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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE
Date: 08/23/2001
To: Laboratory
Attn: DNA
From: Seattle Squad 5/ PSVCTF
Contact: (206) 262-2503
Approved By:
Drafted By:
Case ID # : SE 164A-81 (Pending) / SE 164A-81-G (Pending) 9379
1
Title: NORJAK;
CAA-HIJACKING
Synopsis: To submit evidence for DNA analysis.
Package Copy: Being forwarded under separate cover is one original airline ticket (1B21) and one snap on black tie with gold tie clip (1B7) .
Enclosures: Original Laboratory reports regarding above items.
Copy: Being forwarded under separate cover is one original airline ticket (1B21) and one snap on black tie with gold tie clip (1B7) .
Enclosures: Original Laboratory reports regarding above items.
Details: As the Laboratory is aware, captioned case involves the hijacking of Northwest flight 305 destined for Seattle on 11/24/1971 by an unknown subject. In spite of exhaustive investigation over the years, the subject remains unidentified. This case has national significance and remains the only unresolved airplane hijacking in U.S. history. As this was a capital offense at the time, no statute of limitation exists. Retrieval of any DNA could be very useful as a DNA profile could be used to eliminate subjects that are still being brought to the attention of Seattle
The above items were originally submitted to the Laboratory in late 1971 for fingerprint analysis (ticket) and manufacture analysis (tie and clip) with negative results. No DNA testing was ever done. Prior reports from the LAB related to the examination of the tie and clip are attached for reference. As these are the only items absolutely known to have been handled by the UNSUB in this case, they are being resubmitted
As these are the only items absolutely known to have been handled by the UNSUB in this case, they are being resubmitted at this time for DNA analysis. If appropriate, and following the DNA work, the ticket (1B21) should be also resubmitted for latents.
SENT TO LAB 8-31-01 12:15 PM VIA
FEDEX 4193 1877 8749 5
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DB Cooper-21601 

To:	Laboratory	From: Seattle 
Re :	SE 164A-81,	08/23/2001

LEAD (s) :
Set Lead 1:
LABORATORY
AT WASHINGTON, DC
Conduct DNA analysis. Items should be photographed before testing and several set of prints returned to Seattle with evidence.
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DB Cooper-21602
2DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
ATTENTION:
LABORATORY
SAG, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
2/24/72
NOR.JAK
Enclosed herewith for the Laboratory is the man's narrow black necktie with attached tie clip which was found by Las Vegas Agents in hijacked arleraft in this matter ' and which was believed worn by Upsub.
Enclosures have been displayed to J.
man's narrow black necktie with attached tie clip which was found by Las Vegas Agents in hijacked arleraft in this matter ' and which was believed worn by Upsub.
Enclosures have been displayed to J.C. Penney Co., store personnel at Las Vegas, Nevada, and Portland, Oregon. All personnel contacted uniformly agree that the tie, which bore the "Towncraft" label, exclusive with Fermey's, could not have been sold at any time in the recent past. At Las Vegas, the most recent sales of such Liess were estimated at one and one-half years ago, and at Portland, three years ago. None of the persons contacted were able to offer any suggestions as to how the purdaser of the tie might possibly be traced.
REQUEST OF THE BUREAU
FBI LABORATORY
Enclosure should be examined to determine whether it bears any traces of identifiable body secretions, hairs, stains, etc , which may be of help in this investigation. Upon conclusion of the examination, enclosure should be forwarded to Seattle by registered mail.
2 3- Bureau (Enc. 2) (AM) (RM) Seattle (164-81) 2 - Portland
RPH:1bt -(7).
Sub. G 164-81-2349
SEARCHED
INDEXED
SERIALIZED_/02_FILED
FEB 26 1972
FBI - SEATTLE
&
DB Cooper-21603Laboratory
G 164-81-2349
SEARCHED
INDEXED
SERIALIZED_/02_FILED
FEB 26 1972
FBI - SEATTLE
&
DB Cooper-21603Laboratory Transmittal Form 7172
LABORATORY
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
To:
SAC, portland (164-41)
Re:
NORJAK
Date: March 8, 1972 SUB - G b6 b7C
John Edgar Hoover, Director
FBI File No.
Lab. No. 164-2111

Examination requested by:	PC-H5141 MC GX
Portland
Reference:
Letter 2/24/72
Examination requested:
Microscopic Analyses - Chemical Analyses
Remarks:

Specimens Q40 and 041 are being returned to the Seattle Office as an enclosure to their copy of this report.
Enclosures (2) (2 Lab report) 
I-FBI, Seattle (164-81) , Enclosures (3) (Q40, Q41, Lab report) Reces SNAP ON THE STACK IB (7)
DO NOT INCLUDE ADMINISTRATIVE FA GHIS INFORMATION IN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE
Sub.
I-FBI, Seattle (164-81) , Enclosures (3) (Q40, Q41, Lab report) Reces SNAP ON THE STACK IB (7)
DO NOT INCLUDE ADMINISTRATIVE FA GHIS INFORMATION IN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE
Sub. G 164-81-2455

SEARCHED	INDEXED
SERIALIZED	FILED

f MAR 1 O 1972 FBI SEATTLE
DB Cooper-21604REPORT of the
LABORATORY
A
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
-
To:
SAC, Portland
Re:
NORJAK

Date:
FBI Flie No.	March 8, 1972
Lab. No.	164-2111 PC-H5141 NC GX

Specimens received
=
2/28/72
Q40
Tie
941
Tie clip
Result of examination:
No stains having the appearance of body fluids were found on Q40 or Q41.
No hairs or foreign textile fibers were found on 040 or Q41. No identifying marks were found on Q41 .that would indicate either the owner or the manufacturer of this item.
Sub. G 164-81-2454

SEARCHED	INDEXED.
SERIALIZED	FILED

MAR 1 0 1972 FBI - SEATTLE *
DB Cooper-21,6057-1 (Revin 5-13-99)
5 LABORATORY
SERIALIZED	FILED

MAR 1 0 1972 FBI - SEATTLE *
DB Cooper-21,6057-1 (Revin 5-13-99)
5 LABORATORY FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
To:
SAC, Seattle
Date:
September 12, 2001
Case ID No .:
SE-164A-81
9380

Lab No .:	010823017 HL
010904012 HL

Reference:
Communications dated 8/22/01 and 8/23/01
Your No .:
Title:
NORJAK;
CAA - HIJACKING
Date specimens received: August 23, 2001 and September 4, 2001
Specimen received August 23, 2001, under cover of communication dated August 22, 2001 (010823017 HL):
ITEMS FROM THE BANK OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER:
Q1 Piece of fabric (1B23)
Q2 Plastic bag (1B23)
Specimens received September 4, 2001, under cover of communication dated August 23, 2001 (010904012 HL):
RESUBMITTED ITEMS FROM F.B.I. LABORATORY NUMBER PC-H5141 MC GX:
Specimens Q40 Tie, Q41 Tie clip and Also Submitted Airline ticket.
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This Report is Furnished for Official Use Only DB Cooper-21606 This report contains the results of the trace evidence examinations.
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This Report is Furnished for Official Use Only DB Cooper-21606 This report contains the results of the trace evidence examinations. The results of the DNA and latent fingerprint examinations and the disposition of the submitted items will be reported separately.
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010823017 HL
DB Cooper-216077-la (Rev. 5-18-99)
4 LABORATORY R
2.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
Report of Examination

Examiner Name	on	Date:	September 12, 2001
Unit:	Trace Evidence	Phone No .:
Case ID No .:	SE-164A-81	Lab No .:	010823017 HL 010904012 HL

Results of Examinations: The Q1 piece of fabric is consistent with being an item of bedding. Based on presence of quilting and the size of the item (approximately 40 inches by 96 inches), it is consistent with a twin size bedding item.
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This Report is Furnished for Officiel Use Only
DB Cooper-21608(Rev.
the size of the item (approximately 40 inches by 96 inches), it is consistent with a twin size bedding item.
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This Report is Furnished for Officiel Use Only
DB Cooper-21608(Rev. 08-28-2000) ¿
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE
Date:
02/14/2002
To: Kansas City
Attn:
VCMO
From: Seattle 
Squad 5/ PSVCTF
Contact:
Approved By :
Drafted By:
9381
Case ID #: SE 164A-81 ~ /(Pending)
Title: NORJAK; CAA - Hijacking
Synopsis: Telephone tip received from Kansas City resident.
Enclosure: NORJAK information sheet.
Details: On January 30, 2002, a telephone message was left in Seattle from a male caller that identified himself as and left a telephone number of Caller advised hé had information about this case. A return call was made by Seattle and it was suggested to an unidentified female at that residence that contact the local FBI office. It is unknown if he has done so. Telephone number appears to originate from Overland Park, Kansas
As this matter was a capital offense in 1971, no statute of limitations apply.
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DB Cooper-216092 +,
៛
To: Kansas City From: Seattle
Re :
SE 164A-81, 02/14/2002
LEAD (s) : Set Lead 1: KANSAS
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DB Cooper-216092 +,
៛
To: Kansas City From: Seattle
Re :
SE 164A-81, 02/14/2002
LEAD (s) : Set Lead 1: KANSAS CITY
AT KANSAS CITY, KS
Contact and evaluate any information he may have concerning this matter. Advise Seattle. Do not set additional leads.
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2
045RNHOL.EC
DB Cooper-21610FD-71 (Rev. 3-27-95) Complaint Form
NOTE: Hand print names legibly; handwriting satisfactory for remainder. Indices: Negative See below
Subject's name and aliases
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Character of case
CAA
164A-SE-81
(D.B. Cooper)
Complainant Protect Source
Complaint received Personal Telephonic Date 1/18/02 Time 11:45 am
Complainant's address and telephone number
Address of Subject
Unknown
Kennewick, WA
Complainant's DOB
Sex Male
Subject's Description

Race W	 Male	Height 5'211	Hair Dark	Build Slender	Birth date and birth place
Age 60	 Female	Weight 125 lbs	Eyes	Complexion Dark	Social Security
Date 1/18/02 Time 11:45 am
Complainant's address and telephone number
Address of Subject
Unknown
Kennewick, WA
Complainant's DOB
Sex Male
Subject's Description

Race W	 Male	Height 5'211	Hair Dark	Build Slender	Birth date and birth place
Age 60	 Female	Weight 125 lbs	Eyes	Complexion Dark	Social Security Number

Scars, marks and other data
Employer
Address
Telephone
Vehicle Description
Facts of Complaint
PROTECT SOURCE
Complainant advised that he was incarcerated with summer of at was released from jail, Washington,
during the After
b6 b7C b7D in Spokane, who was a cat
burglar, lost this job when the local police investigated him in relation to local burglaries that matched his previous M.O. and his employer used it as an excuse to lay him off. then moved to the Lewiston, ID/Clarkston, WA area with his wife and her kids from a previous marriage. About four days before the infamous D.B. COOPER hijacking,
018JRR02.71
JRR : jXx (2)
Rosor
Check NorJA(rewards)
020
(Complaint received by)
Do not write in this space.
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JRR : jXx (2)
Rosor
Check NorJA(rewards)
020
(Complaint received by)
Do not write in this space.
SEARCHED SERIALIZED FILEO
JAN 1 8 2002
FBI SEATTLE
BLOCK STAMP
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SE 164A- 81-9382
DB Cooper-21611
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0Y
called the Complainant and told him he
He told
the Complainant that he had
However, he refused to give him any details. About four days later, the infamous hijacking occurred, and he never heard from
again.
Later, he tried to contact in Lewiston/Clarkston, but the landlord told him that they had disappeared one day without notification. Complainant advised that strongly resembled the composite sketch that law enforcement publicized, and also closely matched the physical descriptors of D.B. Cooper. grew up in the St. John's area of Portland, Oregon, and knew the area where D.B. Cooper jumped liked the back of his hand because he was a hunter.
Complainant advised that he provided the above information to authorities in a phone call about six months after the hijacking, but was never re-contacted.
Complainant advised that he provided the above information to authorities in a phone call about six months after the hijacking, but was never re-contacted. He decided to call again after seeing a show on TV this morning that indicated investigators were still working the case. An indices check was negative for both and the Complainant.
PROTECT SOURCE
2
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DB Cooper-21612 (Rev. 08-28-2000) ֏ 1
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
#
Precedence :
ROUTINE
Date:
02/19/2002
To:
Portland
From: | Seattle 
Squad 5/ PSVCTF
Contact :
Approved By:
Drafted By:
Case ID #: SE 164A-81
9383
(Pending)
Title:
NORJAK;
CAA
Simmonsis: Set lead to identify past inmate at from archives or other means. 
Enclosure (s) : FD-71 dated January 18, 2002.
Details:
Information was provided by (Protect) , concerning being identical to b7D
dob
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DB Cooper-21613+ ? #

To:	Portland	
From: Seattle
Re :	SE 164A-81,
#

To:	Portland	
From: Seattle
Re :	SE 164A-81, 02/19/2002

LEAD (s) : Set Lead 1:
PORTLAND
AT PORTLAND, OREGON
Contact and determine if, via
archives, can be identified. Provide identification and 1971 era booking photo, if available, to Seattle. Do not set further leads at this time.
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DB Cooper-21614(Rev. 08-28-2000)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
Precedence: ROUTINE
Date: 02/19/2002
To: Los Angeles
Attn: C-1, SA
From: Seattle
Squad 5/ PSVCTF
Contact:
Approved By:
Drafted By:
Case ID #: SE 164A-81-G-2 (Pending)
SE 164A-81 - 9384
Title: NORJAK;
CAA
Synopsis: Locate evidence possibly returned to Los Angeles.
Enclosure (s) : Previously faxed to Los Angeles, and enclosed, is a Laboratory report dated 4/19/1974 returning evidence to Los Angeles in captioned case.
Details: As outlined in previous telephone call, Los Angeles is requested to located the below items returned to Los Angeles: glass microscope slide with hair sample.
Details: As outlined in previous telephone call, Los Angeles is requested to located the below items returned to Los Angeles: glass microscope slide with hair sample.
Although the report indicates that this item was returned to Las Vegas with their copy of the report, Las Vegas has no record of it being received.
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b6 b7C
DB Cooper-21615

To :	Los	Angeles	 om:	Seattle
Re :	SE 164A-81-G,	02/19/2002

LEAD (s) :
Set Lead 1: LOS ANGELES
AT LOS ANGELES, CA
Search for any evidence associated with caption case, or held under LA 164-497, and advise Seattle.
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2
DB Cooper-21616Automated Serial Permanent Charge-Out FD-5a (1-5-94)
Date: 02/28/02 Time: 17:20
Case ID: SE 164A-81 Serial: 9385
Description of Document:
Type : INSERT
Date : 02/19/02
To : SEATTLE
From : SEATTLE
Topic: U. S. MARSHAL'S OFFICE TELEPHONICALLY CONFIRMED THAT
Reason for Permanent Charge-Out :
ENTERED INTO MULTIPLE FILES BY MISTAKE
Employee :
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SE 164-81-9385
SEARCHED SERIALIZED
INDEXED
FILED
FEB 2 8 2002
Q
FBI SEATTL
DB
MARSHAL'S OFFICE TELEPHONICALLY CONFIRMED THAT
Reason for Permanent Charge-Out :
ENTERED INTO MULTIPLE FILES BY MISTAKE
Employee :
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SE 164-81-9385
SEARCHED SERIALIZED
INDEXED
FILED
FEB 2 8 2002
Q
FBI SEATTL
DB Cooper-21617(Rev. 10-01-1999)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence :
ROUTINE
Date:
02/25/2002
From: Portland SAS1 Contact: IA
Approved By :
Di
Drafted By: keh Real
Case ID #: SE 164A-81 (Pending) 9386
Title:
NORJAK;
CAA
Synopsis: Possible subject information.
Details: 
On 02/19/2002, writer was telephonically contacted by
residence address Ai b6 b7C
date of birth
Corvallis, Oregon
and home telephone
has become suspicious that a person with whom she is acquainted may be D. B. Cooper.
She identified the man as white male, who lives in Seattle, Washington and
a year old b6
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Complainant knows
through the local
e-mail address is Complainant stated that he is a loner type, not currently married and has a private pilot's license. He is approximately 5'10", 160 pounds with a slim build. Complainant states that he has never said or done anything to make her suspicious, but that he just looks like Cooper and is a pilot.
Complainant states that he has never said or done anything to make her suspicious, but that he just looks like Cooper and is a pilot.
A review of Landings. com revealed one pilot in the State of Washington with the name individual was identified as
This Seattle, Washington
10 APPARENT Connection to NorJak NO ALON 3/4/02
SEARCHED. INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED b6 b7C
MAR 0 4 2002
FBI SEATTLE
0
DB Cooper-21618
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
To :
Seattle 

To:	Seattle From:	Portland
Re :	SE 164A-81, 02/25/2002

LEAD (s) :
Set Lead 1: SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Read and clear.
2
DB Cooper-21619(Rev. 10-01-1999)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence :
ROUTINE 
To:
Seattle
Date:
02/25/2002
From: Portland SAS1 Contact : IA
Approved By :
Drafted By:
keh
Case ID #: SE 164A-81 (Pending) -9386
Title:
NORJAK;
CAA
Synopsis: Possible subject information.
Details: On 02/19/2002, writer was telephonically contacted by
date of birth Corvallis, Oregon and home telephone
residence address b6 b7C
has become
Details: On 02/19/2002, writer was telephonically contacted by
date of birth Corvallis, Oregon and home telephone
residence address b6 b7C
has become suspicious that a person with whom she is acquainted may be D.B. Cooper.
She identified the man as white male, who lives in Seattle, Washington and
a
year old b6
b7C
Complainant knows
through the local
e-mail address is
Complainant stated that he is a loner type, not currently married and has a private pilot's license. He is approximately 5'10", 160 pounds with a slim build. Complainant states that he has never said or done anything to make her suspicious, but that he just looks like Cooper and is a pilot.
A review of Landings.com revealed one pilot in the State of Washington with the name individual was identified as
This Seattle, Washington ₣
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DB Cooper-21620(Rev. 10-01-1999)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence :
ROUTINE
Date:
02/25/2002
To: Seattle 
From: Portland
SAS1 Contact : IA
Approved By :
Drafted By:
ken Kart
Case ID #: SE 164A-81 (Pending) - 9386
Title: NORJAK;
CAA
Synopsis: Possible subject information.
Precedence :
ROUTINE
Date:
02/25/2002
To: Seattle 
From: Portland
SAS1 Contact : IA
Approved By :
Drafted By:
ken Kart
Case ID #: SE 164A-81 (Pending) - 9386
Title: NORJAK;
CAA
Synopsis: Possible subject information.
Details: On 02/19/2002, writer was telephonically contacted by date of birth residence address
1 Corvallis, Oregon and home telephone
has become suspicious that a person with whom she is acquainted may be D. B. Cooper.
She identified the man as white male, who lives in Seattle, Washington and
a
year old b6 b7C
through the local
Complainant knows e-mail address is Complainant stated that he is a loner type, not currently married and has a private pilot's license. He is approximately 5'10", 160 pounds with a slim build. Complainant states that he has never said or done anything to make her suspicious, but that he just looks like Cooper and is a pilot.
A review of Landings.com revealed one pilot in the State of Washington with the name individual was identified as
This Seattle, Washington
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KEL 05301. E02
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DB Cooper-216227-1 (Rev 5-13-99)
LABORATORY FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D.
E02
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DB Cooper-216227-1 (Rev 5-13-99)
LABORATORY FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
To:
SAC, Seattle
Date:
April 2, 2002

