3-12-74)
DUE TO BULKINESS 1a1 THRU 1a57 ARE BEING MAINTAINED IN SEPARATE EXHIBIT SECTION IN CLOSED FILES. SEE VOLUME 1 FOR (1a1-1a8), Volume 2 for (1a9-1&18), Volume 3 for (1a19-1a30), Volume 4 for (1a31- 1a35), Volume 5 for (1a36-1a44), and Volume 6 for(1a45-1a57).

(Title)	NORJAK
(File No.)	164-497

b6
b7C

Item	Date Filed	Disposition
58	4/25/7	Advise of Rights form and interview log for
on 3/26/74 (cp)
59	ff	1 man's narrow black necktie found on the
NORYAK aircraft presumed to be the unsubs
(see ser 766) (cp)
60	5/7/74	Handprint of (cp)
61	5/8/74	Xerox copies of charge slips billed to
during period
)	164-497

b6
b7C

Item	Date Filed	Disposition
58	4/25/7	Advise of Rights form and interview log for
on 3/26/74 (cp)
59	ff	1 man's narrow black necktie found on the
NORYAK aircraft presumed to be the unsubs
(see ser 766) (cp)
60	5/7/74	Handprint of (cp)
61	5/8/74	Xerox copies of charge slips billed to
during period from
January 1971 to November 1973. (cp)
62	5/8/74	15 xEroxed copies of charge slips billed to

(cp)
63.	5/8/74	4 pages of xerox copies checks in payment
(NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR)
(ADDRESS OF CONTRIBUTOR)
'By
b6 b7C
(NAME OF SPECIAL AGENT)
To Be Returned Yes
Receipt given Yes No No
Description:
advice of Rights formar
and interview los
for on 3 - 26 - 7 bTc b6
cp 425.74
DB Cooper-26161FD-395 (Rev. 10-10-67)
INTERROGATION; ADVICE OF RIGHTS
YOUR RIGHTS
164-497-1958

Place	Ellendede, Orlif.
Date	3-26-74
Time	9:26 PM

Before we ask you any questions, you must understand your rights.
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can be used against you in court.
You have the right to talk to a lawyer for advice before we ask you any questions and to have him with you during questioning.
If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed for you before any questioning if you wish.
If you decide to answer questions now without a lawyer present, you will still have the right to stop answering at any time. You also have the right to stop answering at any time until you talk to a lawyer.
WAIVER OF RIGHTS
I have read this statement of my rights and I understand what my rights are.
You also have the right to stop answering at any time until you talk to a lawyer.
WAIVER OF RIGHTS
I have read this statement of my rights and I understand what my rights are. I am willing to make a statement and answer questions. I do not want a lawyer at this time. I understand and know what I am doing. No promises or threats have been made to me and no pressure or coercion of any kind has been used against me.
Signed
Witness:
Witness:
Time: 9:31 PM
b6 b7C
I don't want to answer any questions until I talk to an attorney.
DB Cooper-26162march 26, 1974 Glendale, Calif.
b6
Interview Boy for
Lesto b7c was interviewed at the Sandale Police department Glendale, California, on 3-26-74. 92% Interview started with introduction of SAA
9주원 SA Thanded advice of Rights form and he began reading it.
937M said be understood the form but he would not sign it because he wanted an attorney and he wanted to table to an attorney.
93PM
I I said he would not furmich bic b6 is name or anything else. Said he would furnish no information concerning his identity until he talked to an attorney.
Page 9 ~ b6; b7C; Page 10 ~ Duplicate;
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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X Deleted Page(s) X X No Duplication Fee X X For this Page X
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Flie .
selected: Flie . Serial Charge Out FD-5 (Rev. 10-13-89)
Date
8/30/02
File 164
LA
497
SOLals 1A45-1A57 Vol. 6
Class.
Office of Origin
Case No.
Last Serial Pending Closed

Serial No.	Description of Serial	Date Charged
IA 56	4/23/74 Hair fibers and in	8/30/02
glass slides and envelope
containing hair (see ser 764)
(CD)
- This serial transferred
to IB evidence

To	Employee
RECHARGE From	Date
Clerk Initials
To	Employee
RECHARGE From	Date
Clerk Initials of
Date

Date charged
Employee
Location
*FPI-R8K
DB Cooper-26085 DUE TO BULKINESS 1a1 THRU 1a45 ARE BEING MAINTAINED IN SEPARATE EXHIBIT SECTION IN CLOSED FILES. SEE VOLUME I FOR (1a1-1a8), VOLUME I$ FOR (1a9-1a18), VOLUME :3; FOR (1a19-1a30), AND VOLUME 4 FOR (1a31- 1a35), VOLUME 5 FOR (1a36-1a44).

(Title)	NORJAK
(File No.)	164-497

Item	Date Filed	Disposition
45.	5/9/72	21 phtos of white male possible	(cs)
46	!!	2 photos of unidentified male possibly	(cs)
47	6/28/7	2 photos of (cs)
48	7/13/7	1 photo
)	164-497

Item	Date Filed	Disposition
45.	5/9/72	21 phtos of white male possible	(cs)
46	!!	2 photos of unidentified male possibly	(cs)
47	6/28/7	2 photos of (cs)
48	7/13/7	1 photo of (cp)
49	8/14/7	Photo of (cp)
50 ,	10/11/72	One copy of original letter (see ser. 567)	(cp)
51	12/13/72	1 sheet paper with 1969 series numbers (cp)
52	1/9/73	15phoPseger taken '1963 (cp)
53	3/6/73	2 colored artist's conceptions of UNSUB aka
"DAN COOPER"
54	6/28/73	1 photo of (cp)
55	8/20/73	Copy of driver's license and photos of
6-24-65)
File No.
164-497 1450
Date Received
10-11-72
From
Büncie
(NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR)"
(ADDRESS.OF, CONTRIBUTOR)
(CITY AND STATE)
By
(NAME OF SPECIAL AGENT)'

To Be Returned Yes	Receipt given Yes
 No	 No

Description:
one copy of original letter
9
10-11-72
Real
no 567
DB Cooper-2612051
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b7c
b6
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b7c
b6 b7c
DB.Cooper-26121164-2111 050 XX LC # A-45410. LL.
LOTTER LABOS
": DEAR SIRs:
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b6 b7C
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Joana Thebest! But de hart.
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b6 b7C
KAN THAT HE COULD DERAND ALMOST ANY MORE!
$165,000 of The Amsin planet fully AND FAMILIES M NES.
78 DB Cooper-26124

1969 SERIES L-A
TL-32510387-AP
L-33312079-A
L-34579609-A

160-497- 1451

DB Cooper-26125
18/12/2
CRO:

Furnished to SA on 18/18/75 by
"LA "
b6 b7C
Newspaper Beverly Hills, Calif CAS 12/15/220
1516 South Westwood Boulevard : Los Angeles, Califorma 90024
DB Cooper-26126To: SAC SEATTLE ATTENTION: SA CHARLES FARRELL From: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497)

Date:	12/12/72
Time	Transmitted:

Subject: NORJAK
Transmit attached by Facsimile - Plointext Fingerprint Photo Fingerprint Record Map Newspaper clipping Photograph Other 
(6 min) 
(4 min)
FACSIMILE
Special hondling
Returned Yes	Receipt given Yes
 No	 No

Description:
2 COLORED ARTIST'S CONCEPTIONS OF UNSUR AKA "DAN COOPER"
8
3.6.73
DB Cooper-26136164-497-1A
53
DB Cooper-26137

File . No.	164-497 1A54
Date Received	5/31/73
From	SEATTLE FBI OFFICE

FD-340 REV. (6-24-65)
(NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR)
(ADDRESS OF CONTRIBUTOR) SEATTLE, WASH.
By
b6 b7C
To Be Returned Yes
Receipt given Yes No No Description:
1 photo of
8
b6 b7c
CP
6.28.73
DB Cooper-26138.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES CUPATTAYNI OF WINE WASHIWYOM a a
NAME
PHOTO TAKEN 1969-70 ---
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b7c
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5'9'
WITH DATE
165
const
RASE
w
HAI BAN.
BRN.
SCARY UNK. DB Cooper-26140Enclosures to LA from SA
RE: NORJAK LA 164-497 SA 164-111 SAlet to SE, 5/31/73.
Two photos of
b6 b7C
164-497-1754
DB Cooper-26141FD-340 REV. (6-24-65)
File No.
164-497 1855
Date Received
7/19/73
From
SACRAMENTO
(NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR) FBI
(ADDRESS OF CONTRIBUTOR)
Sacramento, Cel.
164-497 1855
Date Received
7/19/73
From
SACRAMENTO
(NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR) FBI
(ADDRESS OF CONTRIBUTOR)
Sacramento, Cel.
b6 b7C
By

To Be Returned	 Yes	Receipt given	 Yes
 No	 No

Description:
Copy of Drwirb licenza x photos
of Owen Murray Reynolds
CP 8.20.23
DB Cooper-26142RECORD CROSS REFERENCE COPY OF. DRIVER LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD APPLICATION ON FILE WITH CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR DMV OR LAW ENFORCEMENT USE ONLY
Y56661
. Owen Murray Reynolds . 1650 Ricky Ave
· Anaheim Cal 92802 SEX MALR
EYES HEIGHT WEIGHT MAR PRE LIC EXP
M Brnl Brn
5-10 10 160 Diy __ Ca
DATE CF BIRIA AGE DNY USE ONLY
10-14-20
50
CLASSE4 -5 !!
SEE OVER FOR ANY 1R &R CONOS.ONG
€ DARI CTIVE LEN IF
Quem Mi Rosprolos
5-7-71- Anh V
DB Cooper-2614323 26 24 1 BR
LA 164-497-1456
DB Cooper-26144NEWPORT BEACH NB 17448 3 16 72
til
NEWPORT BEACH NB 17448 3 16 72
DB Cooper-26145164-497-1956
164-497-1A:56 DB Cooper-26146NEWPORT BEACH NB 17448 3 16 72
NEWPORT BEACH
LA 164-497-1456
DB Cooper-26144NEWPORT BEACH NB 17448 3 16 72
til
NEWPORT BEACH NB 17448 3 16 72
DB Cooper-26145164-497-1956
164-497-1A:56 DB Cooper-26146NEWPORT BEACH NB 17448 3 16 72
NEWPORT BEACH NB 17448 3 16 72
DB Cooper-26147SHERIFF ...... 109 92
DB Cooper-26148REYNOLDS, Owen Murray . . . .. OC 70952
MWA 5-10 150 Brn Bin DOB: 10-14-20, Texas - LKA 11611 Brookhurst, Garden Grove, Calif. CII 927715 FBI 2543727
DB Cooper-26149 LAK04-497-1A 56SHERIFF COUNTY OF ORANGE 70952 863 1 1 63
DB Cooper-26150DB Cooper-26151 164-497- 1A56SHERIFF ORANGE COUNTY 70 9 52 - 930£6
DB Cooper-26152FD-340 REV. (6-24-65)

File No.	164-497 (A5)
Date Received.	4-10-74
From	FBI

(NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR)
"(ADDRESS OF CONTRIBUTOR)
Los angeles Calil
By
b6 b7C
To Be Returned Yes
Receipt given Yes No No
Description:
Rights form and interview log se
interview of
b6 b7C
cp 4.25.74
DB Cooper-26153FD-395 (Rev. 10-10-67)
INTERROGATION; ADVICE OF RIGHTS
164471 A51
YOUR RIGHTS
Place
Los angeles, Caly
Date
4/10/241
Time
10:30 AM
Before we ask you any questions, you
10-10-67)
INTERROGATION; ADVICE OF RIGHTS
164471 A51
YOUR RIGHTS
Place
Los angeles, Caly
Date
4/10/241
Time
10:30 AM
Before we ask you any questions, you must understand your rights. .
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can be used against you in court.
You have the right to talk to a lawyer for advice before we ask you any questions and to have him with you during questioning.
If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed for you before any questioning' if you wish.
If you decide to answer questions now without a lawyer present, you will still have the right to stop answering at any time. You also have the right to stop answering at any time until you talk to a lawyer.
WAIVER OF RIGHTS
I have read this statement of my rights and I understand what my rights are. I am willing to make a statement and answer questions. I do not want a lawyer at this time. I understand and know what I am doing. No promises or threats have been made to me and no pressure or coercion of any kind has been used against me.
Signed
Witness:
Witness:
SA, FBI, Los angeles SA, FBI, Los Angeles
Time:
10:33 AM
refused to sign this form
upon
FD-340a (Rev. 3-12-74)
DUE TO BULKINESS 1a1 THRU 1a35 ARE BEING MAINTAINED IN SEPARATE EXHIBIT SECTION IN CLOSED FILES. SEE VOLUME I FOR (1a1-1a8), VOLUME II for (1a9-1a18), VOLUME III for (1a19-1a30), AND VOLUME IV for (1a31-1a35)

(Title)	NORJAK
(File No.)	164-497

Item	Date Filed	Disposition
36	4/7/72	5 photos & 2 negatives of (cs	b6
37	4/17/7	1 copy of driver license of	(cs) (see ser 375)
38	4/28/72	1 copy each of driver's license of

(see ser. 427) (CS)
39	5/2/72	2 sets of photos of (cs) (see	ser.
)	164-497

Item	Date Filed	Disposition
36	4/7/72	5 photos & 2 negatives of (cs	b6
37	4/17/7	1 copy of driver license of	(cs) (see ser 375)
38	4/28/72	1 copy each of driver's license of

(see ser. 427) (CS)
39	5/2/72	2 sets of photos of (cs) (see	ser. 444)
40	5/9/72	Two photos of unidentified male, white, with
striped tie, wire rime sun glasses and sweater
posing on street possibly	(cs) b6
41	!!	6 photos	and	4
photos of w/m wearin glasses dressed
6 photos	and	4
photos of w/m wearin glasses dressed in white
shirt and tie-named (cs)
42	11	Interview log of (cs)
43	1!	Xerox copy of manifilest for Western Airlines
Flight #622 on February 22,1972 containing
names of (cs)
44	!!	2 photos of (cs)

b7c
b7c
164-497-1A SEARCHED ............ INDEXED SERIALIZED .......... FILED. april. 7, 1972 F81-LOS ANGELES
DB Cooper-26022FD-940 (REV. 6-24-65)
164-497-1A36
File No.
21.2/22
Date Received.
b6
b7c
From
(NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR)
Twit
(ADDRESS OF CONTRIBUTOR)
By
To Be Returned Yes
Receipt given Yes No No
Description:
+ 2 wegs
2 Photos of
b6 b7c
DB
Be Returned Yes	Receipt given Yes
 No	 No

Description:
1 COPY EACH DA DRIVER'S LICENSE
02
b6 b7C
DB Cooper-26035 seeper- 427b6 b7c
T.L. # (DATE)
other
name INTERIM LICENSE HAS BEEN € VALID ISSUED ON OR ABOUT DB Cooper-26037
DRIVER LICENSE APPLICATION ON FILE WITH RECORD CROSS REFERENCE COPY OF FOR DMV or LAW ENFORCEMENT USE ONLY CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES ·164-497-1A38 DB Cooper-26038
5 23 5412FOR DMV or LAW ENFORCEMENT USE ONLY CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES DRIVER LICENSE APPLICATION ON FILE WITH RECORD CROSS REFERENCE COPY OF
b6 b7C
I.P. Ext.
S
L. #
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er
9
LENSES
LENSES
VISION
W/P
A
DB Cooper-26040FOR DMV or LAW ENFORCEMENT USE ONLY CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES DRIVER LICENSE APPLICATION ON FILE WITH RECORD CROSS REFERENCE COPY OF
b6 b7c
T.L. #
(DATE)
Ext.
other
name
(
DB Cooper-26042

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1b6 b7C
NONE
ANC #
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ANe ADOS 64
65.
) 164-497
1
b6 b7C b7D

Item	Date Filed	Disposition
31	4/5/72	2 negatives & 1 photo of artist's conception of
hijacker with glasses & 1 photo without glasses	(s)
32	4/5/72	1 photo of (cs)
33	Tape cassette of conversation between	and
11:30 am (cs)
34	11	Anonymous letter and envelope regarding D.B.	COOPER (cs)
35	4/7/72	4 photos, 1 negative, 1 applicant fingerprint	card
		1 employment application for	(cs)
104-497-14 33
Date Received
3/10/22
From
(NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR)
(ADDRESS OF CONTRIBUTOR)
(CITY AND GYATE)
By
(NAME OF SPECIAL AGENT)

To Be Returned Yes	Receipt given Yes
 No	 No
Description:

Тара СоЛАётте of conversation between
11:30 Am
1
1
4.5-72.68
L
b6 b7C b7D
b6 b7C b7D
DB Cooper-2601011:30 Am, Conversation
AMPEX
CASSETTE
C90 RECORDING
AMPEX CORPORATION . REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA . 94083 . U.S.A.
661
RF1AMPEX
Between
and
Norjak 164-497
100
50
0
130
C 90 RECORDING
FROM
11:30 Am
YUCASSETTE
conversation between
Side 1
TO
Norjale 164-497
DET
b6 b7C b7D
DB Cooper-26011File No.
164-497 119) 34
Date Received:
3/17/75
From
FBI
(NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR)
11000 W csn.a.s. C ...
(ADDRESS OF CONTRIBUTOR)
Los ANGELES UNLIM
(CITY AND STATE)
C.
By
(NAME OF SPECIAL AGENT)

To Be Returned Yes	Receipt given Yes
 No
By
(NAME OF SPECIAL AGENT)

To Be Returned Yes	Receipt given Yes
 No	 No
Description:

ANONYMOUS 18778
AN PUESTO8% MA
D. B. COUPER
4-512CU
DB Cooper-26012March 14, 1972
Dear Sir,
Reference: My letter of February 24, 1972, Subject: "D. B. Cooper."
Apparently Mr. "D. B. Cooper" is still at large. Perhaps my first letter was ignored asA"witchhunt." Granted, my interest is in a reward. My limited knowledge of this person all points to a perfect "D. B. Cooper. "
I have retouched a "D. B. Cooper" composite picture to more closely resemble my suspect. A reproduction of this picture is shown below.
If you haven't made any headway in your investigation, may I suggest that you photograph various views of this man and record his voice at calm and anger moods. Then the plane passengers and crew who are available could either identify or exoperate him.
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CLEAR
NORJAK, (00 : SEATTLE)
RE WFO AIRTEL TO BUREAU DATED JUNE 21, 1977, AND SEATTLE TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND ABOVE OFFICES DATED JULY 22, 1977. ON AUGUST 2, 1977, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA; WAS INTERVIEWED BY
SPECIAL AGENTS
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4 ADVISED HE WAS AN ATTORNEY WITH OFFICES AT 325 PENNSYL-
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4 ADVISED HE WAS AN ATTORNEY WITH OFFICES AT 325 PENNSYL- VANIA AVENUE, S.E., WASHINGTON, D. C. (WDC) . MET JAMES BRYANT COFFELT IN 1970 WHEN BOTH WERE ATTENDING ALCOHOLICS ANONY MOUS . DESCRIBES COFFELT AS A COUNTRY BOY WHO WAS "A REAL CON MAN."
ACCORDING TO COFFELT WAS A VERY LIKEABLE PERSON WHO WAS A GOOD STORY TELLER AND SALESMAN. COFFELT TOLD HE, COFFELI, WAS FROM THE COLSON HILLS AREA, HAD DONE TIME FOR BANK ROBBERY, AND HAD BEEN PAROLED IN 1955. ACCORDING TO COFFELT, WHEN TRUMAN WAS UNDER SIEGE ATTHE BLAIR HOUSE, A GUARD-RELATIVE HAD SAVED TRUMAN'S LIFE AND THE FAMILY WAS REWARDED WITH COFFELT.S PAROLE. LAST SAW COFFELT ON DECEMBER 27 OF 1974 OR 1975, WHEN COFFELT WAS MOVING TO LAS VEGAS.
ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO A CAME TO WASHINGTON AND WENT TO BREAKFAST WITH HIM. TALKED ABOUT A COFFELT HAD WRITTEN AND THAT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
WAS INTERESTED IN PUBLISHING THE BOOK.
TALKED ABOUT A COFFELT HAD WRITTEN AND THAT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
WAS INTERESTED IN PUBLISHING THE BOOK. WAS TRYING TO LOCATE COFFELT AND ASKED IF COFFELT HAD OWED ANY MONEY. ADVISED THAT HE HAD DONE SOME LEGAL WORK FOR COFFELT
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IN A CLAIM COFFELT HAD AGAINST ROBERT TODD LINCOLN BECKWITH AND WAS STILL OWED MONEY FOR LEGAL FEES. AFTER VISIT, A PRODUCER FROM UNIVERSAL STUDIOS CALLED AND ADVISED THEY NEEDED PERMISSION TO MAKE PUBLIC SOME OF COFFELT'S WORK. SAID HE WAS OFFERED $25,000 AND A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROFITS AND WAS OFFERED THE SAME. DECLINED AND ADVISED HE HAD BEEN TOLD BY
THAT SHE, WAS VERY DISTRESSED OVER A
TELEPHONE CALL FROM A MAN NAMED WHO HAD GONE TO A
AND COFFELT RELATIVE OF
WERE COUSINS. ADVISED THE AGENTS THAT DURING THE TIME
HE KNEW
AND JACK COFFELT, THEY HAD NOT
.
ADVISED HE COULD NOT BELIEVE COFFELT COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A HIJACKING, "IT WAS NOT HIS STYLE," AND "I DON'T THINK HE.
ADVISED HE COULD NOT BELIEVE COFFELT COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A HIJACKING, "IT WAS NOT HIS STYLE," AND "I DON'T THINK HE.D KNOW HOW TO OPEN A PARACHUTE LET ALONE OPEN AN AIRPLANE'S DOOR FROM THE INSIDE." STATED COFFELT HAD ENTRUSTED NOTHING TO FOR SAFEKEEPING IN A VAULT OR ELSEWHERE.
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IN ADDITION,
WDC, WAS RECONTACTED REGARDING A REVIEW OF COFFELT'S MEDICAL RECORDS IN AN EFFORT TO ASCERTAIN COFFELT.S WHEREABOUTS ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER 24, 1971. ADVISED HIS RECORDS ON COFFELT INDICATED HE LAST TREATED HIM DURING MARCH, 1971. HE BELIEVED HIS TREATMENT OF COFFELT SPANNED 7-9 YEARS.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
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TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) ROUTINE ATLANTA (164-254) ROUTINE DENVER (164-98) ROUTINE LAS VEGAS (164-60) ROUTINE LITTLE ROCK (164-22) ROUTINE LOS ANGELES (164-497) ROUTINE SAN DIEGO (164-91) ROUTINE SEATTLE (164-81) ROUTINE BT
CLEAR NORJAK; 00: SEATTLE RE BUREAU TELETYPE TO MINNEAPOLIS DATED JULY 23, 1977, ET AL. REINTERVIEWED AUGUST 1, 1977. UNABLE
TO RECALL EXACTWORDS USED BY RECALLS
TALKING ABOUT KNOWING WHO D.B. COOPER WAS AND THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL, NAME NOT STATED, HAD CRIMINAL HISTORY OR CRIMINAL
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FILE FOUR PAGES LONG WHICH WAS SINGLE SPACED.
TOLD
THAT HE, HAD PERMISSION OF b6 b7C THE WEST COAST FBI, FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, AND GRIFFIN BELL TO MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT THE HIJACKING. HAD INFORMATION ON THE HIJACKING, BUT EVERYTHING HE KNEW COULD HAVE COME FROM NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES. DID NOT HAVE ANY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
HEARD FROM UNRECALLED SOURCE THAT HAD
NEITHER NOR ANYONE ELSE, HAS EVER TOLD OR IMPLIED
TO
THAT OR ANY FBI EMPLOYEE GAVE
ANY FILE, OR ANY INFORMATION WHATSOEVER ABOUT THE
HIJACKING HAD NO FACIAL BASIS WHATSOEVER FOR THE THOUGHT SOMETHING ALONG THESE LINES CONCEIVABLY COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
TOLD OR IMPLIED
TO
THAT OR ANY FBI EMPLOYEE GAVE
ANY FILE, OR ANY INFORMATION WHATSOEVER ABOUT THE
HIJACKING HAD NO FACIAL BASIS WHATSOEVER FOR THE THOUGHT SOMETHING ALONG THESE LINES CONCEIVABLY COULD HAVE HAPPENED. MIS THOUGHT WAS THE RESULT OF PURE SPECULATION AND CONJECTURE ON PART.
STATED HE WORKED FOR UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, AND HAD
ADDRESS
CALIFORNIA
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DB Cooper-25670 Fp-36 (Rev. 2-14-74)
FBI .
Date:8/17/77
'Transmit the following in
(Type in plaintext or code)
Vin AIRTEL
(Precedence)
TO
:
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
SUBJECT :
NORJAK (A)
00:
SEATTLE
RE: JAMES BRYANT COFFELT, aka
Jack Bryant Coffelt,
Bryant Arthur James Coffelt, (TN)
Re Seattle teletype to Bureau dated 7/22/77 and - Bureau teletype to Minneapolis dated 7/23/77.
For the information of the Bureau and receiving offices, the Seattle Division has positively eliminated COFFELT as a suspect in this matter. However, the following leads are being set out in an attempt to determine the extent to which confidential information has been provided to and others involved in the attempt to produce a movie concerning captioned crime.
leads are being set out in an attempt to determine the extent to which confidential information has been provided to and others involved in the attempt to produce a movie concerning captioned crime. 
3 - Bureau (164-2111) 2. - Atlanta (164-254) 3 - Denver (164-98) (3) - Los Angeles (164-497) 1 - Little Rock (164-22) (Info) 1 - Las Vegas (164-60) (Info) 1 - San Diego (164-91) (Info) 2 - Minneapolis (164-73) 1 - WFO (164-169) (Info) 3 - Seattle (164-81) RNN : kln (20).
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RUSTON FK
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LEADS :
MINNEAPOLIS DIVISION
At Minneapolis, Minnesota
Will locate and interview Northwest Orient Airlines and obtain from him any information he may have provided or any other person involved with the production of the movie, that up unto this time had been consi- dered confidential. It is noted that on Northwest at the time of the hijacking and in addition he has had close contact with eye witnesses in this matter and finally provided the information used by the FBI, for determining the drop zone and the
at the time of the hijacking and in addition he has had close contact with eye witnesses in this matter and finally provided the information used by the FBI, for determining the drop zone and the crime search area conducted shortly after the hijacking. It should be pointed out to during this interview that is in no way connected with the FBI and that the FBI is not cooperating with his efforts to produce a movie concerning this matter .. In addition, it should be pointed out that none of the other witnesses in this matter, have cooperated with at the
present time, and that the information that he possesses based on his position with Northwest Orient Airlines, is of critical importance to the possible solution of this crime.
has in his personal possession, a copy of a voice recorder tape printout which contains all of the communications between the skyjacker, the cockpit and the Northwest Control Center, in timed sequence. This should be obtained from if he will release it to be FBI and if not, a copy of it should be obtained.
Note for the information of the Minneapolis Division: Seattle is in possession of notes taken by of the telephone conversations between and
Note for the information of the Minneapolis Division: Seattle is in possession of notes taken by of the telephone conversations between and
between Northwest In at least one conversation, it appears that recorded both sides of the conversation. The interview with indicates that he provided with all of the information he has in this matter, contrary to what he indicated when interviewed by FBI Agents on 8/1/77.
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LOS ANGELES DIVISION
At Los Angeles, California
Will determine if could have possibly received b6 confidential FBI information from former retired FBI Agent b7D It is noted that according to working for is currently in this matter.
DENVER DIVISION
At Denver, Colorado
Will. locate and interview and determine from her if she provided any confidential information concerning this crime to during her recent trip to Los Angeles.
Will also attempt to determine any other information may have concerning her conversations with
ATLANTA DIVISION
At Atlanta, Georgia
Will recontact Attorney
and determine if he has received any additional information from Las Vegas, Nevada,
Will also attempt to determine any other information may have concerning her conversations with
ATLANTA DIVISION
At Atlanta, Georgia
Will recontact Attorney
and determine if he has received any additional information from Las Vegas, Nevada, concerning this matter. If so, will attempt to obtain copies of this communication and forward same to Seattle.
ALL OFFICES COVERING LEADS ARE AGAIN REMINDED, THAT INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS HIJACKING IS NOT TO BE CONFIRMED OR DENIED DURING INTERVIEWS. INTERVIEWS SHOULD BE CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ONLY.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS .
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3 FD-36 (Rov. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date:
8/23/77
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Via
AIRTEL
AIR MAIL
(Priority)

TO:	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:	ADIC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P)
RE :	NORJAK (A) 00: Seattle

RE: JAMES BRYANT COFFELT, aka Jack Bryant Coffelt, . Bryant Arthur James Coffelt (TN)
Re Seattle airtel to Bureau dated 8/17/77.
As Seattle is well aware, Agents of the Los Angeles Division have interviewed on several
occasions.
As Seattle is well aware, Agents of the Los Angeles Division have interviewed on several
occasions. During the initial contact, he indicated that he had retained an ex-FBI Agent to assist him of COFFELT, but refused to identify this individual. During a later contact on 5/6/77, he identified a retired FBI Agent from Newport Beach, California. Subsequent efforts to identify in Orange County and Los Angeles, California, met with negative results.
is a namo-dropper, has a wild imagination, and is frequently loose with the truth. It is the opinion of the interviewing agents that the only official information has concerning this matter is an FBI identification record relating to COFFELT, which he may have obtained from if he does, in fact, have one.
2 - Seattle 2- Los Angeles
161.497-954 SEARCHED IND: :: )
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Special Agent : Ci. ir.c Cont M Per U.S.Gove.r.nent Printing Office : 1972 -- 455 574
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Unless advised to the contrary by Seattle, Los Angeles is conducting no additional
nent Printing Office : 1972 -- 455 574
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Unless advised to the contrary by Seattle, Los Angeles is conducting no additional investigation to identify It is believed by Los Angeles that even if identified, chances of him cooperating would be unlikely and would be immediately advised. Los Angeles further
is feels that would then claim even more strongly that. COFFELT is D. B. COOPER and that the FBI is attempting to stop his investigation because the Bureau would be embarrassed if the case was solved by him.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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DB Cooper-256753/23/77
AIRTEL
AIR MAIL

TO:	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:	ADIC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (3) (P)
SUBJECT:	NORJAK (A) 00: Scattle

RE:
CALIFORNIA
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Enclosed for Seattle are the original and one xerox copy of an anonymous letter received by the Los Angeles Office on 8/22/77. Enclosed for San Francisco are two xerox copies of the above letter.
The enclosed letter, which was mailed in San Francisco, California, on 8/16/77, indicates that California, should be
The enclosed letter, which was mailed in San Francisco, California, on 8/16/77, indicates that California, should be considered a suspect in captioned matter.
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Los Angeles indices negative re CARROLL COOPER.
LEAD
SAN FRANCISCO
AT CALIFORNIA. Will conduct appropriate b6 b7C
investigation regarding
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16.1.11.1955 SEARCHED

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DB Cooper-25676
1YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN CHECKING THIS MAN AS THE POSSIBLE SUSPECT 'D. B. COOPER" - THE HIJACKER OF THE AIRPLANE A FEW YEARS AGO WHO PARACHUTED FROM THE PLANE IN FLIGHT !
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SERIALIZED FILED
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
A
DB Cooper-25678 FD-36 (Rev. 7-27-76)
TRANSMIT VIA:
1 . Teletype
Facsimile
x Airtel 
Immediate
[ ] Priority
[ ] Routino
FBI
PRECEDENCE:
CLASSIFICATION: I I TOP SECRET
SECRET
CONFIDENTIAL
EFTO
CLEAR
Date
8/24/77

TO:	DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM :	SAC, ATLANTA (164-254) (RUC)
SUBJECT :	NORJAK (A) (00: SEATTLE)

Re Atlanta airtel to the Director dated 5/13/77, Little Rock teletype to the Director dated 7/20/77, and Seattle airtel to the Director dated 8/17/77.
For information.of the New York Division, enclosed references relate information developed concerning efforts made by of Las Vegas, Nevada,
relating to instant matter in which one DAVID BRYANT COFFELT (allegedly deceased) is identified as D.B. COOPER, hijacker in instant matter.
developed concerning efforts made by of Las Vegas, Nevada,
relating to instant matter in which one DAVID BRYANT COFFELT (allegedly deceased) is identified as D.B. COOPER, hijacker in instant matter.
On 8/16/77, Atlanta, Georgia, telephonically contacted the Atlanta Office and furnished the following information:
She is employed by HEW, Peachtree and 7th Street, Atlanta, and on she was on a Delta Airlines flight from Atlanta to Washington, D.C., when she overheard the following story: 
3 - Bureau (164-2111) 1 - Los Angeles (164-497) (Info) 2 - Seattle (164-81) 2 - New York (Enc.3) 1 - Atlanta JRMW : psm (9)
CASE AGENT
164-441956
SERIN IZED SUR
AUCY
FBI-LOS ANGE
ALSTON
(INFO)
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SEATTLE CONTACTED ///// AT 164-254
Sitting next to her on this flight was one who identified himself for Newsday, a prominent newspaper on Long Island, New York She stated that she had verified through library sources his identity and veracity and that he told her the subject's
identified himself for Newsday, a prominent newspaper on Long Island, New York She stated that she had verified through library sources his identity and veracity and that he told her the subject's escapade and had just met
with the subject
under another name. She stated that showed her a penciled drawing on a handkerchief that the subject had done portraying a "snoopy" parachute dropping from an aircraft holding a sack of money. She stated that told her and two fellow passengers that the subject is a former Boeing employee and he removed a panel from the ceiling of the jet (in the lavatory) and hid there and later got off the aircraft after it had landed and things had cooled down.
LEADS :
NEW YORK DIVISION
Will locate through Newsday newspaper on Long Island, New York and interview him concerning any information he would care to furnish regarding the identity of the individual identified as D. B. COOPER the suspect in this matter.
OFFICE OF ORIGIN HAS POINTED OUT THAT THE AND POSSIBLY OTHERS ARE ANXIOUS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION WHICH WOULD UPDATE THE SCRIPT BEING PROPOSED AND WRITTEN AND MAKE IT MORE VALUABLE OR WOULD VERIFY THE INFORMATION AND, THEREFORE, MAKE IT MORE PLAUSIBLE.
OFFICE OF ORIGIN HAS POINTED OUT THAT THE AND POSSIBLY OTHERS ARE ANXIOUS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION WHICH WOULD UPDATE THE SCRIPT BEING PROPOSED AND WRITTEN AND MAKE IT MORE VALUABLE OR WOULD VERIFY THE INFORMATION AND, THEREFORE, MAKE IT MORE PLAUSIBLE. ALL OFFICES COVERING LEADS ARE REMINDED THAT INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS HIJACKING IS NOT TO BE CONFIRMED OR DENIED DURING INTERVIEWS. INTERVIEWS SHOULD BE CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ONLY.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS .
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DB Cooper-25680
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£442238 SF ACK FOR +LR0006 2442248Z
RR HQ LV LA SD SE Aus 32 3 50 TH '77 DE LR
R 012230Z AUG 77 FM LITTLE ROCK (164-22) (P) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) ROUTINE LAS VEGAS (164-60) ROUTINE
LOS ANGELES (164-497) ROUTINE
SAN DIEGO (164-91) ROUTINE SEATTLE (164-812) ROUTINE BT
CLEAR
NORJAK (A). 00: SEATTLE.
ON MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1977, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, APPEARED AT FAYETTEVILLE, ARK., RESIDENT AGENCY AND ADVISED AS FOLLOWS: b6
THEY HAD VISITED WITH ON FRIDAY N AUGUST 26, 1977. AT THAT TIME GAVE THEM A HANDWRITTEN NOTE ADDRESSED TO ATTORNEY, DURHAM, NORM CAROLINA, WHICH SET FORTH FINANCIAL AGREEMENTS FAVORABLE TO
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SMA MAN - LOS ANG.
AT THAT TIME GAVE THEM A HANDWRITTEN NOTE ADDRESSED TO ATTORNEY, DURHAM, NORM CAROLINA, WHICH SET FORTH FINANCIAL AGREEMENTS FAVORABLE TO
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Alsion Deal
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COOPERATION. WENT TO DURHAM AND SPOKE TO b6 b7C b7D
ATTORNEY, OF AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION AND FRIEND OF ATTORNEY IN ATLANTA. DETERMINED THAT HAD BEEN DISBARRED IN NORTH CAROLINA. RETURNED TO AND VISITED WITH ON NIGHT, AUGUST 31, 1977.
RELATED TO THEM TO FBI ABOUT A FEW SITUATIONS DURING THE HIJACKING. FIRST, PILOT SCOTT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT.
SECOND,
HIRD,
BY D. B. COOPER BUT SHE REFUSED IT. CLAIMED COOPER (COFFELT) WENT INTO BATHROOM WHILE b6 b7C b7D
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AIRLINES
CURRENTLY RESIDES IN MONTANA. DISPLAYED SEVERAL CASSETTE TAPE CARTRIDGES AND ONE REEL-REEL TAPE.
SINCE HE IS FORMER NORTHWEST
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CURRENTLY RESIDES IN MONTANA. DISPLAYED SEVERAL CASSETTE TAPE CARTRIDGES AND ONE REEL-REEL TAPE. 2 OF CASSETTE CARTRIDGES WERE ALLEGED 
BY TO BE ORIGINAL TAPES OF TELEPHONE CALLS BETWEEN AND TAPED
REEL TAPE IS COPY OF CASSETTE OF TELEPHONE CALLS b6 b7C
BETWEEN AND PART OF A PERSONAL INTERVIEW b7D
BETWEEN HAVE THESE AND SEVERAL TAPES WHICH THEY WILL GLADLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO FBI IF THEY ARE ASKED, BUT THEY PREFER TO RELEASE THEM TO SA LAS VEGAS. ON TAPE INVOLVING ALLEGES
REPLIED
OREGON AND THEN CHANGED TO WASHINGTON, BUT THE OREGON RESPONSE WAS SPONTANEOUS. DISPLAYED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A PIECE OF NYLON CORD, APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF INCH LONG, IN A PLASTIC BAG. b7D CLAIMS TO HAVE DUG UP THE CORD NEAR THE "BIG ROCK." THIS WILL ALSO BE TURNED OVER TO FBI, UPON REQUEST, FOR LABORATORY ANALYSIS.
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DB Cooper-25683PAGE FOUR LR 164-22 CLEAR CLAIMS THAT
MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, b6 b7C b7D WERE HIRED MUSIC CORPORATION OF AMERICA (MCA),
UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, O CHECK OUT STORY
REGARDING COFFELI AND
TAPED OVER
LR 164-22 CLEAR CLAIMS THAT
MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, b6 b7C b7D WERE HIRED MUSIC CORPORATION OF AMERICA (MCA),
UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, O CHECK OUT STORY
REGARDING COFFELI AND
TAPED OVER RP HOURS OF
INTERVIEWS AND THESE TAPES ARE IN CUSTODY OF
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STATED
HAS OTHER TAPE RECORDED CONVERSATIONS.
OF OPINION THAT IS NOT BEING TRUTHFUL BY COOPER AND THAT FBI HAS BEEN
SYSTEMATICALLY MISLED AND LIED TO
DEPARTED ARKANSAS VIA AUTO SEPTEMBER 1, 1977, EN ROUTE b6 b7C b7D
LAS VEGAS.
LAS VEGAS: CONTACT OBTAIN TAPE RECORDINGS, AND NYLON CORD.
LEADS TO REINTERVIEW
0
CONTACT MCA, AND OTHERS BEING LEFT TO SEATTLE.
LITTLE
OCK DIVISION AT
ARKANSAS: WILL ATTEMPT b6
TO INTERVIEW
BT
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DB Cooper-25684TELETYPE ROOM
Oct 3 3 4 % '77
MXPPQ 1644Z PP SE LA DE LR P 031634Z OCT 77 FM LITTLE ROCK (164-22) (P) TO SEATTLE (164-812) PRIORITY LOS ANGELES (164-497) PRIORITY BT CLEAR NORJAK (A). 00: SEATTLE.
ON OCTOBER 2, 1977, BOTH RESIDENTS OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARK., CONTACTED SRA, FAYETTEVILLE, ARK., AND STATED HE WAS CURRENTLY IN LOS ANGELES CONFERRING WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO GAIN PRODUCTION RIGHTS TO STORY ABOUT JACK BRYANT COFFELT AND HIS ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN CAPTIONED
, AND STATED HE WAS CURRENTLY IN LOS ANGELES CONFERRING WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO GAIN PRODUCTION RIGHTS TO STORY ABOUT JACK BRYANT COFFELT AND HIS ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN CAPTIONED HIJACKING. ASKED OF INDIVIDUAL ALLEGED TO BE COFFELT
AND FURNISHED BY WERE, IN FACT, COFFELT AND STATED THAT HE DID NOT DESIRE TO DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL. HE WAS ADVISED THAT SRA, FAYETTEVILLE, HAD NO
· KNOWLEDGE THAT FURNISHED BY WERE, IN FACT,
164-497-958 3.
DB Cooper-25685
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PAGE TWO LR 164-22 CLEAR
COFFELI, HOWEVER, HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED DURING PAST CONVERSATIONS, COFFELT IS NOT SUBJECT D. B. COOPER.
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STATED HE WILL REMAIN IN LOS ANGELES UNTIL NIGHT, OCOBER 3, 1977, WHEN HE WILL DEPART EN ROUTE ARK. HE INTENDS TO MEET WITH AND OTHERS DURING LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1977, AND THEY ARE SERIOUSLY TALKING ABOUT
CURRENTLY STAYING AT MOTEL AT
TELEPHONE LITTLE ROCK WILL HANDLE SUBSEQUENT TELEPHONE CONTACT WITH BT
2761646Z LA 1
DB Cooper-25686LRO 004 2782016Z RR SE LA DE LR R 05 1700Z OCT 77 FM LITTLE ROCK (164-22) (P) TO SEATTLE ( 164-812) ROUTINE LOS ANGELES (164-497) ROUTINE BT
TELETYPE ROOM .
STAYING AT MOTEL AT
TELEPHONE LITTLE ROCK WILL HANDLE SUBSEQUENT TELEPHONE CONTACT WITH BT
2761646Z LA 1
DB Cooper-25686LRO 004 2782016Z RR SE LA DE LR R 05 1700Z OCT 77 FM LITTLE ROCK (164-22) (P) TO SEATTLE ( 164-812) ROUTINE LOS ANGELES (164-497) ROUTINE BT
TELETYPE ROOM .
Oct 5 | 2crl '77
CLEAR
NORJAK (A). 00: SEATTLE. RE JACK BRYANT COFFELT. RE LITTLE ROCK TELETYPE TO SEATTLE AND LOS ANGELES, OCTOBER 3, 1977.
WAS RECONTACTED EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1977, AND ADVISED THAT THE ALLEGED OF JACK BRYANT COFFELT
MAY OR MAY NOT ACTUALLY OF COFFELT BUT IN EITHER CASE COFFELT WAS NOT D. B. COOPER. WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT THERE WAS APPARENTLY NOTHING ILLEGAL ENTERING INTO OR OTHERS, HOWEVER, IF THE REAL D. B. COOPER GAINED KNOWLEDGE OF THE INVESTIGATION IN THIS CASE AND FROM THAT WAS ABLE TO FURTHER
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d. C Alston
DB Cooper-25687PAGE TWO LR 164-22 CLEAR
ELUDE IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION, THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT CRIMINAL CHARGES COULD BE FILED AGAINST THE PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE PUBLICIZING OF THE CASE.
STATED SHE RECALLS CLEARLY WHAT HAPPENED ON NIGHT OF HIJACKING, AND FURNISHED BY RESEMBLE COOPER IN SEVERAL RESPECTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WEIGHT.
STATED SHE RECALLS CLEARLY WHAT HAPPENED ON NIGHT OF HIJACKING, AND FURNISHED BY RESEMBLE COOPER IN SEVERAL RESPECTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WEIGHT. SHE DESIRES TO SEE MORE RECENT PHOTO OF COFFELT THAN ONE TAKEN AT ATLANTA IN 1948 IF SUCH IS AVAILABLE.
ON OCTOBER 4, 1977 RECONTACTED SRA, FAYETTEVILLE, b6 b7C b7D ARK., AND ADVISED
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AND WOULD SEEK FBI APPROVAL BEFORE DOING SO.
STATED THAT STATED HE WAS CONTINUING WITH
"PROJECT" AND WAS GOING TO SELL HIS STORY BASED ON AN AFFIDAVIT
FROM
CLAIMING THAT WHEN
OF COFFELT IN DENVER, SHE IDENTIFIED AS COOPER. DENIES THIS, AND CONTEMPLATES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST IF THE ALLEGED AFFIDAVIT IS USED AS BASIS FOR STORY, PUBLICATION, AND FILM PRODUCTION.
BT
DB Cooper-25688 164-497-960
SEARCHED. INDEXED SERIALIZED DEC 2 2 1977
DB Cooper-25689ERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 11/1/77
home address telephone was interviewed at his place of employment, Century 21 Real Estate Office, 1906 F Oceanside Boulevard, telephone He furnished the following information:
After the initial hijacking of an airplane which was a Portland to Seattle flight in which the
21 Real Estate Office, 1906 F Oceanside Boulevard, telephone He furnished the following information:
After the initial hijacking of an airplane which was a Portland to Seattle flight in which the man bailed out of the airplane which occurred in about 1971, a man came to attention who he felt could be of possible significance.
The man's name is his middle initial is possibly It was in late 1972 or the b6
(phonetic) and
first part of 1973, at which time was working for the Essex International Automotive Parts Division, which is a division of United Technology, the headquarters address of which is 6233 Concord Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. As of about two years ago, was
for the Washington and Oregon areas. He lives in Seattle and works out of his home. He travels for that firm inasmuch as he is His address could be obtained through the office in Detroit or possibly through the warehouse in Los Angeles which is at 777 Mission Street, Los Angeles.
was working for Essex when joined the firm in late 1972 or the first part of 1973 and that is when met He worked with on two occasions for a period of two or three days each and he met him a third time which was at an auto parts
Essex when joined the firm in late 1972 or the first part of 1973 and that is when met He worked with on two occasions for a period of two or three days each and he met him a third time which was at an auto parts convention in Los Angeles ..
When they first met, which was in the Seattle area, had recently become
He previously had been working for Hastings Company, also an automotive parts firm in the Seattle area, but he had been laid off. If mentioned why he had been laid off, does not recall the reason but he does remember that said it was a surprise to him. In conversation, said that
SE 164-81
Interviewed on
10/31/77
al Oceanside, California
File #
SD 164-91
by SA Mir Dale dictated 10/31/77 b6 b7C
This document contains nether recommandations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your party. It and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-25690
1
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He described	as follows :	b6 b7C
Race:	White
Sex:
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He described	as follows :	b6 b7C
Race:	White
Sex:	Male
Age:	(in 1972 or 1973)
He felt looked more like 47 to 48 years of age.
Height :	5'10" to 5'11"
Weight:	175 to 180 pounds
Hair:	Black, straight, starting to thin a little, possibly
parted on the left
Glasses:	Wore black or dark rim prescription glasses. Does not recall whether he had prescription sunglasses or not
Voice:	Normal but possibly slightly above average in loudness
Build:	Stocky; kept himself in excellent physical shape
Complexion:	Fair: did not appear Latin to
sunglasses or not
Voice:	Normal but possibly slightly above average in loudness
Build:	Stocky; kept himself in excellent physical shape
Complexion:	Fair: did not appear Latin to although -he does

