Urgent teletype SAC Seattle re search area terrain along Columbia River

Document date 29 November 1971

Part 15pages 330–3312 pagesDB Cooper-4213–4214

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-15:330-331

Document: Urgent teletype SAC Seattle re search area terrain along Columbia River
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 15 pp. 330–331 (DB Cooper-4213–4214), Teletype, dated 29 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-1102 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-15%3A330-331

FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

FBI Date: 11/29/71

Transmit the following in _________ (Type in plaintext or code) Via TELETYPE URGENT (Priority)

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[guess: sub. U.] [guess: Webster] C.C. - PAPACH US sub. D

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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) SAC, CINCINNATI [strikethrough corrected to] Connecticut

FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO SEATTLE.

CINCINNATI REQUESTED TO CONTACT [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] b7C b7D [REDACTED] AND DETERMINE FROM HIM IF PERSON PARA- CHUTING FROM PLANE UNDER FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD SUFFER ANY BODILY DAMAGE IN JUMP OR UPON IMPACT, USING PARACHUTE WITH NO GUILDING CAPABILITIES.

UNSUB DEPARTED FROM REAR DOOR OF BOEING SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN WHILE PLANE WAS TRAVELING AT ESTIMATED SPEED OF ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY KNOTS. AT ALTITUDE TEN THOUSAND FEET, OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE TWENTY DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, GROUND TEMPERATURE FORTYTWO DEGREES, WEATHER SCATTERED CLOUDS TO FIFTEEN HUNDRED , BROKEN CLOUDS TO TWENTYSEVEN HUNDRED OVERCAST FIVE THOUSAND. GROUND VISIBILITY SEVEN MILES AND RAIN SHOWERS. AREA CONSISTS OF MOUNTAINS, TIMBER, BRUSH, SMALL

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[handwritten] 164-81- 1102 JEM:eon (1) Approved: ________ Special Agent in Charge Sent [stamp] 7 [guess: PM] Per ____ DB Cooper-4213

FD-36 (Rev. 3-22-64)

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Transmit the following in _______________ (Type in plaintext or code) Via _______________ (Priority) ----------------------------------------------

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INTERMITTENT CLEARINGS, COLUMBIA AND SMALLER RIVERS, LAKES.

UNSUB BELIEVED TO BE WEARING WHITE SHIRT, DARK BROWN SUIT, BROWN SHOES, BLACK RAIN TYPE OVERCOAT, NO HAT.

[REDACTED] AWAITING CONTACT BY CINCINNATI DIVISION. INTERVIEW TODAY AND SUTEL BUREAU AND SEATTLE.

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b6 b7C b7D

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Approved: _______________ Sent _______________ M Per _______________ Special Agent in Charge DB Cooper-4214

Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1102