Case ID No .:	SE-164A-81-9387
Lab No .:	010904012 HL MD

Reference:	Communication dated August 23, 2001
Your No .:
Title:	NORJAK; CAA - HIJACKING

Date specimens received: September 6, 2001
Specimens:
RESUBMITTED ITEMS FROM FBI LABORATORY NUMBER PC-H5141 MC GX: Specimens Q40 Tie, Q41 Tie clip and Also Submitted Airline ticket.
This report contains the results of the DNA examinations. The submitted items and the probed DNA membrane will be returned to you under separate cover by overnight express. In addition to the evidence in the case, any remaining processed DNA from specimens examined by DNA analysis is also being returned to you. The processed DNA can be found in a package marked PROCESSED DNA SAMPLES: SHOULD BE REFRIGERATED/FROZEN.
The processed DNA can be found in a package marked PROCESSED DNA SAMPLES: SHOULD BE REFRIGERATED/FROZEN. It is recommended that these samples be stored in a refrigerator/freezer and isolated from evidence that has not been examined.
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SE-16-44-81-9387
DB Cooper-2162447-1a (RC) 5-18-99)
2.
LABORATORY
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
Report of Examination
LA
Examiner Name:
0
Date:
April 2, 2002
Unit:
DNA Analysis I
Phone No .:
Case ID No .:
SE-164A-81
Lab No .:
010904012 HL MD
Results of Examinations:
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) amplification via the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the nine short tandem repeat (STR) loci and the amelogenin locus (for gender determination) in the AmpFeSTR® Profiler PlusTM PCR Amplification Kit was performed on DNA obtained from specimens Q40/Q41 (combined for analysis).
The STR typing results for specimens Q40/Q41 (combined for analysis) indicate the presence of DNA from more than one individual.
The STR typing results for specimens Q40/Q41 (combined for analysis) indicate the presence of DNA from more than one individual. The typing results from the amelogenin locus indicate the presence of male DNA in the DNA obtained from specimens Q40/Q41 (combined for analysis).
The DNA profile from specimens Q40/Q41 (combined for analysis) will be entered into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) and maintained by the FBI Laboratory for future comparisons.
No other DNA examinations were conducted.
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DB Cooper-21625(Rev. 08-28-2000)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence : 
ROUTINE
Date: 04/22/2002
To: Seattle
Attn:
From: Portland Contact:
Approved By:
Drafted By:
hkc
Case ID #: SE 164A-81
(Pending) 9388
Title: NORJAK;
CAA
Synopsis: Lead covered. No additional identification was found.
Reference: SE 164A-81 Serial 9383
Details: On 03/11/2002, the following inquiries were conducted regarding with negative results: b6 
Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles, containing current and past drivers licenses and vehicles, found
On 03/11/2002, the following inquiries were conducted regarding with negative results: b6 
Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles, containing current and past drivers licenses and vehicles, found no record associated with Law Enforcement Data System, containing records of all individuals with any past criminal history, shows no reference identifiable to The
Multnomah County Jail, Portland, OR, Oregon State Police, Identification Division, Salem, OR, and the Department of Corrections, Salem, OR, were contacted regarding the subject, with negative results.
No records were able to be located through any agency contacted.
Unless additional names or other information be located regarding Portland considers this lead covered. b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-21626
111KL11204,702(Rev. 08-28-2000)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence : ROUTINE
Date: 04/22/2002
To: Seattle
Attn:/
From: Portland
Contact:
Approved By:
Drafted By:
hkc
Case ID #: SE 164A-81
(Pending) 9388
Title:
NORJAK;
CAA
Synopsis: Lead covered. No additional identification was found.
Reference: SE 164A-81 Serial 9383
Details: On 03/11/2002, the following inquiries were conducted
No additional identification was found.
Reference: SE 164A-81 Serial 9383
Details: On 03/11/2002, the following inquiries were conducted regarding with negative results:
Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles, containing current and past drivers licenses and vehicles, found no record associated with Law Enforcement Data System, containing records of all individuals with any past criminal history, shows no reference identifiable to The 56 b7C
Multnomah County Jail, Portland, OR, Oregon State Police, Identification Division, Salem, OR, and the Department of Corrections, Salem, OR, were contacted regarding the subject, with negative results.
No records were able to be located through any agency contacted.
Unless additional names or other information be located regarding Portland considers this lead covered. b6 b7C
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
DB Cooper-21627(Rev. 08-28-2000)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE
Date:
07/03/2002
To: New Orleans
From: Seattle 
Squad 5/ PSVCTE
Contact:
Approved By:
Drafted By:
Case ID #: SE 164A-81
9389
Pending)
Title: NORJAK;
CAA- Hijacking
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
Synopsis: To
ROUTINE
Date:
07/03/2002
To: New Orleans
From: Seattle 
Squad 5/ PSVCTE
Contact:
Approved By:
Drafted By:
Case ID #: SE 164A-81
9389
Pending)
Title: NORJAK;
CAA- Hijacking
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
Synopsis: To enclose letter and set lead at Bossier City, Louisiana.
Enclosure (s) : Case synopsis and letter received from Bossier City Attorney
Details: Captioned case is described in the enclosed synopsis. It remains the only unresolved hijacking in U.S. history. Recently a letter was received in Seattle from Bossier City, Louisiana Attorney advised he was contacted by an individual who could identify the subject in this case who used the alias DAN COOPER at the time of the hijacking. inquired as to the existence of a reward for this information.
New Orleans should be aware that many people who contact Seattle have studied media accounts of this crime over the years and may base their 'knowledge' on these accounts, which are frequently in error. This case has appeared on the Discovery Channel again recently and is continually rerun on Unsolved Mysteries. Seattle filters these responses based on a process developed over the years, and sets relatively few investigative leads.
Seattle filters these responses based on a process developed over the years, and sets relatively few investigative leads. Due to this offense being a capital crime in 1971, DOJ has advised no statute of limitations exists. In addition, a 'John Doe' indictment was returned in 1976.
Any information of significance that leads to the identification of the UNSUB, aka DAN COOPER, could result in the
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Ju DB Cooper-21628
To:
New Orleans From: Seattle
Re :
SE 164A-81, 07/03/2002
recommendation by Seattle for a significant cash payment, in accordance with the Bureau policy on rewards.
DB Cooper-21629
2To:
New Orleans
From:
Seattle
Re :
SE 164A-81, 07/03/2002
LEAD (s) : Set Lead 1: NEW ORLEANS
AT BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA
1. Contact Attorney Bossier City, Louisiana
and explain possibility of a reward. Obtain the name and identifying information of the person contacting and search through UNI for prior contacts with Seattle.
2. If no prior Seattle contacts documented in UNI, contact this individual and interview in detail concerning his first hand knowledge of identity of UNSUB.
If no prior Seattle contacts documented in UNI, contact this individual and interview in detail concerning his first hand knowledge of identity of UNSUB. Use enclosed synopsis as a guide for this interview. Determine why this individual did not make direct contact with the FBI and /or document prior attempts to do so. If UNI reflects prior contacts, contact Seattle prior to the interview.
3. Send results to Seattle for review and determination if additional leads are warranted.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
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DB Cooper-21630(Rev. 08-28-2000)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE
Date:
07/08/2002
To: Seattle 
Attn: Squad 5 / PSVCTF
From: Kansas City
Squad 5
Contact:
Approved By:
BR
Drafted By:
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9390
per
Case ID #: SE 164A-81-43 Pending)
Title: NORJAK
CAA - Hijacking
Synopsis: Lead to contact
met with negative results.
at telephone
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Reference: SE 164A-81 Serial 9381
Enclosure (s) : Enclosed for SE is the original and one copy of an investigative insert reflecting KC investigation of this lead.
Details: Attempts to contact at provided telephone number met with negative results.
Serial 9381
Enclosure (s) : Enclosed for SE is the original and one copy of an investigative insert reflecting KC investigation of this lead.
Details: Attempts to contact at provided telephone number met with negative results. A female who answered the telephone said she would have telephone Task Force b6 b7C
No call was ever received. The referenced telephone number was then called on numerous occasions and not answered.
TF advised Seattle, via telephone regarding the results of KC Division's investigation. Any leads for subpoena requests or further inquiry are left to Seattle's discresion.
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SE1647-81-9390
SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED. FILED
JUL 2 6 2002
ERLSEATTLE
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Seattle From
Kansas City
Re :
SE 164A-81, 07/08/2002
LEAD (s) : Set Lead 1:
SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE Read and Clear.
DB Cooper-21632
2SE 164A-81 9391
AAD/rgb
On numerous occasions between 2/18/2002 and 2/22/2002 TE attempted to contact at telephone Reportedly concerning Bureau invesigation NORJAK. On several occasions a female who did not identify herself advised that there and not available. A message was left to contact To this date no return call was received.
On several occasions a female who did not identify herself advised that there and not available. A message was left to contact To this date no return call was received.
had information
was not
On 2/19/2202 a check of available telephone records indicated that telephone is not published. A subpoena would be required to obtain the subscriber from the South Western Bell Telephone Company .
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DB Cooper-21633SE 164A-81 AAD/rgw
On numerous occasions between 2/18/2002 and 2/22/2002 TF attempted to contact Reportedly had information
at telephone concerning Bureau invesigation NORJAK. On several occasions a female who did not identify herself advised that there and not available. A message was left to contact To this date no return call was received.
was not
On 2/19/2202 a check of available telephone records indicated that telephone is not published. A subpoena would be required to obtain the subscriber from the South Western Bell Telephone Company.
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SE-1641A-81-9391
DB Cooper-21634(Rev. Vb-28-2000)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence:
ROUTINE
Date:
07/23/2002
To:
Los Angeles
Seattle
Attn:
Evidence Control Center
Vb-28-2000)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence:
ROUTINE
Date:
07/23/2002
To:
Los Angeles
Seattle
Attn:
Evidence Control Center
SĀ
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Los Angeles
SQUAD C-1
Contact:
SA
Approved By:
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Case ID #: SE 164A-81-G
(Pending) 4
SE 164A-81_0CM
Title:
NORJAK;
CAA;
00: SEATTLE
x
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
Synopsis: All Los Angeles 164-497 files and 1A exhibits concerning captioned matter are being sent to FBI Seattle to be consolidated into their file, SE 164A-81-G.
Reference: SE 164A-81-G Serial 2
Administrative: This is in reference to FBI Seattle's EC to FBI Los Angeles dated February 19, 2002.
Package Copy: Being forwarded under separate cover via Federal Express are two (2) boxes containing the following:
1. Fourteen (14) volumes for file 164-497 containing documentation of the investigation conducted by FBI Los Angeles concerning captioned matter.
2. Eight (8) volumes of file 164-497 1As, containing 1A1-1A72.
3. One (1) volume of file 164-497 Sub A, containing investigation at the Elsinore Paricenter, Inc.
3. One (1) volume of file 164-497 Sub A, containing investigation at the Elsinore Paricenter, Inc. located in Elsinore, California.
SE 16A-81 -9392
SEARCHED SERIALIZED FILED
INDEXED
JUL 2 5 2002
FBI SEATTLE
DB Cooper-21635To:
Los Angeles From: Los Angeles
Re :
SE 164A-81-G, 07/23/2002
Details: For information of FBI Seattle, FBI Los Angeles is furnishing all investigation to include documents, evidence, and exhibits concerning this matter to FBI Seattle. FBI Los Angeles was using file number 164-497 for all documents at the time of the investigation. As per a telephone conversation between FBI Los Angeles and FBI Seattle dated July 10, 2002, FBI Seattle will consolidate Los Angeles' investigation into their file.
It should be noted that Volume 6, 1A56, contains a glass slide with a hair sample. This is possibly the hair sample previously requested by FBI Seattle in an earlier EC.
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DB Cooper-21636To:
Los Angeles From: Los Angeles
Re :
SE 164A-81-G, 07/23/2002
LEAD (s) :
Set Lead 1: LOS ANGELES
AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FBI Los Angeles at the Evidence Control Center is requested
Cooper-21636To:
Los Angeles From: Los Angeles
Re :
SE 164A-81-G, 07/23/2002
LEAD (s) :
Set Lead 1: LOS ANGELES
AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FBI Los Angeles at the Evidence Control Center is requested to check their facility for any evidence belonging to file number 164-497 for 1Bs or 1Cs. The ECC is asked to forward anything that is located to SA in the Seattle Division to be consolidated into Seattle's file.
Set Lead 2: SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
FBI Seattle is requested to notify FBI Los Angeles that they in fact received the above packaged items.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
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DB Cooper-21637(Rey. 08-28-2000)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence:
ROUTINE
Date:
07/23/2002
To:
Los Angeles
Seattle
Attn:
Evidence Control Center
SA
SQUAD 5/PSVCTF
From:
Los Angeles
SQUAD C-1
Contact:
SA
Approved By:
Drafted By:
mw
4
Case ID #: SE 164A-81-G-(Pending)
SE 164A-81 9392
Title:
NORJAK;
CAA;
00: SEATTLE
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
Synopsis: All Los Angeles 164-497 files and 1A exhibits concerning captioned matter are being sent to FBI Seattle to be consolidated into their file, SE 164A-81-G.
Reference: SE 164A-81-G Serial 2
Administrative: This is in reference to FBI Seattle's EC to FBI Los
Reference: SE 164A-81-G Serial 2
Administrative: This is in reference to FBI Seattle's EC to FBI Los Angeles dated February 19, 2002.
Package Copy: Being forwarded under separate cover via Federal Express are two (2) boxes containing the following:
1. Fourteen (14) volumes for file 164-497 containing documentation of the investigation conducted by FBI Los Angeles concerning captioned matter.
2. Eight (8) volumes of file 164-497 1As, containing 1A1-1A72. 3. One (1) volume of file 164-497 Sub A, containing investigation at the Elsinore Paricenter, Inc. located in Elsinore, California.
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DB Cooper-21638(Rev. 08-28-2000)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE
Date: 08/20/2002
To: VSeattle 
Attn: ASAC
From: Seattle Squad 5/ PSVCTF Contact: SA
Approved By 1 
Drafted By :~ 
Case ID #: SE 164A-81~/(Pending) 
9393
Title:
UNSUB,
aka DAN COOPER;
NORJAK
CAA - HIJACKING
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
Synopsis: To outline a three phase investigative plan concerning evaluation of recent DNA profile.
Pending) 
9393
Title:
UNSUB,
aka DAN COOPER;
NORJAK
CAA - HIJACKING
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
Synopsis: To outline a three phase investigative plan concerning evaluation of recent DNA profile.
Details: Over thirty years, more than one thousand possible subjects have been processed by Seattle with the assistance of virtually every Field Division. Most were quickly eliminated, some required extensive investigation to eliminate, while some remained of interest and could not be included or excluded through normal means. To date, the hijacker of Northwest 305, who parachuted from the aircraft in southern Washington on 11/24/1971 with the $200, 000 ransom, has not been identified. As airplane hijacking was a capital offense at the time, DOJ has recently advised that no statute of limitations exists. This remains the only unresolved hijacking in U.S. history.
During 2001, advancements in sensitivity of DNA PCR/STR testing reached a point that resubmission of an item believed handled and worn by the UNSUB in this case was deemed worthwhile. Recently, SA was advised that testing of this item (a black necktie) has resulted in recovery of male nuclear DNA, which has been
Recently, SA was advised that testing of this item (a black necktie) has resulted in recovery of male nuclear DNA, which has been deemed suitable for entry into CODIS. The subject was observed wearing this item during the hijacking, which he apparently removed before exiting the airplane. The DNA examiner has stated that the DNA recovered likely belongs to the subject or owner.
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To: Seattle From: ' Seattle
Re :
SE 164A-81, 08/20/2002
Due passage of time, and the sheer number of subjects evaluated in this case, special considerations are necessary to effectively use these DNA results without generating large numbers of time intensive leads. The following is a three phase investigative plan that will be completed in the next 30-60 days:
1. Laboratory, DNA1, has been requested to submit the CODIS profile to all 50 states for checking against State DNA databases. Special attention will be provided to databases in Oregon and Washington.
2. A comprehensive review of each subject subfile (1, 057 currently) will be conducted to identify those not strongly eliminated at the time.
A comprehensive review of each subject subfile (1, 057 currently) will be conducted to identify those not strongly eliminated at the time.
3. From those identified in phase two, leads will be set to obtain DNA samples from the suspect, subjects children, or other appropriate personal items belonging to him. The intent is to be very selective with these leads.
It is anticipated that some of those contacted in phase three will contact the media. Receiving offices will be instructed to refer any media inquiries to the Seattle media coordinator. The specific source of the recovered DNA will not be discussed.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
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À PROFESSIONAL. LAW CORPORATION ATTORNEYS AT LAW
BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA
TELEPHONE FACSIMILE
ALSO ADMITTED IN TEXAS
August 29, 2002
VIA FACSIMILE TO (318) 220-7759
Federal Bureau of Investigations 401 Edwards Street, Ste. 1810 Shreveport, LA 71101
Re: Cooper Matter
Dear Agent
As per your request in our telephone conference this afternoon, this letter serves to confirm our prior telephone conversations regarding the above referenced matter.
71101
Re: Cooper Matter
Dear Agent
As per your request in our telephone conference this afternoon, this letter serves to confirm our prior telephone conversations regarding the above referenced matter. My client has offered to provide information believed to be accurate regarding the fugitive known as "D.B. Cooper" under certain limited circumstances. The information to be provided includes:
· Type of employment and name of company Cooper was employed by after hijacking;
· State in which Cooper currently resides;
· Occupation (specialized) in which Cooper is currently employed;
· Telephone number called by Cooper during Christmas Holidays each year.
In exchange for this information, my client requires, in addition to specific information regard the amount of the reward to be paid to my client for the arrest of Cooper, the following:
· Guarantee that my client's name and location will not be disclosed;
. Guarantee that the resident of the home called by Cooper during the Christmas Holidays not be contacted;
· Payment of the reward upon arrest of Cooper.
Upon written confirmation of the above terms, my client has expressed a willingness to visit with the applicable FBI agents to
Upon written confirmation of the above terms, my client has expressed a willingness to visit with the applicable FBI agents to discuss this matter and provide additional information.
I understand and appreciate your expressed concerns that the identity of my client is required to run through a data base to screen out individuals who have provided information or those who claim to be psychics or have "figured out" who Cooper is from broadcasts. However, my client is a respected professional who has never contacted the F.B.I. or others regarding this of another
DEC 2 3 2002
FBI SEATTLE
DB Cooper-21643
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Letter to Agent Re: D.B. Cooper August 29, 2002 Page 2 of 2
matter. My client is unwilling to come forward without a guarantee that their identity shall be protected at all times, and we require confirmation that the terms set forth above will be adhered to in this matter.
I do not have the authority to disclose any additional information in this matter pending receipt of written confirmation of the acceptance of the above
I do not have the authority to disclose any additional information in this matter pending receipt of written confirmation of the acceptance of the above terms and conditions. Should you have any additional questions, please contact me at or by email at
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With kind personal regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
DB Cooper-21644
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription
08/29/2002
LAW OFFICE OF Bossier City, LA
was advised as to the identity of the interviewing agent and the purpose of the interview. provided the
following information regarding his representation of a client who has information which could assist the United States Government in apprehending D. B. COOPER:
represents a client who can provide investigators with the following information:
1. The type of employment and name of the company COOPER was employed by after the hijacking.
2. The state in which COOPER currently resides.
3. The occupation (specialized) in which COOPER is currently employed.
4. A telephone number called by COOPER during the Christmas Holidays each year.
The occupation (specialized) in which COOPER is currently employed.
4. A telephone number called by COOPER during the Christmas Holidays each year.
Based on this information, client believes investigators will be able to locate and apprehend COOPER.
Prior to his client coming forward, has requested a written assurance the client's identity would not be made public. has also advised the telephone number which the client could provide should not be contacted by law enforcement due to the fact the client believes his/her information is singular in nature and would reveal the cooperation of the client. Once receives the written assurance, will arrange for investigators to meet with the client.
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Investigation on	08/29/2002 at	Shreveport, LA	(telephonically)
File # SE 164A-81 - 9395	Date dictated	08/29/2002
by SA	41Kg

