQUAINTANCE WITH WHON HE HAD
UNRECALLED LOCATION IN
AT, THE LATTER LOCATION THE
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JOB INVOLVED
ACCORDING
TO
FOR UNITED NUCLEAR
AT IN THE EARLY
AND AT KENNECOTT COPPER
COMPANY ,
IN ABOUT
STATED
WAS A
COCKY INDIVIDUAL WHO TALKED OF HIJACKING PLANES AND INDICATED HE LAST SAW HIM AT IN 1978.
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DB Cooper-17570 7
Routing Slip FD-4 (Rev. 6-28-78)

Date 3/12/80
BUfile 164-2111
FILE #	SEfile 164-81
Title	NOR JAK (A)
00: Seattle

To: Director
Att .: SAC ASAC Supv. Agent OSM Rotor # M
RE: Butte teletype to
Albuquerque, 3/6/80.
Room Acknowledge For Information Return assignment card :
Agent OSM Rotor # M
RE: Butte teletype to
Albuquerque, 3/6/80.
Room Acknowledge For Information Return assignment card Assign Reassign Handle Return file serial Bring file Initial & return Call me Leads need attention Return with action taken Correct Open case Return with explanation Deadline Prepare lead cards Search and return Delinquent Prepare tickler See me Discontinue Recharge file serial Type Expedite File Send to
Seattle indices negative regarding
1 - Albuquerque 1 - Butte 1 - Salt Lake 1 - Seattle JKM
Am
SAC PAUL L. MACK
See reverse side
Office SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-17572
164-81-8287Routing Slip FD-4 (Rev. 6-28-78)
To: Director
Date
3/12/80
BUfile 164-2111
FILE # SEfile 164-81
Att .
MACK
See reverse side
Office SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-17572
164-81-8287Routing Slip FD-4 (Rev. 6-28-78)
To: Director
Date
3/12/80
BUfile 164-2111
FILE # SEfile 164-81
Att .:
Title
NOR JAK (A)
00: Seattle SAC ASAC Supv. Agent OSM Rotor # M
Butte teletype to
RE:
Albuquerque, 3/6/ 80.
Room Call me Leads need attention Return with action taken Assign Reassign Handle Return file serial Acknowledge For Information Return assignment card Bring file Initial & return Correct Open case Return with explanation
Deadline Prepare lead cards Search and return Delinquent Prepare tickler See me Discontinue Recharge file seria! Type Expedite File Send to
Seattle indices negative regarding
1 - Albuquerque 1 - Butte
Type Expedite File Send to
Seattle indices negative regarding
1 - Albuquerque 1 - Butte 1 - Salt Lake 3
,- Seattle JKM
Am
SAC
PAUL L. MACK
See reverse side
Office
SEATTLE
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164-91-8389 DB Cooper-175732/26/80
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-211) (ATTN: PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE)
B
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
8
UND: 6-11
NORJAK 00: Seattle
Enclosed for the Bureau is one packet of newspaper articles collected at Portland, Oregon.
The enclosed articles are typical of those appearing in most major newspapers in the State of Oregon following announcement of the location of a portion of the ransom received by the subject in this matter.
The media contacts on this matter by personnel of the Portland Division during the period 2/12-25/80 included one press conference, 26 television appearances, and a multitude of recorded radio appearances.
2 - Bureau (Enclosure) 1 - Seattle 2 - Portland SI (1 - 164-41) (1 - 80-42)
DBW: Ime (5)
164-51-8288 ¿
MAR 5" 1980 本
DB Cooper-175742/23/80 SAG, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P) NORJACK 00: SEATTLE SAC, OMAHA
On 2/13/SO,
Willnaf,
2 - Bureau (Enclosure) 1 - Seattle 2 - Portland SI (1 - 164-41) (1 - 80-42)
DBW: Ime (5)
164-51-8288 ¿
MAR 5" 1980 本
DB Cooper-175742/23/80 SAG, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P) NORJACK 00: SEATTLE SAC, OMAHA
On 2/13/SO,
Willnaf, minnesota, telephone number advised that artist's sketch of Unsub he had recently seen on Minneapolis television station looked very similar to an individual he had known in the past named ' He explained that he attended Worthington, Minnesota,
was
with years ago, but has not seen or heard of him in the past ten years. He advised that a Vietnam veteran,
and felt the world owed him something for this. He believes was a parachutist in the military, was very athletic, but did not do well scholastically. He added that was rather anti-social and he had heard him use first names other than his true first name. He estimated that would now be approximately 36 years old. This Was from Lyon County, Iowa, and lived Iowa. He did not know his mailing address. He cannot recall father's first name, but feels that the local Sheriff would know then.
