SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle re NORJACK suspect and Dallas lead
This copy: Part 118 pp. 140–141Also filed at Part 35 pp. 308–309 (primary)
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SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle re TWA pilot's skydiving tip
Document date 3 February 1975
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-118:140-141 Document: Airtel SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle re TWA pilot's skydiving tip Id: Cooper-Part-118:140-141 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-118%3A140-141 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 118 pp. 140–141 (DB Cooper-54225–54226), Airtel, dated 3 Feb 1975, serial SE 164-81-6458 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-118%3A140-141
2/3/75
AIRTEL AIR MAIL
TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJACK OO: SEATTLE
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For the information of Dallas, on 1/31/75, [REDACTED] Mountain View, California, home telephone number [REDACTED], telephonically contacted the Palo Alto Resident Agency and indicated he is a pilot with TWA airlines. [REDACTED] stated while recently [REDACTED] he had a conversation with a TWA [REDACTED], who was previously interviewed by the FBI in connection with the Norjack case, because at the time of Norjack this [REDACTED] [REDACTED], California, and is considered an expert skydiver.
This [REDACTED] who [REDACTED] declined to identify by name, had a theory that D. B. COOPER, who is identified as being the person who pulled off Norjack, could very likely have been an airlines employee. The [REDACTED] deals with airline personnel and would have been in the best position to pull off Norjack, because of their knowledge of weather conditions and the operation of the 727 and 737 aircrafts.
This [REDACTED] feels that [REDACTED] employed by Braniff, [REDACTED] could very likely be the perpetrators of Norjack, for the following reasons:
(1) [REDACTED] is familiar with the operation of the 727 and 737s and is believed to know how t[o] [REDACTED]
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[handwritten: 164-81-6458]
SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ FEB 5 1975 FBI - SEATTLE
DB COOPER-54225
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SF 164-220 MGK:drp
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fly smaller aircraft.
(2) [REDACTED] is considered an expert skydiver.
(3) [REDACTED] would be familiar with weather conditions, noting that Norjack took place in good weather.
(4) [REDACTED] reportedly spent some time in the Seattle area, prior to the time of Norjack.
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LEAD
DALLAS
AT DALLAS, TEXAS: Contact Braniff Airlines and determine if [REDACTED], could be considered possible suspects for Norjack.
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DB COOPER-54226
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-6458, SF 164-220