have dark eyes
did not smoke cigarettes but had mentioned that he had smoked at one time. He also mentioned that he once had
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He had no vehicle except the Ford company car. He had mentioned that he once lived in California.
was exhibited the artist conception of the man known as D. B. COOPER and he advised that the artist conception is a good likeness of except that has a rounder, fuller face than the artist conception. The glasses are similar and the hairline is similar except forehead may not have been quite as high as the man in the artist conception. From the bottom of the nose to the top of the eyebrows of the artist conception is very similar to the appearance of
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After viewing the artist conception, he believed it was still possible that could be the hijacker.
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DB Cooper-25692POD; (Rev. 2-14-74)
FBI
Dalo:
12/19/77
Transmit.
the artist conception is very similar to the appearance of
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After viewing the artist conception, he believed it was still possible that could be the hijacker.
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DB Cooper-25692POD; (Rev. 2-14-74)
FBI
Dalo:
12/19/77
Transmit. the following in (Type in plaintext or code)
Via AIRTEL
(Precedence)

TO	: SAC, DETROIT (164-115)
FROM	: SAC,	SEATTLE (164-81) (P)

SUBJECT : NORJAK (A) 00: SEATTLE BUFile 164-2111
RE
Enclosed for Detroit and Los Angeles are one copy each of an FD-302 reflecting interview with
LEADS :
DETROIT DIVISION
At Detroit, Michigan
Will contact appropriate officials at United Technology, 6233 Concord Avenue, and determine sufficient background information concerning to process him as a suspect in this matter. It is suggested that prior to any leads, Seattle report of SA dated 5/30/73 be reviewed.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS .
2 - Detroit (164-115) (Encl 1) 1 )- Los Angeles (164-497) (Info) (Encl 1) 13 - Seattle (164-81) 
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RNN/ jh (6)
164-497-96
SEARCHEDINDEXED SERIALIZED DEC 2 2 1977 FBI - LOS ANGELES
Approved:
Sent M Per Special Agent in Charge
GPO PH 0 .
(164-497) (Info) (Encl 1) 13 - Seattle (164-81) 
81
RNN/ jh (6)
164-497-96
SEARCHEDINDEXED SERIALIZED DEC 2 2 1977 FBI - LOS ANGELES
Approved:
Sent M Per Special Agent in Charge
GPO PH 0 . ...
DB Cooper-25694 .
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AIRTEL
AIR MAIL

TO:	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:	SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (3) (RUC)
SUBJECT:	NORJAK (A) 00: Seattle

Inasmuch as all investigation at Los Angeles has been completed and reported, this matter is considered RUC.
2- Seattle 1- Los Angeles LJN: fet (3)
Alsion Jos
9
164-477-962
- IN -
S: Fr. :
DB Cooper-25695FD-58 75Gv. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date:1/12/78
Transmit the following in
AIRTEL
(Type in plaintext or code)
AIRMAIL
Via
(Priority)
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:
SAC /SAN FRANCISCO (164-220)
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
CAA (A)
00:
Seattle
Re :
On 1/4/78, San Francisco International Airport (SFIA) , advised that at about 5:10 PM on that date he had been approached by an individual requesting purchase of a ticket to Los Angeles. This individual discussed the price of such a ticket and compared it with prices of other airline tickets to Los
This individual discussed the price of such a ticket and compared it with prices of other airline tickets to Los Angeles commenting about the fact that Northwest Orient had not planned to raise their prices until the next week. This information was not known to and he thought
Northwest Orient
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it odd that a passenger would have this information. The passenger finally bought a $17 standby ticket. He furnished
his name as
and when asked for a first name replied,
He paid his fare with a $20 bill and began to give further change from his pocket. gave him his $3.00 change while continued looking through his pockets. Conversation by during the purchase of this ticket revealed that he had been out of the country a couple of years, possibly in Hawaii, and received the impression that might be a merchant marine.
963 
2- Seattle - Los Angeles 2 - Las Vegas - San Francisco FJC/cad
164-4127 (8)
SEARCHED\/HÓEXE SERIALIZED DAVFILED JAN2 0 1978 3 FEI-LOS ANGELES
Approved:
Sent
M Per
Special Agent in Charge
U.
Seattle - Los Angeles 2 - Las Vegas - San Francisco FJC/cad
164-4127 (8)
SEARCHED\/HÓEXE SERIALIZED DAVFILED JAN2 0 1978 3 FEI-LOS ANGELES
Approved:
Sent
M Per
Special Agent in Charge
U.S.Government Printing Office: 1972 - 455-574 DB Cooper-25696SF 164-220
FJC/cad
After telling his flight, Northwest Orient Number 10, could be boarded at Gate 34 at 6:45 PM, began wondering if passenger may be possibly identical to the Subject in captioned case.
Description of Unsub, akà Dan Cooper, was telephonically furnished to through Sheriff's Officer b6 b7c
SFIA. He was of the opinion that the description was close to that of the above passenger,
was thereafter exhibited a composite photograph of Unsub and became quite un-nerved at what he considered a close resemblance. He thereafter pointed out passenger as seated within the Passenger Waiting area.
was approached by SA who identified himself as a Special Agent of the FBI with a show of credentials. furnished a class 3 Nevada
driver's license numbered reflecting the name of Reno, Nevada. His
birthdate was shown as 150 lbs., and his SSAN photograph of
his height 6', his weight This license bore no
He was questioned regarding the
, and his SSAN photograph of
his height 6', his weight This license bore no
He was questioned regarding the name he used to purchase his ticket and stated that he had used the name
knowledge of any hijacking by anyone named He denied specifically D. B. COOPER and emphatically denied participating in such activity himself. He wasshown the composite photograph of Unsub and agreed that it could resemble him. He initially furnished as his last employer, the Dallas Smith Chrysler located on Slaussen Boulevard, (number unknown, but cross-street Norwalk) , Los Angeles, California. Thereafter in conversation he gave the name of his last employer as International Harvester, A & H Division, Montebello, California. He stated that he had worked almost eight years for this company and then advised that these years had been He stated that he had been "sick" since that time. He refused to supply the
-2=
DB Cooper-25697.
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name of his doctor, who had been treating him because of his close relationship to the doctor and because of the fact he had used
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name of his doctor, who had been treating him because of his close relationship to the doctor and because of the fact he had used acupuncture to treat him and might get into trouble. He became very evasive about his activities since he became "sick" stating he was en route to Los Angeles to meet a doctor friend, one (FNU) (phonetic): an Ear-Nose and Throat doctor residing Hollywood, California. He eventually stated the doctor would meet him. After much hesitation he finally advised that he resides at San Francisco, California and had telephone number
He stated, however, that he was moving soon and was cutting off the phone. He stated he intended to return to San Francisco on Friday to move. He volunteered that he did not know how to fly a plane and denied any knowledge of parachutes or military training. He is
gat one
During interrogation he off point stated he was becoming irritated at the Agent's questioning but still remained evasive regarding specific questions as to his whereabouts after his Montebello employment.
During interrogation he off point stated he was becoming irritated at the Agent's questioning but still remained evasive regarding specific questions as to his whereabouts after his Montebello employment.
He was questioned concerning his source of income since his illness and stated that he had inherited money from
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He would not produce a blank check, stating he wrote very few checks but did indicate he still had an account at the Main Bank of America, Montebello, California, though he thought that this bank might have a Los Angeles address. He added that the account only had $12 in it.
After an approximately 20 minute interview, asked if he was free to board Flight 10 with other passengers and was allowed to do so.
The interviewing Agent cannot through comparison of with composite drawing, completely eliminate him as a suspect, though he is he looks older.
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DB Cooper-25698
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FJC/cad
His hair is brown, not dark brown or black, as described by witnesses. Sheriff's Deputies and have similar views.
The serial number on the $20 bill furnished was checked through NCIC with negative results.
Sheriff's Deputies and have similar views.
The serial number on the $20 bill furnished was checked through NCIC with negative results.
Records checks made by the San Francisco Office
regarding are negative save for a DMV record under index number which reflects one
birthdate with address as of 5/17/77, of California, failed to
appear on a
He failed to
appear at Harbor Municipal Court, Newport Beach, California, 5/17/77. The automobile he was driving at the time of violation bore license determined to be a 1950
Plymouth registered to
San Francisco. He has no permanent California driver's license issued to him according to this record.
Copies of this communication are being furnished to the Los Angeles and Las Vegas Divisions for information purposes should Seattle deem it appropriate that further investigation be warranted concerning )
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DB Cooper-25699 FD 36 (Rev. 2-14 (4) .
FBI
Dale:
1/20/78
Transmit the following in
('Type in plaintext or code)
Via
AIRTEL
(Precedence)
TO
:
SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60)
FROM
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
SUBJECT :
NORJAK (A)
BUfile 164-2111
00: SEATTLE
RE:
FBI
Dale:
1/20/78
Transmit the following in
('Type in plaintext or code)
Via
AIRTEL
(Precedence)
TO
:
SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60)
FROM
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
SUBJECT :
NORJAK (A)
BUfile 164-2111
00: SEATTLE
RE:
Re San Francisco airtel to Seattle dated 1/12/78.
Although it appears is too young to be identical with UNSUB in this matter, receiving offices are requested to attempt to verify background information concerning contained 'in referenced communication. In particular, source of income is of interest.
The above lead is set out in anticipation that a preliminary investigation will be conducted concerning following the guidelines set out in Seattle report of SA dated 5/30/73. Results should be immediately forwarded to Seattle for evaluation and at that time, a determination will be made whether further investigation concerning is warranted.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
2 2 - Las Vegas (164-60) - Los Angeles (164-497) 2 - San Francisco (164-220) 3 - Seattle (164-81) RNN : arm (9)
Reof 161-111-964 3 JANA GASTO
00:SE
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w/Su. 963 DB Cooper-25700
1
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2 2 - Las Vegas (164-60) - Los Angeles (164-497) 2 - San Francisco (164-220) 3 - Seattle (164-81) RNN : arm (9)
Reof 161-111-964 3 JANA GASTO
00:SE
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w/Su. 963 DB Cooper-25700
1
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription, 1/20/78
Personnel Manager, United Technology, 6233 Concord Avenue, furnished the personnel record concerning one This record
reflected the following information:
Name Address
Seattle, Washington
Race
White Male
Sex
Date of birth
Height
5'10" 170 1bs.
Weight
Hair
Brown
Eyes
Brown
Address during 1972
5229 Erskine Way Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Mother
Seattle. Washington
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164-497-965
JEM2 1977
FBI - LOS ANGELES LAISTON Q
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DB Cooper-25701DE 164-115 2
Previous employment
Marvel Oil Company Port Chester New York Hastings Manufacturing Company Hastings, Michigan
Replacement Parts Warehouse Seattle, Washington
Evergreen Warehouse Seattle, Washington
United Technology
advised that
during June of 1977, experience by United he had no photograph of
was let go pursuant to a reduction force Technology.
Washington
Evergreen Warehouse Seattle, Washington
United Technology
advised that
during June of 1977, experience by United he had no photograph of
was let go pursuant to a reduction force Technology.
also advised that
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DB Cooper-25702SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 1/20/78
SAC, DETROIT (164-115) (RUC)
NORJAK (A) 00: SEATTLE (Bufile 164-2111)
Re Seattle airtel to Detroit, 12/9/77- Re
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Enclosed for Seattle is the original and one copy and for Los Angeles one copy of an FD-302 reflecting an interview with United Technology, Detroit, Michigan.
Subsequent leads concerning the enclosure are not being set forth as these are being left to the discretion of the office of origin.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
2 - Seattle (Enc .- 2) (1 - Los Angeles (164-497) (INFO)(Enc .- 1) 1 - Detroit OJZ:tae (4)
164-4-11-966
JAN2 : 1977 ALSTON Un 83 b6 b7c
DB Cooper-25703 11 LA 164-497
flb/ms
The following investigation was conducted by
SA
AT SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
Nucarprep
System, 12141 Slauson, advised that sold this business to Chrysler Corporation in 1969. In January, 1973, the name was changed from to Automotive Pre- Check, and in January, 1976, the name was changed to Nucarprep stated his
In January, 1973, the name was changed from to Automotive Pre- Check, and in January, 1976, the name was changed to Nucarprep stated his file contained no record of as ever being employed by that firm. at the time he sold the
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He stated, however, that company to Chrysler Corporation, took some of his former employee records with him at the time of the sale in 1969. He pointed out that business in Phoenix, Arizona, and should be easily located there.
AT MONTEBELLO, CALIFORNIA
On January 27, 1978, International Harvester Corporation, 812 West Washington Boulevard, advised that the old A & H Division of International Harvester (IH) which was formerly located in Pico Rivera, California, shut down approximately five years ago. All the records were sent to IH Corporation, 4501 South Alameda Street, Los Angeles, California. The records can be obtained from
On January 30, 1978, Bank of America, Wilcox - Via Campo Branch, 875 Wilcox Avenue, advised that he has no record of an account, either past or present, checking or savings, in the name of
or for any derivation of this name.
30, 1978, Bank of America, Wilcox - Via Campo Branch, 875 Wilcox Avenue, advised that he has no record of an account, either past or present, checking or savings, in the name of
or for any derivation of this name. He further advised after contacting the Montebello
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DB Cooper-25704
164-497-9672 LA 164-497 flb/ms
Branch of Bank of America, located at 833 West Whittier Boulevard, that they had no record for or any derivation of the name as a present or former savings or checking account customer.
AT WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA
On January 27, 1978, was contacted at his residence, advised that he has lived at this residence for the past 11 years and does not know and it was his He stated that prior to his purchasing the house in 1967, understanding
for the five or six years prior to his purchasing the stated that he is not acquainted house.
but that he did receive a with Christmas card addressed to a first name unknown, during 1977 Christmas season. He returned this card to the post office. is described as follows:

Race	White
Sex	Male
Birth Data
Height	5 7"
is described as follows:

Race	White
Sex	Male
Birth Data
Height	5 7"
Weight	140 pounds
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Brown
Marital Status	Married

