SAC Seattle to Director, Las Vegas and Portland describing the chest and back pack parachutes used by the hijacker
Document date 25 November 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-10:357-360 Document: Teletype SAC Seattle to Director, Las Vegas and Portland describing the chest and back pack parachutes used by the hijacker Id: Cooper-Part-10:357-360 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-10%3A357-360 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. 357–360 (DB Cooper-1585–1588), Teletype, dated 25 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-8 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-10%3A357-360
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI Date: 11/25/71
Transmit the following in _______________ (Type in plaintext or code) Via TELETYPE URGENT (Priority)
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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI; SAC, LAS VEGAS; SAC, PORTLAND
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-NEW)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
RE SEATTLE NITEL TO BUREAU, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIVE, SEVENTYONE.
INVESTIGATION IN SEATTLE DISCLOSED THAT PARACHUTES WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN USED BY SUBJECT, DESIGNATED AS CHEST CHUTE NO. ONE AND BACK CHUTE NO. ONE IN REFERENCED NITEL, ARE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
NO. ONE CHEST PACK TYPE TWENTY-FOUR FOOT, WHITE NYLON CANOPY, WHITE NYLON SHROUDS, ABOUT FOURTEEN FEET LONG, MODEL T-SEVEN A. CHUTE CONTAINER WAS OLIVE DRAB GREEN WITH [illegible] INSCRIBED CONTAINERS, DIMENSIONS OF TEN INCHES BY FOURTEEN INCHES BY SIX INCHES.
NO. ONE BACK PACK TYPE CHUTE, TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT, WHITE CANOPY, FLAT CIRCULAR MILITARY TYPE. CHUTE CONTAINER IS OLIVE DRAB MILITARY. CHUTE HARNESS IS CIVILIAN LUXURY TYPE.
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Approved: ___________ Special Agent in Charge
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DB Cooper-1585
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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
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Via _______________ _______________ (Priority) ------------------------------------------------------
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PAGE TWO SE 164-NEW
MADE OF SOFT TAN COTTON MATERIAL. P.
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Approved: _______________ Sent _______________ M Per _______________ Special Agent in Charge DB Cooper-1586
NR004 SE PLAIN 4:25 PM URGENT 11/25/71 DCA TO DIRECTOR, FBI LAS VEGAS PORTLAND FROM SEATTLE (164-NEW) IP.
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
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RE SEATTLE NITEL TO BUREAU, NOVEMBER TWENTYFIVE, SEVENTYONE. INVESTIGATION IN SEATTLE DISCLOSED THAT PARACHUTES WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN USED BY SUBJECT, DESIGNATED AS CHEST CHUTE NO. ONE AND BACK CHUTE NO. ONE IN REFERENCED NITEL, ARE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: NO. ONE CHEST PACK TYPE TWENTY-FOUR FOOT, WHITE NYLON CANOPY, WHITE NYLON SHROUDS, ABOUT FOURTEEN FEET LONG, MODEL T-SEVEN A. CHUTE CONTAINER WAS OLIVE DRAB GREEN WITH [REDACTED] INSCRIBED CON- TAINERS, DIMENSIONS OF TEN INCHES BY FOURTEEN INCHES BY SIX INCHES. NO. ONE BACK PACK TYPE CHUTE, TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT, WHITE CANOPY, FLAT CIRCULAR MILITARY TYPE. CHUTE CONTAINER IS OLIVE DRAB MILI- TARY. CHUTE HARNESS IS CIVILIAN LUXURY TYPE MADE OF SOFT TAN COTTON MATERIAL. - P -
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DB Cooper-1587
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NR004 SE PLAIN 4:58 PM URGENT 11/25/71 DCA TO DIRECTOR, FBI LAS VEGAS PORTLAND FROM SEATTLE (164-NEW) 1P
UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
RE SEATTLE NITEL TO BUREAU, NOVEMBER TWENTYFIVE, SEVENTYONE.
INVESTIGATION IN SEATTLE DISCLOSED THAT PARACHUTES WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN USED BY SUBJECT, DESIGNATED AS CHEST CHUTE NO. ONE AND BACK CHUTE NO. ONE IN REFERENCED NITEL, ARE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: NO. ONE CHEST PACK TYPE TWENTY-FOUR FOOT, WHITE NYLON CANOPY, WHITE NYLON SHROUDS, ABOUT FOURTEEN FEET LONG, MODEL T-SEVEN A. CHUTE CONTAINER WAS OLIVE DRAB GREEN WITH [REDACTED] INSCRIBED. CON- TAINERS, DIMENSIONS OF TEN INCHES BY FOURTEEN INCHES BY SIX INCHES. NO. ONE BACK PACK TYPE CHUTE, TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT, WHITE CANOPY, FLAT CIRCULAR MILITARY TYPE. CHUTE CONTAINER IS OLIVE DRAB MILI- TARY. CHUTE HARNESS IS CIVILIAN LUXURY TYPE MADE OF SOFT TAN COTTON MATERIAL. - P - E N D AJW FBI PORAND CLR
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164-F1-8
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DB Cooper-1588
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Serials: SE 164-81-8