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI.
LA	(telephonically)
File # SE 164A-81 - 9395	Date dictated	08/29/2002
by SA	41Kg

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.
DB Cooper-21645
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- 1 -
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription
08/29/2002
LAW OFFICE OF Bossier City, LA
was advised as to the identity of the interviewing agent and the purpose of the interview. provided the following information regarding his representation of a client who has information which could assist the United States Government in apprehending D. B. COOPER:
represents a client who can provide investigators with the following information:
1. The type of employment and name of the company COOPER was employed by after the hijacking.
2. The state in which COOPER currently resides.
3. The occupation (specialized) in which COOPER is currently employed.
4. A telephone number called by COOPER during the Christmas Holidays each year.
The occupation (specialized) in which COOPER is currently employed.
4. A telephone number called by COOPER during the Christmas Holidays each year.
Based on this information, investigators will be able to locate and apprehend COOPER.
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Prior to his client coming forward, has requested a written assurance the client's identity would not be made public. has also advised the telephone number which the client could provide should not be contacted by law enforcement due to the fact the client believes his/her information is singular in nature and would reveal the cooperation of the client. Once receives the written assurance, will arrange for investigators to meet with the client.
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Investigation	on	08/29/2002 at	Shreveport, LA	(telephonically)
File # SE	164A-81 - 9395	Date dictated	08/29/2002
by SA

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBL It is the
164A-81 - 9395	Date dictated	08/29/2002
by SA

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBL 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-2$646(Rev. 08-28-2000)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence :
ROUTINE
Date:
08/29/2002
To:
Seattle
Attn:
Squad 5/PSVCTF
From: New Orleans
Shreveport R.A.
Contact:
SA
Approved By:
FMH @
Drafted By:
cab 202
Case ID #: SE-164A-81
9396
(Pending)
Title: NORJAK
CAA-HIJACKING
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Reference: SE 164A-81 Serial 9389
Administrative: Per E-mail contact between SA and on August 22, 2002.
Enclosure (s): FD-302 of the interview with A letter from law office regarding information from his client which could be provided to the Seattle Division.
Details: The New Orleans Division, Shreveport Resident Agency, has been in contact with regarding his client who has information which may lead investigators to the location of D.
Details: The New Orleans Division, Shreveport Resident Agency, has been in contact with regarding his client who has information which may lead investigators to the location of D.B. Cooper. Prior to identifying the client, has requested certain assurances such as complete anonymity for his client and a reward to be paid upon Cooper's apprehension. This request is being forwarded to the Seattle Division for what action they deem necessary.
The New Orleans Division, Shreveport R.A., considers the lead covered.
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'DB Cooper-21647

TO :	Seattle From:	New Orleans
Re :	SE-164A-81,	08/29/2002

LEAD (s) :
Set Lead 1: (Adm)
SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, WA
Read and clear.
DB Cooper-21648
2 (Rev. 08-28-2000)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE
Date: 09/26/2002
To: Seattle
Attn: SA
From: Seattle
Evidence Control Center
Contact:
Approved By :
/A/
Drafted By:
9397
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Case ID #: SE 164A-81 - (Pending)
Title: NORJAK;
CAA - Hijacking
Synopsis: To report submission of evidence beyond 10-day rule.
INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE
Date: 09/26/2002
To: Seattle
Attn: SA
From: Seattle
Evidence Control Center
Contact:
Approved By :
/A/
Drafted By:
9397
: jli
Case ID #: SE 164A-81 - (Pending)
Title: NORJAK;
CAA - Hijacking
Synopsis: To report submission of evidence beyond 10-day rule.
Reference: SE 164A-81 Serial 9336
SE 164A-81 Serial 9337
Details: On September 13, 2002, a box was received from F.B.I Laboratory at the Seattle Evidence Control Center by ECT Believing this was a standard return of evidence, the item was not given priority status, due to a high volume of work in the Evidence Control Center.
On September 25, 2002, the box was opened and the invoice examined. The contents were a skull, bone, and rock originally acquired by the Omaha Division in June, 2000. Upon reviewing the invoice, ECT researched the origin of these materials to determine the "1B" number. No evidence paperwork was located, so a call was made to the collecting agent, SA (North Platte RA, Omaha Division) . SA 
advised on September 26, 2002 that he did not submit the items to the Evidence Control Center in Omaha prior to sending it to the lab.
SA 
advised on September 26, 2002 that he did not submit the items to the Evidence Control Center in Omaha prior to sending it to the lab.
On September 26, 2002, ECT entered the items into ACS, using the date received (9/13/02) as the date which the chain of custody begins. The items were placed into storage, and the case agent, SA was telephonically notified of the evidence.
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DB Cooper-21649 FL:330 (Rey. 5-8-81)
(Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.)
(Mount Clipping in Space Below)
D.B. Cooper case still cold after 30 years
FBI keeps getting tips but most are filed away
SEATTLE (AP) - It was 30 years. ago Saturday that D.B. Cooper. jumped from a hijacked, Seattle -. bound jetliner with $200,000 in ran- som money strapped to his waist, nev -. er to be heard from again.
His escapade remains the only un- solved skyjacking in the United States. The FBI has received thou-, sands of tips, but investigators have nothing to go on.
There's no suspect, no leads --- and nothing to prove who Cooper was, or where he went.
The FBI has received thou-, sands of tips, but investigators have nothing to go on.
There's no suspect, no leads --- and nothing to prove who Cooper was, or where he went.
"He's our Jesse James and Billy the Kid," said Jerry Thomas of Jefferson County. Thomas is a retired Army in- fantryman who has searched the backwoods of Southwest Washington for any trace of Cooper.
Cooper apparently parachuted somewhere over Cowlitz or Clark counties. He's beaten the best crime fighters in the country, earning him folk hero status among some.
On Saturday, the tiny town of Ariel will throw a party for Cooper for the 27th straight year at the Ariel Store, the town's main bar.
Cooper's case inspired some copy- cat attempts and prompted new air- port security measures nationwide.
"It's with me," said Ralph Himmels- bach, the FBI agent who worked the case for eight years before retiring. "I don't lose any sleep over it, but if I had my druthers, it would be solved."
. In a book he wrote about the case, Himmelsbach says, "Here's a little guy all by himself who reached up and tweaked Uncle Sam's nose and took $200,000 from a major corporation.
In a book he wrote about the case, Himmelsbach says, "Here's a little guy all by himself who reached up and tweaked Uncle Sam's nose and took $200,000 from a major corporation."
Many who have studied Cooper's actions of Thanksgiving Eve 1971 are. certain he died trying to escape. They have reason to believe that, too. The weather was bad with heavy rain; Cooper jumped over a dense forest of pine and Douglas fir; he was dressed" in a suit and loafers; and one of the two ' parachutes he used was defective.
But his story is fascinating.
On Nov. 24, 1971, a thin man in his 40s calling himself Dan Cooper' showed up at the Northwest Orient Airlines ticket counter at Portland In- ternational Airport. He paid $20 cash for a one-way flight to Seattle depart-' ing at 4:35 p.m. He then waited 50 min- utes to board the Boeing 727. He took a seat near the back of the plane, and had the row to himself.
Soon after takeoff, Cooper handed a note to a stewardess and said he had a bomb on board. He let her peak into his briefcase at wires and red sticks that seemed to be explosives.
Soon after takeoff, Cooper handed a note to a stewardess and said he had a bomb on board. He let her peak into his briefcase at wires and red sticks that seemed to be explosives. He then demanded $200,000, four parachutes and "no funny stuff." At 5:40 p.m., the plane landed at Seattle-Tacoma Inter- national Airport and authorities met his demands.
Then, he ordered the plane back into the air and to fly toward Mexico via Reno at no more than 10,000 feet. He later jumped, and hasn't been seen or heard from since.
"The fact that it's the only unsolved hijacking keeps it high-profile," said FBI agent Ralph Hope of Seattle, the latest agent in charge of the case. "It" will remain that way until we know the individual could not be alive."
In 1971 and 1980, the FBI searched for Cooper, looking into countless leads with no luck. About six inquiries still come in to agents each month, but most are just filed away.

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DB Cooper-21650 FBI/DOJFD-350 (Rev. 5-8-81)
(Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.)
(Mount Clipping in Space Below)
D.B. Cooper® case still cold after 30 years
FBI keeps getting tips but most are filed away
SEATTLE (AP) -- It was 30 yearsr. ago, Saturday that. D.B. Cooper jumped from a hijacked .Seattle; bound jetliner with $200,000 in ran- som money strapped to his waist, neys er to be heard from again
His escapade remains the only un solved skyjacking in the Unitedr States, The FBI has received thout sands of tips, but investigators have nothing to go on.
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County thomas is a retired Army ins fantryman whos has searched, the; backwoods bi Southwest Washington for any trace of Cooper
.Cooper, apparently > parachuted somewhere over Cowlitz: or Clark counties.He's beaten the best crime fighters in the country, earning him folk Hero status among some.
On Saturday, the tiny town of Ariel will throw a party for Cooper for the. 27th straight year at the Ariel Store, the town's main bar Cooper's case inspired some copy- cat attempts and prompted new aif port security measures nationwide.fr 's with me," said Ralph Himmels bach, the FBI agent who worked the case for eight years before retiring,s don't lose any sleep over it, but if I had my druthers, it would be solved. a book he wrote about the case, Himmelsbach says, Here's a little guy all by himselfwho reached up and tweaked Uncle Sam's nose and took 3₺ $200,000 from a major corporation?"
Many who have studied Cooper's. actions of Thanksgiving Eve 1971 året certain he died trying to escape. They. have reason to believe that, too.
actions of Thanksgiving Eve 1971 året certain he died trying to escape. They. have reason to believe that, too. The weather was bad with heavy rain; Cooper jumped over a dense forest of pine and Douglas fir, he was dressed! in a suit and loafers; and one of the two? parachutes he used was defective. But his story is fascinating:
'On Noy 24, 1971, a thin man in his 40s calling himself Dan Cooper showed up at the Northwest Orient Airlines ticket counter at Portland In- ternational Airport. He paid $20 cash for a one way flight to Seattle depart" ting al 4:35 pm, He then Waited 50 min; utes to board the Boeing 727 He took wa seat near the back of the plane, and had the row to himself Soon after takeoff Cooper handed! a note to a stewardess and said he had' a bomb on board. He let her peak into his briefcase at wires and red sucks that seemed to be explosives He then?
demanded $200,000, four parachutes and "no funny stuff." At 5:40 pim ; the plane landed at Seattle Tacoma Inter- national Airport and authorities met This demands;
H Then, he ordered the plane back into the air and to fly toward
" At 5:40 pim ; the plane landed at Seattle Tacoma Inter- national Airport and authorities met This demands;
H Then, he ordered the plane back into the air and to fly toward Mexico navia Reno at no more than 10,000 feet Kylle later jumped, and hasn't been seen tiroi Heard from since
The fact that it's the only unsolved hijacking keeps it high profile," said FBIagent Ralph Hope of Seattle, the latest agent in charge of the case. It ricwill remain that yay until we know the windividual could not be alive.
In 1971 and 1980 the FBI searched for Cooper: looking into countless leads with no Itick. About six inquire still come in to agents each month, bi most are just filed away

Date:	11/23/2001
Edition:	The Columbian Clark County
Title:	164A-SE-81-LL

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DB Cooper-21652U.S. Department of Justice
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DB Cooper-21652U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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1110 Third Avenue Seattle - WA 98101-2904
December 10, 2002
PLC
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RE: Information concerning Hijacking of Northwest 305.
Dear
This letter is in reference to your letter dated August 29, 2002 directed to Special Agent of the Shreveport Office of the FBI.
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Your letter advises that you have a client who has information concerning the identity of the hijacker of NW 305, commonly referred to in the media as "D.B. Cooper." You request certain guarantees concerning protection of your client's identity and information concerning any available reward.
The FBI routinely receives information in confidence from citizens throughout the U.S., and elsewhere. There are established procedures to accommodate these requests. However, it is necessary that you advise what specific evidence your client can provide that the person he/she refers to actually hijacked the referenced flight.
However, it is necessary that you advise what specific evidence your client can provide that the person he/she refers to actually hijacked the referenced flight. Please also advise how this client came to possess this information, and when. e We would appreciate you providing this information either to SA or myself, at your earliest convenience.
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addressee 1 Seattle (SE 164A-81) -9400 RNH/rnh (2)
Supervisory Special Agent
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence:
ROUTINE
Date:
11/26/2002 
To:
Seattle
Attn: Squad 5 / PSVCTF
SA
From:
San Francisco
Squad 18B / Santa Rosa RA
Contact:
SA
Approved By:
DA
Drafted By:
AR: amp dmp
Case ID #:
SE 164A-81
(Pending)
Title: UNKNOWN SUBJECT, aka
Dan Cooper;
NORJAK;
CAA - HIJACKING
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ARMED AND DANGEROUS
Synopsis: Information received from call-in complainant regarding possible subject. Information being provided to Seattle for appropriate handling.
Enclosures: Documentation received from complainant.
Details: On 11/22/2002,
Healdsburg, California, telephone number dropped off at the Santa Rosa RA information
Details: On 11/22/2002,
Healdsburg, California, telephone number dropped off at the Santa Rosa RA information he had obtained while conducting a historian, was given the enclosed documents research.
by of the now deceased Karl A. Grill. In his papers was a picture of an individual with the notation written at the top of the picture, and a newspaper clipping depicting an artist's conception of the parachute suspect and details of his exploits. Both of these items were stored in a clear plastic container with no other information.
A copy of the military record and report of separation from the deceased man is provided in case this individual was a member of his unit.
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DB Cooper-21654 SE 164A-81-9399 To: Seattle From: San Francisco
Re : SE 164A-81, 11/26/2002 (Pending)
LEAD (s) :
Set Lead 1:
SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Read and clear.
DB Cooper-21655
2HISTORIAN - CONSULTANT COLLECTOR
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ANTIQUE ARMS WESTERN
HEALDSBURG CA
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U.S. MILITARY ISSUANCE
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PARACHUTE SUSPECT Artist's conception
No Trace of
MILITARY ISSUANCE
CAGA CERTIFIED APPRAISERb6 b7C
PARACHUTE SUSPECT Artist's conception
No Trace of Skyjacker's Parachutes
WOODLAND,. Wash - (AP) Authorities hiked through rural woodlands, seeking. traces of a parachuting airline bijacket for the third day Sat- urday, But again they report- ed no clues.
The hijacker is believed to have bailed out over the 15- square mile search, area Wednesday night after hijack- ing the Northwest Airlines jet at Seattle. He had demanded; and received four parachutes and $200,000 ransom.
"We're concentrating our search for a parachute," said" Tom Manning, FBI agent co- ordinating the search, "We think this will give us a clue as to what happened to the hi- jacker ..
"We've determined. the hi- jacker was wearing a sport. type back pack parachute," Manning said. "That means it would be difficult for him to maneuver if he had any kind of buik on bim at all and we've been told $200,000 weighs over 20 pounds."
Authorities earlier said the ransom, largest ever paid a hijacker in.
"That means it would be difficult for him to maneuver if he had any kind of buik on bim at all and we've been told $200,000 weighs over 20 pounds."
Authorities earlier said the ransom, largest ever paid a hijacker in. the United States, was in $20 bills.
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01 052 738	Ist &t	CAC	AUS

6. ORGANIZATION
ilth Airborne Division
152ad kirb ino Astaireraft battalion
7. DATE OF BELIEF
FROM ACTIVE DUTY
13. Jan 47
B. PLACE OF SEPARATION
separation center
Camp Beate. Califorats

9. PERMANENT ADDRESS FOR MAILING PURPOSES 653 Allaen Street Oakland	10. DATE OF BIRTH	11: PLACE.OF BIRTH
Alameda County Callfornia	17 X 1915	Ireann Idaho

12. ADDRESS FROM WHICH EMPLOYMENT WILL BE SOUGHT
Soc $
IS: COLOR
EYES
Alto
14.
OF BIRTH
Alameda County Callfornia	17 X 1915	Ireann Idaho

12. ADDRESS FROM WHICH EMPLOYMENT WILL BE SOUGHT
Soc $
IS: COLOR
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Alto
14. COLOR
HAIR
groun
IB. HEIGHT
16. WEIGHT
$7. NO. OF
DEPENDENTS
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160
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WHITE NEGRO 1 A	OTHER (specify)	SINGLE	MARRIED	OTHER (speCUY) itareas	YES V A	NO'	Chief Accountant 0 01.20

MILITARY HISTORY

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YES &	NO	Limoges telif

RO. DATE OF ENTRY ON ACTIVE DUTY
4 Durch 1048
27. MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY AND NO.
Aleboraa Antiaircraft Unit Commander (1177)
28.
DATE OF ENTRY ON ACTIVE DUTY
4 Durch 1048
27. MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY AND NO.
Aleboraa Antiaircraft Unit Commander (1177)
28. BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS
Lason 00 108 20 45
20.' DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS LA U TOJ 25
Jme Bronse Star american Campaign Medal World war II vierory Badal
Army sf Renapation Kedal (Japan)
30. WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION
Emma

31. SERVICE SCHOOLS ATTENDED	32; SERVICE OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL U. 9, AND RETURN
DATE OF DEPARTURE	DESTINATION	DATE OF ARRIVAL
Pasning, Woorgia	10 $27 46	Asistle Freiric	1 Jun 46
33, REASON AND AUTHORITY FOR SEPARATION 25 Jeg 45	FROAber
10 Hov 46	Jatbed States	1$ => 46

34. CURRENT TOUR OF ACTIVE DUTY	35. EDUCATION (Years)
CONTINENTAL SERVICE	FOREIGN SERVICE
YEARS 5	MONTHS ₾	DAYS
Hov 46	Jatbed States	1$ => 46

34. CURRENT TOUR OF ACTIVE DUTY	35. EDUCATION (Years)
CONTINENTAL SERVICE	FOREIGN SERVICE
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INSURANCE NOTICE
IMPORTANT IF PREMIUM IS NOT PAID WHEN QUE OR WITHIN THIRTY-ONE DAYS THEREAFTER, INSURANCE WILL LAPSE. MAKE CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS PAYABLE TO THE TREASURER OF THE U. S. AND FORWARD TO COLLECTIONS SUBDIVISION, VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, WASHINGTON 25, D. C.

