Director FBI to all field offices re NORJAK press summary and description
Document date May 1978
Part of: Director to all offices re approved NORJAK fact summary for press
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-10:277-278 Document: Teletype Director FBI to all field offices re NORJAK press summary and description Id: Cooper-Part-10:277-278 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-10%3A277-278 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 10 pp. 277–278 (DB Cooper-1505–1506), Teletype, dated May 1978, serial PD 164-41-1686 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-10%3A277-278
VZCZCHQO030 RR AFD DE HQ 0030 1250859 ZNR UUUUU R 050424Z MAY 73 FM DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) TO ALL FBI FIELD OFFICES ROUTINE BT UNCLAS NORJAK (A), OO: SEATTLE.
THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF FACTS REPRESENTS WHAT SEATTLE CONSIDERS THE ONLY INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE RELEASED TO THE PRESS:
"A LONE WHIE 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 WOULD BLOW UP THE PLANE UNLESS HIS DEMANDS WERE MET.
"THE HIJACKER DEMANDED $200,000 AND FOUR PARACHUTES IN
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164-41-1686 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED ...... SERIALIZED ___FILED...[illegible] MAY 5 1978 [illegible] PORTLAND b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-1505
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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."
"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 6'0", 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
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DB Cooper-1506
Serials: 164-2111, PD 164-41-1686