Pittsburgh to Director re West Virginia caller naming hijacking suspect

Document date 29 November 1971

Part 11pages 232–2332 pagesDB Cooper-2156

Also filed at: Part 99 pp. 353–354

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Document: Teletype Pittsburgh to Director re West Virginia caller naming hijacking suspect
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 11 pp. 232–233 (DB Cooper-2156), Teletype, dated 29 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-266 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-11%3A232-233

NR011 PG PLAIN 11:13 PM URGENT 11-29-71 PVC

TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) ATTN: IDENTIFICATION DIVISION

FROM PITTSBURGH (164-NEW) 2-P

UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAA-HIJACKING, OO:SEATTLE.

[REDACTED] W.VA., TODAY OFFERED NAME OF [REDACTED] AS SUSPECT IN THIS CASE. [REDACTED] IDENTIFIED AS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FBI NO. [REDACTED] W/M; DOB [REDACTED] [REDACTED] INCHES; ONE HUNDRED FIFTYFIVE LBS.; [REDACTED] EYES; BROWN HAIR. [REDACTED] IDENTIFIED [REDACTED] AS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND DESCRIBED [REDACTED] ALSO BELIEVES D.B. COOPER WOULD BE [REDACTED] WAY OF USING END PAGE ONE

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164-81-266 [CHECKED] INDEXED SERIALIZED [FILED] NOV 2[guess: 9] 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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PG-164NEW

NAME OF [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] WAS SOUGHT BY STATE AUTHORITIES, [REDACTED] W.VA.,

IN [REDACTED] ON [REDACTED] CHARGE GROWING OUT OF [REDACTED]

[REDACTED]

SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED THERE ON [REDACTED] CHARGE

PURPORTEDLY WHEN [REDACTED]

SOURCE AT [REDACTED] W.VA., SAID [REDACTED]

[REDACTED]

BUREAU IS REQUESTED TO SEND COPY OF FINGERPRINT RECORD TO SEATTLE BY TELECOPIER.

SEATTLE WILL THEREAFTER OBTAIN MOST RECENT PICTURE OF [REDACTED] FOR DISPLAY TO WITNESSES.

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Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81-266