36. KIND OF INSURANCE	37. HOW PAID	38. Effictiva Date of Aitet-	39. Date of Next Promlist	40. PREMIUM QUE	At. INTENTION OF VETERAN TO
Nat. Sezy. Â	U.S. Gort.	NOES	Allotment x	Direct to V.A.	ment Discontinueces 31 Van 17	Dit (one month after 38) 23 34b 47	EACH MONTH # ៛
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Nat. Sezy. Â	U.S. Gort.	NOES	Allotment x	Direct to V.A.	ment Discontinueces 31 Van 17	Dit (one month after 38) 23 34b 47	EACH MONTH # ៛ *	Continue T A	i Continno only $	Discontinus

42.	43. REMARKS (This space for completion of abave items or entry of other items specified in W. D. Directives)
RIGHT	Capel ut.on Tasund
THUMB PRINT

44. SIGNATURE OF OFFICER BEING SEPARATED
45. PERSONNEL OFFICER I've name, grade and organization - signature)
CAFE
WO AGO FORM 53 - 98 I November 1944
This form supersedes all previous editions of WD AGO Forms 53 and 280 for officers en- tlfted to a Certificate of Service, which will not be used after
PERSONNEL OFFICER I've name, grade and organization - signature)
CAFE
WO AGO FORM 53 - 98 I November 1944
This form supersedes all previous editions of WD AGO Forms 53 and 280 for officers en- tlfted to a Certificate of Service, which will not be used after irceipt of this revision.
7. REEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEEMAN COPY (To: State Director of Selective Service for State shown in flem 12)
· DB Cooper-21660
Q(Rev. 08-28-2000)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence :
ROUTINE
Date:
11/26/2002 
To:
Seattle
Attn:
Squad 5 / PSVCTF
SA
From:
San Francisco
Squad 18B / Santa Rosa RA
Contact :
SA
Approved By:
Drafted By:
dmp
Case ID #:
SE 164A-81
(Pending)
Title: UNKNOWN SUBJECT, aka
Dan Cooper;
NORJAK;
CAA - HIJACKING
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ARMED AND DANGEROUS
Synopsis: Information received from call-in complainant regarding possible subject. Information being provided to Seattle for appropriate handling.
Enclosures: Documentation received from complainant.
Details: On 11/22/2002,
Healdsburg, dropped off at the
California, telephone number Santa Rosa RA information he had obtained while conducting a historian, was given the enclosed documents research.
Details: On 11/22/2002,
Healdsburg, dropped off at the
California, telephone number Santa Rosa RA information he had obtained while conducting a historian, was given the enclosed documents research. of the now deceased Karl A. Grill. In his papers by
was a picture of an individual with the notation written at the top of the picture, and a newspaper clipping depicting an artist's conception of the parachute suspect and details of his exploits. Both of these items were stored in a clear plastic container with no other information.
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DB Cooper-21661 SE 164A-81-9399
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence:
ROUTINE
Date:
12/17/2002
To :
Seattle
From:
Seattle
Squad 5/ PSVCTF
Contact:
SA
Approved By:
Drafted By:
940 (Pending)
Case ID #: SE 164A-81 SE-164A-81-DNA-1
Title: NORJAK;
CAA - Hijacking
1.
Synopsis: Open subfile for DNA project.
Details: It is requested that SE 164A-81-DNA be opened for the purposes of the ongoing DNA project.
Details: It is requested that SE 164A-81-DNA be opened for the purposes of the ongoing DNA project.
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SEARCHED SERIALIZED HLED
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DB Cooper-21663FD-71 (Rev. 3-27-95)
Complaint Form
NOTE: Hand print names legibly; handwriting satisfactory for remainder. Indices: Negative See below

Subject's name and aliases	Character of case
D. B. Cooper	D. B. Cooper SE-164A-81
Complainant Protect Source
Seattle PI
Complaint received
 Personal Telephonic Date 12/20/2002 Time 4:00 pm

Address of Subject
Complainant's address and telephone number
Complainant's DOB
Sex

Subject's Description	Race	 Male	Height	Hair	Build	Birth date and birth place
Age
12/20/2002 Time 4:00 pm

Address of Subject
Complainant's address and telephone number
Complainant's DOB
Sex

Subject's Description	Race	 Male	Height	Hair	Build	Birth date and birth place
Age	 Female	Weight	Eyes	Complexion	Social Security Number

Scars, marks and other data
Employer
Address
Telephone 1
Vehicle Description
Facts of Complaint
Last year
Seattle PI,
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Sky jacking.
concerning the 30th anniversary of the D.B. Cooper subsequently contacted him to advise that her made a deathbed confession to her that he was D.B. Cooper. thinks that Arthur, died in 1996 or 1997. He
stated that is living in Arizona and that her phone number is . He stated that they exchanged voice mail several times since the article and only recently have they actually spoken to each other.
rg1 (2)
SA
(Complaint received by)
Do not write in this space.
SE 164A-81 -9412
INDEXED DAK FILED
DEC 2 3 2002
FRI SEATTLE BLOCKS 0/ BLOCK STAMD
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DB Cooper-21664FD-350 (Rev.
SE 164A-81 -9412
INDEXED DAK FILED
DEC 2 3 2002
FRI SEATTLE BLOCKS 0/ BLOCK STAMD
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D.B. Cooper puzzle: The legend turns 30
By Susan Gilmore Seattle Times staff reporter
If you believe a persuasive San Diego cabdriver, D.B. Cooper was a drifter and card player who died of a cocaine overdose in California 15 years after skyjacking a Northwest Airlines jet between Portland and Seattle.
If you believe an equally insistent Florida realtor, D.B. Cooper was her late husband, a chain-smoking ex-con who revealed his true identity to her six years ago as he lay dying of kidney disease in a Pensacola hospital.
And if you believe the FBI, the notorious skyjacker, after parachuting out of the plane at 10,000 feet with a 21-pound satchel of ransom money strapped to his chest, died in the
And if you believe the FBI, the notorious skyjacker, after parachuting out of the plane at 10,000 feet with a 21-pound satchel of ransom money strapped to his chest, died in the jump. No matter that his body has never been found.
Three decades later, the only unsolved skyjacking in the country's history continues to fascinate mystery lovers, with many hoping the passenger known as D.B. Cooper - who physically hurt no one, except possibly himself - landed safely with the loot and got away.
"He's our Jesse James and Billy the Kid," said Jerry Thomas of Jefferson County, a retired Army infantryman who has made it his mission to scour the backwoods of Southwest Washington for any sign of Cooper.
Even law-abiding Americans have a history of rooting for the underdog, and "here's a little guy all by himself who reached up and tweaked Uncle Sam's nose and took $200,000 from a major corporation" and may have gotten away with it, said retired FBI Agent Ralph Himmelsbach, who spent years searching for Cooper and wrote a book about the case.
It almost doesn't matter if Cooper is dead; for 30 years, his legend has lived on.
Sam's nose and took $200,000 from a major corporation" and may have gotten away with it, said retired FBI Agent Ralph Himmelsbach, who spent years searching for Cooper and wrote a book about the case.
It almost doesn't matter if Cooper is dead; for 30 years, his legend has lived on.
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A leap into history
On Nov. 24, 1971, a tall, dark-complexioned passenger identifying himself as Dan Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727 on a stormy Thanksgiving Eve, demanded and got $200,000 and parachutes, then jumped from the rear of the plane into history.
In recent weeks, as the anniversary has approached, television crews from around the world have descended on Thomas, a self- appointed Cooper expert, for his stories and a walk through the woods where Cooper is believed to have landed. Maybe, just maybe, Thomas would find a scrap of parachute, a human bone, a waterlogged $20 bill.
world have descended on Thomas, a self- appointed Cooper expert, for his stories and a walk through the woods where Cooper is believed to have landed. Maybe, just maybe, Thomas would find a scrap of parachute, a human bone, a waterlogged $20 bill.
Officially, the case remains open.
"The fact it's the only unsolved hijacking keeps it high-profile," said FBI Agent Ralph Hope of Seattle, the latest in a list of agents in charge of the case. "It will remain that way until we know the individual could not be alive."
Though the FBI conducted major searches in 1971 and 1980, collected 1,200 files and checked out countless leads, no hard evidence ever turned up. Agents still receive a half-dozen inquiries a month; most are simply filed away.
"There's a number of incidents where people looked very, very good, but no direct evidence was located," Hope said. "Many will read articles or books and call in with information, much of it inaccurate. You can almost tell what books they read."
'I have a bomb'
Agents knew little about the skyjacker except that he smoked Raleigh cigarettes, drank whiskey, was familiar with aerodynamics and paid $20 cash for a one-way flight from Portland to Seattle.
"
'I have a bomb'
Agents knew little about the skyjacker except that he smoked Raleigh cigarettes, drank whiskey, was familiar with aerodynamics and paid $20 cash for a one-way flight from Portland to Seattle.
He wore a dark suit and tie, white shirt and pearl tie tack, and had short, dark hair. He carried a briefcase and dark raincoat, and took seat 18C on Flight 305, having the row to himself.
FBI HANDOUT
The jet was barely in the air before he passed a note to a Hijacker D.B. Cooper, In FBI sketches from 1971 and showing how he might fook today. flight attendant, who slipped it unopened into a pocket. Cooper leaned closer: "Miss, you'd better look at that note. I have a bomb." He opened his briefcase to reveal several red cylinders and a nest of wires.
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The plane landet in Seattle; passengers were exc. anged for parachutes and ransom money paid by the airline. With Cooper and the flight crew on board, it took off, heading south toward Mexico. About 30 minutes later, a cockpit warning light showed the rear stairway was fully extended.
With Cooper and the flight crew on board, it took off, heading south toward Mexico. About 30 minutes later, a cockpit warning light showed the rear stairway was fully extended. The pilot asked over the intercom, "Is everything OK back there?"
Cooper yelled back, "No," and bailed out the back into freezing darkness.
The plane landed in Reno, where agents found nothing except Cooper's skinny black tie, tie tack, eight of his cigarette butts, two of the parachutes and possibly a fingerprint among the 66 never identified.
Did he survive? Said Hope: "We know there was a blowing storm, the plane was going 170 knots, he was wearing street clothes and street shoes. ... The chance of survival was not good. Possible, not likely."
Yet Cooper's body was never found, and only a portion of the ransom money - whose serial numbers the FBI had recorded - turned up when a child digging in a sand bar on the north bank of the Columbia River west of Vancouver in 1980 unearthed a bundle of $20 bills.
That gives romantics room to fantasize that Cooper is alive, enjoying his riches in some exotic locale.
That gives romantics room to fantasize that Cooper is alive, enjoying his riches in some exotic locale.
But the San Diego cabbie and the Florida realtor have no doubts. Not only are they certain Cooper survived the jump, they insist they know who he was.
The cabbie's tale
The two men were poker-playing buddies. Sitting in a bar one night in 1984, Rizzo said, he confided to Huddleston that he was a fugitive wanted by the FBI for counterfeiting.
Huddleston replied with his own confession: He had skyjacked an airplane in 1971.
Rizzo said he kept the secret until after Huddleston died in 1986 of an aneurysm brought on by a cocaine overdose at age 52. Rizzo told the FBI his tale. An autopsy of Huddleston revealed his legs were covered with scars, which Rizzo says were caused by the jump from the plane.
Rizzo said Huddleston gave him this account:
After plunging from the plane, he landed near a river, in a tree about 10 feet above the ground, where a sharp limb punctured his knee and ribs. The weather was so bad his shoes blew off, and ice and sleet coated his arms and back.
said Huddleston gave him this account:
After plunging from the plane, he landed near a river, in a tree about 10 feet above the ground, where a sharp limb punctured his knee and ribs. The weather was so bad his shoes blew off, and ice and sleet coated his arms and back.
The strap that held the money tore, and that's how he lost
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the packet later found by the child on the riverbank. He crawled to a cave and later hitchhiked to Portland, where he spent months recuperating before eventually moving to San Diego.
He hid the money until 1978, when he took it to an Indian reservation in Montana to be laundered, When he returned to San Diego, he kept it stashed in the taillight of an old Cadillac.
Because he was constantly fearful of running into someone from the flight who would recognize him, he often changed his appearance, growing a beard and shaving his head, then growing a mustache and wearing a long ponytail.
Rizzo said Huddleston once said: "In the back of my mind, one day I'll be sitting on a bus, in a bar, and look into the face of the only person who could identify me. I'll see that stewardess.
Rizzo said Huddleston once said: "In the back of my mind, one day I'll be sitting on a bus, in a bar, and look into the face of the only person who could identify me. I'll see that stewardess. I know she will never forget my face."
Huddleston told Rizzo he'd bought the airline ticket under the name Don - his real middle name, not Dan - and was amused that the FBI went searching for a Dan Cooper.
"He was a James Dean type, a daredevil," Rizzo said. "This is not a story I could make up, but the FBI's never going to prove it."
The real-estate agent's tale
She claims she found the remote spot near Battle Ground, Clark County, where her husband, an insurance salesman and ex-con, took her in 1979. At the time, all he told her was that it was a sentimental journey for him.
It wasn't until 1995, when he was 70 and on his deathbed, that he whispered to her, "I'm Dan Cooper."
Jo Weber had no idea what he meant, and he angrily blurted, "Oh, let it die with me."
She has since uncovered a trail of stories, suppositions and what could just be coincidences. Among them:
Composite sketches of Cooper resemble her husband, who was a chain smoker.
"
She has since uncovered a trail of stories, suppositions and what could just be coincidences. Among them:
Composite sketches of Cooper resemble her husband, who was a chain smoker. Because he'd served time for burglary and forgery on McNeil Island when it housed a federal penitentiary, he was familiar with the general area where Cooper is believed to have landed.
He sometimes talked in his sleep, drenched in sweat. "I left my fingerprints on the aft stairs," he mumbled. "I'm going to die."
When she asked him about it later, he was vague and evasive.
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Jo Weber once found an old airline ticket from Po. Hand to Seattle in a box of records. She came across it a second time when she was cleaning out clothes, but her husband said it didn't mean anything, and the ticket got lost again.
"I've offered to do anything I have to to prove I'm telling the truth," she said. "Now, I have to let God take care of the rest. I've given it five years of my life ... but I'm not going to use up the rest of my life trying to do the FBI's job for them.
I've given it five years of my life ... but I'm not going to use up the rest of my life trying to do the FBI's job for them."
Investigations 'just burn out'
The FBI has investigated a litany of stories like those from Rizzo and Weber but rejected them because there is simply no proof, Hope said. Except for the sodden bills along the Columbia, the forests have held Cooper's secret.
"Every so often one would come along, and I'd get the rush of adrenaline," said Himmelsbach, the retired FBI agent and author. "There's a guy in a bar with a bunch of $20 bills, he's limping on one leg and someone asks where he got the roll, and he says he might of hijacked an airplane. You track those things down, and they just burn out."
Another who discounts Weber's deathbed confession is Thomas, the retired Army infantryman who has spent the past three decades searching the thick forests of Southwest Washington for signs of Cooper.
"There's no way," said Thomas, 50, a survival expert. " ... A lot of what (Jo Weber) is claiming came right out of a book.
"There's no way," said Thomas, 50, a survival expert. " ... A lot of what (Jo Weber) is claiming came right out of a book."
Thomas pulls out a well-worn map and traces the forests around Washougal, Clark County. This, he believes, is where Cooper's remains rest.
But he is willing to entertain the notion that Cooper survived, so he walks the woods, sometimes with his grandchildren, searching for signs under branches and along creek banks.
"Unsolved cases really intrigue me. This is my life," Thomas said.
Some clues still kept secret
When Cooper commandeered the Northwest jet, skyjacking was hardly a novel crime. More than 25 were attempted in 1971 alone, but he alone did not get caught.
The following year, screening devices became mandatory in airports, and Himmelsbach said exit doors on airliners were modified with a device named the Cooper Vane so they could not be opened in midflight.
The FBI won't talk about suspects in an open case. But
DB Cooper-21670Page 6 of
he Seattle Times: D.B. Cooper zzle: The legend turns 30
agents say they have kept some of their clues secret in hopes of someday solving the
Cooper zzle: The legend turns 30
agents say they have kept some of their clues secret in hopes of someday solving the mystery. "There's stuff we know nobody else knows," Hope said.
The small town of Ariel, Cowlitz County, where some think Cooper landed, hosts an annual Cooper celebration; this year there will be no one parachuting from the sky because of security concerns over a nearby dam. After 30 years, the event still draws a crowd.
"It's that desperado mystique," said local historian Walt Crowley of the story's enduring fascination.
"It was an extraordinary audacious act to lower that rear gangway in flight and jump into a dark and stormy night," Crowley said. "He didn't hurt anybody ... and we all love a mystery."
Susan Gilmore can be reached at 206-464-2054 or sgilmore@seattletimes.com.
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Date:	11/22/2001
Edition:	SEATTLE TIMES
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A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION ATTORNEYS AT LAW
BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA
ALSO ADMITTED IN TEXAS
TELEPHON FACSIMILE
December 18, 2002
Supervisory
FILED
JAN 0 2 2003
FBI SEATTLE
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A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION ATTORNEYS AT LAW
BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA
ALSO ADMITTED IN TEXAS
TELEPHON FACSIMILE
December 18, 2002
Supervisory Special Agent Federal Bureau of Investigation 1110 Third Avenue Seattle, WA 98101-2904
Re: Hijacking of Northwest 305
Dear Special Agent
I am in receipt of and thank you for your letter dated December 10, 2002, regarding the above referenced matter. The information detailed in my letter dated August 29, 2002, came to be known to my client through a mutual acquaintance with who is believed to be the hijacker of NW 305 commonly referred to in the media as "D.B. Cooper." My client has never personally spoken with "Mr. Cooper" but does believe the information which can be delivered is accurate and specific in nature to the extent that it would lead to location of "Mr. Cooper."
Again, the nature of the information known to my client is detailed in my previous letter. My client is willing to meet with representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but has legitimate concerns regarding maintaining his confidentiality, as well as desires more meaningful and detailed discussions
to meet with representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but has legitimate concerns regarding maintaining his confidentiality, as well as desires more meaningful and detailed discussions regarding the available reward in the event the information provided is in fact accurate and leads to the arrest of "Mr. Cooper."
With the Christmas holidays upon us, I will maintain unusual office hours at best through the end of the year. Special Agent is familiar with me and has the ability to contact me as needed. Please feel free to contact me at or at the above address.
With kind personal regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
For the Firm
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b6 b7C A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION ATTORNEYS AT LAW
BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA
16 DEC
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Supervisory Special Agent Federal Bureau of Investigation 1110 Third Avenue Seattle, WA 98101-2904
FOI SEATTLE
DEC 2 4 2002
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DB Cooper-21682Sparks Nevada nov 24.2001
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FBI agent
Sparks, NV
Seattle Washinton Pie
Dear
b6 b7C RE your unsolved 1971 heist thirty years ago today the DB Cooper hingucker, Do you
2001
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FBI agent
Sparks, NV
Seattle Washinton Pie
Dear
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I have a pencil schick of myself
Signedby in Set while
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DB Cooper-21683THANK A VETERAN
I had been assigned to a fire fighting division and writing to my surchent but short on stationary so used the paper to write to my intended. She kept all of my letter. the first name of b6 the sketching artist was
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the middle name was initiated and the last was
. He
was a younger men to young to enter the service but asked
many questions about flying and use of parachutes, altitude and bailing out of planes. Many young men were fighting fires caused by Japanese balloon books and incendiary to course fines .
Many young men were fighting fires caused by Japanese balloon books and incendiary to course fines .
If this is the highker he would have lost his low cat chow and boken ankel on landing of the survived which I doubt. Linade gjort0
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UNITED WE STAND
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2001
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FBI agent
1110 3rd Que b6 b7C
Seattle Wash. 98101
DB Cooper-21685
98101/2982D.B. Cooper Information
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; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 08:53:47 -0600
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From:
To: < seattle@fbi.gov> Subject: D.B. Cooper Information Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 08:59:04 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
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at that time. His name is He told me he worked at Reno tower and was on duty when the DB Cooper plane (727) landed (rear door was open) . He said the plane was not allowed to park in the normal area. He also said it was parked in a dark area. He told me that from that location anyone could have gotten off the plane after it stopped. His thought was that Mr. D.B. got off after the plane landed verse jumping. He may have been in the rest room and waited for the right time after the plane stopped. He also may have thrown some of the money out as a diversion. seemed to have Ist hand knowledge since he worked at Reno as an at the time. Last I heard he still lives in
Kodiak but that was years back.
Westboro, Mo.
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"A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION ATTORNEYS AT LAW
BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA
TELEPHONE FACSIMILE
"ALSO ADMITTED IN TEXAS
June 7, 2002
Agent Federal Bureau of Investigations 1110 Third Avenue Seattle, WA 98101-2904
Re:
Dan Cooper
Dear Agent
I have been contacted by an individual who has claimed to have information which would lead to identifying and locating the fugitive Dan Cooper. This individual has requested that I inquire as to any rewards available for such information upon the successful capture of Mr. Cooper. It is my understanding that you are the agent assigned to this long-standing case. We would appreciate a reply indicating if the matter is still active and all information regarding the amounts and sources of any available rewards.
We would appreciate a reply indicating if the matter is still active and all information regarding the amounts and sources of any available rewards.
With kind personal regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
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DB Cooper-21688
b6 b7C A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION ATTORNEYS AT LAW
BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIAN.
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SHREVEPORT LA 711 490# 2012
EVEPORT LA PM
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Agent Federal Bureau of Investigations 1110 Third Avenue Seattle, WA 98101-2904
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DB Cooper-21689
3810112300 30FD-71 (Rev. 3-27-95) Complaint Form
NOTE: Hand print names legibly; handwriting satisfactory for remainder. Indices: Negative See below
Subject's name and aliases
Character of case
DB Cooper Case
Complainant Protect Source
1
Complaint received Personal Telephonic Date 03 /17/2003 Time 10:00 pm
Address of Subject
Complainant's address and telephone number
Complainant's DOB
Sex
Female

