Nitel SAC Los Angeles to Denver and Seattle re suspect Robert Brownley

Document date 7 December 1971

Part 103pages 7–93 pagesDB Cooper-46456–46458

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Document: Nitel SAC Los Angeles to Denver and Seattle re suspect Robert Brownley
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 103 pp. 7–9 (DB Cooper-46456–46458), Teletype, dated 7 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-103%3A007-009

12/7/71 PLAINTEXT TELETYPE NITEL

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TO: SAC, DENVER SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (AIR MAIL)

FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497)

UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST; CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

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RE MINNEAPOLIS TELETYPE TO LA, DECEMBER SIX LAST. RE SUSPECT; ROBERT BROWNLEY.

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ON DECEMBER SIX LAST [REDACTED] NORTHWEST AIRLINES (NWAL), ADVISED MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE OF TELEPHONE CALL RECEIVED FROM [REDACTED] NWAL, LA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. [REDACTED] STATED MAN THEN AT HIS OFFICE AND CLAIMED COULD IDENTIFY UNKNOWN SUBJECT AFTER SEEING ARTIST'S CONCEPTION APPEARING IN LA NEWSPAPERS. LA CONTACTED [REDACTED] AND ASCERTAINED MAN REFERRED TO WAS [REDACTED]

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LA 164-497 PAGE TWO

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[illegible] STATES HE [illegible] [illegible] ROBERT BROWNELY.

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BROWNLEY DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, FORTY FIVE YEARS, AND ATTENDED SURVIVAL SCHOOL AT STEAD AIR FORCE BASE, RENO, NEVADA, SIXTY DASH SIXTY ONE; TRANSFERRED TO EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA IN SIXTY THREE AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER TRANSFERRED TO PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, CAPE KENNEDY, FLORIDA, WHERE SERVED AS PARA MEDIC IN ASTRONAUT RECOVERY PROGRAM.

STATES ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF HIJACKER APPEARS IDENTICAL TO ROBERT BROWNING. AN ACCOMPLISHED (SKY-DIVER) WHOM HE LAST SAW IN SIXTY THREE AND BELIEVES BROWNLEY RETIRED FROM U. S. AIR FORCE.

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DENVER AT DENVER, COLORADO, WILL REVIEW [illegible] RECORDS IN EFFORT TO IDENTIFY ROBERT BROWNLEY. OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPH AND BACKGROUND DESCRIPTION. IF IDENTIFIED FURNISH PHOTOGRAPH TO SEATTLE FOR POSSIBLE DISPLAY TO WITNESSES AND SET OUT APPROPRIATE

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LA 164-497 PAGE THREE

LEADS TO ESTABLISH WHEREABOUTS OF BROWNLEY ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST.

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DB COOPER-46458

Serials: LA 164-497, SE 164-81