Letterhead memorandum Portland re possible link between Qantas 'Mr. Brown' hoax and D.B. Cooper hijacking
Document date 8 December 1971
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 16 pp. 87–88 (DB Cooper-4391–4392), Report, dated 8 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1200 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-16%3A087-088
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
In Reply, Please Refer to File No.
Portland, Oregon December 8, 1971
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UNKNOWN SUBJECT, also known as Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland to Seattle, November 24, 1971
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"The Daily Telegraph", a London, England, newspaper, contained an article on May 28, 1971, on Page 4, describing a plot by an unknown subject using the name "Mr. Brown". This individual hoaxed the Qantas Airline at the Sydney International Airport, apparently in Australia, into paying 235,000 pounds ransom money after a bomb threat. The aircraft involved was a Boeing 707 Airliner. "Mr. Brown" is not described in the article, but an "Identikit" picture of him bears a resemblance to an artist's sketch of an unknown subject who hijacked an airliner between Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, on November 24, 1971, and extorted $200,000 from Northwest Orient Airlines. This individual is described as white male, 6'1" tall, 170-175 pounds, age-mid-forties, olive complexion, brown eyes, black hair, conventional cut, parted on left; slender build.
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164-81-1200 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED /\ FILED /\ DEC 1 5 1971 FBI — SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-4391
LEADS
Will obtain disposition of the case relating to "Mr. Brown" and the Qantas Airline in May, 1971.
Will obtain description of "Mr. Brown".
Will attempt to determine if "Mr. Brown" could have been in the United States, particularly in the Seattle, Washington, Portland, Oregon, region during November, 1971. The Northwest Orient Airlines hijacking took place on November 24, 1971.
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DB Cooper-4392
Serials: SE 164-81-1200