stated that he had not thought of as being identical with Unsub, until he saw the artist's sketch.
stated that he had not thought of as being identical with Unsub, until he saw the artist's sketch. feels that has the same description and the personality to commit this act and he would not be surprised if he is identical with Unsub.
On 2/12/80, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, telephone number advised that the apartment manager at Minneapolis, Minnesota, looks like the photograph shown on television of D. B. COOPER. He gave a description of the apartment manager as 5'S", brown hair, approximately 37
2 - Omaha (1)- Seattle (164-81) - Minneapolis
TAS: kae (4)
11-1-51-8289
#284 3 1980 b6 b7c
DB Cooper-17575
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b6 b7cMP 164-73
years old.
LEAD
OMAHA
AT GEORGE, IOWA
1. Attempt to identify
and determine if sufficient background information to determine if identical with alleged skyjacker, D. B. COOPER.
2. Lead to conduct interview of is left to discretion of Omaha.
MINNEAPOLIS
AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
1. Will determine full identity of apartment manager and will interview.
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DB Cooper-17576
- 2* -2/28/80
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P)
NORJACK 00: SEATTLE SAC,
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DB Cooper-17576
- 2* -2/28/80
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P)
NORJACK 00: SEATTLE SAC, OMAHA
SUB SCWILL Suspect
M
On 2/13/80, Willmar, Minnesota, telephone number advised that artist's sketch of Unsub he had recently seen on Minneapolis television station looked very similar to an individual he had known in the past named ~ He explained that he attended Worthington, Minnesota,
with years ago, but has not seen or heard of him in the past ten years. He advised that was a Vietnam veteran, and felt the world owed him something for this. He believes was a parachutist in the military, was very athletic, but did not do well scholastically. He added that was rather anti-social and he had heard him use first names other than his true first name. He estimated that
would now be approximately 36 years old. This
was
from Lyon County, Iowa, and lived Iowa. He did not know his mailing address. He cannot recall father's first name, but feels that the local Sheriff would know them.
stated that he had not thought of as being identical with Unsub, until he saw the artist's sketch.
stated that he had not thought of as being identical with Unsub, until he saw the artist's sketch. feels that has the same description and the personality to commit this act and he would not be surprised if he is identical with Unsub.
On 2/12/80, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, telephone number advised that the apartment manager at Minneapolis, Minnesota, looks like the photograph shown on television of D. B. COOPER. He gave a description of the apartment manager as 5'8", brown hair, approximately 37
2 - Omaha (I )- Seattle (164-81) I - Minneapolis TAS: kae (4)
DB Cooper-17577
164-81-8989
SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED MAR 5 1980
$
FBI-SEATTLE
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years old. LEAD OMAHA
· AT GEORGE, IOWA
1. Attempt to identify if sufficient background information to determine if identical with alleged skyjacker, D. B. COOPER.
and determine
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is left to discretion of Omaha.
MINNEAPOLIS
AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
1. Will determine full identity of apartment manager and will interview.
MINNEAPOLIS
AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
1. Will determine full identity of apartment manager and will interview.
DB Cooper-17578
- 2ª -FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)
FBI
TRANSMIT VIA: Teletype
PRECEDENCE: Immediate CLASSIFICATION: Priority TOP SECRET SECRET Facsimile Airtel Routine 
CONFIDENTIAL UNCLAS E F TO UNCLAS
Date
2/29/80
TO :
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM :
SAC, NEW HAVEN (164-392) (RUC)
SUB J
SUBJECT: NORJAK
CAA
00 : SEATTLE
On 2/28/30, an anonymous male caller contacted the Hartford Resident Agency and stated, "If the FBI is looking for D.B. Cooper, they should check out 
ex-Naval Officer, who has jump experience and fits the description." The caller further stated that resides in the Los Angeles area and hung up.
