Chicago to Seattle and Portland re NORJAK suspect 'Sandal', with leads

Document date 27 November 1971

Part 111pages 26–283 pagesDB Cooper-1868–1870

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Document: Teletype Chicago to Seattle and Portland re NORJAK suspect 'Sandal', with leads
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 111 pp. 26–28 (DB Cooper-1868–1870), Teletype, dated 27 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-1399 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-111%3A026-028

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TO SEATTLE AND PORTLAND FROM CHICAGO SUSP

HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWO SEVEN, ELEVEN TWENTYFOUR LAST. OAA - HIJACKING.

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RE SEATTLE TELEPHONE CALL TO CHICAGO AND CHICAGO TELEPHONE CALL TO SEATTLE ELEVEN TWENTYSEVEN INSTANT.

AIRPORT ADVISED THERE IS NO PHOTO OF [REDACTED] AT ROCKFORD AIRPORT. TWO COPIES OF ID CARD PHOTO SENT TO FAA KANSAS CITY. PERSON TO CONTACT AT KANSAS CITY IS [REDACTED] ONE SIX DASH THREE SEVEN FOUR DASH THREE TWO FOUR SIX). SANDAL EMPLOYED AT ROCKFORD SINCE MAY, SEVENTY. SANDAL REQUESTED SF ONE SIX ZERO FAN FLIGHT AND WAS SCHEDULED TO FLY O'HARE TO PORTLAND NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT SEVEN THREE FIVE ON ELEVEN TWENTYTHREE LAST AND RETURN SCHEDULED NORTHWEST FLIGHT FIVE SIX EIGHT PORTLAND TO O'HARE ELEVEN TWENTYSEVEN INSTANT. SF ONE SIX ZERO FAN FLIGHT IS A

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SAC ADVISED (DUA) 11/25

Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge Sent __________ M Per ___________

* U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971 - 413-138

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164-81-1399 NOV 27 1971

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DB Cooper-1868

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PAGE TWO FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT FOR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS. SANDAL WOULD HAVE LEGITIMATE REASON FOR ASKING PILOT ABOUT CONTROL PROBLEMS, BUT NOT ABOUT PARACHUTES IN FLIGHT AND LOWERING RAMPS. SANDAL IS A SKY DIVER AND HAS ABOUT OVER ONE HUNDRED JUMPS, HOWEVER NONE IN LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SANDAL APPARENTLY TOOK FAMILY WITH HIM IN VIOLATION OF REGULATIONS. SANDAL DESCRIBED BORN SIX TWENTYSIX THIRTY- NINE, JAMESTOWN, N.D. FIVE NINE TO FIVE TEN, ONE SEVENTY- FIVE TO ONE EIGHTY POUNDS, BLUE EYES, HAIR DARK BROWN TO BLACK, CUT SHORT, STRAIGHT, PARTED AND COMBED BACK RECEDING SLIGHTLY AT SIDES, NORMAL SIDEBURNS, SOMETIMES WEARS GLASSES, MEDIUM TO MUSCULAR BUILD, MEDIUM COMPLEXION, NOSE CROOKED APPARENTLY FROM OLD BREAK. QUICK TO SMILE OR LAUGH, RELAXED AND GLIB, NEAT DRESSER NORMALLY WEARS SHIRT AND TIE AND WING TIP SHOES. [redacted] RESIDING AT [redacted]

SANDAL NOT KNOWN TO HAVE FINANCIAL TROUBLES OR TO BE A BIG SPENDER OR TO HAVE TALKED OF HIJACKINGS.

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Approved: _______ Special Agent in Charge Sent _______ M Per _______

☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1977—815-115

DB Cooper-1869

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PAGE THREE

LEADS:

[illegible] [guess: PORTLAND'S] [guess: DISCOVERIES] IF [guess: RANSOM] [guess: RETURNED]

PORTLAND TO O'HARE NORTHWEST FLIGHT FIVE SIX EIGHT AS SCHEDULED.

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DB Cooper-1870

Serials: SE 164-81-1399

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