Urgent teletype Seattle to Oklahoma City re pilot license found in drop area

Document date 28 March 1972

Part 110page 3551 pageDB Cooper-49989

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-110:355-355

Document: Urgent teletype Seattle to Oklahoma City re pilot license found in drop area
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 110 p. 355 (DB Cooper-49989), Teletype, dated 28 Mar 1972, serial SE 164-81-2601 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-110%3A355-355

3/28/72

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TELETYPE URGENT

TO: SAC, OKLAHOMA CITY

FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)

NORJAK.

RE SEATTLE TELCALL THIS DATE.

DURING TERRAIN SEARCH OF SUSPECTED DROP AREA OF THE HIJACKER IN THIS CASE, A PILOT LICENSE WAS FOUND TODAY. THIS LICENSE WAS ISSUED TO JOHN FREDERICK LITTLEFIELD, BOARDMAN ROAD, E. HADDAM, CONNECTICUT. LICENSE WAS FOR SINGLE ENGINE LAND PLANE, ISSUED JUNE TWENTYSEVEN, NINETEEN FIFTYSEVEN. THE NUMBER WAS ONE ONE PAREN THIRD NUMBER ILLEGIBLE END PAREN SIX ONE FIVE NINE.

PERSON DESCRIBED AS BORN NOV. SEVENTEEN NINETEEN TWENTYSIX, SEVENTY AND ONE HALF INCHES, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY LBS., BROWN HAIR, GREEN EYES."

OC DETERMINE ANY SUBSEQUENT ADDRESS FOR HOLDER OF THIS LICENSE THROUGH FAA RECORDS. IF SUBSEQUENT ADDRESS LOCATED, ADVISE SEATTLE AND APPROPRIATE OFFICE COVERING NEW RESIDENCE, INSTRUCTING THAT OFFICE TO DETERMINE CURRENT WHEREABOUTS OF LICENSE HOLDER, OCCUPATION, AND OTHER CURRENT DATA, PARTICULARLY WHERE HE WAS ON NOV. TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE. LEADS SHOULD BE SET OUT BY TELEPHONE, CONFIRMED BY TELETYPE. IF NO MORE CURRENT ADDRESS FOUND, ADVISE SEATTLE BY TELEPHONE TODAY SO THAT LEAD CAN BE SET OUT FOR NEW HAVEN.

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PRB:eon (3)

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DB COOPER-49989 sub 380 164-81-2601

Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-2601