Sacramento to Seattle and Butte re SR-71 overflight of suspected landing area
Document date 17 February 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-22:230-231 Document: Teletype Sacramento to Seattle and Butte re SR-71 overflight of suspected landing area Id: Cooper-Part-22:230-231 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-22%3A230-231 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 22 pp. 230–231 (DB Cooper-6571–6572), Teletype, dated 17 Feb 1972, serial SE 164-81-8028 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-22%3A230-231
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NR 04 SC CODE 3:30 PM URGENT 2/17/72 VLS TO SEATTLE (164-81) BUTTE FROM SACRAMENTO (164-50) 2P
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RE SACRAMENTO TEL, FEB. TEN, LAST. SR-71 PHOTOGRAPHIC OVERFLIGHT USING SR-SEVENTY ONE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED BY BEALE AFB PERSONNEL FEB. FOUR AND ELEVEN, LAST, AND AGAIN TODAY. ON ALL THREE FLIGHTS, NO PHOTOS OBTAINED DUE TO LIMITED VISIBILITY FROM VERY HIGH ALTITUDE.
TODAY [REDACTED] SR-SEVENTY ONE FLIGHTS FROM BEALE AFB, ADVISED EACH SUCH FLIGHT REQUIRES MINIMUM OF ONE WEEK ADVANCE CLEARANCE WITH FAA DUE TO SONIC BOOM PROBLEM, SPECIALIZED COMPUTER PROGRAMMING OF AIRCRAFT, FILING OF FLIGHT PLAN AND COMPLIANCE WITH FAA REQUIREMENTS. ACCORDINGLY, WEATHER ON FLIGHT DATE CANNOT BE ACCURATELY PREDICTED. HE STATED NO FUTURE FLIGHTS OVER SPECIFIC AREA WHERE HIJACKER THIS CASE POSSIBLY EXITED IN SOUTHER WASHINGTON ABLE TO BE PRESENTLY SCHEDULED SINCE SR- SEVENTY ONE OTHERWISE COMMITTED FOR MILITARY MISSIONS N[obscured by stamp] MONTHS. END PAGE ONE
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164-81-8028 SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED FEB 18 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-6571
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SC 164-50 PAGE TWO
[REDACTED] SUGGESTED BUREAU REQUEST OVERFLIGHT BE CONDUCTED THROUGH MOUNTAIN HOME, IDAHO AFB, WHICH HAS F FOUR-C JET AIRCRAFT CAPABLE OF LOW ALTITUDE PHOTOGRAPHY. THESE AIRCRAFT ABLE TO PERFORM FLIGHT ON SHORT NOTICE AND WILL PROVIDE HIGH RESOLUTION RESULTS.
SEATTLE CONSIDER REQUEST FLIGHT BE DONE BY MOUTAIN HOME, IDAHO AFB THROUGH BUTTE OFFICE OR ARRANGE FOR SAME THROUGH PRIVATE AERIAL SURVEY FIRM DUE TO LIMITED AREA TO BE SEARCHED. ARMED AND DANGEROUS. END
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DB Cooper-6572
Serials: SC 164-50, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8028