Above info being furnished to 00 for evaluation and any other action deemed appropriate. 
(2) - Seattle
1 - New Haven
TED : cab
(3)
DB Cooper-17579
16-1-51-8291.
Above info being furnished to 00 for evaluation and any other action deemed appropriate. 
(2) - Seattle
1 - New Haven
TED : cab
(3)
DB Cooper-17579
16-1-51-8291.

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MAR 7 1980
Approved:
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(Number) (Tim
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2/29/30

TO :	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:	SAC, NEW HAVEN (164-392) (RUC)
SUBJECT:	NORJAK CAA 00 : SEATTLE

On 2/23/30, an anonymous male caller contacted the Hartford Resident Agency and stated, "If the FBI is looking for D.B. Cooper, they should check out 'ex-Naval Officer, who has jump experience and fits the description." The caller further stated that resides in the Los Angeles area and hung up.
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Above info being furniched to 00 for evaluation and any other action deened appropriate.
2'- Seattle 1 - New Haven TED : cab (3)
16-4-51-5391
1930
DB Cooper-17580SU0001 0680339Z PP AQ BA SC SL SE DE SU P 072350Z MAR 80 FM SALT LAKE CITY (164-259) (P) TO ALBUQUERQUE
2'- Seattle 1 - New Haven TED : cab (3)
16-4-51-5391
1930
DB Cooper-17580SU0001 0680339Z PP AQ BA SC SL SE DE SU P 072350Z MAR 80 FM SALT LAKE CITY (164-259) (P) TO ALBUQUERQUE PRIORITY BALTIMORE PRIORITY SACRAMENTO PRIORITY ST. LOUIS PRIORITY 8/
SEATTLE (164-61) PRIORITY
BT / UNCLAS
NORJAK (A), 00: SEATTLE, BUFILE 164-2111.
FOR INFORMATION BALTIMORE, ST. LOUIS, AND SEATTLE, ON
MARCH 5, 1980, (PROTECT IDENTITY), 1
MONTANA, TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED BUTTE OFFICE HE WAS WATCHING TELEVISION PROGRAM, "GOOD MORNING, AMERICA," WHEN HE OBSERVED SHOWING OF COMPOSITE OF D. B. COOPER. ADVISED COMPOSITE STRONGLY RESEMBLES ONE (PHONETIC), A FORMER ACQUAINTANCE WITH WHOM HE HAD
16:81-01
Sul
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DB Cooper-17581
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SU 164-259
PAGE TWO
UNCLAS
UNRECALLED LOCATION IN
AT THE LATTER LOCATION, JOB INVOLVED
ACCORDING TO
FOR UNITED NUCLEAR AT
IN THE EARLY
AND AT KENNECOTT COPPER COMPANY,
IN ABOUT
STATED WAS A COCKY INDIVIDUAL WHO TALKED OF HIJACKING PLANES AND INDICATED HE LAST SAW HIM IN IN 1970.
