SA to SAC Seattle re Sea-Tac Airport Security Police observation of Continental Flight 452 passenger
Document date 12 December 1971
Also filed at: Part 103 pp. 198–199
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-15:371-372 Document: Memo SA to SAC Seattle re Sea-Tac Airport Security Police observation of Continental Flight 452 passenger Id: Cooper-Part-15:371-372 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-15%3A371-372 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 15 pp. 371–372 (DB Cooper-4271–4272), Memo, dated 12 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1131 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-15%3A371-372
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) DATE: 12/12/71
FROM : SA [REDACTED]
SUBJECT: UNSUB: aka Dan Cooper NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305 PORTLAND TO SEATTLE 11/24/71 CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION OO: SEATTLE SEfile 164-81 Bufile 164-2111
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On instant date [REDACTED] Seattle-Tacoma Airport Security Police advised that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] reported that he observed a person preparing to board Continental Airlines Flight 452 that appeared to be identical to the photograph of the hijacker.
[REDACTED] advised that he searched the man who identified himself as [REDACTED] DOB [REDACTED] and found that he was not carrying any weapons and was allowed to continue as his flight was due to leave. The following descriptive data was obtained by [REDACTED]
Height 5'9" Weight 170 Hair brown Olive complexion wearing [REDACTED] full length coat, dark sun glasses, and possibly a brown suit. Occupation- [REDACTED] address-unknown [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] advised that Flight 452 departed Seattle at about 2:30pm and due to arrive in Portland at 3:05pm.
SA [REDACTED] contacted at home and advised that Portland be contacted to have Airport Security at Portland obtain additional descriptive data from [REDACTED] SA [REDACTED] at Portland contacted and advised that he would notify Airport Security at Portland to obtain the additional information from [REDACTED] upon the flight's arrival at Portland. Indices & NCTC negative.
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SEARCHED ... INDEXED ... SERIALIZED ... FILED ... DEC 2 1971 FBI-SEATTLE
Cooper-4271
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
SE164-81
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[REDACTED] At 3:25pm SA [REDACTED] telephonically advised that [REDACTED] had been contacted at the Portland Airport and furnished the following additional data to [REDACTED]
Name [REDACTED] Address [REDACTED]
SSAN [REDACTED] DOB [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] did not appear to be identical to the hijacker according to the photograph or descriptive data that has been furnished.
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DB Cooper-4272
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b6 b7C
Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1131