Salt Lake City comparing NORJAK unsub with McCoy UAL hijacking M.O.
Document date 12 April 1972
Part of: Salt Lake City to Director, Portland, Minneapolis and Seattle comparing NORJAK and McCoy hijackings
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-110:526-528 Document: Teletype Salt Lake City comparing NORJAK unsub with McCoy UAL hijacking M.O. Id: Cooper-Part-110:526-528 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-110%3A526-528 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 110 pp. 526–528 (DB Cooper-5024, DB Cooper-5049, DB Cooper-50244), Teletype, dated 12 Apr 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-110%3A526-528
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NR 008 SU PLAIN 12:58 AM SENT 4/12/72 PM IMMEDIATE 4/11/72 ACJ TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) PORTLAND (164-41) MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) SEATTLE (164-81) FROM SALT LAKE CITY (164-24)
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NORJAK. OO:SE.
REVIEW OF NORJAK CASE FILE, SU DIVISION, REVEALED NUMEROUS SIMILARITIES IN M.O. OF CAPTIONED CASE AND SU CASE ENTITLED "RICHARD FLOYD MC COY, JR.; CRIME ABOARD AIRCRAFT DASH HIJACKING; INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS (UAL).
IN NORJAK ENVELOPE CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS FURNISHED STEWARDESS. IN UAL, ENVELOPE AND TWO-PAGE SINGLE ACEDTY- WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS, WITH ENVELOPE CONTAINING HAND GRENADE SAFETY PIN AND FORTY-FIVE CALIBER CARTRIDGE GIVEN TO STEWARDESS.
SUBJECT IN NORJAK EXHIBITED CONTENTS OF ATTACHE CASE ALLEGED TO CONTAIN DYNAMITE. IN UAL CASE, HIJACKER EXHIBITED GUN AND GRENADE[guess: BE]O[guess: A]ND INDICATED HE HAD PLASTIC EXPLOSIVE.
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Sub 386 164-81-2466-7 SEARCHED ______ INDEXED ______ SERIALIZED ______ FILED ______ APR 11 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-50244
SU 164-24 PAGE FIVE
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LOWERS PACKAGE SO IT DANGLES BELOW HIM. AS JUMPER APPROACHES GROUND, HE RELEASES ROPE FROM BODY HARNESS WITH RESULT PACKAGE WILL DROP IN IMMEDIATE AREA OF LANDING. JUMPER CANNOT REIN CKA FASTENED TO BODY AS THIS WOULD HINDER LANDING OPER- ATION AND POSSIBLY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION IN BOTH CASES IS REMARKABLY SIMILAR. IN NORJAK CASE, SUBJECT IS DESCRIBED AS POSSIBLY IN MID-FORTIES, AND PERSONAL OBSERVATION OF SUBJECT, (AGE TWENTY-NINE,) GIVES IMME- DIATE IMPRESSION OF MAN POSSIBLY FORTY. COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH OF NORJAK SUBJECT BEARS STRONG RESEMBLANCE, PARTICULARLY HAIRLINE, HAIR PART, SHAPE OF FACE AND NOSE. IN NORJAK CASE, WITNESSES DESCRIBED SUBJECT'S COMPLEXION AS OLIVE, LATIN APPEARANCE, MEDIUM SMOOTH. IN UAL CASE, WITNESSES LIKEWISE DESCRIBED SUBJECT AS OF DARK COMPLEXION, POSSIBLY MEXICAN, BELIEVED DUE TO MAKE UP. IN NORJAK CASE, SUBJECT DESCRIBED AS HAVING SIDEBURNS AT LOW EAR LEVEL. SUBJECT IN UAL CASE UPON ARREST HAS SIDEBURNS TO BOTTOM LOBE OF EAR. IN NORJAK CASE, WITNESSES STATED VOICE HAD NO PARTICULAR ACCENT, POSSIBLY FROM MID-WEST SECTION OF U.S. IN UAL CASE, END PAGE FIVE
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DB COOPER-5024[guess: 8]
SU 164-24 PAGE SIX
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WITNESSES DESCRIBED SUBJECT'S VOICE AS NORMAL AND DID NOT REFER TO ANY ACCENT OF ANY TYPE.
IN NORJAK CASE, UNSUB DESCRIBED AS HEAVY SMOKER OF RALEIGH FILTER TIP CIGARETTES. IN UAL CASE, SUBJECT BROUGHT SUPPLY OF CANDY AND CONTINUALLY EATING CANDY DURING FLIGHT. IT IS NOTED UAL INVESTIGATION HAS NOT INDICATED UAL SUBJECT SMOKES; HOWEVER IS FROM RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. CANDY COULD BE SUBSTITUTE FOR CIGARETTES; HOWEVER SUBJECT IN EACH CASE OBVIOUSLY NERVOUS.
IN UAL CASE, THERE IS OBVIOUS EVIDENCE SUBJECT ATTEMPTED TO DISGUISE HIMSELF AFTER BOARDING PLANE, IN THAT HE ON TWO OCCASIONS SPENT EXTENDED PERIODS IN LAVATORY AND EMERGED WITH BLACK HAIR WIG AND FALSE MUSTACHE.
NORJAK CASE, SUBJECT DURING LATTER PART OF FLIGHT PUT ON DARK WRAP-AROUND SUNGLASSES, WITH DARK RIMS. UAL CASE, SUBJECT BOARDED PLANE WITH MIRROR TYPE SUNGLASSES.
IN NORJAK CASE, SUBJECT BELIEVED TO HAVE DEPARTED PLANE IN AREA CONTAINING A NOTICEABLE BEACON AND FARM LAND. IN UAL CASE, SUBJECT DEPARTED PLANE SHORTLY AFTER HEADING EAST UTALAKE
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DB COOPER-5049
Serials: 164-2111, MP 164-73, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SU 164-24