Subject's Description	Race
Time 10:00 pm
Address of Subject
Complainant's address and telephone number
Complainant's DOB
Sex
Female

Subject's Description	Race	 Male	Height	Hair	Build	Birth date and birth place
Age	 Female	Weight	Eyes	Complexion	Social Security Number

Scars, marks and other data
Employer
Address
Telephone
Vehicle Description
Facts of Complaint
C called to report that her aunt, has information regarding the DB Cooper case that she would like to share with SA has been too scared in the past to share this information with anyone, however after viewing a television show about the case, would like to come forward with this information.
telephone
3/21/2003
ASTORIA OR
076prk01. 71
3/21/2017. She ADVISED She saw someone that looked like Couper en Hay 30 nets AmBoll IN 1963
Juinbier no Further Contact
Called
Do not write in this space. SE 164A-81-9408
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BLOCK STAMP
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DB Cooper-21690
SE 164A-81-9408
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DB Cooper-21690 FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95)
- 1 -
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription
04/16/2003
white male, date of birth
Social Security Account Number
residence address
Akron, Ohio
was
contacted at his residence, was advised of the identity of the interviewing agent and of the nature and purpose of the interview and provided the following information. Also present during the interview was of the Akron Police Department.
denied being D.B. COOPER.
was familiar with the story that D. B. COOPER hijacked a plane and took some money. denied ever telling anyone he was D.B. COOPER, but did allow for the possibility that he may have said something like that at one time at the ORIOLE CLUB where he drinks. He and his friends kid around at the club.
is a Korean war veteran. He was in the 7th Infantry Division, 15th AAA of the United States Army in Korea. He left the Army in and returned to Akron. He was married in
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to (phonetic) in Summit County, Ohio.
He left the Army in and returned to Akron. He was married in
b6 b7C
to (phonetic) in Summit County, Ohio. He has a Cuyahoga Falls,
brother, namely Ohio and has two living children:
who resides at
years old) and born in approximately on in Akron. divorced his wife in 1969. In Akron,
in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (approximately
who lives b6 b7C
1970-1971 he lived with his mother, Ohio.
On returning home from Korea, and began working as an
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He
for REFRIGERATED FOOD
worked out of Akron EXPRESS based in Boston. In approximately 1968-1970 he began working for on Akron. He who owned in for that company. believes he was working for them in 1971.
(2) b6 if
is described as follows:
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Name :
Race:
white
Investigation on 04/16/2003 at Akron, Ohio
File # SE 164A-81 - 9409
Date dictated
04/16/2003
CW b6 by SX
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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.
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.
DB Cooper-21691
b6 b7C
b6 b7C FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95)
SE 164A-81
Continuation of FD-302 of
, On 04/16/2003
Page
2
Sex:
male
DOB :
SSAN :
Height :
6 1
Weight :
135 pounds
Miscellaneous :
Is presently on oxygen for
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DB Cooper-21692€ ,
FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95)
- 1 -
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription
04/16/2003
white male, date of birth
Social Security Account Number Akron, Ohio was
residence address b7C
contacted at his residence, was advised of the identity of the interviewing agent and of the nature and purpose of the interview and provided the following information. Also present during the interview was of the Akron Police Department.
denied being D.B. COOPER. was familiar with the story that D.B. COOPER hijacked a plane and took some money. denied ever telling anyone he was D.
was familiar with the story that D.B. COOPER hijacked a plane and took some money. denied ever telling anyone he was D.B. COOPER, but did allow for the possibility that he may have said something like that at one time at the ORIOLE CLUB where he drinks. He and his friends kid around at the club. is a Korean war veteran. He was in the 7th Infantry Division, 15th AAA of the United States Army in Korea. He left the Army in and returned to Akron. He was married in
b6 b7C to (phonetic) in Summit County, Ohio. He has a Cuyahoga Falls,
brother, namely Ohio and has two living children:
who resides at
in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (approximately years old) and born in approximately on in Akron. divorced his wife in 1969. In Akron,
who lives b6 b7C
1970-1971 he lived with his mother, Ohio.
On returning home from Korea, and began working as an
He
worked out of Akron
for REFRIGERATED FOOD
EXPRESS based in Boston. In approximately 1968-1970 he began working for who owned Akron. He
on in
for that company.
believes
he was working for them in 1971.
In approximately 1968-1970 he began working for who owned Akron. He
on in
for that company.
believes
he was working for them in 1971.
is described as follows: b6 b7C
Name :
Race :
white
Investigation on 04/16/2003 at Akron, Ohio
File # SE 164A-81 -9409
Date dictated
04/16/2003
CW b6 by
b7C
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your andyCooper-21693 it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
b6
b6 b7C
b6 b7C (Rev. 01-31-2003)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence :
ROUTINE
To: Seattle 
Date:
04/16/2003
From: Cleveland Akron RA Contact: SA
1
Approved By
Drafted By:
CW
Case ID #: SE 164A-81 -9410
Title:
NORJAK;
CAA;
SE 164A-81
Synopsis: Report of investigation of
Enclosure (s) : Enclosed for Seattle is
b6 b7C b7E and
1) 1A envelope containing photograph of printout for 2) FD-302 of interview of
Details: On 4/16/2003 was contacted at his residence.
of
Enclosure (s) : Enclosed for Seattle is
b6 b7C b7E and
1) 1A envelope containing photograph of printout for 2) FD-302 of interview of
Details: On 4/16/2003 was contacted at his residence. Based on extensive history in Akron, Ohio, did not appear to fit the profile of D.B. Cooper.
b6 b7C
b6 b7c
DB Cooper-21695 To:
Seattle From: "Cleveland
Re :
SE 164A-81, 04/16/2003
LEAD (s) : Set Lead 1: (Info)
SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, WA Read and clear.
2
DB Cooper-21696Spolezato 1
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FBI SEATTLE
DB Cooper-21697 Attorney at Law
April 5, 2003
Special Agent Federal Bureau of Investigation 1110 Third Avenue Seattle, WA 98101
Dear Agent
I am an attorney in Maine. Several years ago a client of mine came to me with evidence that had committed a number of crimes a good many years ago. The evidence was significant but not conclusive, so I began a private investigation in conjunction with some forensic experts and a private investigator from one of the major investigative agencies
The evidence was significant but not conclusive, so I began a private investigation in conjunction with some forensic experts and a private investigator from one of the major investigative agencies in the country. We have proceeded cautiously, not only because of possible danger to my client, but also to protect the reputation of the man in question, in case we are mistaken. (The man is well respected and has no criminal record.)
Some time after beginning our investigation, a new and unexpected development occurred. We learned of evidence pointing to the possibility that the man in question may have committed another crime, one unconnected to any of those we had been investiga- ting. This was the famous (or infamous) D. B. Cooper skyjacking.
Let me say right off that we view this possibility as a long shot. We do not have any evidence directly connecting him to the skyjacking. Nevertheless, there are a number of factors that make us believe he is a bona fide suspect. I will summarize some of them for you on the pages accompany this letter, where we refer to the man in question simply as "X.
I will summarize some of them for you on the pages accompany this letter, where we refer to the man in question simply as "X." Again, this summary is not intended to prove that our suspect committed the skyjacking, but simply to demonstrate that he bears further investigation.
When this possibility first came to our attention, we reviewed all the information available to the public on the case. We then made some efforts to locate the flight attendant who had a good deal of contact with Cooper during the skyjacking. When we were unable to do so (the last we were able to learn was that she had left a in Oregon), we let our efforts on the case lapse and returned to our
b6 b7C
original concerns. It seemed to us that even if our suspect were guilty of the skyjacking, our chances of arriving at any definite conclusion were remote.
Holden, Maine
Phone:
email:
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DB Cooper-21698
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
& b6 b7C Recently, however, we learned that there may be DNA-related evidence in the Cooper case. We should have thought of this before, as certain objects that Cooper came in close contact with (such as a
We should have thought of this before, as certain objects that Cooper came in close contact with (such as a glass he drank from and cigarettes he smoked) could still be kept in an evidence room. In recent years quite a few old crimes have been solved with the aid of DNA technology. And in fact, since the other crimes we were investigating were also old crimes, we had made the effort to obtain DNA material from our suspect, without his being aware of it. From my client, we obtained some handkerchiefs with the man's blood on them and have had both nuclear and mitochondrial profiles done by a private lab, Orchid Cellmark. We also have a full set of the man's fingerprints.
I then contacted whose book we had read. I discussed the case with him, and asked him if it was possible that there was DNA evidence in the Cooper case, and he said he thought there was. This was vital to me, as I don't think it would be possible to prove or disprove our suspect's guilt on any other basis than hard physical evidence.
This was vital to me, as I don't think it would be possible to prove or disprove our suspect's guilt on any other basis than hard physical evidence. I don't want to waste my time or yours pursuing mere theories or possibilities.
gave me your name as the case agent in the Cooper case and encouraged me to contact you. I thought I would write you first, to give you some background on this matter. I will try to contact you by phone sometime next week in the hope that we can discuss the matter further.
As mentioned, the odds that our suspect is guilty of the Cooper skyjacking are small, but nevertheless they are not negligible. With the recent developments in forensic technology, perhaps we have a real possibility of resolving this case. I look forward to going into the matter further with you.
Sincerely,
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b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-21699Reasons To Suspect "X" in the Cooper Skyjacking
Appearance
X's physical appearance (height, weight, age, facial appearance) is compatible with eyewitness descriptions and the composite sketches. For example, he was in 1971, but looked somewhat older (in their 30s, some men still look
For example, he was in 1971, but looked somewhat older (in their 30s, some men still look boyish, others look middle-aged; in his 30s, X was generally mistaken for being older than his actual age). Again, X was bald across the top of the head, but a simple hairpiece would have enabled him to look as described (and in fact, since Cooper was a careful planner, and knew he would be seen by many people, including a stewardess who would observe him up close, he would probably have taken some precaution, in addition to sunglasses, to alter his appearance).
Behavior
Cooper's behavior has been described as cool and calm, and also (when it was necessary) as commanding and authoritative. But in the latter case, he was firm and polite rather than abusive (one of the stewardesses said he was more of a gentleman than many regular passengers she had encountered). He became impatient at times, but only (and only to the extent) that it was appropriate under the circumstances to get his way. In short, he was in full control of himself in very difficult circumstances.
He became impatient at times, but only (and only to the extent) that it was appropriate under the circumstances to get his way. In short, he was in full control of himself in very difficult circumstances.
X is very self-disciplined. Both in the military and in civilian life he was used to being in command and directing other people in order to accomplish missions or projects. When he was in the military, a colonel who headed a high-pressure unit once remarked publicly that of all the people he had known in the military, X was the only one who never became rattled in a crisis.
Also, as a leader and by personal temperament, X is a very careful and thorough planner, one who thinks through all the angles and contingencies of any project he leads or undertakes. But unlike some people, who are strong at planning but not at acting, X can be very bold and decisive in action. He has always had a strong interest in physical activities that involve risk, for example, hang-gliding, whitewater kayaking (in the in Idaho),
because of its dangers). He is bold and in a quiet way something of a show-off, but never reckless.
activities that involve risk, for example, hang-gliding, whitewater kayaking (in the in Idaho),
because of its dangers). He is bold and in a quiet way something of a show-off, but never reckless. He takes chances, but only well-calculated ones.
1.
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DB Cooper-21700 Background and Skills
Although he was not a career military officer, X served in the military -- in the Air Force -- during the He was familiar with Boeing 727s, with their rear steps that could be lowered from the inside, as these were used in Vietnam at the time he was in the Air Force.
X learned to fly when he was in the Air Force, and ever since then he has had a private pilot's license and has continued to fly.
X learned to fly when he was at in northern California, and would have been familiar with other bases on the West Coast (such as McChord near Seattle). He had visited Portland, and in flying would have used aviation maps of the region. Thus, the whole locale of the skyjacking would have been familiar to him, not only personally but technically.
X did not take parachute training or jump when he was in the Air Force, but later in civilian life (
X did not take parachute training or jump when he was in the Air Force, but later in civilian life (still in the 1960s) he learned to skydive and became proficient at it (as he does in most things he undertakes).
X became familiar with the woods when he was a young boy. He did a lot of long-distance hiking with his father in rugged terrain (the Smoky Mountains). Later, after being an Eagle Scout, he was accepted into a little-known, more advanced Scouting rank called the Order of the Arrow. (To achieve this rank, you had to undergo a wilderness survival test, in which you were given a compass, one match, and an egg, and nothing more, and were left in a remote area of the woods; you had to spend the night alone in the woods, cook the egg, and then find your way out unaided.) He has remained familiar with being in the woods ever since. He is very self-reliant.
X also has good knowledge of chemistry and explosives.
Opportunity
At this time, more than 30 years after the crime, we cannot reconstruct X's whereabouts at Thanksgiving 1971.
Opportunity
At this time, more than 30 years after the crime, we cannot reconstruct X's whereabouts at Thanksgiving 1971. Because we have been investigating X with regard to other unrelated crimes, we have developed an extensive time-line for him, going back to the 1960s. is something of a pack rat and has always kept boxes of old records, so we have been able to determine X's whereabouts on a significant percentage of past dates. However, our records show nothing for the period from November 23-28, 1971.
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by himself (he has always made such trips at least once a month, often from one coast to another, and on these trips he is often not accountable to anyone as to his whereabouts). And despite he has always insisted on going off occasionally on long weekend trips by himself, ostensibly to engage in one of his outdoor or wilderness sports (which does not take part in). Thus, the four (or more) day Thanksgiving weekend in 1971 would have been a likely time for him to be away. Certainly he could have arranged to have the time free if he had wanted to do so.
Motive
At the time of the Cooper skyjacking, X was in need of money. He was employed and he earned enough for ordinary purposes, but the household operated on a budget. It had become apparent for some time to that X was spending fairly substantial amounts of money beyond what was accounted for in the budget, using various dodges to take the money from other budgeted expenses.
This money problem resulted in rising tensions between X and If X were engaged in some clandestine activity (of whatever nature), as almost surely he was, this increasing tension and questioning would have been seen by him as a danger.
This money problem resulted in rising tensions between X and If X were engaged in some clandestine activity (of whatever nature), as almost surely he was, this increasing tension and questioning would have been seen by him as a danger. However, shortly after the Cooper skyjacking, all money problems ceased completely and never arose again.
Besides the money issue, feels certain that if he did commit the Cooper skyjacking, that he was strongly motivated by the challenge, the thrill, and the notoriety or "achievement" that it represented. She is sure that even if he lost the money, that he would be pleased. He has always placed a high value on achieving things that are difficult and/or dangerous.
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Came To Suspect X but it wasn't until the early
1990s that had any suspicion that might have committed any crimes in the past. Even then she had no idea that he might have committed the Cooper skyjacking (a crime she had heard about, but about which she knew little, mostly only what she gathered from a movie she had seen back in the 1970s).
Even then she had no idea that he might have committed the Cooper skyjacking (a crime she had heard about, but about which she knew little, mostly only what she gathered from a movie she had seen back in the 1970s).
Then, in 1997, she read a long article about people who had mysteriously disappeared and had never been found (Jimmy Hoffa, Madlyn Murray O'Hare, etc.). One of the cases touched on in the article was D. B. Cooper. One aspect of the article interested her (not the Cooper part) and she wanted to get reaction, so she read the article to him. When she did so, it was the part about D. B. Cooper that interested him, and he showed a surprising amount of knowledge about the case - quite detailed knowledge about a case then almost 30 years old. Since she now suspected him of having committed other crimes in the past, this got her thinking, and she quickly remembered two things.
First, back in the mid-1970s, she and had seen a movie about D. B. Cooper. She had no particular interest in the movie, but was eager to see it and so they went as soon as it came out. The only reason she remembers it is because of the highly unusual reaction of to the movie.
She had no particular interest in the movie, but was eager to see it and so they went as soon as it came out. The only reason she remembers it is because of the highly unusual reaction of to the movie. His normal personality is somewhat reserved, not much given to enthusiasm or emotional expression. But at this movie, he was on the edge of his seat, his face aglow, laughing at all the jokes. His reaction was so oversized and unusual that remembers it much better than she does the movie. But it never entered her mind at that time that he could have committed the crime (or any crime). His reaction, taken by itself, might mean only that the movie struck a chord with him or perhaps that, unknown to her, he was a D. B. Cooper "fan."
The second thing she remembered also occurred in the mid-1970s. She and lived in the eastern United States. During this time announced on one occasion that he would be in California on business for a few days and afterward could drive up to Portland. He had been to Portland any number of times before, and liked the city, but she had been there only once, and then only briefly.
