Seattle re witness sighting of low-flying jet with flickering lights; requests crew interviews
Document date 26 November 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-11:090-090 Document: Teletype Seattle re witness sighting of low-flying jet with flickering lights; requests crew interviews Id: Cooper-Part-11:090-090 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-11%3A090-090 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 11 p. 90 (DB Cooper-1993), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-190 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-11%3A090-090
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Date: 11/26/71
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[guess: CE] - SE[guess: H] [guess: G][illegible] Sub. C
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TO : SAC, MINNEAPOLIS FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SE [handwritten: near [guess: Arboy], Washington] DURING SEARCH TODAY WITNESS RECALLS THAT AT APPROXIMATELY EIGHT PM, TWENTYFOURTH INSTANT, HE RECALLS A LOW FLYING JET PLANE FLYING SOUTH AT AN UNUSUALLY LOW ALTITUDE AND THAT ALL LIGHTS, INCLUDING NAVIGATION AND CABIN LIGHTS WERE GOING ON AND OFF.
INTERVIEW MEMBERS OF CREW TO DETERMINE IF THIS AIRCRAFT WAS THE HIJACKED AIRCRAFT. INTERVIEW CREW FURTHER TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY HAD ANY VISUAL SITINGS OR LANDMARKS AT THE TIME SUBJECT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE EXITED AIRPLANE, NOTING THAT A FLASHING RADIO BEACON AT KALAMA, WASHINGTON, COULD WELL HAVE BEEN VIEWED BY THEM AT ABOUT THIS TIME.
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164-81-190
Approved: ___________ Sent 11:40 P M Per OA Special Agent in Charge DB Cooper-1993
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-190