SC
The following agencies were contacted by on January 27. 1978. and no
record located identifiable with
Montebello Police Department Whittier Police Department Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office Ontario Credit Bureau (which covers the vicinity of Whittier, Santa Fe Springs, and Montebello, California)
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DB Cooper-25705ITED STATES GOVERNMENT memorandum
DATE: 1/31/78
SUBJECT!
THREE
REPLY TO
ATTN OF:
SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P) (3)
NORJAK (A)
Bufile 164-2111
00:
Seattle
XXX:
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
RE:
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Re Seattle airtel to Las Vegas, dated 1/20/78.
Enclosed for Seattle, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and San Francisco are appropriate copies of investigative insert reflecting investigation conducted by the Los Angeles
Enclosed for Seattle, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and San Francisco are appropriate copies of investigative insert reflecting investigation conducted by the Los Angeles Division to verify background information furnished by
Also enclosed for Phoenix is one copy of referenced airtel and one copy of San Francisco airtel to Seattle, dated 1/12/78.
LEADS
PHOENIX
AT PHOENIX, ARIZONA: Will attempt to locate and determine if was ever an employee of at 12141 Slauson, Santa Fe Springs, California, nothing that sold this business to Chrysler Corporation in 1969.
LOS ANGELES
2 - Seattle (Enc. 2)
1 - Las Vegas (Enc. 1) (Info)
2 - Phoenix (Enc. 2) San Francisco (Enc. 1) (Info
3 Los Angeles
flb/ms (8) OFFICE COPY
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101-497-968 SEARCHED - IN! 1 -
net
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan S_ . OPTIONAL FORM NO-10 FIL(REY. 7-76) GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 5010-112 DB Cooper-25706
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LA 164-497
AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Will, at International Harvester Offices, 4501 South Alameda Street, contact telephone and attempt to verify employment of with International Harvester, A & H Division, Montebello, California,
Will, at International Harvester Offices, 4501 South Alameda Street, contact telephone and attempt to verify employment of with International Harvester, A & H Division, Montebello, California, for the period 1963 - 1970.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:
SAC, PHOENIX (164-470) (RUC)
SUBJECT:
NORJAK (A)
Bufile 164-2111
00: Seattle
RE:
Re Los Angeles letter to Seattle, 1/31/78.
On 2/22/78, contact was made at the telephone Phoenix, Arizona. Information received at that location was that the person to contact in regard to any past records would be a person by the name of at Commercial Carriers, 8636 Sorensen, Santa Fe Springs, California, telephone 714-945-1231.
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In view of the above information, it appears that no other investigation remains outstanding in the Phoenix Division, therefore, this case is being considered RUC.
LEADS:
LOS ANGELES
AT SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
Will attempt to locate/and interview Commercial Carriers, 8636 Sorensen, Santa Fe Springs, California, telephone 714-945-1231, and determine if was ever an employee of Santa Fe Springs, California, noting that sold
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
Will attempt to locate/and interview Commercial Carriers, 8636 Sorensen, Santa Fe Springs, California, telephone 714-945-1231, and determine if was ever an employee of Santa Fe Springs, California, noting that sold this business to Chrysler Corporation in
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DATE:	3/7/78
REPLY TO ATTN OF:	SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (3) ( P)

SUBJECT:
MAS XX:
NORJAK (A) Bufile 164-2111 00: Seattle TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
Re
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Re Los Angeles letter to Seattle dated 1/31/78.
On 2/10/78, International Harvester Corporation, 4501 South Alameda Street, Los Angeles, California, advised that the A and H Division, Montebello, California, closed down in 1972 and he only has files for the employees who transferred to the 4501 South Alameda Street address.
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did not transfer to that location and his file would be located at International Harvester Regional Headquarters in Oakland, California.
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did not transfer to that location and his file would be located at International Harvester Regional Headquarters in Oakland, California.
LEAD
SAN FRANCISCO
AT OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA: Will at International Harvester Corporation, 7700 Edgewater Drive, Suite 150, telephone number 577-8667, attempt to verify employment of with International Harvester for the period of 1963-1970.
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DB Cooper-25709 OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 (REV. 7-76) GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 5010-112OPTIONAL FORM NO. 15 MAY 1992 FOITION GSA FPMR (4 CPR) 101-11.0 UNITED STATES GOV. NMENT Memorandum
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE:
3/15/78
FROM
: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P) (3)
SUBJECT: NORJAK (A) 00: Seattle Bufile 164-2111
RE:
Re Los Angeles letter to Seattle, dated 3/7/78; Phoenix letter to Seattle, dated 3/2/78.
On 3/9/78, contact was made at Commercial Carriers, 8636 Sorensen, Santa Fe Springs, California, telephone (213) 693-0711.
On 3/9/78, contact was made at Commercial Carriers, 8636 Sorensen, Santa Fe Springs, California, telephone (213) 693-0711. They advised that is now connected with Overseas Transportation at Long Beach, California.
On 3/8/78, · Import Auto Transport, Division of Commercial Carriers, 22440 South Alameda, Long Beach, California, advised she was unable to locate any record for She stated when returned, she would see if he could locate any records.
On 3/10/78, advised that may have been an employee of the Chrysler Corporation and worked for him in 1969. He advised he has old payroll records in storage and would attempt to go through them during the next week or two.
2 - Seattle 2 - Los Angeles
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SERINIL
FILED
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OFFICE COPY
Bay U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the DB Cooper-25710
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The following investigation was conducted
by SA
AT RENO, NEVADA
(IC), Reno Police Department (RPD), on February 6, 1978, advised files of that department contained no reference identifiable with
Washoe County Sheriff's Department (WCSD), Reno,
following investigation was conducted
by SA
AT RENO, NEVADA
(IC), Reno Police Department (RPD), on February 6, 1978, advised files of that department contained no reference identifiable with
Washoe County Sheriff's Department (WCSD), Reno, on February 14, 1978, advised the files of that department contained no information identifiable with
Sparks, Nevada, Police Department, on February 16, 1978, advised files of that department contained no information identifiable with
A spot check of Reno, Nevada, on February 22, 1978, determined there Reno, Nevada. is no such address as with two single
family dwellings numbered
Washoe County, Reno, on March 20, 1978, advised she could locate no record of a being born in Reno, Nevada.
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ADMINISTRATIVE
The following investigation was conducted by SA
AT RENO, NEVADA
A source at the Sierra Pacific Power Company, Reno, on February 22, 1978, advised records of that company do not list electrical, natural gas or water service for the address Reno, nor do the records list a as a subscriber to such service at any address.
A source at the Sierra Pacific Power Company, Reno, on February 22, 1978, advised records of that company do not list electrical, natural gas or water service for the address Reno, nor do the records list a as a subscriber to such service at any address.
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The following investigation was conducted by SA
AT CARSON CITY, NEVADA
On February 13, 1978, records of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), Driver License Division, were searched for information concerning possible
driver license number
Social Security
Account Number
These records failed to
reveal the name and a hand-
search of these records failed to locate a driver license for any with a similar date
of birth, SSAN, or address of Reno, Nevada. Nevada driver license was not issued to anyone with the last name of
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that Driver License Division records are currently four months behind and that if necessary, an inquiry with each Nevada County could be made to determine if such a license was recently issued. This inquiry would be time consuming, and would take possibly several days to complete.
License Division records are currently four months behind and that if necessary, an inquiry with each Nevada County could be made to determine if such a license was recently issued. This inquiry would be time consuming, and would take possibly several days to complete.
Records of DMV, Registration Division, failed to reflect any vehicle registered to
These records did reflect the name of as having registered a 1969 Chevrolet
pickup truck bearing Nevada license furnished an address of Nevada.
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DB Cooper-25714OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 JULY 1973 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE:
3/22/78
FROM
SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK (A)
00 :
Seattle
Bufile 164-2111
Re :
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Re LA let to SE, 1/31/78.
Enclosed for each receipient are two copies of two investigative inserts and one administrative insert setting forth investigation at Reno, Sparks and Carson City, Nevada.
LEAD
LAS VEGAS
AT NEVADA. Will identify and
interview
who has 1969 Chevrolet
pickup bearing Nevada license to determine born
if identical with
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
Will identify and
interview
who has 1969 Chevrolet
pickup bearing Nevada license to determine born
if identical with
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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2 - Phoenix (Enc. 6)
2 - San Francisco (Enc. 6)
2 - Las
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TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE:
3/29/78
SAG, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (RUC)
SUBJECT: NORJAK (A) 00: Seattle Bufile 164-2111
RE:
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Re Los Angeles letter to Seattle, dated 3/15/78.
On 3/27/78, Overseas Transportation, Import Auto Transport, Division of Commercial Carriers, 22440 South Alameda, Long Beach, California, advised that he ran the computer tapes of former employees of both personnel and payroll records for the period 1968 through 1971, and was unable to locate any record for as ever being employed by Commercial Carriers, Chrysler Corporation, or New Car Prep,
of both personnel and payroll records for the period 1968 through 1971, and was unable to locate any record for as ever being employed by Commercial Carriers, Chrysler Corporation, or New Car Prep, all the same business under different business names at 12141 Slauson, Santa Fe Springs, California.
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TELETYPE ROOM MAY 5 | 42 AM '78
VZCZCHQ0950 R AFD DE HQ 0030 1250837 ZNR UUUUU R 050424Z MAY 78 FM DIRECTOR, FBI TIVI-L !!! TO ALL FBI FIELD OFFICES ROUTINE BT
UNCLAS 
NORJAK (A), 00: SEATTLE.
THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF FACTS REPRESENTS WHAT SEATTLE CONSIDERS THE ONLY INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE RELEASED TO THE PRESS:
"A LONE WHITE MALE BOARDED NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT NUMBER 305 AT PORTLAND, OREGON, ON NOVEMBER 24, 1971. AT APPROXIMATELY 3:22 PM, WHILE THE FLIGHT WAS EN ROUTE TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, HE INDICATED TO A STEWARDESS THAT HIS BRIEFCASE CON- TAINED A BOMB WHICH
AT APPROXIMATELY 3:22 PM, WHILE THE FLIGHT WAS EN ROUTE TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, HE INDICATED TO A STEWARDESS THAT HIS BRIEFCASE CON- TAINED A BOMB WHICH WOULD BLOW UP THE PLANE UNLESS HIS DEMANDS WERE MET.
"THE HIJACKER DEMANDED $200,000 AND FOUR PARACHUTES IN
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EXCHANGE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE 36 PASSENGERS ABOARD THE PLANE. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT SEATTLE, NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES COMPLIED WITH HIS INSTRUCTIONS. AFTER HE RECEIVED THE PARACHUTES AND MONEY, THE HIJACKER ALLOWED ALL PASSENGERS AND TWO OF THE AIRLINES STEWARDESSES TO DEPLANE.
"HE THEN ORDERED THE REMAINING CREW MEMBERS INTO THE FIRST CLASS SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND INFORMED THEM HE DESIRED TO FLY TO MEXICO CITY. THE HIJACKER INSTRUCTED THAT THE PLANE PROCEED IN. A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AND FLY AT A LOW ALTITUDE AND SLOW SPEED WHICH ENABLE THE REAR DOOR OF THE PLANE TO BE OPEN DURING THE FLIGHT.
"THE HIJACKER APPARENTLY BAILED OUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SEATTLE AND RENO, NEVADA, WHERE, WHEN THE PLANE LANDED, IT WAS DETERMINED THE HIJACKER, AND THE RANSOM MONEY, HAD DISAPPEARED.
"THE HIJACKER APPARENTLY BAILED OUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SEATTLE AND RENO, NEVADA, WHERE, WHEN THE PLANE LANDED, IT WAS DETERMINED THE HIJACKER, AND THE RANSOM MONEY, HAD DISAPPEARED.
"ARTIST CONCEPTION DRAWINGS OF THE HIJACKER WERE PREPARED BY THE FBI EXHIBIT SECTION. HE IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
"WHITE MALE, AGE MIDDLE 40S, HEIGHT 5'10" TO 6'Ø", WEIGHT 170 TO 180 POUNDS, COMPLEXION OLIVE, LATIN APPEARANCE, MEDIUM SMOOTH, HAIR DARK BROWN OR BLACK, PARTED ON THE LEFT AND COMBED BACK, EYES POSSIBLY BROWN. DURING LATTER PART OF FLIGHT HE
DB Cooper-25718RAGE THREE DE HQ 0030 UNCLAS
PUT ON DARK WRAP AROUND SUNGLASSES WITH DARK RIMS, VOICE LOW, SPOKE INTELLIGENTLY, NO PARTICULAR ACCENT, POSSIBLY FROM THE MID-WESTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES; CHARACTERISTICS SMOKER OF RALEIGH FILTER TIP CIGARETTES, WEARING APPAREL: BLACK OR BROWN SUIT; NARROW BLACK TIE, BLACK DRESS SUIT; BLACK RAIN-TYPE OVERCOAT OR DARK TOP COAT; DARK BRIEFCASE OR ATTACHE CASE, CARRIED A PAPER BAG 4 X 12 X 14 INCHES; BROWN SHOES. REMARKS: VERY POLITE AT ALL TIMES.
"ANYONE HAVING ANY INFORMATION OR KNOWLEDGE BELIEVED TO PERTAIN TO THIS INDIVIDUAL, PLEASE NOTIFY THE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE NEAREST
"ANYONE HAVING ANY INFORMATION OR KNOWLEDGE BELIEVED TO PERTAIN TO THIS INDIVIDUAL, PLEASE NOTIFY THE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE NEAREST FBI FIELD OFFICE, THE TELEPHONE NUMBER OF WHICH APPEARS ON THE FIRST PAGE OF MOST LOCAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES."
THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE AT FBIHQ ADVISED SEATTLE THAT THEY DESIRED TO BE PRECLUDED FROM RESPONDING TO PRESS INQUIRIES CON- CERNING THIS MATTER.
ANY ADDITIONAL PRESS INQUIRIES CONCERNING THIS HIJACKING, SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE SEATTLE DIVISION. SEATTLE IS ESPECIALLY DESIROUS TO LIMIT ALL SPONTANEOUS PRESS RELEASES BY OTHER FIELD DIVISIONS OTHER THAN SEATTLE BECAUSE IT IS DURING THESE PRESS RELEASES THAT CONTRADICTIONS OCCUR AND CONFIDENTIAL
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DB Cooper-25720DATE:
4/26/78
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT memorandum
REPLY TU
ATTN OF:
SA JOSEPH C. ALSTON
SUBJECT:
NORJAK (A)
00: Seattle
Bufile 164-2111
TO:
SAC, LOS ANGELES ((164-497) (RUC) 
Re: JAMES BRYANT COFFELT, aka
On 4/24/78
Malibu, California, telephone number
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ALSTON
SUBJECT:
NORJAK (A)
00: Seattle
Bufile 164-2111
TO:
SAC, LOS ANGELES ((164-497) (RUC) 
Re: JAMES BRYANT COFFELT, aka
On 4/24/78
Malibu, California, telephone number
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they furnished the writer a copy of
b7D dated 3/24/77 entitled
Both requested that the above report not be made available to any unauthorized individuals.
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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 (REV. 7-76) GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11 5010-112 Suspect in Evers Murder Waives Extradition to La.
By Toni House Washington Star Staff Writer
Byron de la Beckwith, the white supremacist twice tried but never convicted of the 1963 ambush killing of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, yester- day waived extradition to Louisiana on a fugitive- from-justice charge.
According to, papers filed with D.C. Superior Court, Beckwith was arrested early yesterday in a Northwest Washington home by officers of the D.
Superior Court, Beckwith was arrested early yesterday in a Northwest Washington home by officers of the D.C. Police Fugitive Squad. They acted on a Feb. 28 bench warrant issued by a New Orleans judge after Beckwith failed to surrender to begin a five- year sentence for transporting explosives over a state highway,
He had been free on a $10,000 bond pending ap- peal in the case, and his Washington attorney said Beckwith came here because he believed he was permitted to travel.
BEFORE SUPERIOR Court Judge William E. Stewart Jr., Beckwith waived an extradition hear- ing and agreed to return to Louisiana.
Beckwith was arrested about 2:30 a.m. yester- day at a private home in the 2200 block of Observa- tory Place NW, where he had been a houseguest' for less than a week.
While police refused to reveal how they learned Beckwith was in Washington, sources close to the investigation said the first law enforcement agency to have contact with Beckwith was the U.S. Secret Service, the agency charged with protect- ing the President.
While police refused to reveal how they learned Beckwith was in Washington, sources close to the investigation said the first law enforcement agency to have contact with Beckwith was the U.S. Secret Service, the agency charged with protect- ing the President. The Secret Service in turn called D.C. police.
A woman who identified herself as his hostess, but refused to give her name, said Beckwith had come to Washington to try to convince government officials to purchase a perpetual oil filter he was selling.
According to court papers, Beckwith, a former fertilizer salesman, has been the Mississippi rep- resentative of the Southern Resources Co. of Little Rock, Ark., for the past seven months, The woman said Beckwith was inspired to come to Washington by President Carter's energy speech last week be- cause he believed the oil filter would save fuel.
WHILE THE Secret Service had no comment on
BYRON de la BECKWITH White Supremacist
Beckwith or his arrest, sources suggested someone he contacted on business may have telephoned the Secret Service. Beckwith's hostess said' Secret Service agents stopped Beckwith and talked with him in front of her home Wednesday afternoon.
Beckwith's hostess said' Secret Service agents stopped Beckwith and talked with him in front of her home Wednesday afternoon. Lt. Raymond Comstock of the New Orleans Police De- partment, said that department's first notion Beckwith was in Washington came from a Secret Service inquiry.
In May 1975, a New Orleans jury convicted Beckwith of bringing a live bomb into Louisiana from his native Mississippi after he was found not. guilty on similar federal charges.
The prosecution at the time alleged Beckwith, planned to plant the bomb, composed of seven- pounds of dynamite, at the home of a New Orleans. Jewish community leader.
Beckwith was subsequently freed on bond while his case was appealed to the Louisiana Supreme Court and apparently returned to Mississippi. In. February, the state supreme court upheld the con- viction and, when Beckwith failed to surrender, a bench warrant was issued.
Beckwith's two trials for the Evers murder both. ended in mistrials.
DB Cooper-25857OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 JULY 1973 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.
ended in mistrials.
DB Cooper-25857OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 JULY 1973 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (3)
DATE:
5/25/78
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
[ At 1:20 p.m. on 5/23/78, SAC JACK REID, Seattle Division, telephonically advised that MIKE WALLACE was contemplating presenting information on TV reflecting that the Bureau was covering up information regarding the identity of D. B. COOPER. The program would infer that the Bureau had eliminated BRYANT COFFELT because he was a close friend of HOOVER and was, in some way, involved in the assassination of MARTIN LUTHER KING. REID advised that, by Los Angeles airtel dated 1/24/77, Los Angeles had provided Seattle with two photographs of COFFELT, one in which he was wearing a white checkered shirt and glasses, and the second was a head on shot wherein COFFELT was wearing a sport shirt and smoking a cigarette.
REID continued that of BRYANT COFFELT, had been located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and exhibited photographs furnished to Seattle by referenced Los Angeles airtel and that she
REID continued that of BRYANT COFFELT, had been located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and exhibited photographs furnished to Seattle by referenced Los Angeles airtel and that she had stated that the indivi- dual in the photographs was not identical to BRYANT COFFELT.
SAC REID requested that the following leads be handled by Los Angeles expeditiously and results be provided to Seattle by telephone or teletype.
1. Locate
COFFELT,
of BRYANT Gardena, California, and exhibit photographs mentioned above and determine if identical to COFFELT.
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2 Interview to determine if he recalls where and COFFELT were on Thanksgiving 1971, noting that has stated that they were somewhere back East. 
3. Make inquiry of regarding any papers he might have in his possession showing possible location of BRYANT and in November 1971.
4. Determine if has any photographs of COFFELT.
5. Advise Seattle of identity of person who made above photographs available to the FBI.
Determine if has any photographs of COFFELT.
5. Advise Seattle of identity of person who made above photographs available to the FBI.
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TRANSMIT VIA: Teletype 
FBI
PRECEDENCE:
CLASSIFICATION: Immediate Priority TOP SECRET SECRET Facsimile Routine CONFIDENTIAL EFTO CLEAR
Date
5/25/78
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FM LOS ANGELES (164-497) (3) (RUC) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) ROUTINE TOP SEATTLE ( 164-81) ROUTINE 1600 - BT UNCLAS
NORJAK, 00: SEATTLE.
RE JAMES BRYANT COFFELT, AKA JACK BRYANT COFFELT, BRYANT ARTHUR JAMES COFFELT (TN),
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ALSO KNOWN AS
CALI- FORNIA, TELEPHONE INTERVIEWED AT HIS RESI- DENCE DURING EVENING OF MAY 24, 1978, IN PRESENCE
AT WHICH TIME THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED:
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SINCE APPROXIMATELY
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AT WHICH TIME THE FOLLOWING
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MARCH 1957, AND NEVER PERSONALLY MET JACK COFFELT, ALTHOUGH HE TALKED WITH HIM ON THE TELEPHONE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. HE WAS UNABLE TO FURNISH ANY INFORMATION REGARDING COFFELT'S WHEREABOUTS DURING THE PERTINENT PERIOD. HE RECALLED THAT IN 1969, HE PURCHASED SOME PROPERTY IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, FROM AND AT THAT TIME, SHE WAS RESIDING AT ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.
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RECALLED THAT COFFELT ALLEGEDLY WORKED AT ONE TIME AT A HOSPITAL IN THE ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, AREA BUT COULD NOT REMEMBER THE NAME OR LOCATION. SHE ALSO RECALLED THAT, WHILE THE COFFELTS WERE LIVING IN THE VIRGINIA AREA, THEY WERE FRIENDLY WITH A "HEAVY SET ATTORNEY" WHO LIVED
PREVIOUSLY INTERVIEWED) . SHE STATED ON AT LEAST ONE OCCASION, JACK COFFELT CALLED HER, ATTEMPTING TO BORROW MONEY.
ALSO MENTIONED THAT HAS NUMEROUS BOXES
CONTAINING PERSONAL PROPERTY STORED IN HER GARAGE, BUT WAS RELUCTANT TO GO THROUGH THIS
ALSO MENTIONED THAT HAS NUMEROUS BOXES
CONTAINING PERSONAL PROPERTY STORED IN HER GARAGE, BUT WAS RELUCTANT TO GO THROUGH THIS MATERIAL WITHOUT PERMISSION.
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SHE ALSO HAD IN HER POSSESSION THREE PHOTOGRAPHS OF COFFELT WHICH HAD BEEN SENT TO HER BY HOWEVER, SHE WAS NOT AWARE DATE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN.
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PHONE NUMBER REGARDING HER PROPERTY STORED IN THE
GARAGE . ADVISED THAT THE BOXES DO NOT CONTAIN ANY DOCUMENTS, CANCELLED CHECKS, ETCETERA, WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH COFFELT'S WHEREABOUTS DURING PERTINENT PERIOD. SHE STATED THE BOXES ONLY CONTAINED CLOTHING AND PERSONAL ITEMS. AFTER DESCRIBING PHOTOGRAPHS IN POSSESSION OF 
STATED SHE BELIEVED THEY WERE TAKEN IN ABOUT 1962.
DURING ABOVE CONVERSATION, WAS UNABLE TO FURNISH ANY INFORMATION REGARDING COFFELT'S WHEREABOUTS DURING THANKSGIVING 1971 OTHER THAN THEY WERE LIVING IN THE ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, AREA.
DURING ABOVE CONVERSATION, WAS UNABLE TO FURNISH ANY INFORMATION REGARDING COFFELT'S WHEREABOUTS DURING THANKSGIVING 1971 OTHER THAN THEY WERE LIVING IN THE ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, AREA.
BOTH STATED THAT DURING NUMEROUS TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH COFFELT, HE NEVER INDICATED
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THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN ANY TYPE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
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5/26/78