He had been to Portland any number of times before, and liked the city, but she had been there only once, and then only briefly. So he suggested that she fly out to Portland to meet him, and to see the city, and then they could drive home across the U.S., making it a vacation trip. 
When she flew into the Portland airport, met her and insisted on giving her a full tour of the airport, as if it were one of the major tourist sites of the city. It was a nice enough airport, but there was nothing distinctive about it; it was much like
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DB Cooper-21703 airports in a hundred other metropolitan areas. But was very enthusiastic about showing it to her. This, like his reaction to the movie, was so peculiar that she remembered it well, even years later. But at the time she made no connection between this and the movie or the Cooper case. It was only in 1997, when it occurred to her that he might have committed the Cooper skyjacking, that these two memories came together.
It was only in 1997, when it occurred to her that he might have committed the Cooper skyjacking, that these two memories came together.
As odd as these occasions were, though, she did not put much weight on them. More striking was an event that occurred on November 24, 1999. She and had flown into Atlanta and rented a car to drive to North Carolina, for a Thanksgiving They had a long way to drive, but
trying to get out of Atlanta proved to be a nightmare. The holiday traffic in a city like Atlanta would have been difficult at best, but it turned out that there had been a serious truck accident along their route, and traffic ground to a halt. For a long time, they could only inch along. As a result, X came to be in a really foul mood, one that threatened to spoil the whole weekend, especially as they had not been looking forward to the weekend anyway. (As But then something happened. The car radio was on, and without warning the news announcer suddenly said, "Do you know what tonight is? Tonight is the twenty-eighth anniversary of D.
The car radio was on, and without warning the news announcer suddenly said, "Do you know what tonight is? Tonight is the twenty-eighth anniversary of D. B. Cooper." He explained briefly who Cooper was and told a weak joke in tribute to him, and then went on to the day's news. Immediately X's mood changed, and changed totally, though the traffic remained horrible for some time. X immediately became very cheerful and upbeat, and he remained "up," i.e., not just in a better mood but noticeably happier than normal, not only for the rest of the drive but for the entire weekend. Though he never mentioned what had been said on the radio, it was obvious that it had triggered a radical change of mood. It also seemed that this was not the reaction of a mere "fan."
At this time began to read about the case. Everything she read, from Cooper's behavior to the phrases and expressions he had used, reminded her forcefully of She also realized that he had all the skills needed to carry out the skyjacking, that he had had a motive to do so, and that he could have had the opportunity.
he had used, reminded her forcefully of She also realized that he had all the skills needed to carry out the skyjacking, that he had had a motive to do so, and that he could have had the opportunity. It was only because of this - and not because of the odd behavior of mentioned above -- that we made an effort to locate the stewardess who had had so much contact with Cooper during the commission of the crime. However, when we were unable to locate her, we felt our chances of getting anywhere with the case were remote, and we turned our attention back to our original concerns. Nevertheless, we remained convinced that there was a possibility that X was guilty of the skyjacking.
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married and well respected, his outdoors and sports activities are low profile, often carried out on his own. If he was Cooper, even his appearance would not be likely to arouse any suspicion. The composite sketch could look reasonably like a lot of people and was probably circulated mostly in the Northwest. And the addition of a hairpiece would itself make enough of a difference to allay any recognition. As a result, it is only in circumstances like the present, where someone knows the suspect intimately, that suspicion and discovery is likely to occur.
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Special Agent Federal Bureau of Investigation 1110 Third Avenue Seattle, WA 98101
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DB Cooper-21706Attorney at Law
April 29, 2003
Special Agent Federal Bureau of Investigation Seattle, WA 98101
Dear Agent
I appreciated the opportunity to talk with you recently about a man I believe is a bona fide suspect in the Cooper skyjacking case.
You asked me to provide the man's military record, a photo of him about the time of the skyjacking, and a current photo,
You asked me to provide the man's military record, a photo of him about the time of the skyjacking, and a current photo, as well as his birth date and Social Security number. All of these are enclosed with this letter.
While I'm at it, let me add two or three brief comments.
First, the record that the military provided doesn't state where our suspect was assigned, except indirectly. In fact, he served his two full years at Travis Air Force Base north of San Francisco, where he worked
Second, as mentioned, our suspect is a This caused us to have doubts for some time. To put it simply, we didn't think a would commit crimes, at least major crimes unrelated to his profession. But we had good reason to suspect him in a number of cases, so we contacted who once worked in the FBI's profiling unit at Quantico. assured us, on the basis of his knowledge and experience, that it was perfectly possible for a successful professional to also commit major crimes. A sociopathic criminal, he said, can be quite functional and successful in normal life, and can seem very straight and normal to those who know him.
A sociopathic criminal, he said, can be quite functional and successful in normal life, and can seem very straight and normal to those who know him.
Finally, I just want to add that any inquiry into our suspect should be done carefully, so that nothing gets back to him. We regard him as a potentially dangerous individual and would be at risk if he should learn that he was being investigated.
Again, thank you for your consideration. I look forward to talking with you again.
Suspect: Dos SIN:
Sincerely,
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REPLY CONCERNING MILITARY RECORDS
The reply to the inquiry will be found in the checked item(s). If you write to us again on this subject, please return your original request, this form, and any other form you complete. 1 Copies of requested military personnel medical records are attached.
on this subject, please return your original request, this form, and any other form you complete. 1 Copies of requested military personnel medical records are attached. We suggest you make an extra copy and guard against loss or damage. We regret if any photocopies may be of poor quality, but they are the best copies obtainable. The attached separation document may include the following information: authority for separation, reason for separation, Reenlistment Eligibility Code, and Separation (SPN/SPD) Code. If you require a copy of the separation document that does not contain the above information, you may request a deleted copy from this Center. A seal has been affixed to the enclosed copy to attest to its authenticity. Title 32, Part 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations prohibits this Center from providing to third parties copies of separation documents which contain the type and character of discharge, authority and narrative reason for separation, reenlistment eligibility code, and separation program designator/number. if you require a copy of the separation document containing the above information, the veteran must
if you require a copy of the separation document containing the above information, the veteran must specifically authorize the release to you of an UNDELETED copy of the separation document. The Privacy Act of 1974 does not permit the release of a social security number or other personal information to the public without the authorization of the veteran concerned; therefore, we have deleted personal identifying data relating to other persons. Since September 1979 the military service departments have not issued individual separation documents for each enlistment period if the person was discharged for immediate reenlistment Block 18 of the DD Form 214 issued at final separation reflects the full period of continuous active military service. The Reenlistment Eligibility (RE) Code issued upon release from active duty on is The reason and authority for separation from active duty/discharge on is The record of service in the indicates being in a POW status from to A discharge certificate is issued only as an
authority for separation from active duty/discharge on is The record of service in the indicates being in a POW status from to A discharge certificate is issued only as an original document; thus, there is no file copy from which to make a copy for you. We will obtain an appropriate substitute certificate for a vetaran or surviving spouse if you will tell us whether the original was; 1) never received; or (2) lost or destroyed. The document you have requested, DD Form 214, Report of Separation, was not used until Jan. 1, 1950. However, a similar form was used at the time the person named above was separated. A copy of it is attached. A seal has been affixed to the enclosed copy to attest to its authenticity. When the person named above was separated, it was not the practice to issue a document which served as a report of separation. The original report of separation was issued at the time of separation. Another original cannot be issued. The attached copy, however, will serve the same Nurpose as the original. 1 No report of separation was issued, since the person named above had no active service, or less than 90
1 No report of separation was issued, since the person named above had no active service, or less than 90 days of active duty for training, The service record of the person named above does not contain a copy of a report of separation, or its equivalent. Therefore, we are instead providing the attached NA Form 13038, Certification of Military Service. This will serve as verification of military service and may be used for any official purpose. That portion of your request seeking medals/awards has been referred to the office checked below, which has jurisdiction over the issuance of medals/awards. Any further correspondence on this subject should be addressed to that office. Both offices are at 9700 Page Ave., St. Louis, MO 63132. ARPERCEN, Attn: DARP-VSE-A Navy Liaison Office, Room 5409 
That portion of your request regarding Air Force or Army Air Corps medals will be answered under separate cover. The medical records requested The documents requested pertaining to discharge have been lent to the
The medical records requested The documents requested pertaining to discharge have been lent to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Please phone the VA at 1-800-827-1000 for help in obtaining these records, and provide your VA Claim Number, The Department of Defense Privacy Program, 32 CFR 310.30(f), allows for the disclosure of medical records to the individual to whom they pertain. A portion of the requested medical records, however, contains information which can be interpreted and explained properly only by a physician. If you wish us to send copies to a designated physician, please provide us with the name and address of that physician. The request MUST INCLUDE the written consent (signature) of the person whose records are involved, authorizing the release of the records to the designated physician. Plat, F. O.I.A.
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And he would want it to look natural, as some better quality hairpieces can if they are carefully applied. It would just be a matter of careful planning.
Nevertheless, I agree that this possibility is pretty small. And we have no direct evidence tying our suspect to the crime. As you said, it is a matter of conjecture, though the conjecture is based on our suspect's skills and the fact that we have had him under investigation for other crimes. But obviously this doesn't warrant the expenditure of the Bureau's resources in investigating him any further.
Nevertheless, I will enclose with this letter a copy of a DNA profile done on our suspect. If there is a DNA profile done on Cooper, now or in the future, all I ask is that the two be compared. That should take hardly any time or effort. And while it's very unlikely for there to be a match, it's not beyond the realm of possibility. For a minimal effort, there is the possibility of a big payoff.
Again, thanks for your consideration and your timely response.
For a minimal effort, there is the possibility of a big payoff.
Again, thanks for your consideration and your timely response.
Sincerely,
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ORCHID CELLMARK
20271 Goldenrod Lane · Germantown, MD 20876 301.428.4980 800.USA.LABS 301.428.4877 Fax www.orchidcellmark.com
REPORT OF LABORATORY EXAMINATION December 2, 2002
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Re: Cellmark Case No.
EXHIBITS:
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing was performed on the following items, which were received for analysis on November 14, 2002:
Stained white handkerchief labeled "A ... "
One of three swabs labeled "B ... "
RESULTS:
DNA extracts isolated from the items listed above were tested using the AmpFISTR Profiler Plus™ and COfiler™ PCR Amplification Kits'. The short tandem repeat (STR) loci tested and the types obtained for each sample are listed in the attached tables.
CONCLUSIONS:
Handkerchief:
The DNA obtained from the handkerchief labeled A is from a male.
The short tandem repeat (STR) loci tested and the types obtained for each sample are listed in the attached tables.
CONCLUSIONS:
Handkerchief:
The DNA obtained from the handkerchief labeled A is from a male. The donor of the DNA obtained from the swab labeled B is excluded as the source of the DNA obtained from this sample.
Accredited by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors / Laboratory Accreditation Board Dallas, TX . Germantown. MD . Nashville, TN
DB Cooper-21717 Report for Case No. December 2, 2002
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EVIDENCE DISPOSITION:
In the absence of specific instructions, evidence will be returned to the submitting agency by Federal Express or other appropriate carrier.
DNA Analyst III
Molecular Geneticist
If expert witnesses are needed for depositions or court testimony, please notify us by telephone at 301-515-6155 at least four weeks in advance.
For information regarding discovery policies and fees, please address all inquiries to the Discovery Coordinator at 800/872-5227 (fax: 301/428-4877), or refer to the web site of Cellmark Diagnostics (www.cellmark-labs.
discovery policies and fees, please address all inquiries to the Discovery Coordinator at 800/872-5227 (fax: 301/428-4877), or refer to the web site of Cellmark Diagnostics (www.cellmark-labs.com).
"This test is performed pursuant to licensing arrangements with Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. and Applied Biosystems.
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20271 Goldenrod Lane . Germantown, MD 20876 301.428.4980 800.USA.LABS 301.428.4877 Fax www.orchidcellmark.com
REPORT OF LABORATORY EXAMINATION December 2, 2002
Chicago, IL
Re: Cellmark Case No.
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DB Cooper-21719 Results for Cellmark Case No .: Date: 12/02/02
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DB Cooper-21720Attorney at Law
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DB Cooper-21720Attorney at Law
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE
To: Seattle
Date: 06/19/2003
From: Omaha Squad 6/CRRA Contact: SA
Approved By:
Drafted By: : db 3
Case ID #: SE 164A-81001 (Pending)
9H142
Title: Unknown Subject; aka Dan Cooper; NORJAK; CAA - HIJACKING
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
Synopsis: Information received from
Enclosure (s) : Enclosed for Seattle is a 1-A containing Agent's notes and a 1-A containing photocopies of a note from
Details: On 6/2/03, came into the CRRA and advised that his father, knows a FNU and knows where the "money" is. said he had access to the money and he wanted to go with to retrieve it.
is currently incarcerated and will be released if
writes an affidavit in support of concerning his current charges . advised that has done serious time over the years.
is currently incarcerated and will be released if
writes an affidavit in support of concerning his current charges . advised that has done serious time over the years.
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did not say how much money. tends to believe his Father this time because he was somewhat specific about and the money, although has lied to him in the past.
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time. was arrested and extradited to California for a parole violation.
provided a piece of paper he said was from The paper has writing on it referring to and the money. Copies were made and will be maintained in a 1-A envelope.
advised that, there is an active Wyoming warrant for That warrant was confirmed, but the police department advised that the extradition was for surrounding states only. is a W/M, DOB 5. SSAN FBI # Cedar Rapids, Iowa
has a lengthy CCH, mainly for
custody at DCCC, inmate # Oklahoma
advised that is a W/M, unknown DOB, in Hominy,
is considering writing the affidavit for to help him. He believes will then be released in 30 to 60 days. He will also be writing to soon. would be
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There was a A review
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of this serial shows that did indeed provide information in 1994 on his father's whereabouts which led to arrest.
is a W/M, DOB.
A CCH on FBI # using many variations of has a lengthy criminal
showed a
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charges. Writer was unable to determine if he has been released from custody.
This information is being provided to Seattle for whatever action deemed appropriate.
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LEAD (s) :
Set Lead 1: (Discretionary)
SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, WA For whatever action deemed appropriate. ARMED AND DANGEROUS
DB Cooper-21724
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE
Date: 06/27/2003
To: Omaha
From: (Seattle 
Squad 5/ PSVCTF
Contact:
SA
Attn: SA
Approved By:
Drafted By: 
Case ID #: SE 164A-SE-81
(Pending)
Title: NORJAK;
CAA - Hijacking
Synopsis: TO set lead for interview of
(Seattle 
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Contact:
SA
Attn: SA
Approved By:
Drafted By: 
Case ID #: SE 164A-SE-81
(Pending)
Title: NORJAK;
CAA - Hijacking
Synopsis: TO set lead for interview of believed to be in State custody. aka
Reference: SE 164A-SE-81 Serial 9414
Enclosure: Case information sheet concerning NORJAK event.
Details: Referenced serial provided information to Seattle concerning date of birth has claimed to have specific knowledge of captioned event and the current location of the ransom money paid. For reference, Seattle has enclosed for Omaha a case information sheet that should help in any interview. The bulk of the $200, 000 was never recovered. It is up to the discretion of Omaha if it is deemed more appropriate to obtain additional information first via the use of the son, who has come forward with this matter.
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Title and Character of Case:
NORJAK
Date Property Acquired:
02/12/1980
Source from which Property Acquired: b6 b7C
Anticipated Disposition: Acquired By:
RETURN
Case Agent :
Description of Property: 1B 20
Date Entered
1. US CURRENCY CONTAINED IN PLASTIC PACKET #1; (FORMERLY PORTLAND OFFICE PD 164-41-1B3; ) ** (REPACKAGED INTO NEW BARCODE E1240992 ON 2/8/99) **
Barcode: E1267890 Location: REPACKAGED 01/11/1992
Total Drug Package Weight:
Est Dollar Value:
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Witnessed By:
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1. US CURRENCY CONTAINED IN PLASTIC PACKET #1; (FORMERLY PORTLAND OFFICE PD 164-41-1B3 ; ) ** (REPACKAGED FROM OLD BARCODE E1267890 ON 2/8/99) ** PER FD302 SERIAL 9309; ONLY PIECES OF SEVERAL $20 BILLS CONTAINED WITHIN, NO MONITARY VALUE ****
Barcode: E1240992 Location: REPACKAGED 02/08/1999
Total Drug Package Weight:
Est Dollar Value: 0.
PORTLAND OFFICE PD 164-41-1B3 ; ) ** (REPACKAGED FROM OLD BARCODE E1267890 ON 2/8/99) ** PER FD302 SERIAL 9309; ONLY PIECES OF SEVERAL $20 BILLS CONTAINED WITHIN, NO MONITARY VALUE ****
Barcode: E1240992 Location: REPACKAGED 02/08/1999
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Case Number:	SE 164A-81 - 1020
Owning Office:	SEATTLE

