San Diego to Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles re North Island lead and Flight 201 passenger

Document date 27 November 1971

Part 11pages 184–1874 pagesDB Cooper-2095–2098

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Document: Teletype San Diego to Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles re North Island lead and Flight 201 passenger
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 11 pp. 184–187 (DB Cooper-2095–2098), Teletype, dated 27 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-241 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-11%3A184-187

NPOS SD PLAIN 625PM URGENT 11-27-71 RAX TO: SEATTLE (164-81) SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES FROM: SAN DIEGO (164-91)

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

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ON NOVEMBER TWENTY SEVEN INSTANT, [REDACTED] NORTH ISLAND NAVAL AIR STATION, SAN DIEGO, FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING OBTAINED FROM [REDACTED] AND PREFERS [REDACTED] NOT BE IDENTIFIED DURING ANY INQUIRY:

[REDACTED] GENERALLY KNOWN AS [REDACTED] X

SEVERAL WEEKS AGO PRIOR TO THE HIJACKING OF CAPTIONED FLIGHT, END PAGE ONE /

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SAC ADVISED (ONA-) 11/27/71

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[Handwritten, partially illegible: [guess: Original is stated to be] [illegible]] 164-81-241

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SEARCHED......... INDEXED...... SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED NOV 28 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-2095

PAGE TWO

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[REDACTED] OVERHEARD [REDACTED] BELIEVED TO PRESIDE IN SAN DIEGO, COMMENT TO [REDACTED] THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SAID HE WAS A REPORTER FOR A MAGAZINE HAD QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT THE POSSIBILTY OF BAILING OUT (PARACHUTING) FROM A SEVEN TWENTY SEVEN JET AND [REDACTED] DESCRIBED TO THIS INDIVIDUAL HOW IT COULD BE DONE, ACCORDING TO [REDACTED] RECOLLECTION OF THE CONVERSATION. THE NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE CROSS DIRECTORY LISTS [REDACTED]

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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, AND SHOWN AS [REDACTED] HOME TELEPHONE [REDACTED]

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ON NOVEMBER TWENTY SEVEN INSTANT, SEATTLE FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION OF THE UNKNOWN SUBJECT OF CAPTIONED CASE: RACE WHITE, SEX MALE, AGE MID FORTIES, HEIGHT FIVE FEET TEN INCHES TO SIX FEET, WEIGHT ONE SEVENTY TO ONE EIGHTY, END PAGE TWO

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DB Cooper-2096

PAGE THREE

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AVERAGE BUILD, COMPLEXTION OLIVE AND MEDIUM SMOOTH, A HAIR DARK BROWN DASH BLACK, NORMAL CUT OF HAIR, LOW EAR LEVEL SIDEBURNS, EYES POSSIBLY BROWN, LOW VOICE DASH EDUCATED, POSSIBLY MID WESTERN ACCENT, WEARING WRAP DASH AROUND DARK CLASSES AND A BLACK OR BROWN SUIT, DARK TOPCOAT, BRIEFCASE, BROWN SHOES, HEAVY SMOKER OF PALEIGH CIGARETTES.

[REDACTED] INTERVIEWED INSTANT DATE. STATED THAT ON FLIGHT TWO ZERO ONE, NOVEMBER EIGHT LAST DEPARTED SAN DIEGO FOR BURBANK, CALIFORNIA APPROXIMATELY EIGHT THIRTY A.M. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF WHITE MALE ENTERED COCKPIT AREA STATING HE WAS SCRIPT WRITER FOR MOVIE INDUSTRY. PRODUCED BROCHURES REPRESENTING MOVIES HE REPORTEDLY WROTE. STATED WAS INTERESTED IN WRITING COMEDY PRESENT TIME. THEN INQUIRED AS TO WHAT HAD TO BE DONE TO THROW PACKAGE OR OBJECT FROM PLANE TO ACCOMPLISH ON GROUND AT PREDETERMINED LOCATION IN ISOLATED AREA. IN- DICATED THIS ACTIVITY WAS TO BE INCLUDED IN SCRIPT CURRENTLY WRITING. DID NOT INQUIRE SPECIFICALLY CONCERNING SEVEN TWENTY SEVEN NOR ANY OTHER TYPE AIRCRAFT IN PARTICULAR.

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DB Cooper-2097

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WAS ADVISED [REDACTED] THAT BEST METHOD WOULD BE TO HAVE AIRCRAFT FLY LOW, SLOW, AND WITH CABIN DEPRESSURIZED. ALSO SUGGESTED THAT PACKAGE BE THROWN FROM PILOTS WINDOW FOR ACCURACY.

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[REDACTED] DOES NOT RECALL NAME OF FILM INDUSTRY THIS INDIVIDUAL REPORTEDLY WORKS FOR. COULD NOT RECALL NAMES OF MOVIES MENTIONED IN BROCHURES DISPLAYED. BOARDED FLIGHT IN SAN DIEGO AND DEPLANED IN BURBANK. DESCRIBED AS WM4, LATE FORTY'S, AT LEAST FIVE FOOT TEN, ONE EIGHT ZERO POUNDS, DARK BROWN HAIR GREYING, WELL DRESSED IN BUSINESS SUIT, CARRIED BROWN ATTACHE CASE AND MADE NOTES ON YELLOW LEGAL TYPE PAD.

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[REDACTED] STAYING AIRPORT HILTON INN, SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT INSTANT DATE SUBSEQUENT TO SEVEN THIRTY P.M.

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LEAD: SAN FRANCISCO INTERVIEW [REDACTED] IN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN NAME MOVIE INDUSTRY ABOVE INDIVIDUAL WORKED FOR AND FURTHER BACKGROUND DESCRIPTIVE DATA. IMMEDIATELY FURNISH LOS ANGELES ALONG WITH APPROPRIATE LEADS.

SAN DIEGO ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN FLIGHT MANIFESTS FOR NOVEMBER EIGHT LAST.

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END

DCA

FBI SEATTLE CLR

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DB Cooper-2098

Serials: SD 164-91, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-241

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