TO:	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:	SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (3) (RUC)
SUBJECT:	NORJAK

Re: JAMES BRYANT COFFELT, aka Jack Bryant Coffelt Bryant Arthur James Coffelt (TN)
Re Los Angeles teletype to the Bureau dated 5/25/78.
Enclosed for Seattle are three photographs of JACK COFFELT believed taken in 1962 furnished by California. 
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DATE:
6/7/78
REPLY TO
ATTN OF:
ABAC, SAN DIEGO (164-91) (P)
DB Cooper-25864UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT memorandum
DATE:
6/7/78
REPLY TO
ATTN OF:
ABAC, SAN DIEGO (164-91) (P)
GEN
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
TO:
SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497)
Re Las Vegas letter to San Diego dated 5/30/78; Seattle letter to Las Vegas dated 1/20/78, and San Francisco letter to Seattle dated 1/12/78.
For information of Los Angeles, investigation by the Las Vegas Division at Panaca, Nevada, determined that b6
is in California with and can be located at telephone number Review of San Diego telephone directory determined above listed number in the Los Angeles, Riverside, California, area.
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LEADS :
LOS ANGELES
AT RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA. Will locate, identify and interview through
telephone number to determine if identical
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It should be noted that bearing Nevada License Number
owns a
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16-1-477-982 unetinet a 3 M. Thompson MLY a w/Sys. $75,974, OPTIONAL FORM NO 10
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan .
Thompson MLY a w/Sys. $75,974, OPTIONAL FORM NO 10
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan ... DB Cooper-25865 973, 9725196.30-16UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT memorandum
DATE:
6/20/78
TIG/MLT
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SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (RUC) (3)
ATTN OF:
SUBJECT: NORJAK CAA (A) 00: SEATTLE XX: TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
Re San Diego letter to Los Angeles, dated 6/7/78. The following investigation was conducted at California, by SA MARK LAFE THOMPSON:
On 6/13/78, was interviewed at his residence, telephone stated that he has never heard of a He produced a California drivers license number in the name of showing he is a white male, born 5'10", 170 pounds, white hair and blue eyes.
stated that he owns an automobile registered in the State of Nevada and he also located at Nevada; however, his permanent residence is in California. He stated he had no knowledge of any hijacking attempt by anyone by the name of or participating in any such activity himself.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
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ARMED AND DANGEROUS
2- Seattle 1- Las Vegas (164-60) (Info) 1- San Diego (164-91) (Info) 1- San Francisco (164-220) (Info) Los Angeles SKS MLT/blc (6)
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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 (REV. 7-76) GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 5010-112
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NOTE: Hand print names legibly; handwriting satisfactory for remainder. Indices: Negative See below
A
Subject's name and aliases
Character of case
CRIME ABOARD AIRCRAFT
164-497
TORJAK
Complainant
Complaint received Personal KTelephonic
Date
7/18/78Time 2:20 PM

Address of subject	Complainant's address and telephone number
Corona, Cal.

Subject's Description	Race	Sex 

Male
Female	Height	Hair	Build	Birth date and
Subject's Description	Race	Sex 

Male
Female	Height	Hair	Build	Birth date and Birthplace
Age	Weight	Eyes	Complexion

Scars, marks or other date
Facts of complaint
C telephonically advised this date he has reason to believe the hijacker in this case is Howard Roger ,
Masterson (present whereabouts unknown) C said was familiar with the Woodland Hills, Wash. area where hijacker parachuted out of the plane. C would like to see drawing the FBI has of the hijacker to see if it is C said
was supposed to have committed suicide in Beaverton, Oregon in May, 1974 but C said he knows this did not happen. C had occasion to talk to a week ago and
she said some things that led C to believe is the hijacker. C said at the time of the above crime, was about to go to jail. Visas were found he had obtained to go to Checks were found written to his account three or four days after his death.
Visas were found he had obtained to go to Checks were found written to his account three or four days after his death. C said made a career of fraud.
C said was male, caucasian, age 5.8" . A check of indices shows a file 164-497%. in 1974, 5'7" to
00:58
Action Recommended
SC ANNIE JUNE SHAW
(Agent)
Rest 64-497-984 SEARCHED. 5 JUL 16 1378 FEL- LOS ANGELES Mit Trompara Vent WITH SERIAL 977 RETURN PHOTO TO J. C. ALSTON
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PRECEDENCE:
CLASSIFICATION: Teletype Immediate TOP SECRET Facsimile Priority SECRET CONFIDENTIAL EFTO CLEAR
Date
7/25/78
TO:
SAC, PORTLAND
FROM:
SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (RUC) (3)
SUBJECT: NORJAK (A)
00: Seattle
On 7/20/78, Corona, California, telephone number
advised she
to ROGER HOWARD MASTERSON,
aka Howard Roger Masterson, Howard Roger Mastenson, Howard
McGill, Howard Roger Kuskie.
NORJAK (A)
00: Seattle
On 7/20/78, Corona, California, telephone number
advised she
to ROGER HOWARD MASTERSON,
aka Howard Roger Masterson, Howard Roger Mastenson, Howard
McGill, Howard Roger Kuskie. She described MASTERSON as a
White male, born 10/6/43, in Oregon, 5'9"-5'10", 145 to
155 pounds, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, medium complexion.
She said
numerous states including Oregon where MASTERSON had many relatives. In 1970, MASTERSON was arrested in the Los Angeles, California, area on a Colorado warrant, charging him with writing bad checks.
She said MASTERSON was returned to Colorado, convicted and served about 112 years at the State prison at Buena Vista, Colorado.
said she She believed MASTERSON was released from prison in October 1971, at which time he moved to Portland, Oregon. She never had any contact with MASTERSON after his imprisonment in 1970 except through
2 - Portland 2 - Seattle 1 - Los Angeles SKS MLT/dga
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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
NORJAK (A) (00: Seattle)
Re suspect HOWARD ROGER MASTERSON. Re Los Angeles airtel to Portland dated' 7/25/78.
7/25/78,
For information of Los Angeles and Seattle, on Washington County
Sheriff's Office, Hillsboro, Oregon, furnished the following information:
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HOWARD ROGER MASTERSON, white male, DOB 10/6/46, was found dead of a drug overdose in Washington County on 5/30/72. The Washington County Sheriff's Office conducted the necessary investigation which included the positive identification of MASTERSON by several immediate relatives. Investigation was conducted under their case number 72-3108. The investigation established, in addition to the positive identity of MASTERSON, the fact that the death was due to voluntary ingestion of drugs.
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continued that recently several relatives of MASTERSON, more distant than the ones who identified him at the time of his death, have raised the question as to whether MASTERSON may still be alive, and as a result it has been suggested that the buried
MASTERSON, more distant than the ones who identified him at the time of his death, have raised the question as to whether MASTERSON may still be alive, and as a result it has been suggested that the buried body be exhumed for re-identification. stated his office is completely satisfied with the validity of the identification and does not intend to go any further with the idea. He stated the people that raised the doubts alleged that they felt there was a possibility that MASTERSON was still alive and living in Mexico using the last name COOPER. He said that these individuals inferred that possibly MASTERSON might have been identical with UNSUB in captioned case.
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named Speaker of the South Dakota House nearly 40 years ago-but he had to wait until this week to get the job. The new Speaker is George Speaker Mickelson. His father was, House Speaker 38 years ago when he was born and the legislators demand- ed by
The new Speaker is George Speaker Mickelson. His father was, House Speaker 38 years ago when he was born and the legislators demand- ed by resolution that the boy be named for his father's job.
-A heavy plastic placard-an emergency warning notice of the type posted next to the rear exit of 727's- found by a hunter could be a link to the unsolved 1971 "D.B. Cooper" sky- jacking, authorities said. The myster- ious, never-identified Cooper is be- lieved to have parachuted from the Northwest Airlines jet near Wood- land, Wash., with $200,000 in $20 bills he had extorted from the airline Cooper and the 21 pounds of money have never been found. Authorities first noticed two days after Cooper
jumped that the placard was missing. It was found about "six flying min. utes" from where Cooper. probably left the plane in the night of Nov. 2 1971.
1
Date:
1/17/79
Edition:
L.A. TIMES
Title:
NORJAK
Character: or
Classification:
Submitting Office:
-497-987
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FBI-LOS ANGELES
ALSTON
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DB Cooper-25873 PD0008 0341030 RR LA SE DE PD 008 R 032245 FEB 79 FM PORTLAND (164-41) P TO LOS ANGELES (164-497) ROUTINE SEATTLE ( 164-81) ROUTINE BT UNCLAS
NORJAK (A), 00: SEATTLE, BUFILE 164-2111.
RE SUSPECT ROBERT WESLEY RACKSTRAW, SUB NO. 933.
FOR INFORMATION OF LOS ANGELES, ROBERT WESLEY RACKSTRAW HAS BEEN CONSIDERED AS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN THIS MATTER. RACKSTRAW IS CURRENTLY BELIEVED TO BE IN CUSTODY OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES AT FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA. !
LOS ANGELES, AT FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, WILL CONTACT LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN MAJOR CASE FINGERPRINTS OF RACKSTRAW, INCLUDING PALM PRINTS, AND FORWARD SAME IMMEDIATELY TO FBI IDENTIFICATION DIVISION FOR COMPARISON WITH UNIDENTIFIED LATENT FINGERPRINT IMPRESSIONS DEVELOPED IN THE HIJACKED AIR - CRAFT IN THIS MATTER.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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TRANSMIT VIA:
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PRECEDENCE: Immediate Priority Routine
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FM LOS ANGELES (164-497). 
TO SEATTLE (164-81) ROUTINE 1053 Am her PORTLAND ( 164-41) ROUTINE 1107 Am a SACRAMENTO ROUTINE 1055pm bir BT
UNCLAS
NORJAK (A), 00: SEATTLE, BUFILE 164-2111.
RE PORTLAND TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES FEBRUARY 3, 1979.
FOR INFORMATION OF SACRAMENTO, PORTLAND ADVISED IN RE TELETYPE THAT ROBERT WESLEY RACKSTRAW HAS BEEN CONSIDERED AS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN THIS MATTER. RACKSTRAW IS CURRENTLY BELIEVED TO BE IN CUSTODY OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES AT FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA.
RACKSTRAW WAS RELEASED TO THE CUSTODY OF A
(PH) , SAN JOAQUIN SHERIFF'S OFFICE, FOR RETURN TO STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.
SACRAMENTO AT STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, WILL CONTACT LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN MAJOR CASE FINGERPRINTS OF JLC: fet (1)
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Dear Sir,
m. name is and my grade class is doing a project on unsolved crimes. I have chosen the D.B. Cooper case. The man who jumped out of an airplane with thousands of dollars and was never heard of or seen again. I wondered if you could help me with the general information in the case. after starting on this project I think I would like to become on F. B.D. agent. any help on ideas will be appreciated.
I am sending you a self addressed envelope so you can save time & help me. I know you are busy & I will understand if you can't
Sincerely
P.S. Project is due 4-25-71
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I know you are busy & I will understand if you can't
Sincerely
P.S. Project is due 4-25-71
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Federal Decream of Investigation Po. Box 108 Long Beach Calf. 90801
DB Cooper-25879 11000 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90024 April 16, 1979
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Torrance, California 
Dear 
Enclosed you will find some newspaper clippings setting forth information concerning the D. B. Cooper case. Also enclosed you will find a brochure regarding career opportunities and your unsealed envelope.
This matter is still under investigation and therefore, the FBI is not in a position to furnish any information. I hope the enclosed material will be of value for, your report.
Very truly yours, HERBERT D. CLOUGH, JR. Special Agent in Charge
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Priority Routine CONFIDENTIAL UNCLAS EFT O UNCLAS Date 4/25/79

TO:	DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM :	SAC, SAN	DIEGO (164-91) (RUC)
NORJAK

