San Francisco to Seattle, San Diego and Los Angeles re man seeking advice on dropping object from plane for movie script

Document date 27 November 1971

Part 8pages 7–93 pagesDB Cooper-6–7

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Document: Teletype San Francisco to Seattle, San Diego and Los Angeles re man seeking advice on dropping object from plane for movie script
Id: Cooper-Part-08:007-009
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 8 pp. 7–9 (DB Cooper-6–7), Teletype, dated 27 Nov 1971, serial SD 164-91-3 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-08%3A007-009

Page 1 of 3Part 8 p. 7DB Cooper-6

NR 005 SF PLAIN 11 51 PM URGENT · 11/27/71. BEH TO: SEATTLE (164-81) SAN DIEGO (164-91) LOS ANGELES FROM: SAN FRANCISCO (164-220)

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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST. CAA - HIJACKING AND EXTORTION.

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RE SAN DIEGO TELETYPE TO SEATTLE TODAY. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] INTERVIEWED AT HILTON INN, SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT. [REDACTED] RECALLS CONVERSATION WITH UNIDENTIFIED MAN ON FLIGHT TWO ZERO ONE, FROM SAN DIEGO TO BURBANK, NOVEMBER EIGHT LAST. STATES HE AND [REDACTED] HAVE AGAIN DISCUSSED THIS CONVERSATION AND NEITHER OF THEM CAN RECALL THE NAME OF THE INDUSTRY, MOVIE COMPANY, OR NAMES OF PARTICULAR MOVIES UNMAN CLAIMED TO HAVE WORK[ED] FOR. ONLY RECALLS THAT MAN MENTIONED HE IS NOW WORKING ON COMEDIES OR "LIGHT" MATERIAL WHICH ARE GOOD FOR A LAUGH. RECALLS MAN APPROACHED THEM AFTER HE SPOKE TO [REDACTED] WHILE THEY WERE RIDING AS DEADHEAD PASSENGERS. UNMAN SAT IN SEAT BETWEEN THEM AT FRONT END OF PAGE ONE

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No Action Res[ult] Pl[an] No Access[ory] Notify advised 11/28/71 [illegible] lc

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A No 164-91-3 SEARCHED _ INDEXED SERIALIZED _ FILED NOV 29 1971 [illegible] DIEGO

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b6 b7C

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DB Cooper-6

Page 2 of 3Part 8 p. 8DB Cooper-7

PAGE TWO SF 164-220

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OF PLANE. HE EXPLAINED HE WAS WRITING A SCRIPT INVOLVING THE THROWING OF AN OBJECT FROM A PLANE TO A LOCATION ON THE GROUND AND WANTED ADVICE AS TO HOW THIS COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED. DID NOT MENTION ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OF AIRCRAFT. ASKED IF POSSIBLE TO DEPRESSURIZE CABIN AND THROW FROM WINDOW. MAINLY DISCUSSED POSSIBILITY OF USING WINDOW NOT DOOR.

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[REDACTED] DESCRIBED MAN AS WELL-DRESSED IN BROWN BUSINESS SUIT AND TIE, WORE ONE OR TWO LARGE DIAMOND RINGS, THIRTY SIX TO FORTY YEARS OLD, SIX FEET OR OVER, HEAVY, [illegible: POSSIY O NDRED UNDST MPLEXI], ROUND HEAVY FACE, NO DISTINCTIVE FEATURES, DARK WAVY HAIR WORN LONG OR FULL; EDUCATED, MODULATED VOICE, GOOD SPEAKER, CARRIED ATTACHE CASE, WROTE ON YELLOW PAD. TOGETHER ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES. UNMAN NEVER SMOKED DURING THIS TIME. MOVIES HE MENTIONED WORKING ON WERE LISTED ON SLIP OF PAPER.

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[REDACTED] ALSO INTERVIEWED AND STATES [REDACTED] HAVE REVIEWED THEIR CONTACT WITH UNMAN AND STILL UNABLE TO [guess: RECALL] ANY IDENTIFICATION OF MOVIE COMPANY, FILMS OR INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS END OF PAGE TWO

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DB Cooper-7

Page 3 of 3Part 8 p. 9

PAGE THREE SF 164-220

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OF UNMAN. [REDACTED b6/b7C] STATED POSSIBLY IF LIST OF COMPANIES PRESENTED TO THEM FOR REVIEW, COULD RECALL NAME. [REDACTED b6/b7C] HOME ADDRESS IS [REDACTED b6/b7C] [REDACTED b6/b7C] SAN DIEGO, CALIF., PHONE NUMBER [REDACTED b6/b7C] [REDACTED b6/b7C] [REDACTED b6/b7C] HOME ADDRESS IS [REDACTED b6/b7C] [REDACTED b6/b7C] CALIF., PHONE NUMBER [REDACTED b6/b7C] [REDACTED b6/b7C]

SUGGEST POSSIBLILITY THAT LOS ANGELES ASSEMBLE LIST OF MOVIE COMPANIES FOR DISPLAY TO [REDACTED b6/b7C]

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END

RAK FBI SAN DIEGO CL

Serials: SD 164-91, SD 164-91-3, SE 164-81, SF 164-220

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