Director to all offices re coordination of NORJAK investigation by Seattle
This copy: Part 115 pp. 22–23Also filed at Part 111 pp. 23–24 (primary)
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Director to Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Las Vegas and Minneapolis re FAA timeline and exit point
Document date 26 November 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-115:022-023 Document: Teletype Director to Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Las Vegas and Minneapolis re FAA timeline and exit point Id: Cooper-Part-115:022-023 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-115%3A022-023 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 115 pp. 22–23 (DB Cooper-27837–27838), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-79 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-115%3A022-023
NR027 WA PLAIN 9:01 PM URGENT 11-26-71 TJT TO SEATTLE PORTLAND SACRAMENTO LAS VEGAS MINNEAPOLIS FROM DIRECTOR (164-2111) 2P
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFIVE SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
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FAA WASHINGTON ADVISES REVIEW OF RECORDINGS OF TRANSMISSIONS FROM FAA CONTROL DURING HIJACKING SHOW THAT APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM SEATTLE, THREE MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MC CHORD AIRFORCE BASE HIJACKER ORDERED STEPS OF AIRCRAFT LOWERED. APPROXIMATELY THIRTEEN MINUTES OUT SPEED OF AIRCRAFT REDUCED FROM ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TO APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED FIFTY KNOTS. AT TWENTYFIVE MINUTES, AIRCRAFT REACHED ALTITUDE OF TEN THOUSAND FEET AND AT THIRTYFIVE MINUTES FAA WASHINGTON SUGGESTED HIGH PERFORMANCE CLIMB. ABOVE INFO FURNISHED FOR COMPARISON WITH DATA YOUR AREAS. EACH FIELD DIVISION INSURE ALL TAPES OF RADIO TRANSMISSIONS AND ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS BE REVIEWED FOR ANY DATA WHICH MAY GIVE SPECIFIC INFO RE AREA EXITED PLANE. MINNEAPOLIS CONDUCT SIMILAR INQUIRY NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES MONITORS. END PAGE ONE
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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ NOV 26 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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[illegible] 170 150 10,000 [guess: feet] 164-81-79
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DB Cooper-27837
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SEATTLE COORDINATE INVESTIGATION AND SUBMIT DAILY TELETYPE SUMMARIES OF INVESTIGATION. ALL LEADS SHOULD BE SENT TELEPHONICALLY, CONFIRMED BY TELETYPE AND INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED ON IMMEDIATE BASIS. KEEP BUREAU INFORMED OF PERTINENT DEVELOPMENTS AS THEY OCCUR. END DCA FBISE CHOLD
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DB Cooper-27838
Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81-79