Re phone call on 4/24/79 to Special Agent Los Angeles Division, Santa Ana ' RA, Phone call was
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indicating that he had possible lead information re captioned case.
stated that he had a source who
relayed to him
was a perpetrator of the hijacking
and that he was about to
The below-listed subject is known to SA and pursuant to our conversation, will interview him re NORJAK case.
Subject described as:
Name
Sex
Race
Height
Male White 5' 11" 185 lbs.
Weight ...
Date of Birth Place of birth Hair
Eyes
Brown Blue
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SEARCHED SERIALIZED 3 APRACY
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EBI
CLASSIFICATION: TOP SECRET Facsimile SECRET AIRTELUNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
TO
:SAC, LOS ANGELES
(164-497)
DATE:
6/22/79
FROM
:SAC, SEATTLE
(164-81)
BLM/F
SUBJECT:NORJAK
RE :
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LOS ANGELES DIVISION At Santa Ana, California
Will report results of interview of
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings PlanUNITED STATES GOVERNMENT memorandum
DATE: 6/27/79
REPLY TO
ATTN OF:
SA
SUBJECT:
Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings PlanUNITED STATES GOVERNMENT memorandum
DATE: 6/27/79
REPLY TO
ATTN OF:
SA
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
HIJACKING : EXTORTION
00: SE
TO:
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The evidence listed on serial IBL of captioned file should be retained since the identity of subject has not been determined to date and matter continues to be persued by 00 and Los Angeles.
164-497-94
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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 (REV. 7-76) GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 5010-112PD-350 (Rev. 10-19-77)
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HB Man Names Bank In Slander Suit
SANTA ANA - A Hunt- Ington Beach man Wednes- day sued the Bank of "America for allegedly tell- 'ing"the FBI that he was D.B. Cooper, who hijacked a jetliner over Washington state in 1971 and reportedly escaped by parachute with $200,000.
Jack E. Cannon said in This slander suit that he is under investigation by the FBI and other agencies as a result of.
Cannon said in This slander suit that he is under investigation by the FBI and other agencies as a result of.statements made fy bank investigator Kay Reeyes since 1978.
An FBI spokesman would beither confirm 'nor deny that an investigation is in progress. Bank officials" and i Reeves, could not. be reached for comment.
Cannon, a business con- sultant, is seeking $500,000 in punitive damages from. the bank and Reeves, claiming the statements and investigation have harmed his reputation and fis business.
He claims in the suit that. Reeves based his state- ments on information from Cannon's ex-girlfriend, whom Cannon charac- ferized as a "disgruntled over."
Cannon told The Register. is not D.B. Cooper and
did not hijack the jetliner. "I'used to live in Vancouver and fly to .St. Helen, Ore., on business but that was three years after the hi- jacking."
In a companion suit, Can- non sued Bank of America, TRW. Corp. and Computer Credit Corp. for refusing to correct what he claims is an error on his credit re- cord.
and Computer Credit Corp. for refusing to correct what he claims is an error on his credit re- cord.
Cannon alleged that someone stole his two bank- issued credit cards and that he,reported this to the bank Dec. 2, 1977, along with the name of the person he sus- pected of taking the cards.
Subsequently, he said, that person' made pur- `chases. with the cards in excess of $3,000.
On Dec. 1, 1978, the bank reported to TRW and Com- puter Credit Corp. that Cannon had a balance ow- Ing on the cards in excess of $3,000; 'according to the suit:
Cannon claimed he sought unsuccessfully to get the three firms to change that information to show he.owed nothing be- cause he had notified the bank prior to the pur- chases.
He is seeking anun- specified amount of dam-
5. ages for harm done to his Scredit record, alleging he
P.
has since been denied loans and credit.
(Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.)
THE REGISTER Orange County, CA Page A6
Date:
7/12/79
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Title:
Character:
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FBI Admits Investigation Of HB Man As Hijacker
SANTA ANA- -- The FBI confirmed Thursday it is looking into a bank inves- tigator's allegation that Huntington Beach busi- nessman Jack Cannon is: airline hijacker D.B. Cooper Cannon filed a: $500,000 slander suit Wednesday, claiming that a Bank of America, investigator told FBI agents that he had rea- sant'to believe, the busi nossman, using the namey D.B. Cooper, hijacked a jet- liner over Washington state:
in 1971 and parachuted into the wilds with $200,000 ran- som money. Cooper never has been found.
In his Superior Court suit against the bank, Cannon said the statements and the resulting investigation have harmed his reputation and his business. DO
Cannon claimed in his suit that the bank inves tigator, Kay Reeves, baskal his statements to the FBI on information from Cas- non's.
DO
Cannon claimed in his suit that the bank inves tigator, Kay Reeves, baskal his statements to the FBI on information from Cas- non's. ex-girlfriend,
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HB Man Names Bank In: Slander Suit
SANTA ANA - A Hunt- ington Beach man Wednes- day sued the Bank of ¿America for allegedly tell- ing the FBI that he was D.B. Cooper, who hijacked å jetliner over Washington state in 1971 and reportedly escaped by parachute with $200,000.
Jack E. Cannon said in "his slander suit that he is under investigation by the FBI and other agencies as a result of statements made by bank investigator Kay Reeves since 1978.
· An FBI spokesman would neither confirm nor deny that an investigation is in progress. Bank officials aud Reeves could not be reached for comment.
· An FBI spokesman would neither confirm nor deny that an investigation is in progress. Bank officials aud Reeves could not be reached for comment.
' Cannon, a business con- sultant, is seeking $500,000 in punitive damages from the bank and Reeves, claiming the statements and investigation have harmed his reputation and his business.
.. He claims in the suit that Reeves based his state- ments on information from Cannon's ex-girlfriend, whom Cannon charac- terized as a "disgruntled "over."
Cannon told The Register Me. is hot D.B. Cooper and
did not hijack the jetliner. "I used to live in Vancouver and fly to St. Helen, Ore., on business but that was three years after the hi- jacking."
In a companion suit, Can- non sued Bank of America,- TRW Corp. and Computer Credit Corp. for refusing to correct what he claims is an error on his credit re- cord.
Cannon alleged that someone stole his two bank- issued credit cards and that he reported this to the bank Dec. 2, 1977, along with the name of the person he sus- pected of taking the cards.
Subsequently, he said, that person made pur- chases with the cards in excess of $3,000.
2, 1977, along with the name of the person he sus- pected of taking the cards.
Subsequently, he said, that person made pur- chases with the cards in excess of $3,000.
On Dec. 1, 1978, the bank reported to TRW and Com- puter Credit Corp. that Cannon had a balance ow- ing on the cards in excess of $3,000, according to the suit.
Cannon claimed he sought unsuccessfully to get the three firms to change that information to show he owed nothing be- cause he had notified the bank prior to the pur- chases.
He is seeking an un-' specified amount of dam-
ages for harm done to his )credit record, alleging he
has since been denied loans and credit.
164.497
(Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.)
THE REGISTER Orange County, CA Page A6
Date: 7/12/79
Edition:
Title: -997 Character:
or -149. Classification: 29- 12755
Submitting Office:
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JULS C 1970 FB. LOS ANGELES
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7/10/79
was interviewed in the presence of his attorney, at Denny's Restaurant, Main Street and Ellis Avenue, Huntington Beach, California, on July 5, 1979.
7/10/79
was interviewed in the presence of his attorney, at Denny's Restaurant, Main Street and Ellis Avenue, Huntington Beach, California, on July 5, 1979. furnished his occupation as that of
fornia, telephone number home telephone numbers as
Huntington Beach, Cali- He also furnished his and
were advised by SA that the San Diego Office of the FBI had requested that be interviewed concerning the skyjacking of a Northwest Orient Airliner in the State of Washington in 1971 by an individual using the name D. B. Cooper. He was advised that the reason for the request for interview was that the Bank of America had received information from a source that had told the source that he was the perpetrator of this skyjacking and that he was about to retrieve the concealed money that he had gained from it.
immediately stated that he knew exactly who this source was and that this source was who is also known as and He stated that who presently resides at in Sherman Oaks, California,
probably resides with them and the tele-
phone number is
stated that
characterized
as a
Investigation on 7/5/79 Huntington Beach, Calif.
who this source was and that this source was who is also known as and He stated that who presently resides at in Sherman Oaks, California,
probably resides with them and the tele-
phone number is
stated that
characterized
as a
Investigation on 7/5/79 Huntington Beach, Calif. File # Los Angeles 164-497
SA'S
cas/jr
Date dictated
7/9/79
by
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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ARHTUR G. BARGER, SPCIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE FBI FOR OREGON, HAS ANNOUNCED A DEVELOPMENT IN A CRIME WHICH BEGAN ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 24, 1971, AT PORTLAND INTER- NATIONAL AIRPORT, PORTLAND, OREGON, AND HAS BECOME WIDELY KNOWN SINCE THAT TIME AS THE D. B. COOPER HIJACKING CASE.
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THE NAME DAN COOPER BOUGHT A ONE-WAY TICKET ON NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 FROM PORTLAND, OREGON, TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. UPON DEPARTING PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, COOPER NOTIFIED A STEWARDESS THAT HE WAS HIJACKING THE AIRCRAFT AND DISPLAYED TO HER WHAT HE SAID WAS A BOMB IN HIS BRIEFCASE. THE FLIGHT PROCEEDED TO SEATTLE, WHERE AFTER MAINTAINING A HOLDING PATTERN FOR SEVERAL HOURS, IT WAS PERMITTED TO LAND AND REFUEL. AFTER $200,000 AND FOUR PARACHUTES DEMANDED BY THE HIJACKER WERE BROUGHT ON BOARD, HE RELEASED ALL OF THE PASSENGERS AND ALL BUT FOUR MEMBERS OF THE CREW. THE FLIGHT THEN TOOK OFF AND PROCEEDED SOUTH THROUGH WASHINGTON TOWARD RENO, NEVADA. THE HIJACKER INSTRUCTED THAT THE FLAPS AND GEAR REMAIN LOWERED AND THE REAR STAIR DOOR OPEN. AS THE AIRCRAFT PASSED OVER LACENTER, WASHINGTON, CABIN PRESSURE FLUCTUATION WAS OBSERVED, WHICH WAS LATER DETERMINED TO INDICAE HIS DEPARTURE FROM THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE REAR
AS THE AIRCRAFT PASSED OVER LACENTER, WASHINGTON, CABIN PRESSURE FLUCTUATION WAS OBSERVED, WHICH WAS LATER DETERMINED TO INDICAE HIS DEPARTURE FROM THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE REAR STAIRWELL DOOR. SINCE THAT TIME NO TRACE OF THE HIJACKER, THE PARACHUTES, OR THE MONEY HAS BEEN FOUND UNTIL SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1980.
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A SUM OF MONEY PARTIALLY BURIED BY SAND IN THE NORTH RIVER BANK OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER, UPPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES DOWN RIVER FROM THE U.S. INTERSTAE 5 BRIDGE CROSSING BETWEEN PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON. THE FBI AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE BADLY DECOMPOSED $20 BILLS REVEALS THAT THEY BEAR SERIAL NUMBERS IDENTICAL TO A PORTION OF THOSE GIVEN TO THE HIJACKER. BECAUSE OF THE DECOMPOSED NATURE OF THE BILLST AN EXACT ESTIMATE OF THE RECOVERED MONEY IS NOT POSSIBLE PENDING A LABORATORY EXAMINATION, HOWEVER, IT APPEARS TO BE SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE PACKAGING AND THE NUMBERED SEQUENCE INDICATE THAT. THE BILLS HAVE NOT BEEN SEPARATED AND ARE IN MUCH THE SAME ORDER AS WHEN GIVEN TO THE HIJACKER.
THE PACKAGING AND THE NUMBERED SEQUENCE INDICATE THAT. THE BILLS HAVE NOT BEEN SEPARATED AND ARE IN MUCH THE SAME ORDER AS WHEN GIVEN TO THE HIJACKER. THE BILLS WILL BE SENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE FBI LABORATORY FOR ADDITIONAL EXAMINATION.
IT APPEARS LOGICAL THAT THE PACKAGE OF BILLS COULD HAVE BEEN CARRIED DOWNSTREAM ON ONE OF THE WASHINGTON TRIBUTARIES OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER TO THE SITE WHERE THEY WERE FOUND.
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V ANCOUVER, Wash. William M. Baker, assistant agent Twelve packets of $20 in charge of the Portland FBI bills, used eight years office, said discovery of the money ago as part of the $200,- lends credence to the FBI theory 000 paid to airline hijacker "D.B. that Cooper died in the hijacking Cooper," have been found on a attempt.
Columbia River beach near here, Cooper's extortion effort was the the FBI announced yesterday.
first time a jet had been hijacked Harold D.
Columbia River beach near here, Cooper's extortion effort was the the FBI announced yesterday.
first time a jet had been hijacked Harold D. Ingram, 27, his wife, for ransom. A number of hijack- Patricia, 26, and their two sons, ings for cash have been carried out were picnicking on what is known since the Cooper escapade. as Tena's Bar last Sunday when' . Baker said the FBI could not be their older son. discovered."`the certain how much money was in money.
the packets, but said it amounted
Eight-year-old Brian Ingram was to "several thousand dollars." helping his father gather firewood; The money has been sent to the and had scooped out sand for a FBI laboratory in Washington, Tire. As his father . was about. to. D.C., and Baker hopes the lab will drop an armload of wood, young be able to pick fingerprints off the Ingram mld, " Wait a minute, bills, which could lead to the Daddy !!
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Recalling his find yesterday, "That would be ahell of a Brian said, "I seen that money, I break . tie said. - thought, wow."
But his parents remained calm, thế son recalled.
Recalling his find yesterday, "That would be ahell of a Brian said, "I seen that money, I break . tie said. - thought, wow."
But his parents remained calm, thế son recalled." They thought it was counterfeit."
The tattered and worn bills young Ingram found were the first to be recovered by law enforce- ment agencies since Nov. 24, 1971, when a passenger hijacked a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727.
The man, identified on the flight ist as Dan Cooper, parachuted out of the airliner somewhere over southwestern Washington.
The serial numbers on the bills discovered by young . Ingram matched those on the money given Cooper By the FBI in 1971.
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FBI/DOJThe Ingrams had gone for an after- noon picnic on a 25-yard stretch of beach three miles west of Vancouver on the Columbia River, the state line be- tween Washington and Oregon. The beach, which is popular with fishermen, is owned by a dairy and truck farming company.
. Ingram, 'a painter, said in a news conference yesterday that the bills bound in three packets and wrapped in worn rubberbands were about six inches beneath the surface. Despite the find, the family continued with its picnic.
"It didn't look like I could spend it," the older Ingram said.
». The family, which moved last year from Oklahoma to .Vancouver; a town of about 40,000 across the Columbia from Portland, wasn't aware of the D.B. Cooper legend. Baker said the family contacted the FBI Monday afternoon only after learning about the hijacking from friends, who suggested the money might have been part of the missing loot.
After the Ingrams reported their discovery,' the FBI immediately cor- doned off a section of beach behind the truck and dairy farm operated
After the Ingrams reported their discovery,' the FBI immediately cor- doned off a section of beach behind the truck and dairy farm operated by the New Columbia Gardens Co.
Fifteen to.20 FBI agents dressed in blue jeans and using shovels and rakes they had brought from their homes sifted through sand and driftwood along a 150-yard stretch around where the Ingrams found the cash.
*Working from 10 a.m. until dusk yesterday, they found a few bits of bills buried from a half-foot to 3 feet beneath the surface near where the campfire had been. The FBI expected to use a backnoe today to dig even deeper.
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He said experts in hydrology and topography would be consulted to determine how the money got to the beach. The FBI has meticulously reconstructed flight conditions that existed at the time Cooper is believed to have jumped.
The FBI has meticulously reconstructed flight conditions that existed at the time Cooper is believed to have jumped.
The FBI believes Cooper jumped out over the small .Washington town of La Center, about 20 miles north of .Vancouver. In nearby Ariel, Wash., a tiny town that has adopted Cooper as a folk hero, city father's hold "Cooper Caper Days" each year on the
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Despite extensive searches employ- ing the FBI, sheriff's departments from two counties in southwest Washington and the Washington National Guard, no trace of Cooper has been found.
"He's .probably not alive today," said Dorwyn Schreuder, FBI agent supervis- ing the continuing beach search. "If he were, I think he'd be with his money." Ralph Himmelsbach, FBI agent lead- ing the Cooper investigation for the past eight years, said the conditions under which. Cooper parachuted underscored the fact that he died in the jump.
. Himmelsbach said the FBI believes Cooper was wearing only a business suit land street shoes when he jumped at night into sub-freezing temperatures and winds of up to.
Himmelsbach said the FBI believes Cooper was wearing only a business suit land street shoes when he jumped at night into sub-freezing temperatures and winds of up to.200 miles an hour.
Even if Cooper should somehow have survived and is watching recent devel- opments on television, he still isn't clear of the law. A federal grand jury in 1977 handed down an indictment against Cooper charging him 'with air piracy. "Just in case ... ," said. Baker.
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P ORTLAND, Ore. -- The" mystery surrounding D.B. Cooper's skyjacking and disappearance eight years ago has been rekindled by a Vancouver, Wash., family's inad- vertent discovery of worn packets of $20 bills on the Columbia River shoreline - part of Cooper's $200,- 000 ransom.
, family's inad- vertent discovery of worn packets of $20 bills on the Columbia River shoreline - part of Cooper's $200,- 000 ransom.
The saga which changed the nature of airline piracy began on Thanksgiving Day, 1971, when Cooper boarded Northwest Air- lines flight 305 for a flight from Portland to Seattle. Once aboard, he handed a crew member a note, saying he was carrying a bomb in a satchel and wanted $200,000 in unmarked $20 bills.
When the jetliner landed at the Seattle-Tacoma International Air- .port that evening, authorities had arranged the cash and had also obtained four parachutes, as in- structed by Cooper.
Cooper then allowed the flight's 36 passengers and all crew mem- bers but two pilots and one stew- ardess to disembark. He then ordered the aircraft to take off for Reno, Nev.
'At. one point in that flight, the crew felt a fluctuation in cabin pressure. which suggested the ·jet- liner's rear cabin door had opened.
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DB Cooper-25901When the pilots attempted to talk.to the However, the site of the discovery of hijacker by intercom, they got no the D.B. Cooper ransom money is somne response. 70 miles northwest of the area where Coffelt said he touched down.
The FBI believes it is at that point The distance involved tends to belie
over La Center, Wash., about 25 miles north of Portland '- that Cooper
Coffelt's story of the hijacking, which he told over a period of months in 1974 to strapped on the bag of money and the an old friend who helped him search for satchel containing the supposed
, about 25 miles north of Portland '- that Cooper
Coffelt's story of the hijacking, which he told over a period of months in 1974 to strapped on the bag of money and the an old friend who helped him search for satchel containing the supposed bomb,
the lost money. Coffelt died of apparent and leaped out. natural causes in Hawaii in 1975.
He tumbled into the heart of a Pacific Northwest storm, with tempera- tures at the 10,000-foot altitude at the minus end of the thermometer. Authori- ties estimated Cooper experienced a headwind of up to 200 miles per hour.
He would have landed on the ground at a speed of 50-70 miles per- hour, authorities calculated.
. The FBI conducted numerous recon- struction flights over southwest . Wash- ington and employed complicated computer calculations to help deter- mine where Cooper might have landed.
Ralph Himmelsbach, the FBI agent who has invested the past eight years on the case, concluded shortly after Cooper's jump that the daring man was killed in the attempt.
Further weakening Coffelt's claim of
being Cooper is his assertion that he landed just east. of Mt. Hood, which is about 25 miles south of the Columbia River.
Further weakening Coffelt's claim of
being Cooper is his assertion that he landed just east. of Mt. Hood, which is about 25 miles south of the Columbia River.
Experts agree that even if the money entered the river at that point, it would be unlikely that it could wind its way down the wide waterway some 60 miles to where it was found on the north bank of the river.
"The money would have had to float through locks, reservoirs, spillways and power units on the Columbia," said a geologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Portland. "I don't think it could have done that and been intact."
Robert Wagman, a producer for "60 Exhaustive searches by the Washing- ton National Guard and the FBI produced only one clue - a placard Minutes" who has spent more than a year investigating Coffelt's claim to the D.B. Cooper legend, said, "Based on from the jetliner's rear' door .- conversations I've had with FBI agents Hundreds of treasure hunters have and engineers who know the river, it doesn't seem possible that the money prowled southwest Washington envi- rons hoping to find the missing cash or Cooper
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engineers who know the river, it doesn't seem possible that the money prowled southwest Washington envi- rons hoping to find the missing cash or Cooper
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It actually defies belief."
Until the Harold Dwayne' Ingram
And some people still refuse to family made its discovery of a dozen packets of tattered $20 bills, those believe that. Cooper is dead. efforts had failed ..
Journalist :J.D. Reed, the author of the recently released fictional book
Cooper's daring and unorthodox dir hijacking --- which came to be known as "Free Fall," dealing with the Cooper a "skyjacking" - provoked other efforts adventure, said he disagrees with the to extort money from commercial air-FBI that finding the money tends to lines. That increase in airline piracy support the probability that D.B. Cooper triggered the installation of beefed-up did not survive the jump. security systems at the nation's airports "It doesn't rule out that Cooper got
laway." said Reed. 1 - to spot potential hijackers.
Over the years, many people refused to believe that Cooper had died in his effort, and a few even claimed to be the mysterious skyjacker.
Over the years, many people refused to believe that Cooper had died in his effort, and a few even claimed to be the mysterious skyjacker.
In one case, Byron "Jack" Coffelt, an ex-convict' who claimed to be the mysterious hijacker, told a friend that he landed after parachuting from the airliner. ...
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WASHINGTON-A young Van- couver, Wash., family on an outing along the Columbia River last Sunday suddenly stumbled across 12 stacks of moldering money-part of the $200,- 000 that the notorious airline hijacker "D. B. Cooper" made off with more than eight years ago, the FBI said Tuesday.
, family on an outing along the Columbia River last Sunday suddenly stumbled across 12 stacks of moldering money-part of the $200,- 000 that the notorious airline hijacker "D. B. Cooper" made off with more than eight years ago, the FBI said Tuesday.
With the bills now having been traced definitely to the Cooper loot, 30 agents from the Portland and Seattle FBI offices have begun an ex- tensive search of the area for more of the money-and possibly for some sign of Cooper or, more likely, his re- mains.
The money-"several thousand dollars," according to one official- was found in Washington about five miles northwest of the Interstate 5 bridge that spans the Columbia and separates Washington from Oregon, FBI agent William M. Baker told a news conference in Portland.
Discovery of the money by Harold Dwayne Ingram, 27, his wife, Patricia, 26, and their sons, 8 and 3, marked the latest twist in the bizarre saga of the now-legendary Cooper, who pa- rachuted from a Northwest Airlines jetliner on Thanksgiving Eve, 1971, never to be seen or heard from again. When found by the Ingrams, the stacks of $20 bills were bound by de- composing rubber bands, the FBI said.
When found by the Ingrams, the stacks of $20 bills were bound by de- composing rubber bands, the FBI said. But there was "no trace of D. B. Cooper," according to the agency.
Shortly after the hijacking, a cult sprang up around D. B. Cooper, a name that never has been traced to its origins.
A private club was named in his honor, D. B. Cooper T-shirts were manufactured, bumper stickers were run off and anniversary parties were held.
Baker said in Portland that wheth- er Cooper got away with the post of the money was an open question.
Law enforcement authorities long have believed that. Cooper died in his plunge from the Boeing 727 because he was wearing only a business suit and street shoes when he jumped into a howling wind and freezing rain in an unreliable parachute, It has been estimated that he hit the ground at a speed of 50 to 70 m.p.h.
The saga began when "Cooper" boarded the jetliner in Portland for an evening flight to Seattle. Once air- borne, he demanded that the airline have $200,000 in $20 bills, and three parachutes on hand when the plane landed in Seattle.
Once air- borne, he demanded that the airline have $200,000 in $20 bills, and three parachutes on hand when the plane landed in Seattle. He threatened to blow up the plane if his demands were not met.
"The airline complied, providing the parachutes and money. However, the FBI said Tuesday that the serial numbers of the bills had been record- ed.
Cooper permitted the airliner's 36 passengers to leave the plane in Seat- tle. He then ordered the crew to take the plane to Reno and told the pilot to fly at a relatively low altitude and to open the plane's rear stairway.
Crew members last heard his voice on the plane's intercom when they Were over the Washington-Oregon border. They said they believe he jumped, using the least reliable para- chute.