ON MARCH 7, 1980,
KENNECOTT
COPPER COMPANY, P. O. BOX 250,
UTAH, TELEPHONE 465-4098,
ADVISED HER RECORDS SHOW THAT ONE
WAS HIRED AT b6 b7C
KENNECOTT COPPER,
UTAH,
BOX 250,
UTAH, TELEPHONE 465-4098,
ADVISED HER RECORDS SHOW THAT ONE
WAS HIRED AT b6 b7C
KENNECOTT COPPER,
UTAH, ON
CALLED
IN SICK ON MAY 25, 1969, DID NOT REPORT FOR WORK MAY 26, 1969, AND WAS TERMINATED MAY 26, 1969. ADVISED
RECORDS CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REGARDING
DATE OF BIRTH
HOME ADDRESS
OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA; HAIR BROWN; EYES BROWN; 165 POUNDS;
5'10"; LOCAL ADDRESS
SANTAQUIN, UTAH; MARITAL
STATUS SINGLE; SSAN
PRIOR EMPLOYMENTS WESTERN
NUCLEAR, WYOMING,
AND CENTENNIAL DEVELOPMENT, EUREKA,
UTAH ,
RELATIVES
ADDRESS
DB Cooper-17582 SU 164-259 PAGE THREE UNCLAS RATON, NEW MEXICO: EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, MILITARY SERVICE, U. S. MARINE CORPS, b6 b7C
ADVISED APPLICATION ALSO SHOWS LIFE INSURANCE
BENEFICIARY AS OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA.
ALBUQUERQUE AT RATON, NEW MEXICO: WILL ATTEMPT TO LOCATE AND INTERVIEW THROUGH b6
AT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO: WILL CONSIDER REVIEWING HIGH SCHOOL RECORDS OF GRADUATES IN FOR ALBUQUERQUE HIGH SCHOOLS
IN EFFORT TO OBTAIN INFORMATION WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO LOCATION AND INTERVIEW OF
AT RATON, NEW MEXICO: WILL ATTEMPT TO LOCATE AND INTERVIEW THROUGH b6
AT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO: WILL CONSIDER REVIEWING HIGH SCHOOL RECORDS OF GRADUATES IN FOR ALBUQUERQUE HIGH SCHOOLS
IN EFFORT TO OBTAIN INFORMATION WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO LOCATION AND INTERVIEW OF 
BALTIMORE AT SOCIAL SECURITY HEADQUARTERS: WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEIR RECORDS SHOW SSAN HAVING RECENT OR CURRENT EMPLOYMENT FOR AND, IF SO, WILL SET OUT LEADS TO HAVE HIM INTERVIEWED.
SACRAMENTO AT OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA: WILL ATTEMPT TO LOCATE
AND INTERVIEW THROUGH b6 b7C
ST. LOUIS AT FEDERAL RECORDS CENTER: WILL ATTEMPT TO
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DB Cooper-17583b6 b7C
SU 1.64-259 PAGE FOUR UNCLAS LOCATE RECORDS OF MILITARY SERVICE AND REVIEW SAME TO OBTAIN POSSIBLE LEAD INFORMATION IN ORDER TO LOCATE AND INTERVIEW
SALT LAKE CITY AT PROVO, UTAH: INVESTIGATION CONTINUING. BT
DB Cooper-17584 b6 b7C
CU0601 0683339Z PP AQ BA SC SL SE DE SU P @72350Z MAR 80 FM SALT LAKE CITY (164-259) (P)
TO ALBUQUERQUE PRIORITY BALTIMORE PRIORITY SACRAMENTO PRIORITY ST. LOUIS PRIORITY SEATTLE (164-61) PRIORITY BT
UNCLAS
NORJAK (A), 00: SEATTLE, BUFILE 164-2111.
AQ BA SC SL SE DE SU P @72350Z MAR 80 FM SALT LAKE CITY (164-259) (P)
TO ALBUQUERQUE PRIORITY BALTIMORE PRIORITY SACRAMENTO PRIORITY ST. LOUIS PRIORITY SEATTLE (164-61) PRIORITY BT
UNCLAS
NORJAK (A), 00: SEATTLE, BUFILE 164-2111.
FOR INFORMATION BALTIMORE, ST. LOUIS, AND SEATTLE, ON MARCH 5, 1983, (PROTECT IDENTITY), MONTANA, TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED BUTTE OFFICE
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16-1-81-53,41
5
DB Cooper-17585FD-302 (REV. 3-8-77)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription
2/14/80
1
3,00€
WXIA TV,
1611 West Peachtree Street, furnished the following information:
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He made available an original letter which is typewritten and addressed to him, dated December 31, 1979, which is signed D. B. Cooper.
