San Francisco to Seattle, San Diego and Los Angeles re man on Flight 201 claiming movie/TV work

Document date 27 November 1971

Part 11pages 39–413 pagesDB Cooper-1933–1935

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Document: Teletype San Francisco to Seattle, San Diego and Los Angeles re man on Flight 201 claiming movie/TV work
Id: Cooper-Part-11:039-041
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 11 pp. 39–41 (DB Cooper-1933–1935), Teletype, dated 27 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-167 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-11%3A039-041

NR 005 SF PLAIN 11 47 PM URGENT 11/27/71 SEH TO: SEATTLE (164-91) SAN DIEGO (164-91) LOS ANGELES FROM: SAN FRANCISCO (164-2209)

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SUBSE: UNSUB MAN ON FLIGHT 201, SAN DIEGO TO BURBANK. 11-P-71 SOURCE -

On Card: Say L.A. getting lot of tv movie / company [illegible] & [illegible] to S.F.

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

RE SAN DIEGO TELETYPE TO SEATTLE TODAY. [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 [guess: 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 WORKED 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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SAC ADU. 11/27/[guess: 71] (004) [signature/initials]

164-81-167 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED......FILED...... NOV 2 7 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-1933

PAGE TWO SE 164-2007

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OF PLANE. HE EXPLAINED HE WAS WRITING A SCRIPT INVOLVING THE THROWINGS

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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DESCRIBED MAN AS WELL-DRESSED IN BROWN BUSINESS SHIT AND TIE, WORE ONE OR TWO LARGE DIAMOND RINGS, THIRTY SIX TO FORTY YEARS OLD, SIX FEET OR OVER, HEAVY, POSSIBLY TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, LIGHT COMPLEXION, 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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ALSO INTERVIEWED AND STATES HAVE REVIEWED THEIR CONTACT WITH UNMAN AND STILL UNABLE TO RECALL ANY IDENTIFICATION OF MOVIE COMPANY, FILMS OR INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS

END OF PAGE TWO

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DB Cooper-1934

PAGE THREE SF 164-229

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OF [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] STATED POSSIBLE [guess: LIST OF CAN PRESENTED] TO THEM FOR REVIEW, COULD RECALL [guess: NAME]. [REDACTED] HOME ADDRESS IS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SAN DIEGO, CALIF., PHONE NUMBER [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] HOME ADDRESS IS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CALIF., PHONE NUMBER [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

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SUGGEST POSSIBILITY THAT LOS ANGELES ASSEMBLE LIST OF MOVIE COMPANIES FOR DISPLAY TO [REDACTED].

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FBI SE CLP

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DB Cooper-1935

Serials: 164-2209, SD 164-91, SE 164-2007, SE 164-81-167, SF 164-229