The decomposed money was found 17 .to 20 miles from the jump site by the Ingrams' older son, Brian. The bills were partly buried in sand that the Ingrams were scooping out to build a fire.
"Here's some more wood for the fire, Daddy" the father recalled his son as saying.
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"Here's some more wood for the fire, Daddy" the father recalled his son as saying.
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DB Cooper-25904"It wasn't wood," Ingram said. "He (Brian) thought he had struck it rich."
Ingram said he assumed the bills might be part of the Cooper money. He turned them over to the FBI, add- ing with a smile that they were so de- composed, "I couldn't have spent it.".
In leafing through.the rotting bills, Baker said, the FBI made about "nine or 10 immediate hits"-matches with the numbers of the missing money. The bills were flown to Washington for further analysis, and tests by the FBI laboratory:
An FBI official said the packaging and number sequence of the recov- ered bills indicated they had not been separated and "are in much.
The bills were flown to Washington for further analysis, and tests by the FBI laboratory:
An FBI official said the packaging and number sequence of the recov- ered bills indicated they had not been separated and "are in much. the same order as when they were given to the hijacker."
The initial search, confined to an area several hundred yards long and 40 yards wide, turned up "fragments of more money"-nothing more, Bak- er said. He said the money appeared to have washed up on the bank.
Once . that. search is completed, probably by this afternoon, a scaled- down number of agents will move up- stream, continuing the hunt.
1 Law enforcement officials in the Pacific Northwest: have theorized that Cooper's body is at the bottom of Lake Merwin, 30 miles north of Port- land, or that his bones are so entan- gled in giant wild blackberry bushes that they will never be found. .
*Ralph Himmelsbach, the FBI agent who has worked on the hijacking since it took place, said the money probably had been washed down- stream from a Columbia tributary in Washington. But he said he doubted that it came from the Lewis River, the tributary that flows out of Lake Merwin.
But he said he doubted that it came from the Lewis River, the tributary that flows out of Lake Merwin.
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A gaping pit, about 20 yards from FBI agents continued to the water's edge, showed the spot sift through silt and sand where Brian Ingram found the along the banks of thethree packages of bills on Sunday. Columbia River yesterday in an On'Tuesday, agents digging as deep attempt to piece together a solu as three feet came up with more tion to the 1971 D.B. Cooper bits and pieces of $20 bills. The site skyjacking.
Additional fragments of $20 bills were discovered yesterday and an FBI spokesman said the portion of the ransom unearthed so, far may have been buried in a Columbia River 1974 dredging operation.
The search followed a disclosure Tuesday that several thousand dol- lars from the $200,000 ransom paid to the legendary hijacker was found last
The search followed a disclosure Tuesday that several thousand dol- lars from the $200,000 ransom paid to the legendary hijacker was found last weekend by a Vancou- ver, Wash., family during a week- end picnic.
The ransom was paid Nov. 24, 1971, to a man who identified himself as Dan Cooper when he hijacked a Northwest Orient Air- lines flight en route from Portland to Seattle.
Cooper released the 36 passen- gers and all but three of the crew when the plane arrived in Seattle. There he demanded $200,000 in $20 bills and four parachutes.
". The plane flew on to Reno, but Cooper apparently stuffed the 21 pounds of money into a parachute bag, tied it to his waist and jumped from the plane as it flew over southwestern Washington.
It is the only unsolved plane hijacking in U.S. history.
On Monday FBI agents identified serial numbers from, the tattered bilis, and began searching for additional clues along the river bank,: at a" site about five miles northwest of Vancouver and just north"of Portland.
has been underwater at various- times in the past as the river level fluctuated.
the tattered bilis, and began searching for additional clues along the river bank,: at a" site about five miles northwest of Vancouver and just north"of Portland.
has been underwater at various- times in the past as the river level fluctuated.
. Any would-be treasure seekers were barred from the area by a sheriff's deputy and a locked gate. The only spectators. were three local fishermen, a crowd of report- ers and a herd of dairy cattle that munched away in a pen about a hundred yards from the digging.
Searchers used a backhoe to dig a three-foot trench at the site of Sunday's discovery; and a Portland State University geologist was called in .to examine sand layers and determine how deep the exca- vation should be.
.Leonard Palmer, an associate professor at PSU, said the trench showed coarse sand varying from about six inches deep at the water's edge to two feet and deeper farther toward shore.
Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told the FBI the coarse sand was deposited on the north bank in August 1974, when'a 40-foot ship channel was dredged to provide greater access to the ports of Portland and Vancouver, FBI agent Bill Williams said yester- day in Portland.
Army Corps of Engineers told the FBI the coarse sand was deposited on the north bank in August 1974, when'a 40-foot ship channel was dredged to provide greater access to the ports of Portland and Vancouver, FBI agent Bill Williams said yester- day in Portland.
"We are trying now to determine if the bills were sucked in by the dredge at that time," he added. Williams .said. Cooper's body would have jammed the dredging equipment, and hence would have been discovered, had he died with Some of the bills were wads as big as a quarter or a 5 cent plece," Tom Nicodemus, FBI agent charge of the search, said of the subsequent discoveries. the ransom still tied to his waist. However they (the bills) got there, they must have been depos- ited within a couple of years after the hijacking," said Ralph Him- "Apparently they were the re- melsbach, the FBI agent who has mains : of other bills that had eroded away"
led the investigation since 1971.
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ORIGINAL TO THE BUREAU: Himmelsbach said the money was found Sunday in one location, secured by rubber bands in the same way the original bills were given to. Cooper. "Rubber bands deteriorate rap- idly and could not have held the money together long," he said.
DB Cooper-25908A container or some other wrapper must have heid the money together or the bills would not have been found side by side after eight years, he said .. But agents have no trace of such a container, or even the parachute bag Cooper was believed to have used.
Williams said the FBI has not. determined whether the money could have survived the force of the dredging equip- ment if at. had been: sucked from the bed of the river.
He also said : hydrolo- gists were being con- sulted about how the money , might have.
had been: sucked from the bed of the river.
He also said : hydrolo- gists were being con- sulted about how the money , might have. reached the site, about 20 miles (south of where Cooper" was believed to have jumped. Williams said the FBI was consider. ing the possibilty that the money may even have; drifted upstream, guided by the force of ocean tides during periods of low water in the Colum- bia River.
"It does probably raise as many questions as än- swers - perhaps more," said agent Paul Hudson, coordinator of the dig. ging efforts. "In my own mind, I can rule out the possibility that it was bur- ted"here."
:The site, about five miles northwest of Van- couver, Wash., is several miles ' downstream' from the flight path. of the airliner on its way to Reno from Seattle.
{ Using cabin-pressure data from the 727's flight recorder, the FBI plotted a trapezoid-shaped area in . which Cooper was likely to have landed.
"This, of course, is out- side of that trapezoid," agent Tom . Nicodemus said.
Hudson said the money and the hijacker could have come down in a number of drainages, all of which end up in the
Hudson said the money and the hijacker could have come down in a number of drainages, all of which end up in the half-mile-wide Columbia. He said the round shape of the crumbling wads of money indicated that the cash could have tumbled along a stream bed.
The search was broken off at nightfall yesterday, and the excavation site was kept under guard. The search is to continue today!
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PORTLAND, Ore .: FBI agents Wednesday found more fragments of money from the $200,000 airline hi- jacking loot of the legendary "D. B. Cooper," but the mystery of what happened to the man appeared no closer to solution.
To .. complicate , matters, agents Learned Wednesday that all the cash found so far on a sandy beach of the Columbia River may have come from Imaterial dredged from the center of (the river in 1974.
complicate , matters, agents Learned Wednesday that all the cash found so far on a sandy beach of the Columbia River may have come from Imaterial dredged from the center of (the river in 1974."
"We don't know what that means," FBI agent Ralph Himmelsbach said. "We have the Army Corps of En- gineers and geologists out there. An agent who was out there said it looks like they'll be able to help us out."
The first money from Cooper's haul in the 1971 hijacking was found Sun- day on the north shore of the Colum -. bia 5 miles northwest of Vancouver, Washi by children on a family out- me. It totaled about $3,000 and the. serial numbers matched those on the bills given to Cooper ..
Himmelsbach said a number of ad- ditional fragments were dug up by agents Tuesday afternoon and Wed-" nesday morning, some of them from as deep as 3 feet. One agent at the site described a. formless, fist-size clump as."a wadded-up bunch of $20 bills." Himmelsbach said the geologists and corps scientists probably would be able to determine whether the material on the shore in which the money was found had come from the middle of the river and had been washed downstream from the Wash- ougal River or
and corps scientists probably would be able to determine whether the material on the shore in which the money was found had come from the middle of the river and had been washed downstream from the Wash- ougal River or carried upstream by uredges from the mouth of the Lewis River and dumped at the site.
Until such a determination is made, agents planned no widespread search of wooded areas connected to the riv- er by streams. 30the car
A man who signed in as Dan Coop- er left Portland, Ore., on Thanksgiv- ang eve in 1971 aboard. a Northwest Airlines jet. Once the flight: was.in the min. the hijacker displayed what ap- peared to be a bomb and demanded $200,000 and parachutes.
The passengers. and two flight at- tendants were let off in Statue and the remainder of the crew, was locked in the cockpit. Somewhere over southwest Washington, the man who has; come to be known as "D.B. Coop- er" disappeared out the back entrance with the money and a parachute.
The incident is the only unsolved hijacking in the nation.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. ( .. ). The search along a Columbia River beach for more money from the "D. B. Cooper" hi -. jacking eight years ago probably will be suspended this morning, FBI officials said Thursday night.
Meanwhile, the FBI said a geologist had concluded that several thousand dollars found Sunday by an 8-year-old boy had been deposited on the beach after 1974.
FBI agents digging Thursday found no more of the $200,000 that Cooper took with him when he bailed out of the plane on Thanksgiving eve in 1971.
FBI agents digging Thursday found no more of the $200,000 that Cooper took with him when he bailed out of the plane on Thanksgiving eve in 1971.
Jack Pringle, assistant agent in charge of the Seattle FBI office, said geologist Leonard Palmer had concluded that dredging in 1974 had not deposited the money on the beach because the bills were found above the clay placed on the banks by the dredge.
The FBI speculated that the bills could have washed into the Columbia from a tributary.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. - D.B. Cooper remains at large. - dead or "live.
FBI agents ended their search of sandy Tena Bar on the Columbia River yesterday and returned to their Seattle headquarters to re- group.
Aside from the fragmented $20 bills found Sunday by a picnicking Vancouver family and some addi- tional fragments of bills unearthed Wednesday by agents, there were no more signs of the infamous skyjacker.
The money probably hit the water not long after the mjacking, Palmer speculated, then took nine years to move downstream. The oval shape of the bundled, rubber band wrapped bills appeared to have been "caused by a rolling motion; Palmer said, like the move- ment of a river.
Most of the three bundles of cash were shipped to an FBI laboratory in Washington, D.C., for analysis -- including fingerprint tests that could lead to Cooper's identity. Preliminary results are expected next week.
, for analysis -- including fingerprint tests that could lead to Cooper's identity. Preliminary results are expected next week.
The FBI will eventually give the money back after determining Cooper bailed out of the hijacked Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 jet-
whether the proper owner is Northwest Airlines or the Royal on Nov 24, 1971, With $200,000 in liner over southwest Washington Globe Insurance Company of New York, which covered the loss. Only cash extorted from the airline. He about $3,000 of the :$200,000 in has not been seen since.
ransom was found last Sunday .by "There was nothing more' 'to 8-year-old Brian Ingram. :) find," said John Pringle, assistant special agent in charge of the
Despite Palmer's theory, FBI agents on the scene leaned more to Seattle FBI office. "We'll wait until all the people (agents) get back early next week and see what we have."
Further breaks in the 81 -year old case, agents said, depend on further clues that they or tourists - happen to uncover. It's not likely there soon will be any tourists digging around the .
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Further breaks in the 81 -year old case, agents said, depend on further clues that they or tourists - happen to uncover. It's not likely there soon will be any tourists digging around the . 300. yard stretch of river : shoreline where the money was found ..
"We're keepin' em out," said Richard Fazio, part owner of the Fazio Brothers Farm where the FBI agents were digging. "Maybe later, when things cool down; we'll start letting people in.
"I'm sure there will be plenty of people in here after we leave, regardless of the; cold," said FBI ugent Kenneth Moore, who super. vided. the dig.
Meanwhile, a Portland State Uni- versity geologist who examined the moldy money found Sunday said the bills probably spent eight years in the river.
Leonard Palmer reached his con- clusion after examining the river bank earlier in the week, throwing into question one FBI theory; that the cash had been deposited on the thore during a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers channel dredging-opera- Non in 1974
the idea that the money had been frozen - mostly because rubber bands are not likely to withstand the punishment of a rushing river for nine years.
Army Corps of Engineers channel dredging-opera- Non in 1974
the idea that the money had been frozen - mostly because rubber bands are not likely to withstand the punishment of a rushing river for nine years.
"It obviously hadn't been in the water that long," said Moore. iga
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FBI agent to leave Cooper case behind
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Ralph Himmelsbach probably knows. D.B. Cooper better than anyone - but that says very little. "We still don't know who Cooper was or is or Where he came from or where he went," he said briskly: And that's how the case will likely stand when Himmelsbach -- the principal FBI agent on the Cooper case retires Feb.
"We still don't know who Cooper was or is or Where he came from or where he went," he said briskly: And that's how the case will likely stand when Himmelsbach -- the principal FBI agent on the Cooper case retires Feb. 29. after 28 years with the bureau.
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Despite the chance dis- covery of ragged bundles of the skyjacker's loot by a picknicking Vancouver, Wash., family last week on the banks of the Col- umbia River, Cooper fe- mains as much a mystery in the Pacific Northwest os Bigfoot.
"It's perplexing,". Him- melsbach said, jamming on index finger into a leather couch at the Port- land FBI :headquarters. "It's really a -perplexing question.
Him- melsbach said, jamming on index finger into a leather couch at the Port- land FBI :headquarters. "It's really a -perplexing question."
Yet the tightly built, 54 year-old special[ agent boasts an analytical de- tachment from the "vex- ing Cooper case. He seems more bothered by- his pending retirement: Tu rather' nor retire
DB Cooper-25915because I'm very fit I'm too young to"retire in my. estimation, but it's mandatory in the FBI-when you reach 55;". he said, smoothing the lapel on his gray, double-knit suit.
"I've never got so personally involved as to get 'either very elated or just crash - you don't survive in this business that way. .. People who have that idea either don't know enough about law enforcement or have seen too much. TV."
These are the words of the man who, minutes earlier, had condemned the people of Ariel, Wash., for holding annual. "D.B. Cooper Days," which feature Cooper look-alikes bailing out of airplanes with attache cases.
"They're making fun out of a humorless situa- tion," Himmelsbach said flatly.
Cooper Days," which feature Cooper look-alikes bailing out of airplanes with attache cases.
"They're making fun out of a humorless situa- tion," Himmelsbach said flatly. "I regret.seeing a man I consider to be a common criminal, who terrorized and threatened the lives of others, celebrated in this manner.
"And some people probably stand to profit from the attraction."
D.B. Cooper has haunted Himmelsbach for nine years - ever since the night of Nov. 24, 1971, when the agent listened to the skyjacking unfold via the traffic control tower at Portland International Airport .
Like it or not it has been his biggest case.
"I think that most likely the greater probability is that he is dead. I have a lot of reasons for that being the greatest likelihood. Would you like to hear them?"
"If Cooper wanted to survive, he should have had lot of equipment needed to make the jump, Himmelsbach said. "He should have had a hard hat. He should have had goggles, a leather flight jacket, a flight, suit, small. hand tools or side cutters so as to extricate himself from whatever he might have gotten bùng up in.
hand tools or side cutters so as to extricate himself from whatever he might have gotten bùng up in.
"He could have had no idea where he was. He couldn't possibly have estimated where he would have landed. Either he didn't know or he didn't care.
"He was going for 'broke. It was an enormous gamble. He was wearing a business suit, a stickpin, alligator shoes, a narrow black tie, a black raincoat, dark glasses and was carrying a black attache case .. It was, 'If I make it, OK, if I don't, so what.'
Then came a flood of long-memorized particulars:
"The aircraft was flying 10,000 feet at 170 knots, or 196 miles per hour. Outside, the air temperature was minus 7 degrees. When he jumped out, the airplane was on instrumental and was fiying through clouds.
"Winds in Portland were gusting at ground level at 25 to 45 knots --: 30 to 50 miles per hour. His vertical descent was estimated at 26 miles per hour. So he's descending straight down at 26 miles per. hour, Add to that the 30 to 50 miles per hour, and you figureche.
So he's descending straight down at 26 miles per. hour, Add to that the 30 to 50 miles per hour, and you figureche. struck the ground at least 56 miles per hour and possibly as high as 70 miles per hour.
"It is difficult to conceive of how he could have Handed uninjured".
Cooper had requested four parachutes and got his wish. He left two on the plane. The one chute he strapped on was a non-functioning trainer sent by mistake, Himmelsbach said, and the other was'a sky- diver's acrobatic parachute -- which contained only a small drag canopy used in stunt work.
The day after Cooper jumped, Himmelsbach and his friend, Art Enderlin, Portland's chief of police, flew over the area in the agent's airplane. A week jater, Himmelsbach, retraced the entire route of the 727 from the air.
Six years passed before the first substantial clue appeared in the case. A skull was found in an area in the mountains of La Center, the Washington town Cooper said his prayers over and jumped into the swirling night.
In a tree over the skull were the remnants of a parachute.
A skull was found in an area in the mountains of La Center, the Washington town Cooper said his prayers over and jumped into the swirling night.
In a tree over the skull were the remnants of a parachute.
"It turned out to be a chute meteorological balloon," Himmelsbach said plainly. "And the skull turned out to be a lost hunter who was 29 instead of the 48 that .Cooper was estimated to be,'
. The next clue came last Sunday when 8-year-old Brian Ingram yelled to his father about finding some money on the shore of the Columbia River at Tena Bar. Harold Ingram, of Vancouver, Wash,, had his family picnic turned into a national event by three decaying bundles of money - 'and he called the FBI. ..
"Marge Gillam, who works in the office, took the call and found that the serial numbers matched the Cooper. bills," Himmelsbach recalled.
With quick, quiet hands, the agent reached inside his coat and produced a small white envelope. In it was the only real clue in the mystery of D.B. Cooper "- four of the recovered bills. He fingered them gently.
"You see how they appear to have been rolled by a river, like they were moved underwater a long way," he explained.
"You see how they appear to have been rolled by a river, like they were moved underwater a long way," he explained.
"He had a theory about the money.
V."Well, I've been doing non-stop interviews the past few days, so I haven't done much research, and I frankly don't know how the money got there.
"My feeling is that it was probably lying there for. quite some time, because the people said when they picked up the bundles, the rubber bands just crumbled away.
So how did the money travel 15 miles from the supposed jumpsite?
"That's a puzzling question. I would really be interested in explaining how this money found its way upstream on the Columbia - that's assuming it made its way down from the jump area by the Lewis River. Was it floating at the time, and did the wind blow it? Did the tide carry it? Was it just a freak eddy?" .
Himmelsbach again looked out the window at the Willamett as bound-for-work Friday morning autos skidded across bridges left icy from a night of snow.
- . "I just don't know," he said.
Himmelsbach again looked out the window at the Willamett as bound-for-work Friday morning autos skidded across bridges left icy from a night of snow.
- . "I just don't know," he said. "I just don't know."
His sandy hair, mustache 'and 'sideburns" now streaked with silver, Himmelsbach put a hand to the side of his angular 'face. It looked like the most infamous air piracy case in history was closed.
Surely, it was suggested, after 8% years of investigation, the "D.B." in D.B. Cooper must stand for "dead and buried."
"Oh no," said Himmelsbach. "I have not reached that conclusion. I do not state or claim that he didn't survive.
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"What would otherwise have been just a routine book-signing party proved something more Friday night when Casablanca Record and FilmWorks and Delacorte Press held a reception at Brentano's in Beverly Hills honoring novelist J. D. Reed for the publication of his new book, "Free Fall." A fictionalization of the nine-year-old D.
D. Reed for the publication of his new book, "Free Fall." A fictionalization of the nine-year-old D. B. Cooper skyjacking, "Free Fall" was guaranteed a place on the best seller lists last week when a portion of the $200,000 in ransom money missing along with Cooper was discovered near the Columbia River in Washington, reviving public interest in the case. Of just as much interest to tinsel-town sleuths was Tuesday's announcement by Neil Bogart, president of Casablanca, that he is selling his interest in the company to its parent corporation, Polygram, for considerably more than $200,000. A further announcement detailing the future of Casablanca's film operations is also expected - but as of Friday, Peter Guber, Casablanca's chairman, was keeping mum. . So with two mysteries in the air, the reception's success was guaranteed - even though no answers proved forthcoming. Guber did make a quick appearance, but left before many of the guests had arrived. John Frankenheimer, who will direct the movie version of Reed's book, was stranded in Malibu and could not attend.
John Frankenheimer, who will direct the movie version of Reed's book, was stranded in Malibu and could not attend. Reed signed the necessary books and answered the inevitable questions, all the while maintaining that Cooper still lives. Everybody else.did what people normally do at such affairs: For example, Herald Examiner astrologer Joyce Jillson told how the FBI told her she was too big a security risk to 'attend the Lake Placid Olympics, while publicist Carol Green introduced Craig Wasson, who stars " in the new Paramount release "The Outsider," the story of an American who goes to'Ireland to fight for the IRA ..
Meanwhile, Casablanca executive Chuck Ashman kept telling one and all that a really big announcement concerning Casablanca's future could be expected Wednesday. Pressed to tell more, Ashman responded, "Nell Bogart is the real D.B. Cooper!"
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But that may not be what hap- dark, stormy Thanksgiving pened. There is at least. some Eve in Portland, Ore., and at the busy :Portland Inter:
evidence that D.B. Cooper was an ex-con named Byron "Jack". Coffelt national, Airport, everyone seemed to want to be somewhere else this
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time investigating the Coffelt- Cooper connection, yet his story A middle age man, dressed in achas never before been published.
time investigating the Coffelt- Cooper connection, yet his story A middle age man, dressed in achas never before been published. black suit, white shirt and thin black tie and wearing a hat, walked up to the Northwest Airlines counter, The man, who was about 6 feet tall and of medium build and carfied a briefcase, gave his name as Dan Cooper -and paid cash for a Sone way ticket on Flight 305 to Seattle. The ticket agent punched the wrong key and the name came out "D.B. Cooper A few minutes after takeoff the misnamed passenger handed a stewardess a note threatening to blow up the plane with a hidden bomb if he didn't receive $200,000 cash and four parachutes. The plane went to Seattle, where an FBI agent brought the. ransom. to the cabin door and handed it to a stewardess. "Then, as the plane continued on toward, Reno, Nev., with its rear door open, as the hijacker had instructed, D.B. Cooper jumped into the night - and became a degend in American
