San Diego to Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles re suspect overheard discussing airdrop
Document date 27 November 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-08:003-006 Document: Teletype San Diego to Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles re suspect overheard discussing airdrop Id: Cooper-Part-08:003-006 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-08%3A003-006 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 8 pp. 3–6 (DB Cooper-2–5), Teletype, dated 27 Nov 1971, serial SD 164-91-2 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-08%3A003-006
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TO: SEATTLE (164-81) 6:25PM DCA SAN FRANCISCO 7:35PM BE[guess: LL] LOS ANGELES 6:15PM D[guess: SW]
FROM: SAN DIEGO (164-91)
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST. CAA - HIJACKING AND EXTORTION.
ON NOVEMBER TWENTY SEVEN INSTANT, [REDACTED b6/b7C] NORTH ISLAND NAVAL AIR STATION, SAN DIEGO, FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING OBTAINED FROM [REDACTED b6/b7C] AND PREFERS [REDACTED b6/b7C] NOT BE IDENTIFIED DURING ANY INQUIRY:
[REDACTED b6/b7C/b7D] GENERALLY KNOWN AS [REDACTED b6/b7C/b7D]
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO PRIOR TO THE HIJACKING OF CAPTIONED FLIGHT,
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164-91 (circled) LFW:tld (1) [illegible]
Two telephone numbers for [REDACTED b6/b7C]: Business phone - [REDACTED b6/b7C] Home phone - [REDACTED b6/b7C] 164-91-2
[Stamp: CE [illegible] ... 140.45 ... CLASSIFIED ... FILED - partially legible]
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★ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135
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SD 164-91
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[redacted] OVERHEARD [redacted] BELIEVED TO RESIDE IN SAN DIEGO, COMMENT TO [redacted] THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SAID HE WAS A REPORTER FOR A MAGAZINE HAD QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF BAILING OUT (PARACHUTING) FROM A SEVEN TWENTY SEVEN JET AND [redacted] DESCRIBED TO THIS INDIVIDUAL HOW IT COULD BE DONE, ACCORDING TO [redacted] RECOLLECTION OF THE CONVERSATION.
THE NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE CROSS DIRECTORY LISTS [redacted] [redacted] SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, AND SHOWN AS [redacted] HOME TELEPHONE [redacted]
ON NOVEMBER TWENTY SEVEN INSTANT, SEATTLE FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION OF THE UNKNOWN SUBJECT OF CAPTIONED CASE: RACE WHITE, SEX MALE, AGE MID FORTIES, HEIGHT FIVE FEET TEN INCHES TO SIX FEET, WEIGHT ONE SEVENTY TO ONE EIGHTY,
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SD 164-91
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AVERAGE BUILD, COMPLEXION OLIVE AND MEDIUM SMOOTH, HAIR DARK BROWN DASH BLACK, NORMAL CUT OF HAIR, LOW EAR LEVEL SIDEBURNS, EYES POSSIBLY BROWN, LOW VOICE DASH EDUCATED, POSSIBLY MID WESTERN ACCENT, WEARING WRAP DASH AROUND DARK GLASSES AND A BLACK OR BROWN SUIT, DARK TOPCOAT, BRIEFCASE, BROWN SHOES, HEAVY SMOKER OF RALEIGH CIGARETTES.
[REDACTED b6/b7C] INTERVIEWED INSTANT DATE. STATED THAT ON FLIGHT TWO ZERO ONE, NOVEMBER EIGHT LAST DEPARTED SAN DIEGO FOR BURBANK, CALIFORNIA APPROXIMATELY EIGHT THIRTY A.M. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF WHITE MALE ENTERED COCKPIT AREA STATING HE WAS SCRIPT WRITER FOR MOVIE INDUSTRY. PRODUCED BROCHURES REPRESENTING MOVIES HE REPORTEDLY WROTE. STATED WAS INTERESTED IN WRITING COMEDY PRESENT TIME. THEN INQUIRED AS TO WHAT HAD TO BE DONE TO THROW PACKAGE OR OBJECT FROM PLANE TO ACCOMPLICE ON GROUND AT PREDETERMINED LOCATION IN ISOLATED AREA. IN- DICATED THIS ACTIVITY WAS TO BE INCLUDED IN SCRIPT CURRENTLY WRITING. DID NOT INQUIRE SPECIFICALLY CONCERNING SEVEN TWENTY SEVEN NOR ANY OTHER TYPE AIRCRAFT IN PARTICULAR.
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[REDACTED b6/b7C] WAS ADVISED [REDACTED b6/b7C] THAT BEST METHOD WOULD BE TO H[A]VE AIRCRAFT FLY LOW, SLOW, AND WITH CABIN DEPRESSURIZED. ALSO SUGGESTED THAT PACKAGE BE THROWN FROM PILOTS WINDOW FOR ACCURACY.
[REDACTED b6/b7C] DOES NOT RECALL NAME OF FILM INDUSTRY THIS INDIVIDUAL REPORTEDLY WORKS FOR. COULD NOT RECALL NAMES OF MOVIES MENTIONED IN BROCHURES DISPLAYED. BOARDED FLIGHT IN SAN DIEGO AND DEPLANED IN BURBANK. DESCRIBED AS WMA, LATE FORTY'S, AT LEAST FIVE FOOT TEN, ONE EIGHT ZERO POUNDS, DARK BR[O]WN HAIR GREYING, WELL DRESSED IN BUSINESS SUIT, CARRIED BROWN ATTACHE CASE AND MADE NOTES ON YELLOW LEGAL TYPE PAD.
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[REDACTED b6/b7C] STAYING AIRPORT HILTON INN, SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT INSTANT DATE SUBSEQUENT TO SEVEN THIRTY P.M.
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LEAD: SAN FRANCISCO INTERVIEW [REDACTED b6/b7C] IN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN NAME MOVIE INDUSTRY ABOVE INDIVIDUAL WORKED FOR AND FURTHER BACKGROUND DESCRIPTIVE DATE. IMMEDIATELY FURNISH ALONG LOS ANGELES/WITH APPROPRIATE LEADS.
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SAN DIEGO ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN FLIGHT MANIFESTS FOR NOVEMBER EIGHT LAST.
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Approved: ___________________________ Sent ____________ M Per __________ DB Cooper-5 Special Agent in Charge ★ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135
Serials: SD 164-91, SD 164-91-2, SE 164-81