FILE
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Title and Character of Case:
NORJAK
Date Property Acquired:
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Source from which Property Acquired:
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Anticipated Disposition: Acquired By: RETURN
Case Agent :
Description of Property: 1B 20
Date Entered
1. US CURRENCY CONTAINED IN PLASTIC PACKET #1; (FORMERLY PORTLAND OFFICE PD 164-41-1B3 ; ) ** (REPACKAGED FROM OLD BARCODE E1267890 ON 2/8/99) ** ** PER FD302 SERIAL 9309; ONLY PIECES OF SEVERAL $20 BILLS CONTAINED WITHIN, NO MONITARY VALUE **** REPACKAGED FROM OLD BARCODE E1240992 ON 3/13/2009
Barcode: E04094562 Location: VALS 2 03/13/2009
Total Drug Package Weight:
Est Dollar Value:
0.
$20 BILLS CONTAINED WITHIN, NO MONITARY VALUE **** REPACKAGED FROM OLD BARCODE E1240992 ON 3/13/2009
Barcode: E04094562 Location: VALS 2 03/13/2009
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Est Dollar Value:
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Case Number:	SE 164A-81
Owning Office:	SEATTLE

DB Cooper-21729 1A 37
FD-340 (Rev. 4-11-03)
File Number
164A-SE- 81
Field Office Acquiring Evidence
LA
Serial # of Originating Document
"Date Received
6/13/08
From
(ivame of Conu jouromrinter viewee}
(Address)
(City and State)
By
To Be Returned Yes No
Receipt Given Yes b6 No Grand Jury Material - Disseminate Only Pursuant to Rule 6 (e) Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Yes No Federal Taxpayer Information (FTI) Yes No
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Title:
Reference:
(Communication Enclosing Material)
Description: Original notes re interview of CD CONTAINING PHOTOS
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DB Cooper-21731FD-34(Sev, 8-7-97)
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Universal Case File Number SE 1644-81
Field Office
interview of CD CONTAINING PHOTOS
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NEMORE
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DB Cooper-21731FD-34(Sev, 8-7-97)
41 902
Universal Case File Number SE 1644-81
Field Office Acquiring Evidence
Serial # of Originating Document
Date Received
4-25-2008.
From
(Address of Contributor) HOLLERVILLE, HY.
By
State)
[Name of Special Agent)
To Be Returned Yes No Receipt Given Yes No
Grand Jury Material - Disseminate Only Pursuant to Rule 6 (e), Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Yes No.
Title:
Reference:
(Communication Enclosing Material).
Description: Original notes re interview of
PHOTOGRAPH OF
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Elizabethtown, Kg
42702
FBA P.O. BOX 4584
(Rev. 01-31-2003)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE
Date: 07/22/2003
To: Oklahoma City 
Seattle
Attn: SA
From:
Omaha
Squad 6/CRRA
Contact: SA
Approved By : 
Drafted By: db B
Case ID #: SE 164A-81 / (Pending) 9416
Title: NORJAK;
Hijacking
Synopsis: ^To set lead to
Seattle
Attn: SA
From:
Omaha
Squad 6/CRRA
Contact: SA
Approved By : 
Drafted By: db B
Case ID #: SE 164A-81 / (Pending) 9416
Title: NORJAK;
Hijacking
Synopsis: ^To set lead to interview inmate
Reference :- SE 164A-81 Serial 9414; 9415
Enclosure (s): Enclosed for Seattle is the original an two copies of an FD-302 of the interview of Enclosed
for Oklahoma City are an FD-302 of and the case information sheet.
Details: came into the Cedar Rapids RA and had asked to
advised that his father, help him retrieve some money. He had
and
knew where
was. He was hoping to get out of jail and
wanted to help him retrieve the money. He mentioned that a plane was hijacked in the late 60s or early 70s.
had previously assisted in the arrest of in 1994 by providing information to the FBI after speaking with him on the phone.
did not know when
was
growing up. He first met currently in custody at the DCCC in Hominy, Oklahoma. SA in person in 2001. is spoke with LNU who advised that still has before he is released. He has been in the system since and at that facility since
The enclosed FD-302 of provides additional details about "the money"
He has been in the system since and at that facility since
The enclosed FD-302 of provides additional details about "the money" and FBI Seattle requested that ability to assist be evaluated and that then be interviewed. SA attempted to contact at the phone number he provided, with negative results. SA contacted
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Oklahoma City From:
Omaha
Re :
SE 164A-81, 07/22/2003
ext
who advised that absconded from her supervision at
the end of and that she has obtained an arrest warrant for was kicked out of his house and fired from his job. does not have any information on whereabouts. also has an active Wyoming arrest warrant. The Wyoming authorities were contacted and advised that they would only extradite from bordering states. Therefore, it is not believed that can be of assistance.
A lead is being set at Hominy, OK to interview
as set in the referenced EC, serial # 9415.
Therefore, it is not believed that can be of assistance.
A lead is being set at Hominy, OK to interview
as set in the referenced EC, serial # 9415. The enclosed NORJAK information sheet details the hijacking and should assist in an interview of Any questions should be directed to the Seattle case agent
has a lengthy criminal history including
Descriptive Data:
Reference
Name -
Last :
First :
Middle:
Race:
Sex :
Aliases :
DOB :
Inmate Number:
FBI Number:
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TO :
Oklahoma City
From:
Omaha
Re :
SE 164A-81, 07/22/2003
LEAD (s) :
Set Lead 1: (Action) OKLAHOMA CITY
AT HOMINY, OK
Request that interviewed concerning and the money.
be
Set Lead 2: (Info)
SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, WA Read and clear.
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DB Cooper-21737FD-302(Rev. 10-6-95)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription
07/22/2003
W/M, DOB
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Iowa was advised of the identity of the interviewing agent and the purpose of the interview at the CRRA.
10-6-95)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription
07/22/2003
W/M, DOB
SSAN b6
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Cedar Rapids, b7C
Iowa was advised of the identity of the interviewing agent and the purpose of the interview at the CRRA.
come in for the interview.
had telephonically contact writer and agreed to advised that his father,
knows FNU and knows where the
is. said he had access to the money and he wanted to go with will be released if concerning his current charges. serious time over the years.
said he found and knows where the money is, someplace remote. They would have to hike to retrieve it.
told that in the late 60s to early 70s hijacked a
plane and hid the money. did not say how much money. may believe his father this time because he was somewhat specific about and the money, although has lied to him in the past.
did not know first met in person in 2001 in Oklahoma when went to visit
During the visit, was arrested for manufacturing methamphetamine. They had previously spoke on the phone in 1994. knew that was wanted and contacted the FBI at that
time. was arrested and extradited to California for a parole violation.
knew that was wanted and contacted the FBI at that
time. was arrested and extradited to California for a parole violation.
provided a piece of paper he said was from The paper has writing on it referring to and the money. Copies were made and will be maintained in a 1-A envelope.
advised that there is an active Wyoming warrant for (That warrant was confirmed, but the police department advised that the extradition was for surrounding states only.)
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Investigation on 06/02/03 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa
File # SE 164A-81-9417
Date dictated
06/19/2003
by SA db
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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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to retrieve it. is currently incarcerated and writes an affidavit in support of advised that has done
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when he was growing up. They
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SE 164A-81
Continuation of FD-302 of custody at DCCC, inmate # Oklahoma is considering writing the affidavit for advised that is a W/M, unknown DOB, in Hominy, to help him. He believes will then be released in 30 to 60
, On 06/02/03
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days. He will also be writing to soon. would be willing to assist the FBI if asked.
DB Cooper-21739; F FD202 (Rev. 10-6-95)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription
07/22/2003
W/M, DOB
SSAN b6 b7C
FBI #_
Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. was advised of the identity of the interviewing agent and the purpose of the interview at the CRRA.
come in for the interview.
had telephonically contact writer and agreed to advised that his father,
knows FNU and knows where the said he had access to the money
had telephonically contact writer and agreed to advised that his father,
knows FNU and knows where the said he had access to the money and he wanted
to go will be released if writes an affidavit in support of concerning his current charges. serious time over the years. advised that has done
said he found and knows where the money is someplace remote. They would have to hike to retrieve it.
told that in the late 60s to early 70s hijacked a
plane and hid the money. did not say how much money. may believe his father this time because he was somewhat specific about and the money, although has lied to him in the past.
did not know when he was growing up. They
went to visit
first met in person in 2001 in Oklahoma when During the visit, was arrested for manufacturing methamphetamine. They had previously spoke on the phone in 1994. knew that was wanted and contacted the FBI at that
time. was arrested and extradited to California for a parole violation.
provided a piece of paper he said was from The paper has writing on it referring to and the money.
provided a piece of paper he said was from The paper has writing on it referring to and the money. Copies were made and will be maintained in a 1-A envelope.
advised that there is an active Wyoming warrant for (That warrant was confirmed, but the police department advised that the extradition was for surrounding states only. )
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JUL 3 0 2003 Elc
File # SE 164A-81 -9417
Date dictated
06/19/2003
FBI SEATTLE
by SA : db DB
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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is lo ned to your agenc.DB Cooper-21740 it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
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DB Cooper-21751Automated Serial Permanent Charge-Out FD-5a (1-5-94)
Date: 10/28/03 Time: 16:09
Case ID: SE 164A-81 Serial: 9420 Description of Document :
Type : EC
Date : 09/23/03
TO : SEATTLE
From : JACKSONVILLE
Topic: TO REPORT INFORMATION RECEIVED TELEPHONICALLY FROM
Reason for Permanent Charge-Out : misfiled
Transferred to:
Case ID: SE 164A-81-1055 Serial: 26
Employee :
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DB Cooper-217547-1 (Rev. 5-13-99)
FBA LABORATORY FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
To:
Seattle
Squad 5/PSVCTF
Date:
October 3, 2003

Case ID No .
5-13-99)
FBA LABORATORY FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
To:
Seattle
Squad 5/PSVCTF
Date:
October 3, 2003

Case ID No .:	SE 164A-81 -9421
Lab No .:	010904012 HL DX DQ

Reference:
Communication dated August 23, 2001
Your No .:
Title:
NORJAK;
CAA-HIJACKING
Date specimens received: September 04, 2001 The items listed below were examined in the Latent Print Unit:
RESUBMISSION OF Q40 (tie, 1B7), Q41 (tie clip, 1B7) AND ALSO SUBMITTED ITEM (airline ticket, 1B21) FROM LABORATORY NUMBER PC-H5141 MC GX
This report contains the results of the latent print examinations.
Results of Examinations:
The requested latent print examination was conducted, but no latent prints of value were detected.
SEARCHED SERIALIZED FEED
AFEYED
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PE SEATTLE
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This Report is Furnished for Official Use Only DB Cooper-21755 Remarks:
The specimens are being returned under separate cover. The results of the examinations by the Trace Evidence and DNA Analysis units are the subjects of separate reports.
The results of the examinations by the Trace Evidence and DNA Analysis units are the subjects of separate reports.
Latent Print Unit
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010904012 HL DX DQ
DB Cooper-21756(FD-717kev. 3-05-2003) Complaint Form
NOTE: Hand print names legibly; handwriting satisfactory for remainder. Indices: Negative See below
Subject's name and aliases
DAVID BROOKS (DECEASED)
Character of case
SE 164-81
Complaisant Protect Source
Complaint received by IA
Field Office
Seattle
Telephone # Personal Telephonic
Date
8/12/2003
Time 3: 37 pm
Address of Subject
Complainant's address and telephone number East Swanzey NH
Complainant's DOB
Sex
Male
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Subject's Description	Race WL_	 Male	Height	Hair	Build	Birth date and birth place
Age	 Female	Weight	Eyes	Complexion	Social Security Number

Scars, marks and other data
Male	Height	Hair	Build	Birth date and birth place
Age	 Female	Weight	Eyes	Complexion	Social Security Number

Scars, marks and other data

Employer"	Address	Telephone
Brooks Studio	17 Harcourt Street Boston, MA

Vehicle Description
Facts of Complaint
C explained he had worked for Honeywell as a at the time of the airline highjacking in this case. He noted S had owned Brooks Studio in Boston's Copley Square. C stated S very closely resembled the artist depiction of "D. B. Cooper". Brooks was described as being unethical and a "low life". His last known address was provided as 17 Harcourt Street, Boston, Massachusetts, however, he had passed away five to seven years earlier. C stated S had been in the military in the Northwest Region of the United States, as a Paratrooper. C remembered that approximately two weeks after hearing about the highjacking, he had gone over to Brooks Studio, where his film was developed for him, and saw that S was on crutches.
C remembered that approximately two weeks after hearing about the highjacking, he had gone over to Brooks Studio, where his film was developed for him, and saw that S was on crutches. C had asked the Studio staff where S was, and
IA
(Complaint received by)
Do not write in this space.
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DB Cooper-21757
1:Contacted Sept. 4, left voice mail starting case agent was away for appr. I methy but would receive info upon return, and would contact complainant if he deemed necessary.
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DB Cooper-21758 had been told he was in the hospital for meningitis. C felt certain that S had been in the hospital for one to two weeks, and had many broken bones. Shortly thereafter, S went to Mexico for two weeks to recuperate. C stated he had checked the hospitals at the time, looking for a David Brooks, and had been unable to find him.
Additionally, C stated a man by the name of used to pick up the film for S to process. He added that he had been an alumni of Thayer Academy, and used to fly Piper aircraft.
Additionally, C stated a man by the name of used to pick up the film for S to process. He added that he had been an alumni of Thayer Academy, and used to fly Piper aircraft. Finally, C stated S used to tell him about his dog, whom he had named "Cooper" .
C felt S had used his own initials and the name of his dog to come up with the name D.B. Cooper.
UNI and ECF searches negative concerning S and C. Above information is provided for any action deemed appropriate.
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Decatur, AL,
August 13, 2003
FBI C/O Duty Officer 1110 Third Avenue Seattle, Washington 98101
REF: My phone conversation with Seattle area duty officer (1-206-262-2000) and fax of Timeline transmitted same day.
ATTN: My total data package -- mostly from the internet.
Agent in charge,
The D.B. Cooper skyjacking case of November 1971, to my knowledge has never been resolved. I believe that this data package, if followed up, may enable that closure. My interest in the case started when I was transferred to Seattle in June of 1972 and the D.
I believe that this data package, if followed up, may enable that closure. My interest in the case started when I was transferred to Seattle in June of 1972 and the D.B. Cooper sensation was still very much in the news. In addition, the story of the Falcon and the Snowman was released a short time later and I was employed in an environment similar to that of the story. I did not relate the stories at that time.
When I saw the pictuure (attached) in our local paper of it rang a very loud bell in my memory. He was D.B. Cooper as shown in the composit drawing of 1972. I then started the timeline relating and Cooper and became more and more convinced that these names were very posibily the same man.
Some questions I have not been able to answer from the internet are:
o Did do any sport parashute jumping in highschool or shortly thereafter?
o Where was his friend in '71 and '72 -- They had always worked together.
was paroled form federal prison in I have no data on him since that time. I believe that if this data turns out to be true, and maybe will disapear during parole
along with any money remaining from thier skyjacking and espionage
I believe that if this data turns out to be true, and maybe will disapear during parole
along with any money remaining from thier skyjacking and espionage activities. flying lessons during the 18 months after started taking
I would greatly appreciate knowing the results of your review of this package and , of course, any reward offered for identifying D.B. Cooper.
Sincerely, El
yrs old in 1921 too young to be unsms 10 ACTSUN
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My Full name address Dof B
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Whatever Happened to D.B. Cooper?
On the night before Thanksgiving 1971, a rather nondescript, middle-a skinned man boarded North West Airlines Flight 305 at around 4:15 p. Portland International Airport. He paid $20 cash for his ticket. En rout Seattle, the man, who has come to be known as D.B. Cooper, handed attendant Flo Schaffner a handwritten note.
About four hours later D.B. Cooper pulled off the only successful majo in U.S. history.
D.B. Cooper reclaimed the note he handed to Schaffner, so its exact w lost in history. But according to Max Gunther, author of D.B. Cooper: Happened, Schaffner, and the colleague to whom she showed the lette remember it. It explained that the man had a bomb in his case and th wanted $200,000 in $20 bills; that he demanded four parachutes, alon money, delivered to him when the plane landed in Seattle; and he said demands were not met, he would detonate the bomb and blow up the
D.
It explained that the man had a bomb in his case and th wanted $200,000 in $20 bills; that he demanded four parachutes, alon money, delivered to him when the plane landed in Seattle; and he said demands were not met, he would detonate the bomb and blow up the
D.B. Cooper parachuted out of Northwest Airlines jet with a $200,000 ransom.
When the plane landed in Seattle, the airline had (serial numbers already recorded by the FBI) and parachutes waiting. D.B. Cooper released everyon one steward, Tina Mucklow Larson, and both pilot
He ordered the plane to be refueled and flown to no more than 10,000 feet, agreeing to another re stop in Reno, Nevada, He demanded the wing flat and the rear stairs lowered. All measures to keep at a safe speed and easy access for jumping out stairs.
The pilots reported that the plane's gauges record bump in pressure at 8:13 p.m., as they flew over Washington. This is when the pilots and the FBI figure Cooper jumped, presume that his jumping caused the stairwell to snap shut then open
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affecting the plane's pressure guage. The money, two parachutes and Cooper were missing when the plane landed for refueling in Reno.
Soldiers, police, volunteers and FBI agents searched the area - which the densest forest in the U.S. - for 18 days by foot, planes, boats an helicopters. But not until 1980 was any trace of Cooper found. < 
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A little over five thousand dollars of Cooper's spoils were discovered b picnicking with his family along the banks of the Columbia River in sou Washington state, on Feb. 10, 1980. Then, in 1995, a woman named J claimed that her husband, Duane Weber) confessed to being D.B. Coop . deathbed after 17 years of marriage. \ did he and each other
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Ralph Himmelsbach, the FBI agent assigned to the case, remains steac belief that Cooper would not have survived - whether he was killed by the powerful turbulence on the way down, or died from a lack of food gear in the forest.
agent assigned to the case, remains steac belief that Cooper would not have survived - whether he was killed by the powerful turbulence on the way down, or died from a lack of food gear in the forest.
Himmelsbach may refer to him as "a dirty, rotten crook," but D.B. Coo achieved almost cult status. And just in case he ever does show up, ai charges await him in U.S. District Court.
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DB Cooper-21775U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
In Reply, Please Refer to File No.
1110 Third Avenue Seattle, WA 98101-2904 November 5, 2003
Hopkins, Minnesota
Dear Sir:
We have received your three letters concerning the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971.
Please advise us in writing of the following:
- Your complete and true name, address, telephone, and birth date
- Details as to the names of the relative you feel was involved in this hijacking
- Specific details as to why you think this person was involved in this crime
Forward your response to the above address to the attention of Squad 5/Norjak.
birth date
- Details as to the names of the relative you feel was involved in this hijacking
- Specific details as to why you think this person was involved in this crime
Forward your response to the above address to the attention of Squad 5/Norjak.
Sincerely,
Supervisory Special Agent 2
1 - Addressee Seattle (SE 164-81)- 9424 RNH/abs als (3)
1
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I have been thinking of this for many years. I may have a suspect for you but due to loyalties I have for this man I have not addressed before. 
He looks so very much like the sketches that have been circulating since the event. His height, weight, clothing that he wore, matches to a T.
I use to work for this guy. We built aircraft parts. We visited many 727's where he showed me how the rear door worked. He knew all the buttons and mechanisms.
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around the same time frame when DB Cooper hijacked the plane. He claims this was caused by He was a heavy drinker and smoker.
One way to eliminate or prove him as a suspect is to find the cigarette butts that he left behind and extract DNA from them, if possible. He drinks coffee at the same place and time every day where you could get DNA samples. Then do a background check on him including getting his picture from the Washington State Department of Licensing. You will be amazed at his likeness.
If interested in talking, please give me a call. I am home during the day.
Confidentiality: YES
Reward to Me: YES (if available) Regards,
BOB
Kent, Washington
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1 of 1LTR SENT to this person requesting more INFO. ANAit response 11/21/2003
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Previous letters reco.
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FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95)
-1 -
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription
12/11/2003
Inmate was interviewed at the R.B. Dick Conner Correctional Center, Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC), Hominy, Oklahoma. Also present during the interview was ODOC After being advised of the identity of the interviewing Agent and the purpose of the interview, provided the following information: 
(deceased) and
year old son refused to provide a
the interview was ODOC After being advised of the identity of the interviewing Agent and the purpose of the interview, provided the following information: 
(deceased) and
year old son refused to provide a name) were traveling via foot through Washington State enroute to Canada when they found a man hanging in a tree and money scattered everywhere. The man had been in the tree only a short time. cut the man down. The man had multiple broken bones and cuts, and his clothes were shredded. advised the clothing consisted of a dark colored suit and a down vest. refused to provide the color of the man's parachute, but stated it had a hole in it and it had opened. stated at no time did his son see the man and/or the money.
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traveled with minimal supplies. said the event occurred in the late 1960's or early 1970's, and that the weather was cold and rainy. made a promise to the man (who he later determined was D.
said the event occurred in the late 1960's or early 1970's, and that the weather was cold and rainy. made a promise to the man (who he later determined was D. B. COOPER although the man never told his name) that he would never tell anyone about him (COOPER) or where the money was. stated after would not
answer any questions about tattoos or distinguishing marks on COOPER's body. with COOPER was
described the
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COOPER gave very
specific instructions on how to bury him.
Investigation on
12/04/2003
at Hominy, Oklahoma
File # SE 164A-81 -9428
Date dictated
12/04/2003
by
SA
mr
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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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Before he died, COOPER instructed to send
and a note to three friends in Alaska who were waiting for him. stated these men did not know what COOPER did, and that they did not have any part in the hijacking. The note advised of a change in plans, and that COOPER would not see them for a while. The three men were draft dodgers who had fled first to Canada and then on to Alaska. COOPER was to meet the men and settle in Canada. could not recall the mens' names.
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and
stated as instructed by COOPER. The The
area where lightening had struck. There were in the area, and was
stated was and The money was old,
and was in $20, $50, and $100
The The
area where lightening had struck. There were in the area, and was
stated was and The money was old,
and was in $20, $50, and $100 denominations. is a telling what happened.
the money
was "written by somebody." The which comprised the money sent to Alaska, are also in the identification cards are also in the the money.
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advised the is also
stated he was told about the money
advised he did not see anyone while traveling from Washington to Canada. stated the individual with the last time being years ago, and there is a
who
hanging on it above the location where the stated COOPER did not want anyone to get the money. The money is body. stated the guy who problems, family problems with kids, and the money will elevate these problems. This individual is a survivalist.
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and
that if he could be found, he would tell the whole story.
10-6-95)
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and
that if he could be found, he would tell the whole story.
then discussed another matter with the interviewing Agent which involved his current incarceration and possible public corruption.
Upon leaving the interview, stated
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Name
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Date of Birth Social Security
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DB Cooper-21788 FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95)
- 1 -
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription
12/11/2003
Inmate was interviewed at the R.B. Dick Conner Correctional Center, Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC), Hominy, Oklahoma Also present during the interview was ODOC After being advised of the identity of the interviewing Agent and the purpose of the interview, provided the following information:
(deceased) and
year old son 1 refused to provide a name) were traveling via foot through Washington State enroute to Canada when they found a man hanging in a tree and money scattered everywhere.
provided the following information:
(deceased) and
year old son 1 refused to provide a name) were traveling via foot through Washington State enroute to Canada when they found a man hanging in a tree and money scattered everywhere. The man had been in the tree only a short time. cut the man down. The man had multiple broken bones and cuts, and his clothes were shredded. advised the clothing consisted of a dark colored suit and a down vest. refused to provide the color of the man's parachute, but stated it had a hole in it and it had opened. stated at no time did his son see the man and/or the money. stated the last town he remembers prior to entering the woods was Toppenish, Washington. advised they was heading to Canada as traveled with minimal supplies. said the event occurred in the late 1960's or early 1970's, and that the weather was cold and rainy. made a promise to the man (who he later determined was D. B. COOPER although the man never told his name) that he would never tell anyone about him (COOPER) or where the money was.
COOPER although the man never told his name) that he would never tell anyone about him (COOPER) or where the money was.
stated after
would not
answer any questions about tattoos or distinguishing marks on COOPER's body. with COOPER was
described the
on the end was also located. identification cards in names other than COOPER's.
with a further
stated
COOPER
COOPER gave very
specific instructions on how to bury him.
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INDEXED
SEARCHED SERIALIZED FILED
Investigation on 12/04/2003 at Hominy, Oklahoma
JAN 0 8-2004
File # SE 164A-81 -9428
Date dictated
12/04/2003
FBI SEATTLE
by SA
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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.
DB Cooper-21789
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and that if he could be found, he would tell the whole story.
stated
then discussed another matter with the interviewing Agent which involved his current incarceration and possible public corruption.
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The following was obtained through interview and observation:
Name
Race
White Male
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Date of Birth
Social Security
Account Number
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence:
ROUTINE
Date:
12/11/2003
To: Omaha
Seattle
Attn: CRRA
SA
Attn :__ SA
From:
Oklahoma City
Sq. 12, Tulsa RA
Contact:
SA
Approved By:
Drafted By:
mr
Case ID #: SE 164A-81
(Pending)
-9429
Title: NORJAK
HIJACKING
Synopsis: Lead serial 9416 covered.
Reference: SE 164A-81 Serial 9416
Enclosure (s) : Enclosed for Seattle are the original and one copy of FD-302 interview of one 1-A envelope containing interview notes, and @Doc printout concerning F
Details: On 12/04/2003, was interviewed at the R.
Reference: SE 164A-81 Serial 9416
Enclosure (s) : Enclosed for Seattle are the original and one copy of FD-302 interview of one 1-A envelope containing interview notes, and @Doc printout concerning F
Details: On 12/04/2003, was interviewed at the R.B. Dick Conner Correctional Center in Hominy, Oklahoma. currently serving a sentence for
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initially assumed were the reason for the interview. Writer had no knowledge of these allegations, but documented them to an Oklahoma City Division control file .. Although upset at the purpose of the interview and the idea that a select few who knew his association with the D. B. Cooper matter had informed the FBI of his knowledge, questions. did answer was very specific in some details, but only smiled when questions regarding specifics such as parachute color or body marks/tattoos were asked. would routinely refer to
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Re :	SE	164A-81, 12/11/2003