The massive manhunt that began the next day in the mountainous terrain that Cooper jumped into was only the beginning.
Cooper jumped into the night - and became a degend in American
The massive manhunt that began the next day in the mountainous terrain that Cooper jumped into was only the beginning. In the eight years since the famous inci- dent, the Federal Bureau of Inves- tigation has expended thousands of man-hours tracking down lead's ont some 900 suspects. Yet, the official line is still that an unknown man hijacked Flight 305 that night and probably died in the parachute Jump -" though : his body, the chutes and the money were never found in the wild, uninhabited Cascade Mountains
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DB Cooper-25919nýhe is a mystery story - though an investigation has turned ap same evidence suggesting that Corfest was Cooper, including two passengers on the hijacked airplane who saw photos of Coffelt and identified.him. as the hijacker.
The story also has. intriguing characters including alleged bungling, FBI agents, a rich right- wing recluse who is the last living relative of Abraham Lincoln and the convicted assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., James Earl Ray.
Much of Jack Coffelt's life is shrouded in mystery, and that's undoubtedly the way he wanted it. This picture of his life was pieced together from interviews with various knowledgeable sources, including jour- nalists and lawmen.
Coffelt, who was born in 1916, spent the first 30 years of his life in and out of jails throughout the Midwest for a variety of minor crimes. In 1949, he hit the big time: He received, a 10 year sentence for interstate transportation of a stolen automobile, and served time in . Atlanta and Leavenworth federal prisons. Over the years, his cell mates reportedly included Col .
In 1949, he hit the big time: He received, a 10 year sentence for interstate transportation of a stolen automobile, and served time in . Atlanta and Leavenworth federal prisons. Over the years, his cell mates reportedly included Col .- Jack Durant, who was convicted of Istealing the Hesse crown jewels during World War II; .James Earl Ray, who is presently serving a life sentence for killing Martin Luther King Jr .; and James Blown, an Army officer convicted of serving time on ant assault charge ..
Sometime during those prison years, Coffelt and the FBI apparently made contact. A source, who requested anonymity, says there is a letter signed by J. Edgar Hoover asking the prison. warden for informa- tion about Coffelt, as well as evidence that the agent in charge of the local FBI office in Atlanta was Coffelt's sofe visitor for five years:
: Some persons who have studied Coffelt's past suspect that he became an FBI informant in prison, perhaps secretly turning over information damaging to his cell mates. Certain sources add that Coffelt himself described his days in the pen as a "revolving door," claiming that he would be let out for a few days of weeks at a time.
Certain sources add that Coffelt himself described his days in the pen as a "revolving door," claiming that he would be let out for a few days of weeks at a time. to carry out' "a job" for the. government.
The FBI refused to comment on any of this or on aly other aspect of Coffelt's life.
In 1955, after serving only six years of his 10-year sentence, Coffelt was paroled from Leavenworth.
In the mid-'60s, he began a mysterious association with Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, the last living relative of Abraham Lincoln ..
[ Heckwith - Lincoln's great-grandson -> is the scion of rich industrialist Warren .Beckwith, and he lites on a sprawling 300 acre estate in Virginia. The land came from the Lincoln side of the family: Beckwith inherited it from his mother, who acquired the estate from her father, Lincoln's sonyeur *.. .
+-Beckwith had not been idle with his wealth, a six- figure annual income from a lifetime trust left by his father. He has reportedly financed several right-wing causes.
¿. Coffelt became Beckwith's aide de-camp and got control of. .
He has reportedly financed several right-wing causes.
¿. Coffelt became Beckwith's aide de-camp and got control of. . more than. one Beckwith-financed bank account. But little else is known about this mysterious relationship, which Beckwith himself declines' to clarify. :
Other bits and pieces have emerged about this period of .Coffelt's life: -In 1974, Coffelt boasted to an old friend, former Atlanta cell mate James Brown, that he had "helped kill a nigger" in Memphis, Tenn. Then, elaborating slightly, he said that he had been in "one of the white cars" that caused confusion around Memphis immedi- ately after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968.
In 1978, James Earl Ray was shown a picture of Coffelt by someone investigating the Coffelt-Cooper connection, and reportedly identified his old prison mate - but only after being shown Coffelt's death certificate. Ray gave no further information, accord- ing to a source close to the investigation.
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redentials: FBI, Department of Agriculture, passes for he White House and
G Coffelt allegedly carried a number of official 
redentials: FBI, Department of Agriculture, passes for he White House and Pentagon. A college professor eported that he was riding in an automobile with Coffelt in Washington, D.C., when Coffelt picked up Gen. Creighton Abrams, U.S. Army chief of staff (now deceased) and took him to the Pentagon. This professor has claimed that he saw Coffelt flash FBI credentials.
Sometime around 1970, Beckwith fired Coffelt. It was a bitter parting. In 1973, Beckwith settled a suit filed by Coffelt reportedly by giving his former aide a sum equal to $750 per month, retroactive to 1963. (The settlement papers are sealed by court order.)
Beckwith is still alive at about 80 years of age. But he lives in seclusion, and has declined repeatedly to be interviewed on his relationship with Coffelt.
After the break with Beckwith, Coffelt spent the next couple of years in Washington, D.C., and, for brief periods of time, in Lawrence, Kan. He held a string of odd jobs during this time and was described as being ill and drinking heavily during 1971.
He held a string of odd jobs during this time and was described as being ill and drinking heavily during 1971.
: Some who have investigated Coffelt theorize chat his deteriorated financial situation after his break with Beckwith may have driven him to try the desperate hijacking of Flight 305.
DB Cooper-25920. Eleven days after the Cooper hijacking, Coffelt. ""It's a strong piece, of circumstantial evidence," said Summers. "We had a lab report confirming that (the) cording ... was from a parachute and several years old. No one has ever asked me, but I'll be happy to take a lie detector test about where we found it, and how we dug it up. We were very careful uncovering it. I took soil samples which I turned over to the lab so I began a job as a surgical technician at & northern Virginia hospital. His superior there, a woman, told sources that Coffelt had difficulty walking and at one point showed her his "badly. discolored legs" injuries which some believe he sustained in the parachute jump. He worked at the hospital through most of 1972, then in June of 1973 he contacted his old would know
He worked at the hospital through most of 1972, then in June of 1973 he contacted his old would know something hadn't just been buried there." cell mate, James Brown, for the first time in years.
A year later, in May 1974, Coffelt told Brown for the first time that he was D.B. Cooper and disclosed some details of the crime that, if true, presumably only the hijacker could have known. For example, accord- ing to Brown, Coffelt described changing into boots before jumping and boasted of flirting with one of the stewardesses. Coffelt also said that he dropped the $200,000 ransom during the parachute jump and had never recovered it.
Coffelt told Brown that he wanted to go back into the Cascades and look for the small fortune, but he Cooper. needed help. Brown agreed to accompany him, and in July of that year, the two men and Brown's muscular, 6-foot-plus, 17-year-old son, Byron, made a weeklong the case. trek into the mountains.
: : According to Brown, Coffelt was then so ill that at one point he nearly collapsed on a steep grade.
: : According to Brown, Coffelt was then so ill that at one point he nearly collapsed on a steep grade. However, after a week in which they made themselves as inconspicuous as possible, they found no money and quit.
'Still, to this day, James Brown remains unshaken in his conviction that his old cell mate was D.B. Cooper. 'After the Cascades trip, Coffelt moved to Hawaii and died there in June 1975. Brown, who did not learn about Coffelt's death for more than a year, had written down everything Coffelt told him, and began writing a book ' manuscript. But he knew he needed help, preferably from a promoter familiar with Hollywood wheeling and dealing.
Brown found free-lance producer Dirk Summers, who was in Las Vegas while producing a Ken Norton heavyweight title fight for CBS Sports.
y Summers said in an interview that he subse- quently had Brown and his son take lie detector tests concerning the five weeks they spent with Coffelt. "They, passed with flying colors," Summers said. "But all that meant was that Brown believed Coffelt's story.
"They, passed with flying colors," Summers said. "But all that meant was that Brown believed Coffelt's story. I kept thinking, if this story is true, it's the story of the century."
Summers began his own investigation, and he and Brown organized. an expedition into the Cascades in 1977, back to where Coffelt had taken. Brown three years earlier. This time, thanks to a metal detector and energetic digging, the search party unearthed a solid piece of physical evidence: a 11/2-inch piece of cording that prevod to be synthetic nylon of the type used in parachute shrouding - and it was 5 to 7 years "did.
"The area where we found this was very primitive, remote wilderness," Summers explained. "This was Big Foot country. We had to lower ourselves down a cliff to get to the site. There was a dead tree that Jack (told Brown) said he hit. And this enormous, two-story high rock with markings on it. "Xs" and "Os" that Coffelt said he had scratched into the rock the night he landed there. That was where we dug.
"Xs" and "Os" that Coffelt said he had scratched into the rock the night he landed there. That was where we dug. You could even see the narrow trenches, where his feet had hit the ground."
Summers became a believer in the story, and he, too, is still convinced that Jack Coffelt was .D.B.
In addition, Summers believes that the FBI has gone to great lengths to cover up and other wise derail
Summers added he suspects that the FBI may have known all along that Coffelt was the hijacker, but didn't go after him because they knew he had stories to tell about his earlier cooperation with the agency.
DB Cooper-25921FD-350 (Rev. 12-5-78)
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Hijacker Cooper's" $200,000 is it still near Mount Hood?
W as Byron "Jack" Cof] July 1977, Wheeler was shown felt the mysterious hilphotographs of Coffelt by Holly- jacker D.B. Cooper? wood. producer Dirk Summers, Although the case is who was investigating the case. far .from proven, there are two Summers said in an interview that areas of evidence that suggest that she positively identified Coffelt as Coffelt, an ex-convict with alleged
from proven, there are two Summers said in an interview that areas of evidence that suggest that she positively identified Coffelt as Coffelt, an ex-convict with alleged the man who hijacked the plane ties to the Federal Bureau of and signed a statement attesting to Investigation, was indeed the man the fact. She has since repeated her who parachuted from . Northwest Flight 305 in 1971 with $200,000 ransom. positive indentification of Coffelt on a number of occasions to various people, including a pro- ducer for CBS-TV's "60 Minutes" program.
First, two people who were aboard Flight 305 were shown a photograph of Coffelt and identi- fied him as the hijacker.
Second, Coffelt apparently told a former. cell mate, Jim Brown, im- portant details of the crime that have never been released by law- men or published by. newsmen. Florence Schaffner Wheeler, a stewardess aboard Northwest Flight 305, told investigators that she saw the man who boarded as. D.B. Cooper without his hat and dark glasses. Before the plane took off at Portland International -Air- port, she said she had to go down the ramp to get Cooper, who was standing with a drink in his
Before the plane took off at Portland International -Air- port, she said she had to go down the ramp to get Cooper, who was standing with a drink in his hand watching the plane being loaded with provisions. He, boarded the plane only after the storage doors were closed.
Shortly after takeoff, she saw him writing a note, which he soon passed; to her. The note claimed that he had a bomb in his briefcase and that she should sit next to him. Then he opened his briefcase and showed her what looked like sticks of dynamite and a battery.
Cooper told her he wanted $200,- 000 in $20 bills and four parachutes when the plane landed in-Seattle, its scheduled destination. She wrote down his demands and relayed them to the pilot, Captain William Scott, and co-pilot, William Rataczak. (Scott is still with North- west Airlines and commands 747 jumbo jets. Rataczak is a captain, too, for another airline;)"."
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Wheeler now lives in Columbia, Mo., and is a stewardess for Fron- tier Airlines. Her husband, a col- lege football coach, represents her in all negotiations, and- she will reportedly share in any book or movie profits Summers makes on the
Her husband, a col- lege football coach, represents her in all negotiations, and- she will reportedly share in any book or movie profits Summers makes on the Coffelt-Cooper story. Despite repeated requests, she refused to be interviewed for this story.
D George LaBissoniere, a govern- ment maritime attorney who lives 'Seattle, was a passenger "on
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ORIGINAL TO THE BUREAU DB Cooper-25922 Flight 305. 'LaBissoniere, who also saw the hijacker n.The hijacked airliner's route is the key to Jack without bis hat, said in an interview that he identified Coffelt's story. The account released by the FBI has the an FBI photo of Coffelt a month after the hijacking. plane taking off from 'Seattle' and heading directly But he said nothing more ever happened as a result of over Portland.
plane taking off from 'Seattle' and heading directly But he said nothing more ever happened as a result of over Portland. Then the plane continued south to the identification, as far as he knows .. He added that he Medford, Ore., staying on the west side of Mount Hood tried calling the FBI several times, but no one ever and the Cascades range. Somewhere in northern returned his calls. California, the FBI says, the plane turned east toward Reno.
The hijacking points Coffelt's story is at odds with this. He told Brown According to Jim Brown, a former cell mate, that the plane flew to the east of Mount Hood and that Coffelt told him that, during the hijacking, when the $200,000 was delivered and the plane was still on the ground in Seattle, he ordered the pilots over the cabin intercom to "get this bleeping show on the road." The quotes used in news reports were "Let's get this show on the road" and "Let's get this damn show on the .road."
Summers claims that co-pilot Rataczak confirmed to him that Cooper used such language.
" The quotes used in news reports were "Let's get this show on the road" and "Let's get this damn show on the .road."
Summers claims that co-pilot Rataczak confirmed to him that Cooper used such language.
Coffelt told Brown that when the plane left Seattle, he was alone for a time with stewardess Tine Macklow Larsen, and he flirted with.her.
Nothing like this has ever been reported in the .press. However, in an interview with Summers at the home . of her brother-in-law (who is an FBI agent), Larsen admitted that D.B. Cooper had "made a pass" at her. Also, in an interview conducted by another source, stewardess Wheeler said that Larsen told her the same story about flirting . shortly after the hijacking. In published accounts, the FBI said the hijacker was obviously an amateur and noted as proof that he! had parachuted from the plane wearing street shoes, apparently unaware that the slipstream would -pull them off. But Brown said Coffelt told him that he changed from street shoes into boots before the jump,
Wheeler, the stewardess, has reported to several sources that she saw D.
But Brown said Coffelt told him that he changed from street shoes into boots before the jump,
Wheeler, the stewardess, has reported to several sources that she saw D.B. Cooper change into boots before jumping. The FBI's official version is that Cooper told the pilot he wanted to go to Mexico and that the crew - not Cooper - selected Reno as a refueling stop. This version suggests the hijacker did not plan to jump over a specific area.
But Brown said Coffelt told another story: That he ordered the pilot to fly directly to Reno, at an altitude of 10,000 feet and at a speed of no more than 200 miles per hour, with the plane's flaps at 15 degrees. Coffelt said he knew when to jump because the spot had been staked out with beacons. He added that he had a Jeep hidden nearby.
Summers said co-pilot Rataczak confirmed that Cooper Selected Reno as a refueling stop and directed him to fly at 10,000 feet at 200 mph and with 15-degree flaps.
jumped in an area northeast of the mountain. So, if it could be proved that the plane took the route released by the FBI, Jack Coffelt was not D.
So, if it could be proved that the plane took the route released by the FBI, Jack Coffelt was not D.B. Cooper. But, on the other hand, if it can be shown that the airliner flew east of Mount Hood - in direct contradiction to all published accounts -. then one might have to believe that Coffelt hijacked Flight 305. FBI agent Ralph Himmelsbach, the agent in charge of the D.B. Cooper investigation since the beginning, stands firm on the published route.
"It's not possible that the hijacker jumped out anywhere near Mount Hood or the east side of it," he said in an interview. "Air traffic control tracked the route of the plane." But those radar records are not available to the public, nor is the black-box informa- tion from the plane's cockpit. "We're not going to release a detailed map of the thing," Himmelsbach isaid. Dirk Summers said that, in an interview with Rataczak, the co-pilot referred to flying "to the left of ... easterly" of Mount Hood. (This could not be confirmed; the entire cockpit crew refused to grant interviews.
easterly" of Mount Hood. (This could not be confirmed; the entire cockpit crew refused to grant interviews.) Summers speculated that the FBI might have given a misleading route so that the landing area wouldn't be' swamped with treasure hunters while agents combed it.
Two F-106 jets from McCord Air Force Base followed Flight 305. after it took off from Seattle. Lt. Col. Harvey L. Wallace, now retired, piloted one of the jets and remembers that night. "We were in heavy weather. There were a few breaks in it but it was pretty dark and thick and I didn't see him jump. I stayed above the plane because I know what these mountains around there are like," To the crucial question of whether or not they flew to the west or east of Mt. Hood!, Wallace says, "I really don't know. I was radar-controlled the whole way. I know I broke off somewhere south of Medford, probably into California, when my Tuel got low after following him tture piane) for more than two hours."
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DB Cooper-25923[] As recounted by Brown, Jack Coffelt's account Despite pain from injuries to his rib cage, genitals, of the hijacking is detailed and plausible: . feet and legs, he managed to get the chutes off. Then
Coffelt said he had planned to steal a few million he sprayed them with an aerosol can of solvent until dollars, which he thought would be aboard the flight, they melted. He buried what was left of the chutes - headed for the Federal Reserve Bank in Seattle. mostly metal snaps and buckles - next to a large rock, But after watching the loading of the plane and on which he scratched large Xs and Os. seeing that the bank money was not there, he carried He now considered his dilemma. He could hear out his alternate plan to demand the $200,000 ransom.signals from the beepers in both the Jeep and the Coffelt said his bail-out point was not around Lakemoneybag, but the latter was weak and beginning to Merwin in Washington, as stated by the FBI, but rather fade. He thought about going after the money, but 70 miles farther southeast in the Cascades range inquickly dismissed the plan when he realized he would
He thought about going after the money, but 70 miles farther southeast in the Cascades range inquickly dismissed the plan when he realized he would Oregon, on the east side of Mount Hood. have a difficult enough time reaching the Jeep from
Coffelt said he had an accomplice with a-Jeep this steep, inaccessible area. So he mustered his waiting in the brush. He added that the tour-wheel- remaining strength and began his trek though the drive vehicle was equipped with an electronic pitch-dark forest, homing in on the Jeep beeper. "beeper." . When the sun came up, he was still miles away He also said he had stashed another vehicle; a from the Jeep. At one point, he crossed a road and was white Cadillac, close to a paved road.
stunned to see a bulldozer at work nearby. He turned Standing at the open door, Coffelt said he soon his face so the driver couldn't identify him later. saw the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River and Around noontime, some 15 hours after his landing, he knew the plane was just east of Portland.
He said he put the bag containing the $200,000 and He loaded it with an explosive charge, rolled it an electronic
He said he put the bag containing the $200,000 and He loaded it with an explosive charge, rolled it an electronic receiver he was carrying inside a green into a lake and blew it up. He then got into the back plastic bag he had.in bis briefcase. After throwing the seat of the Cadillac and his accomplice drove him to briefcase overboard, he tied a line around the Kansas City, where he got medical attention. moneybag and made a loop for his arm.
reached the Jeep.
"The following spring, after the snow melted, he
Spotting a beacon on Mount Hood, he was able to chartered a helicopter and pilot and returned to the see a triangle of three small runway lights located east area, but when the pilot became suspicious he gave up of Mount Hood, apparently set in place by . his on his efforts to spot the moneybag.
accomplice. He put his: arm through the moneybag He tried again on foot with his cellmate Brown loop and waited. Soon he received a signal from the and Brown's son a few years later, but that trip was a Jeep beeper below.
Soon he received a signal from the and Brown's son a few years later, but that trip was a Jeep beeper below. But as he waited to jump directly failure, too.
over the beacon lights, 'he was suddenly swept. off Coffelt died a year later, before he could try again. balance by the swirling wind and sucked down into the So, if believe Jack Coffelt was D.B. Cooper, you must darkness. . also believe a bag of money is still in the Cascades, just
At that altitude, he said, he figured a count of 50 waiting to be found by a lucky treasure hunter. That's part of the magic of the mysterious, D.B.
would be about right before opening the chute. But as he fell farther into the black hole, he made it only to Cooper. about 30 before pulling on the chest-pack rip cord. Nothing happened.
He desperately pulled at the D-ring on the seat- pack chute - and it opened with a jolt. At that moment, relieved that he wouldn't die by hitting the earth at nearly 200 miles per hour, he relaxed his grip on the moneybag, and it slipped off his arm and into the night.
At that moment, relieved that he wouldn't die by hitting the earth at nearly 200 miles per hour, he relaxed his grip on the moneybag, and it slipped off his arm and into the night.
"He would never see the moneybag again.
The combination of a strong wind and the early chute opening caused him to drift far from the meadow he had selected, he said. He hit the ground hard at more than 30 mph, was dragged along and 'smacked, into a dead tree.
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DB Cooper-25925Complaint Form FD-71 (Rev. 8-29-74)
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he Became. AND THAT ON ONE OCCASION Me DISCLOSED THAT (FNU) RACKSHALL WAS IN FACT D.B. COOPER. C ADVISED he is CURRENTLY DETAINED SRPS OLD + DID NOT RECALL The High JACKING INCIDENT BUT SAID DISCLOSED THAT DID IN FACT ComMIT The CRIME & WAS ALSO ARRESTED OR By The FBI IN FINNEction with HighTackling BUT was Released. C ADVISED BOASTED THAT MAD SUCCESSFULLY PULLED IT OFF + DESCRIBED how he BAILED OUT OF The SET ETC. L' SAID WITH This INFORMATION. m/w, APPROX
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TO: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) FROM: SĄĆ, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY
6253 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., SUITE 519
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA 90028
NORJAK
00: SEATTLE
California Institute of Criminology, North Hollywood, California, telephone by letter dated 3/25/80 to the Portland Office advised his agency was proposing to do a scientific case study of the NORJAK case, which he described as one of the most renoun cases of the twentieth century, and was requesting permission from the Bureau.
telephone by letter dated 3/25/80 to the Portland Office advised his agency was proposing to do a scientific case study of the NORJAK case, which he described as one of the most renoun cases of the twentieth century, and was requesting permission from the Bureau.
Before a reply is sent to Los Angeles is requested to expeditiously advise whether the California Institute of Criminology is a bonafide law enforcement agency and any other information of interest in possession of Los Angeles.
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SUBJECT:
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY
6253 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 519
Hollywood, California 90028
NORJAK
00: Seattle
Re Portland airtel to Los Angeles dated 4/1/80.
For information of Portland, Los Angeles indices contain no reference to the California Institute of Criminology or observation that the California Institute of Criminology is located at the above address, which is in a run down section of the Los Angeles area.
reference to the California Institute of Criminology or observation that the California Institute of Criminology is located at the above address, which is in a run down section of the Los Angeles area. From observation of Suite 519, it does not appear to be a bonafide law enforcement agency and it appears to be a private school. Inquiry at the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) failed to locate anyone who has ever heard of the institute.
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The following information is set forth for the information of the Bureau and receiving offices in