He also made available the envelope containing this letter and a 3 x 5 card which was enclosed with the letter and bearing the numbers "5346225496754."
He stated that he received this letter several weeks ago and felt upon reading the letter that the writer was not actually D.
"
He stated that he received this letter several weeks ago and felt upon reading the letter that the writer was not actually D. B. Cooper, a skyjacker, and he based this assumption on the fact that the writer stated the skyjacking occurred in 1969, which is erroneous. He stated that he was making this letter available in view of the recent publicity concerning D. B. Cooper.
Xerox copies of this letter and the envelope and 3 x 5 card are as follows:
5: 16-1-81-8292

2/13/80 Investigation on	Atlanta, Georgia File #	AT 164-642-
at
SA by	1wg Date dictated	2/14/80

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
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DB Cooper-17589WXIA-TV 1611 W. Peachtree St, Atlanta, GA 30309
December 31, 1979
Dear
First, let me assure you: I am D, B. Cooper, the individual who completed the skyjacking in 1969.
Peachtree St, Atlanta, GA 30309
December 31, 1979
Dear
First, let me assure you: I am D, B. Cooper, the individual who completed the skyjacking in 1969. Of course, you -- and any of your colleagues -- may choose to disbelieve this: our society is comprised of individuals who, strangely enough, believe in that which is untrue, disbelieve in that which is fact.
Nevertheless, I have decided that it is time for a bit of communica- tion. Somewhat rather smugly observing the minor fanfare my ten- year anniversary caused in the media this November, I suddenly realized that I wanted people to know I was still alive -- and that I had, in fact, successfully eluded the police and lived very nicely, I might add -- on the proceeds of my adventure.
I moved to Atlanta more than five years ago and began watching your newscasts. You seemed to have a "no-nonsense" approach to . the news which I can appreciate -- and thus, when I finally decided to communicate w/ the outside world, you appeared the natural choice.
I'd like to clear up two items concerning my little'event.
the news which I can appreciate -- and thus, when I finally decided to communicate w/ the outside world, you appeared the natural choice.
I'd like to clear up two items concerning my little'event. First, I did it for the sheer sake of adventure, nothing more. And this adventure was both a mental & physical challange -- which leads me to my second item: how I eluded the police. While I shall not detail the incident -- at least not now -- I will say that it was a simple case of using simplicity when everyone else concentrated on complexity. If the police ever do discover how I did it, they will feel a bit foolish. And I even left a bit of a clue, which still remains in the area: I was back there this past summer.
you have a wonderful city and I have enjoyed my stay. I own a house in the city and am delighted with the many cultural opportunities here. Indeed, I hope to remain in Atlanta for at least a few more years.
Again, whether or not you believe this is "the real thing" does not concern me. I am very much aware that it is & simply wished a bit of communication with the outside world.
Again, whether or not you believe this is "the real thing" does not concern me. I am very much aware that it is & simply wished a bit of communication with the outside world. I might call you sometime in the future ... and if so, I have enclosed an index card with something typed on it: when I call, I will identify myself by what has been typed. In addition, you can be assured of only one "authentic" D.B. Cooper.
I wish you a Happy New Year and thank you for this opportunity to communicate after 10 years ...
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5346225496754

D. B. Cooper
I

WXIA-TV 1611 W. Peachtree
Atlanta, GA	St.
30309
PERSONAL & CONFIDENTIAL

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DB Cooper-17591FD-302 (REV. 3-8-77)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription
2/14/80
1
WXIA TV,
1611 West Peachtree Street, furnished the following information:
He made
3-8-77)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription
2/14/80
1
WXIA TV,
1611 West Peachtree Street, furnished the following information:
He made available an original letter which is typewritten and addressed to him, dated December 31, 1979, which is signed D. B. Cooper.
He also made available the envelope containing this letter and a 3 x 5 card which was enclosed with the letter and bearing the numbers "5346225496754."