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intends to along with some alleged
photographs of a County ADA,
Writer is of the opinion that told a convincing story, with little or no hesitancy as questions were asked. In addition, was quick to pick up on details that would or would not have placed him with Cooper. Writer believes will submit to further questioning, but will not to Cooper. has a disdain for law
enforcement; however, writer believes concern for the cooperation if Case Agent determines there is some merit to story.
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Re:	SE 164A-81, 12/11/2003

LEAD (s) :
Set Lead 1: (Info) OMAHA
AT CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA
Read and clear.
Set Lead 2: (Info)
SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Read and clear.
DB Cooper-21794
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FBI SEATTLE
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence :
ROUTINE
Date:
02/02/2004
To: Minneapolis
From: Seattle 
Squad 5/ PSVCTF
Contact:
SA
Approved By:
Boty
Drafted By:
Case ID #:SE 164A-81~ /(Pending) 
9432
Title: NORJAK;
CAA - Hijacking
Synopsis: To set lead at Hopkins, Minnesota to identify and interview individual who has written to Seattle concerning captioned case.
SA
Approved By:
Boty
Drafted By:
Case ID #:SE 164A-81~ /(Pending) 
9432
Title: NORJAK;
CAA - Hijacking
Synopsis: To set lead at Hopkins, Minnesota to identify and interview individual who has written to Seattle concerning captioned case.
Enclosure (s) : One case information sheet. Copy of latest letter received by Seattle from
Details: For the information of Minneapolis, captioned case remains the only unsolved hijacking in U.S. history. Details of this matter can be found on the enclosed case information sheet. A fair number of tips continue be forwarded to Seattle concerning the unidentified subject. With the exception of an ongoing DNA project, few investigative leads are set.
The enclosed letter is one of four letters received by an individual in Hopkins, Minnesota identifying himself as and using Hopkins, MN This
individual claims that was in fact COOPER. A letter sent to Post Office box by Seattle (see serial 9424) requested identifying information and more specific information.
name not provided, at the above
responded indicating he had received the letter but did not provide the requested information. Instead, again asked that the FBI perform a DNA test.
name not provided, at the above
responded indicating he had received the letter but did not provide the requested information. Instead, again asked that the FBI perform a DNA test.
Although a DNA profile that may be that of COOPER has been recently developed by Seattle, this fact is not being discussed outside the FBI. Further, samples submitted to the Laboratory for testing are being limited to those in which there is an significant investigative reason to do so.
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Minneapolis
Re :
SE 164A-81, 02/02/2004 
From:
Seattle
LEAD (s) :
Set Lead 1: (Action) MINNEAPOLIS
AT HOPKINS, MN
Conduct investigation with Postal authorities to identify the person using Hopkins, MN Personally interview this person and obtain full identifying information about him, and the specific reasons for his belief of a connection to this matter. No DNA sample should be accepted or forwarded to the Laboratory without consultation with Seattle.
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FAX: : 752-5793
RE?
Docket #
Dear 
I filed "a discovery demand in this case October 17, 2003. It has come to my attention that the discovery furnished by the City might be incomplete. I am enclosing a page from report. Officer makes reference Officer
to: another. report prepared by Officer
It is the report of Officer that I never received. I am particularly concerned that we have complete discovery in this case since the diversion agreement stipulates to the admissibility of .police reports. I would appreciate it if Yom Would request the Gify hn furnish the misaing renort enclosure.
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE
Date: 03/02/2004
To: Seattle
Attn: SA b6 b7C
From: Pittsburgh
Squad 12/Clarksburg, WV, RA
Contact: SA
Approved By :
Drafted By:
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE
Date: 03/02/2004
To: Seattle
Attn: SA b6 b7C
From: Pittsburgh
Squad 12/Clarksburg, WV, RA
Contact: SA
Approved By :
Drafted By:
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Case ID #: SE 164A-81
(Pending)
Title: NORJAK
CAA
Synopsis: Interview of
Details: On 03/01/2004,
DOB: <
SSAN :
West
Virginia, no telephone, was interviewed at the request of his
neighbor Í had advised that for several years,
had told a story about an individual he
knew who may have been the unknown subject in captioned matter.
who is elderly, in poor health, and hard of hearing, advised that in 1949, he met an individual at Army Paratrooper School in FortBenning, Georgia, named (possibly spelled
4 who
was originally from the Summersville, WV, area. became friends but eventually went into the Army Infantry when his color blindness kept him from completing Paratroopers School.
In after had moved back to West Virginia, he
ran into
at a and was subsequently arrested for
and spent five hours in jail with According to said that he had been
discharged from the military in or around and had lived in the Seattle, Washington, area for approximately fifteen years before moving back to West
in jail with According to said that he had been
discharged from the military in or around and had lived in the Seattle, Washington, area for approximately fifteen years before moving back to West Virginia. also told that
he was working as a at a local hospital and also that he could stated that he had a girlfriend who worked with him and that he recently won a large amount of money in Reno, Nevada. In addition, showed an identification card bearing the and told that he had changed his name
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SE 164A-81 -9434 To: Seattle From: Pittsburgh
Re: SE 164A-81, 03/02/2004
name to advised that he recalled always stated that he liked the name Following the encounter with in or around lost contact with him and has not spoken to him since. advised that several years ago, he tried to locate in the Summersville, WV, area, but was unsuccessful. advised that he had heard of the 1971 hijacking not long after it occurred, but it was not until several years ago when he saw a
advised that he had heard of the 1971 hijacking not long after it occurred, but it was not until several years ago when he saw a composite drawing of the subject did he think of advised that the composite he saw strongly resembled and that certain things about him, including his alias and background, made think that may have been the unknown subject. described as being a white male, 
around the same age as (who is now 1 approximately 5'09" to 5'10" tall, approximately 165 pounds, with auburn hair and blue eyes. also advised that smoked Raleigh filtered-tipped cigarettes.
Checks of West Virginia DMV records were negative for and the only was listed as being born in Indices checks revealed no identifiable record in captioned matter associated with the names
This information is being provided to Seattle for whatever action deemed appropriate. Unless advised to the contrary, no further investigation is being conducted by Clarksburg.
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Seattle
From:
Pittsburgh
Re :
SE 164A-81, 03/02/2004
LEAD (s) :
Set Lead 1: (Discretionary)
SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON For information and whatever action deemed appropriate.
DB Cooper-21809
3(Rev. 01-31-2003)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence :
ROUTINE
Date:
02/04/2004
To: Director's Office
Attn:
Unit Chief
FPPAU, Rm. 7972
FPPAU, Rm. 7972
From: Seattle Sąd 1 Contact: SA
Approved By:
Drafted By:
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(Pending)
Case ID #: LOTA 300 1010 (Pending) SE 1644-81-9435 (Pending) b6 b7C
Title: PUBLIC AFFAIRS MATTERS; INDIGO FILMS REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
Synopsis: To report on Seattle's assistance to Indigo Films concerning the D. B. Cooper case, Seattle file 164A-SE-1010.
Details: For information, Seattle is always willing to assist on this matter. A photo of the original composite drawing along with a photo of an age enhanced drawing have already been sent to Indigo Films.
For information, writer spoke with the Seattle CDC about the serial numbers from the money given to Cooper.
For information, writer spoke with the Seattle CDC about the serial numbers from the money given to Cooper. He opined that there is no problem with Indigo Films using them given that they are already in the public domain. Seattle will continue to work directly with Indigo Films on this matter and assist where possible.
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DB Cooper-21810

TO:	Director's Office From:	Seattle
Re :	02/04/2004

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LEAD (s) :
Set Lead 1: (Info) DIRECTOR'S OFFICE
AT OPA, DC Information only.
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DB Cooper-21811
2 TO ACTION ICAD pensions to identify 2 isterse " 3/1/2017.
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SE 16YA-81-9436
SEARCHED SERIALIZED 
4 INDEXED JLED
MAR 1 9 2004
FBI SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-21812' (Rev. 01-31-2003)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence :
ROUTINE
Date:
04/15/2004
To: Minneapolis
Seattle
Attn: SA
St. Cloud RA
From: Minneapolis
Squad 6
Contact:
SA
Approved By:
A
Drafted By:
Case ID #: SE 164A-81
(Pending) -9437
Title: NORJAK;
CAA - HIJACKING
Cloud RA
From: Minneapolis
Squad 6
Contact:
SA
Approved By:
A
Drafted By:
Case ID #: SE 164A-81
(Pending) -9437
Title: NORJAK;
CAA - HIJACKING
Synopsis: Per Seattle's request, attempt to locate and interview at Morris, Minnesota.
Reference: SE 164A-81 Serial 9432
Enclosure (s) : One case information sheet, a copy of latest letter received by Seattle from and a Minnesota DMV photograph of
Details: Captioned case remains the only unsolved hijacking in U.S. history. Details of this matter can be found on the enclosed case information sheet. A fair number of tips continue to be forwarded to Seattle Division concerning the unidentified subject. With the exception of an ongoing DNA project, few investigative leads are set.
The enclosed letter is one of four letters received from an individual in Hopkins, Minnesota identifying himself as and using Hopkins, MN - individual claims that name not provided, This was in fact D.B. COOPER. (D.B. Cooper was the moniker used by the Seattle hijacker. )
A letter sent to at the above Post Office box by Seattle (see serial 9424) requested identifying information and more specific
)
A letter sent to at the above Post Office box by Seattle (see serial 9424) requested identifying information and more specific information. responded
by indicating he had received the letter but did not provide the
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DB Cooper-21816To: Minneapolis From: Minneapolis
Re: SE 164A-81, 04/15/2004
requested information. Instead, FBI perform a DNA test.
again asked that the
Although a DNA profile that may be that of COOPER has recently been developed by Seattle, this fact is not being discussed outside the FBI. Further, samples submitted to the Laboratory for testing are being limited to those in which there is an significant investigative reason to do so.
Recently, Minneapolis Division identified white male, date of birth, Morris, Minnesota, telephone
as
A Minneapolis United States Postal Inspector advised that wrote a "crazy" letter to the Postal Service regarding his Hopkins P.O. Box. In the letter, demanded that his true name and address never be released to law enforcement.
O. Box. In the letter, demanded that his true name and address never be released to law enforcement.
On 4/12/2004, a pretext call was made to telephone number. A male answered the phone and stated that the caller had reached the residence.
may be residing at Morris, Minnesota.
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DB Cooper-21817Minneapolis
From:
Minneapolis
To:
Re :
SE 164A-81, 04/15/2004
LEAD (s) :
Set Lead 1: (Action)
MINNEAPOLIS
AT ST CLOUD, MINNESOSTA
Contact
HI
date of birth
white male, height: 5'11", weight: 200 pounds, hair: grav, eves: hazel Personally interview and obtain full identifying information about him, and the specific reasons for his belief of a connection to this matter. No DNA sample should be accepted or forwarded to the Laboratory without consultation with Seattle. (Note that in the January 2004 letter that sent to Seattle Division, he stated that he did not want his family to know that he was writing the FBI. )
SET LEAD 2 : (Info)
SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Read and clear.
January 2004 letter that sent to Seattle Division, he stated that he did not want his family to know that he was writing the FBI. )
SET LEAD 2 : (Info)
SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Read and clear.
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DB Cooper-21818NORJAK CAA SE 164A-81
The Crime
On 11/24/1971, the day before Thanksgiving, a lone White male boarded Northwest Orient flight 305 at Portland, Oregon. At approximately 3:22 p.m., while the flight was en route to Seattle, Washington, he indicated to the stewardess that his briefcase contained a bomb, which would blow up the plane unless his demands were met.
The hijacker demanded $200, 000.00 and four parachutes in exchange for the safety of the 36 passengers aboard the plane. When the aircraft landed at Seattle, Northwest Orient Airlines complied with his instructions. After he received the parachutes and money, the hijacker allowed all passengers and two airline stewardesses to deplane.
He then ordered the remaining crew members into the first class section of the aircraft and informed them he desired to fly to Mexico City. The hijacker instructed that the plane proceed in a southerly direction and fly at a low altitude and slow speed, which would enable
The hijacker instructed that the plane proceed in a southerly direction and fly at a low altitude and slow speed, which would enable the rear door of the plane to be opened during the flight.
The hijacker apparently bailed out somewhere between Seattle and Reno, Nevada, where the plane landed to refuel. It was determined the hijacker, two parachutes and the ransom money had disappeared when the plane was inspected at Reno.
Original artist's conception drawing of the aircraft hijacker were prepared by the FBI Exhibit Section and are considered a reasonable likeness. The more recent aged composite was prepared to depict what the hijacker might have looked like in 1999.
The hijacker was described as follows:

Race :	White
Sex:	Male
Age :	Mid-40s
Height :	Five feet ten inches to six feet
Weight :	170 to 180 pounds
Complexion:	Olive, Latin appearance, medium smooth
Hair:	Dark brown or black, parted on the left, combed
The hijacker was described as follows:

Race :	White
Sex:	Male
Age :	Mid-40s
Height :	Five feet ten inches to six feet
Weight :	170 to 180 pounds
Complexion:	Olive, Latin appearance, medium smooth
Hair:	Dark brown or black, parted on the left, combed back
Eyes :	Possibly brown; during the latter part of the flight, the hijacker put on dark, wrap-around sunglasses with dark rims

DB Cooper-21819NORJAK
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Voice:	Low, spoke intelligently, no particular accent
Characteristics :	Smoked filter-type cigarettes
Wearing Apparel:	Black or brown suit; narrow black tie (clip-on type) ; black rain-type overcoat or dark topcoat; dark briefcase or attache case; carried a brown paper bag 4 X12 X 14
inches; brown shoes
Remarks:	Very polite at all
brown; during the latter part of the flight, the hijacker put on dark, wrap-around sunglasses with dark rims

DB Cooper-21819NORJAK
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Voice:	Low, spoke intelligently, no particular accent
Characteristics :	Smoked filter-type cigarettes
Wearing Apparel:	Black or brown suit; narrow black tie (clip-on type) ; black rain-type overcoat or dark topcoat; dark briefcase or attache case; carried a brown paper bag 4 X12 X 14
inches; brown shoes
Remarks:	Very polite at all times

ORIGINAL MONTAGE AGED TO 1999
LEADS :
1. TYPICAL - A relative or former friend resembles UNSUB and has had previous parachuting experience. In addition, he had "a lot of money" at about that time and he possibly said he was "D.B. COOPER" while drinking in a bar.
DB Cooper-21820NORJAK
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Age differences or height differences between the suspect and UNSUB generally can disprove 95 percent of these leads.
2. NOT TYPICAL - Suspect is dead and told witnesses he was "D. B. COOPER." He also said he lost the money in the jump.
NOT TYPICAL - Suspect is dead and told witnesses he was "D. B. COOPER." He also said he lost the money in the jump.
Age and height differences plus location on 11/24/1971 or 11/25/1971 can be useful in processing these suspects.
DB Cooper-21821FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription
05/04/2004
date of birth
Social Security Number Minnesota, telephone number
Morris,
was interviewed at
a city park in Morris about Kenneth Christiansen, and D. B. Cooper. was a retired
and retired in After being apprised of the identity of the interviewing Agent and the nature of the interview, provided the following information:
He had written a few letters to the F.B.I. office in Seattle, Washington, dating back to about 2000. He had addressed the letters to Agent because he had learned at some point that Agent was in charge of the D. B. Cooper case. The letters basically addressed his suspicion that Kenneth, may have been D. B.
He had addressed the letters to Agent because he had learned at some point that Agent was in charge of the D. B. Cooper case. The letters basically addressed his suspicion that Kenneth, may have been D. B. Cooper.
He had used the pseudonym in the letters to disguise his true identity and rented a post office box in Hopkins, Minnesota, to receive any return correspondence from the F. B. I. He had kept his actions and suspicions from his wife and children because he had mentioned his suspicions to them previously and they thought it was a silly notion. He did not want to go through that again.
Kenneth Peter Christiansen, date of birth October 17, 1926, Social Security Number 473-30-3599. Kenneth died of colon cancer in July, 1995. The suspicions about Kenneth started when he, visiting Kenneth
were
Kenneth did not elaborate more and the statement struck him as curious.
Sometime later, he saw one of those television shows about unsolved crimes and the subject was D. B. Cooper. There seemed to be several similarities between Cooper and and Kenneth had a lot of qualities which could have made it possible for him to commit the crime.
There seemed to be several similarities between Cooper and and Kenneth had a lot of qualities which could have made it possible for him to commit the crime. Kenneth lived in the area,
Investigation on 4/30/04 at Morris, Minnesota
File #
SE 164A-81- 9438
Date dictated
5/4/04
by SA skj b6 b7C
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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worked for Northwest Airlines, knew how to parachute, and matched the physical description of Cooper. He was about 5'10", weighed about 170 pounds, and would have been about 45 years old in 1971. Kenneth was also a smoker and liked to drink. Despite the similarities, he had no proof and knew of no reason why would have hijacked a plane.
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Kenneth was a flight attendant for Northwest Airlines for many years.