Seattle report SE 164-81: investigative sections, ticket purchase, evidence inventory and hijacker description
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The contents of the ash tray used by the subject and a towel removed from the rear of the seat he allegedly occupied, were submitted to the FBI Laboratory on 12/7/71, by the Las Vegas Division.
The Laboratory, by communication dated 12/13/71, advised that no latent fingerprints had been developed as a result of examining the contents of the ash tray.
The Laboratory advised however, that the ash tray contained eight cigarette butts, seven of which are Raleigh 85mm filter tipped cigarettes. The eighth cigarette butt has the same design and composition as Raleigh 85mm cigarettes and accordingly, probably is a Raleigh 85mm filter tipped cigarette. This type of cigarette is sold in a "soft pack."
The FBI Laboratory by communication dated 12/9/71, advised that an examination of the towel submitted by the Las Vegas Office, disclosed a brown head hair clipping and a brown limb hair, both of Caucasian origin. The report continued that the head hair clipping is suitable for significant comparison results, but that the limb hair possesses too few unique microscopic characteristics to be of value for that purpose.
The Laboratory also advised that the hairs obtained from the towel have been mounted on a glass microscopic slide. They suggested that if microscopic comparisons between the head hair clipping and a known head hair sample, were desired, that the glass microscopic slide containing the hair clipping should be resubmitted to the Laboratory by the Las Vegas Office.
The contents of the ash tray, the towel and the microscopic slide were returned by the Laboratory to the Las Vegas Office and are being held by the Las Vegas Division as evidence.
The fingerprint lifts made during the search of the interior of the aircraft in the area where the hijacker was known to have been, such as the rear door, the area around the door, the lavatory door, as well as the seat area, susceptible to dusting, were submitted for fingerprint examination, but no fingerprints of value were found on any of the latents thus obtained.
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AIRPORTS, FLYING CLUBS, FLIGHT SCHOOLS, PARACUTE AND SKYDIVING CLUBS
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On the possibility that subject might have rented an airplane and flown over the area of Southwest Washington or might have chartered a plane for the same purpose, the following investigation was conducted in the State of Washington but failed to identify the subject:
An artist's conception and composite description of subject was exhibited to owners and operators of each flying school, each airfield and airport, each company renting or chartering aircraft, and each skydiving school and club.
Similar inquiry has been conducted at the Portland International Airport and at airports at Aurora and Donald, Oregon in Marion County, Oregon, and is being conducted through- out the remaining portion of the State of Oregon.
All skydiving clubs, parachute clubs and affiliated or related organizations have been and/or are being contacted nationally and subject's composite description and artist's conception is being displayed among the various memberships in an effort to identify subject.
A list of all affiliated clubs of the U. S. Parachute Association for the entire United States as well as an index of the members of the affiliated clubs for the states of California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho and Arizona have been obtained. This will insure control over this facet of the investigation.
An international skydiving meet was held December 4, 1971 at Abbottsford, B.C., Canada.
Parachutists from the Western United States and Canada participated. Wide distribution of the artist's conception and composite description of subject was made among the participants without effecting any positive ident- ification.
The artist's conception of subject and the following article will be published in the January, 1972 issue of "Parachutists", the monthly bulletin of the U. S. Parachute
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The passenger who boarded Northwest Airline (NWA) Flight #305, at Portland, Oregon, 11/24/71, using the name DAN COOPER, purchased his ticket at Portland International Airport, from [REDACTED] NWA. Information furnished by [REDACTED] is set forth in a section of this report entitled "INTERVIEWS WITH WITNESSES."
"COOPER" paid cash, using a $20 bill to purchase a one way, coach ticket from Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington.
The flight coupon for the above ticket, according to [REDACTED] NWA, Portland, on 12/6/71, was forwarded to NWA Headquarters at Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The ticket was obtained from NWA Headquarters on 12/7/71 and forwarded to the FBI Laboratory that date, for latent fingerprint examination.
On 12/14/71, the FBI Laboratory advised that no latent fingerprints of value were found on the above ticket.
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The following is a list of the physical evidence obtained in this case:
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A. CONTENTS OF ASH TRAY
The ash tray was removed from the seat used by the subject and an examination by the Laboratory, reflects that it contained eight cigarette butts, seven of which were Raleigh 85mm filter tipped cigarettes.
It is noted that Stewardess [REDACTED] described the hijacker as a chain smoker who used Raleigh filter tipped cigarettes. No fingerprints of value from the ash tray were found.
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B. TOWEL FROM BACK OF SEAT
A towel was removed from the back of the seat allegedly used by the hijacker and examination by the Laboratory, disclosed that it contained a head hair clipping and a brown limb hair. The head hair clipping is suitable for significant comparison.
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C. BLACK TIE AND TIE CLIP
A black clip-on tie which contained a tie clip, yellow gold in color, with a round, white pearl in the center, was located in the seat allegedly used by the hijacker. The tie bore the label "Towncraft", a trade- mark of the J.C. Penney, Company. Tie and clip were found on seat 18E and Stewardess [REDACTED] after seeing the tie, said it possibly belonged to the hijacker.
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DESCRIPTION FURNISHED BY STEWARDESS, NWA
Sex: Male Race: White Age: 44 to 46 Height: 5'10" to 6' Weight: 180 to 190 lbs. Eyes: Could not describe. Wore dark rimmed, wrap around glasses with black frames. Hair: Dark brown, parted and combed back. Sideburns partially past the ears. Build: Medium to well built Complexion: Medium to dark. Smooth. Remarks: No accent. No scars, marks or tattoos. Possibly from the West or Mid-West. Very polite. Chain smoker. Used Raleigh filter tip cigarettes. Clothing: Dark topcoat. Dark brown suit, possibly with a thin black stripe; Socks-brown. Shoes- brown, ankle height; pebble grain, -in-a tie-type shoe.
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She noted that the black tie and tie tack found on the plane were possibly the hijackers.
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Serials: SE 164-81