San Francisco to Director, Las Vegas and Seattle re FAA flow control data and C-130 intercept

Document date 27 November 1971

Part 115pages 16–183 pagesDB Cooper-27830–27832

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Document: Teletype San Francisco to Director, Las Vegas and Seattle re FAA flow control data and C-130 intercept
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 115 pp. 16–18 (DB Cooper-27830–27832), Teletype, dated 27 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-176 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-115%3A016-018

NR 004 SF PLAIN 252PM URGENT 11-27-71 MS TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) LAS VEGAS SEATTLE FROM SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) 3P

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

RE SACRAMENTO TEL TO BUREAU NOVEMBER TWENTYSIX LAST. ARTHUR T. WIBOM, FLOW CONTROLLER, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINIS- TRATION, OAKLAND, AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONZROL 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 TWENTYFOUR, LAST, WHILE AIRCRAFT OVER V O R (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 KNOTTS END PAGE ONE

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Sub. F. 164-81-176 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED......FILED...... NOV 27 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-27830

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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.

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 FOUR ZULU AT NINE FIFTYFOUR PST, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, LAST.

RADAR AND RADIO CONTROL OF NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE 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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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

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DB Cooper-27832

Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81-176, SF 164-220

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