He stated that he received this letter several weeks ago and felt upon reading the letter that the writer was not actually D. B. Cooper, a skyjacker, and he based this assumption on the fact that the writer stated the skyjacking occurred in 1969, which is erroneous. He stated that he was making this letter available in view of the recent publicity concerning D. B. Cooper.
Xerox copies of this letter and the envelope and 3 x 5 card are as follows:
51 16-1-81-8293
2/13/80
Investigation on at Atlanta, Georgia
Eile.# AM 164-642
SEARCHTM
SERIAL
2/ 4/88 44
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by SA
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Date dictated
MAR 8/ 1980
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI.
# AM 164-642
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SERIAL
2/ 4/88 44
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by SA
1wg
Date dictated
MAR 8/ 1980
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-17592
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE:
2/29/80
FROM Pasas SAC, ATLANTA (164-642) (P) (SQ. 2)
SUBJECT: NORJACK CAA - AIR PIRACY (A) 00: SEATTLE
SUBS: a, J, G,P,
Enclosed are the following items:
1. Original and 2 copies of FD-302 dated 2/13/80, at Atlanta reflecting interview with which incorporates xeroxed copy of a letter signed, "D. B. Cooper".
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2. 1A envelope containing original letter as set forth in above FD-302, also the envelope containing this letter and a 3 x 5 card bearing numbers.
The above enclosures are being furnished to Seattle Division as it is not known by Atlanta the complete scope of this investigation as to whether or not Laboratory examination would be desired of the letter.
The above enclosures are being furnished to Seattle Division as it is not known by Atlanta the complete scope of this investigation as to whether or not Laboratory examination would be desired of the letter.
Investigation continuing at Atlanta.
2 Seattle (Enc. 4) recidife 2-Atlanta RWT/smb (4)
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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SAC, ATLANTA (164-642) (P) (SQ. 2)
NORJACK CAA - AIR PIRACY (A) 00: SEATTLE
Enclosed are the following items :
1. Original and 2 copies of FD-302 dated 2/13/80, at Atlanta reflecting interview with ,"which incorporates xeroxed copy of a letter signed, "D. B. Cooper".
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2. 1A envelope containing original letter as set forth in above FD-302, also the envelope containing this letter and a 3 x 5 card bearing numbers.
The above enclosures are being furnished to Seattle Division as it is not known by Atlanta the complete scope of this investigation as to whether or not Laboratory examination would be desired of the letter.
The above enclosures are being furnished to Seattle Division as it is not known by Atlanta the complete scope of this investigation as to whether or not Laboratory examination would be desired of the letter.
Investigation continuing at Atlanta.
2-Seattle (Enc. 4) 2-Atlanta RWT/smb (4)
16-1-91-993
4/1 MAR 8/ 1980
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DB Cooper-17594¿
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE:
2/29/80
FROM ASAC, SẠC, ATLANTA (164-642) (P) (SQ. 2)
SUBJECT: NORJACK CAA - AIR PIRACY (A) 00: SEATTLE
SUBS: a, J, Q,R
Enclosed are the following items :
1. Original and 2 copies of FD-302 dated 2/13/80, at Atlanta reflecting interview with which incorporates xeroxed copy of a letter signed, "D. B. Cooper".
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2. 1A envelope containing original letter as set forth in above FD-302, also. the envelope containing this letter and a 3 x 5 card bearing numbers.
The above enclosures are being furnished to Seattle Division as it is not known by Atlanta the complete scope of this investigation as to whether or not Laboratory examination would be desired of the letter.
above enclosures are being furnished to Seattle Division as it is not known by Atlanta the complete scope of this investigation as to whether or not Laboratory examination would be desired of the letter.
Investigation continuing at Atlanta.
