San Francisco to Director, Las Vegas and Seattle re radar tracking and Air Force C-130 intercept of Flight 305

Document date 27 November 1971

Part 111pages 33–353 pagesDB Cooper-1947–1949

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Document: Teletype San Francisco to Director, Las Vegas and Seattle re radar tracking and Air Force C-130 intercept of Flight 305
Id: Cooper-Part-111:033-035
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 111 pp. 33–35 (DB Cooper-1947–1949), Teletype, dated 27 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-176 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-111%3A033-035

MR 034 SF PLAIN 0529M URGENT 11-27-71 MS TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) LAS VEGAS SEATTLE FROM SAN FRANCISCO (164-990A) 3P

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X FLIGHT OF PLANE COURSE SUB-F

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UNSUB; AKA DAN COOPER, NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAB - HIJACKING; EXTORTION, OO: SEATTLE

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RE SACRAMENTO TEL TO BUREAU NOVEMBER TWENTYSIX LAST.

ARTHUR T. WILSON, FLOW CONTROL[LED/LER], FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINIS- TRATION, OAKLAND, AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER, FREMONT, CALIF., ADVISED INSTANT DATE OAKLAND CENTER ESTABLISHED POSITIVE RADAR, RADIO CONTACT NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE AT ZERO FIVE FOUR SIX ZULU (NINE FORTYSIX PM PST) NOVEMBER TWENTY[FOUR], LAST, WHILE AIRCRAFT OVER [guess: UQR] (V H F OMNI RANGE) SITE, FT. JONES, CALIFORNIA. AIRCRAFT PREVIOUSLY UNDER POSITIVE CONTROL OF SEATTLE CENTER. AT TIME OF CONTACT, NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE ON AIR ROUTE V-TWENTYTHREE, [ELEVEN] THOUSAND FEET INDICATING ONE SEVEN ZERO KNOTS END PAGE ONE

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9:46 P.M. V-23 11,000 FT. 170 KNOTS

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164-81-176

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NOV 28 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-1947

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(TWO HUNDRED MILES PER HOUR). AIRCRAFT ON I F R FLIGHT PLAN, BUT UNDER V F R CONDITIONS CLOUD CEILING AT THIRTYFIVE HUNDRED FEET. 3500 C - 130 AIR FORCE C-ONE THREE ZERO, CALL SIGN A FIVE ZERO NINE EIGHT THREE, DISPATCHED FROM HAMILTON AIR FORCE BASE, INTERCEPTED NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE VICINITY REDDING, CALIF., ZERO FIVE FIVE 9:54 FOUR ZULU AT NINE FIFTYFOUR PST, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, LAST. RADAR AND RADIO CONTROL OF NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE 10:32 TURNED OVER TO RENO APPROACH CONTROL ZERO SIX THREE TWO ZULU, TEN THIRTYTWO PST BY OAKLAND CENTER. ANY FURTHER TRANSMISSIONS FROM AIRCRAFT WOULD HAVE BEEN TAPED BY RENO APPROACH CONTROL. FAA PERSONNEL ADVISED TAPE OF VOICE TRANSMISSIONS FROM NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE CONTAINED NO INFORMATION REGARDING POSSIBLE LOCATION UNSUB EXITED AIRCRAFT WHILE AIRCRAFT UNDER CONTROL OF OAKLAND CENTER.

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3500 C - 130 9:54 10:32

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DB Cooper-1948

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ORIGINAL TAPE OF VOICE TRANSMISSIONS BY THE NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE AND OTHER FACILITIES BEING TRANSCRIBED BY FAA PERSONNEL, TRANSCRIPTIONS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO FBI AT EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE, POSSIBLY NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE OR NOVEMBER THIRTY, NEXT.

LAS VEGAS, AT RENO, CONTACT PERSONNEL RENO APPROACH CONTROL, OBTAIN WRITTEN TRANSCRIPTION OF ALL TRANSMISSIONS FROM NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, FORWARD TO SEATTLE.

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JFK FBI SEATTLE

CLP

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DB Cooper-1949

Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81-176

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