SAC Seattle to SAC Chicago summarizing hijacking and suspect lead
Document date 1 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-12:195-196 Document: Teletype SAC Seattle to SAC Chicago summarizing hijacking and suspect lead Id: Cooper-Part-12:195-196 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-12%3A195-196 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 12 pp. 195–196 (DB Cooper-2342–2343), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-340 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-12%3A195-196
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI Date: 12-1-71 (11/30/71 struck through)
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TO : SAC, CHICAGO FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.
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RE BUREAU FACSIMILE TO CHICAGO AND SEATTLE NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE LAST, PERTAINING TO [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] THREE WITNESSES SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, HAVE VIEWED PHOTO AND INDICATE HE IS NOT THE SUBJECT. IN VIEW OF [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] IN WHICH HE ASKED QUESTIONS OF HOW SLOW THE SEVEN TWO SEVEN WOULD FLY; WHAT DEGREE OF FLAPS WOULD BE NECESSARY TO SLOW IT DOWN; WHAT EFFECT LOWERING THE WHEELS WOULD HAVE ON THE SPEED; WHETHER THE REAR LADDER COULD BE OPENED IN FLIGHT AND ALSO QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT BEING VACATED BY PARACHUTE AND IN VIEW OF THE FACT [REDACTED] HIS COMMENT THAT A PARACHUTE JUMP WOULD BE EASY, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT CHICAGO INTERVIEW [REDACTED]
CHICAGO AT [REDACTED] ILLINOIS. INTERVIEW [REDACTED]
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DJS:klb (1) [guess: fell]
Approved: ________ Special Agent in Charge
Sent 9 [illegible] M Per [initials]
164-81-340
DB Cooper-2342
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
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PAGE TWO
FOR INFORMATION OF CHICAGO, CAPTIONED FLIGHT HIJACKED BY UNSUB NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, AFTER BOARDING FLIGHT FROM PORTLAND TO SEATTLE. ALLOWED PASSENGERS TO DEPLANE AT SEATTLE AND AFTER RECEIVING TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, TOOK OFF IN PLANE WITH CREW CONSISTING OF THREE MALES AND ONE HOSTESS. FURNISHED SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AS TO AIR SPEED, DIRECTION, AND AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH HOSTESS INSTRUCTED PLANE TO LAND AT RENO FOR A NECESSARY REFUELING STOP. INDICATED TO HOSTESS THAT HE WOULD GO TO MEXICO CITY.
FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF MONEY AND WHILE IN AIR, UNSUB APPARENTLY OPENED REAR DOOR OF CAPTIONED PLANE AND DEPRESSED STAIRS. HAD PREVIOUSLY INSTRUCTED PILOT TO FLY WITH HIS LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS DOWN. UNSUB APPARENTLY PARACHUTED FROM PLANE AT AN UNKNOWN TIME FOLLOWING TAKEOFF FROM SEATTLE. CREW OF PLANE STATES THEY TALKED TO HIJACKER VIA THE INTERCOM AT EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM BUT HAD NO FURTHER CONTACT WITH HIM. PLANE LANDED AT RENO, NEVADA, ELEVEN ZERO ONE PM, PST, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, WITH ONLY CREW ABOARD.
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DB Cooper-2343 Approved: _______________ Sent _____________ M Per _______________ Special Agent in Charge
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-340