2 Seattle (Enc. 4) recidive 2-Atlanta RWT/smb (4)
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DB Cooper-17595FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)
FBI
TRANSMIT VIA:
PRECEDENCE:
CLASSIFICATION: Teletype Immediate TOP SECRET Facsimile Priority SECRET Routine CONFIDENTIAL UNCLAS E F TO UNCLAS
Date
2/26/80
AIRTEL
TO:
SAC, PORTLAND
FROM ELR
SAC, ALBANY (164-NEW) (RUC)
duEN CJ
SUBJECT :
UNSUB;
D.B. COOPER
CRIME ABOARD AIRCRAFT
00: PD
On 2/13/80,
Whitehall, New York, advised that he observed the photograph
of unsub in connection with recent newspaper publicity and
he and his family members believe the photograph bears an-
COOPER
CRIME ABOARD AIRCRAFT
00: PD
On 2/13/80,
Whitehall, New York, advised that he observed the photograph
of unsub in connection with recent newspaper publicity and
he and his family members believe the photograph bears an-
strong resemblance to
DOB
He advised he believes
Air Force serial
number to be
advised that little is known regarding
since approximately 1950.
served in the U.S. Air Force and was a
Following his
discharge, he was believed to reside in Texas and known to engage in a Wallingford, Vermont, have been telephonically contacted periodically by regarding whereabouts. No contacts have been made in the 1970's and has knowledge of whereabouts or activities prior to the mid 1960's.
The above submitted to the 00 for elimination purposes or further investigative leads at the discretion of the 00.
2-Portland 1-Albany EFC:njd (3)
104-41
INDEXED
SEARCHED SERIALIZED FILED
MAR 3 1980
FBI-PORTLAND
8194 64-81-8001. SEARCHED I INDEXDE-24 2014 " 6
DB Cooper-17596
MAR & 1980
Approved:
Transmitted
026
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(Number) (*
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Routing Slip FD-4 (Rev. 6-2
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Date 3 /80
To: Director
Att .
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DB Cooper-17596
MAR & 1980
Approved:
Transmitted
026
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Routing Slip FD-4 (Rev. 6-2
-
Date 3 /80
To: Director
Att .:
FILE #
SE 164-81
Title
NÓRJAK
00: SÉ RE: SAC SEATTLE ASAC Supv. Agent OSM Rotor # M Room Acknowledge For Information Return assignment card Assign Reassign Handle Bring file Initial & return Call me Leads need attention Return with action taken Return file serial Correct Open case Return with explanation Discontinue Recharge file seria Type Deadline Prepare lead cards Search and return Delinquent Prepare tickler See me Expedite File Send to
Enclosed are two copies of Albany airtel to Portland, dated 2/26/80 sent to Portland
Delinquent Prepare tickler See me Expedite File Send to
Enclosed are two copies of Albany airtel to Portland, dated 2/26/80 sent to Portland in error.
WB/2 ASAC P6% WILLIAM R. BAKER
See reverse side
Office PORTLAND
DB Cooper-17597AIRTEL
2/26/80
TO:
SAC, PORTLAND
FROM:
SAC, ALBANY (164-NEW) (RUC)
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
D.B. COOPER
CRIME ABOARD AIRCRAFT
COPD
On 2/13/80,
Whitehall, New York, advised that he observed the photograph
of unsub in connection with recent newspaper publicity and
he and his family members believe the photograph bears, a
strong resemblance to
DOB
He advised he believes
Air Force serial
number to be
advised that little is known regarding since approximately 1950.
served in the U.S. Air Force and was a
Following his
discharge, he was believed to reside in Texas and known to engage in a Wallingford, Vermont, have been telephonically contacted periodically by regarding whereabouts. No contacts have been made in the 1970's and has knowledge of whereabouts or activities prior to the mid 1960's.
The above submitted to the 00 for elimination purposes or further investigative leads at the discretion of the 00.
The above submitted to the 00 for elimination purposes or further investigative leads at the discretion of the 00.
