Portland to Seattle re emergency locator beacon radio signal (file copy)
This copy: Part 11 pp. 332–333Also filed at Part 11 pp. 334–335 (primary)
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Portland to Seattle re Oregon Air National Guard and emergency locator beacon signal
Document date 26 November 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-11:332-333 Document: Teletype Portland to Seattle re Oregon Air National Guard and emergency locator beacon signal Id: Cooper-Part-11:332-333 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-11%3A332-333 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 pp. 332–333 (DB Cooper-1808), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-118 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-11%3A332-333
NR 006 PD PLAIN 7:25 PM URGENT 11/26/71 TLA TO: SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: PORTLAND (164-41)
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X = RADIO SIGNAL
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UNSUB; HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, ELEVEN TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE. CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.
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or 11/25/71
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[REDACTED], OREGON AIR NATIONAL GUARD, ADVISED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY THREE THIRTY P.M. TODAY AS HE WAS MAKING APPROACH TO PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN F-ONE ZERO ONE FIGHTER, HE HEARD A FAINT RADIO TONE SIGNAL BEING BROADCAST ON TWO FOUR THREE POINT ZERO MC, A FREQUENCY RESERVED FOR EMERGENCY AIRCRAFT RADIO TRANSMISSIONS. SIGNAL FIRST HEARD NEAR EVERGREEN AIRPORT, JUST EAST OF VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, THEN HEARD SECOND TIME NEAR REYNOLDS ALUMINUM PLANT WEST OF VANCOUVER. SIGNAL HEARD FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES, DURING WHICH TIME [REDACTED] ATTEMPTED TO OBTAIN RADIO FIX ON AUTOMATIC DIRECTION FINDER EQUIPMENT WITHOUT SUCCESS AS SIGNAL FADED OUT. SIGNAL WAS OF
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MANNING WILL HANDLE TONIGHT, 11/26 (DGM) See what [guess: Manning] [illegible] doing u this ? [guess: maybe] [illegible] the [illegible]
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SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ NOV 26 1971 FBI - SEATTLE MANUAL [illegible]
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PAGE TWO PD 164-41
TYPE TRANSMITTED BY EMERGENCY LOCATED BEACONS CARRIED BY GENERAL AVIATION AND MILITARY AIRCRAFT. NO SUCH BEACONS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION, EITHER ACCIDENTALLY OR FOR TEST PURPOSES, AT TIME. FOR INFORMATION. END
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DCA FBII SEATTLE CLR
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DB Cooper-1808
Serials: PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-118