Las Vegas to Director, Seattle and Portland re aerial and ground search of Nevada route and parachute evidence
Document date 26 November 1971
Also filed at: Part 114 pp. 71–72 · Part 115 pp. 20–21
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-111:029-031 Document: Teletype Las Vegas to Director, Seattle and Portland re aerial and ground search of Nevada route and parachute evidence Id: Cooper-Part-111:029-031 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-111%3A029-031 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 111 pp. 29–31 (DB Cooper-1890–1891), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-148 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-111%3A029-031
NR005 LV PLAIN 11:52 PM NITEL 11-26-71 SGT TO DIRECTOR, SEATTLE, PORTLAND FROM LAS VEGAS (164-60) 3P
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LAS VEGAS SEARCHED AREA. CHUTES sub. COURSE [guess: Suf]
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UNSUB: HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTY SEVEN, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, PORTLAND, OREGON. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
REMYTELS NOVEMBER TWENTYFIVE LAST.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CONTROLLERS ADVISED THAT CAPTIONED FLIGHT PROCEEDED FROM SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ON NIGHT OF NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST THROUGH OREGON AND INTO CALIFORNIA TO A POINT NEAR FRENCHMAN'S RESERVOIR, CALIFORNIA. THE FLIGHT THEN TURNED DUE EAST TO THE NEVADA BORDER AND PROCEEDED DUE EAST TO A POINT TWELVE MILES INSIDE BOUNDARY OF NEVADA. THE FLIGHT THEN PROCEEDED DIRECTLY SOUTH TO RENO, NEVADA, A DISTANCE OF APPROXI- MATELY TWENTYFIVE MILES. THE FLIGHT CIRCLED BRIEFLY IN THE RENO- SPARKS, NEVADA, AREA PREPARATORY TO LANDING. WHILE THE APPROACH AREA IS HEAVILY POPULATED WITH RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS-TYPE STRUCTURES, THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA IS VIRTUALLY ENTIRELY UNINHABITED DESERT AREA.
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1 - cc - "SEARCH" - Sub. of 1 - cc. 'CHUTES' 1 - cc 'COURSE'
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64-81-148 NOV 26 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
LV 164-68 PAGE TWO
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DESPITE INFORMED SPECULATION THAT HIJACKER DEPARTED AIRCRAFT LONG
BEFORE INTO THE STATE OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS OFFICE TODAY COMPLETED. DETAILED SEARCH OF ENTIRE ROUTE OF TRAVEL OF HIJACKED AIRCRAFT. SEARCH
CONDUCTED FROM SMALL, LOW-FLYING, SLOW-SPEED AIRCRAFT SUPPLEMENTED BY FOUR WHEEL DRIVE LAND VEHICLE IN ANY AREA DEEMED NOT TO HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY COVERED BY AIRCRAFT OBSERVATION. SEARCH REVEALED NO INDICATION OF PARAPHERNALIA WHICH OR INDIVIDUAL WHO MIGHT BE CONNECTED WITH CAPTIONED HIJACKING.
RETEL PREVIOUSLY REPORTED RECOVERY DURING DETAILED SEARCH OF AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY, FOLLOWING LANDING IN RENO, NEVADA, NOVEMBER TWENTYFIVE LAST OF TWO PARACHUTES, ONE BACK PACK TYPE AND ONE CHEST PACK TYPE. BACK PACK PARACHUTE UNDISTURBED AND UNOPENED. CHEST PACK PARACHUTE FOUND OPEN ON FLOOR OF AIRCRAFT AND CANOPY AND SHROUD LINES DETACHED FROM CANVAS PARACHUTE COVER. EXAMINATION OF BACK PACK PARACHUTE BY MILITARY EXPERT TODAY REVEALED IT WAS IN USABLE CONDITION AND COMPLETE AND OPERABLE IN ALL DETAILS. CHEST PACK PARACHUTE OF BRIGHT PINK-ORANGE COLOR DETERMINED BY MILITARY EXPERT TO BE IN OPERATIONAL CONDITION
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CHUTES WAS Cover of THENE DID IT TAPACK
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DB Cooper-1890
LV 164-60 PAGE THREE PRIOR TO TIME IT WAS RELEASED FROM ITS COVER. LATTER PARACHUTE COULD NOT, OF COURSE, HAVE BEEN USED AFTER BEING DETACHED FROM COVER AND IN ADDITION, TWO SHROUD LINES DETERMINED TO BE MISSING.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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END FDE FBI SEATTLE CLR
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DB Cooper-1891
Serials: LV 164-60, LV 164-68, SE 164-81-148