2-Portland 1-Albany ErC:njd (3) 81-829
DB Cooper-17598
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GLOSIS-1-91 SUBS 3,0, 00
March 5, 1980
Springfield, Missouri
Dear
Your letter of February 16th was received and it was most thoughtful of you to furnish your views and observations. I can assure you the FBI is taking appropriate action concerning this skyjacking and your letter has been forwarded to the case agent in our Seattle, Washington, Office. In addition, the Bureau has no knowledge of any reward money still available in the Dan Cooper Case. Sincerely yours,
Roger S. Young Inspector-in-Charge Public Affairs Office
1 - Kansas City - Enclosure Seattle - Enclosure : 0 4 1 Re Bu Routing Slip 2/26/80. Attention SAC: Bufiles contain no identifiable information regarding correspondent. was a Special Agent from
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4
MAR 10 1980
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DB Cooper-17599 16-1-81-8272,
March 5, 1980
SUBS: J.
was a Special Agent from
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4
MAR 10 1980
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DB Cooper-17599 16-1-81-8272,
March 5, 1980
SUBS: J. R.W
$
Springfield, Missouri
Dear
Your letter of February 16th was received and it was most thoughtful of you to furnish your views and observations. I can assure you the FBI is taking appropriate action concerning this skyjacking and your letter has been forwarded to the case agent in our Seattle, Washington, Office. In addition, the Bureau has no knowledge of any reward money still available in the Dan Cooper Case. Sincerely yours,
Roger S. Young Inspector-in-Charge Public Affairs Office
1 - Kansas City - Enclosure Seattle - Enclosure lec /d /w Re Bu Routing Slip 2/26/80. Attention SAC: Bufiles contain no identifiable information regarding correspondent. was a Special Agent from
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FBI-SEATTLE I
DB Cooper-17600
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SUBS: E, GJ, M, G
- 1 -
Date of transcription
2/14/80
University, home address
telephone number
Portland
3-8-77)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SUBS: E, GJ, M, G
- 1 -
Date of transcription
2/14/80
University, home address
telephone number
Portland State
home
work telephone number
was interviewed following
Tena Bar in Vancouver, Washington, where portions of $20 bills had been found. These $20 bills were among the money furnished a person identifying himself as D. B. COOPER during a 1971 airplane high- jacking attempt. was interviewed by SA
of the Portland, Oregon, FBI Office.
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advised that he found the beach area in the vicinity where the money was found to be in approximately four different layers. These layers consisted of an upper sand layer, a post dredging sand layer, a clay lump (dredge) sand layer, and below that an older sand layer. The upper layer con- sisted of six inches to eight inches of reworked beach sand and is the sand which contained the fragments and bundles of the recovered money. This sand also contained soda pop cans and other debris, which were not severely damaged or rusted. The post dredging sand contained older soda pop cans, rusted nails and spikes, and other rusted artifacts, which were in a
The post dredging sand contained older soda pop cans, rusted nails and spikes, and other rusted artifacts, which were in a much more deteriorated condition. The clay lump (dredge) sand was a mix- ture of course sand and fragments of organic clay material, ranging from one inch to five inches in size. Based on U.S. Corps of Engineering records which reflect that they dredged the Columbia River at this site in 1974, stated this clay layer in all probability, was deposited during that 1974 dredging. The older sands, which were light in color and uniform in texture and which were found below the clay lump sand, were deposited . prior to the 1974 dredging.
advised that in the post dredging layer, he found cross bedded course and medium sand, which in- dicated the river and river waves had worked repeatedly on this layer since 1974. The upper six inches to eight inches of re- worked beach sand is the active layer which is currently being worked by the water of the Columbia River.
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Based on the condition of the money through observation, advised that the money was probably washed into b6 the
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Based on the condition of the money through observation, advised that the money was probably washed into b6 the location where it was found by natural river flow and was b7C
probably placed at the location of Tena Bar during the last rise in the Columbia River in the past two or three months.
Investigation on
2/13/80
at
Vancouver, Washington
File. #
-PD-164-41
1793
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SERIALIZED /14/800
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Date dictated
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MAR 1 1 1980
ur agency;
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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the propert it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-17601
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PD 164-41
based this belief on three facts. The first fact being that the money was rounded off on the corners, which would indicate a rolling motion and would indicate the flow of the river. The second fact was that the money was found in the surface layer of the upper reworked beach sand. The third fact was that the distribution of the money was in this surface layer only, and none was found to be in the post dredging sand.