Urgent SECRET teletype Washington Field to Director and Seattle re NORJAK suspect 'THE HERO', hotel and Coast Guard records
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-26:004-021 Document: Urgent SECRET teletype Washington Field to Director and Seattle re NORJAK suspect 'THE HERO', hotel and Coast Guard records Id: Cooper-Part-26:004-021 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-26%3A004-021 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 26 pp. 4–21 (DB Cooper-3130–3147), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-640 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-26%3A004-021
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ALL FBI INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 04-25-2018 BY [redacted]
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NR009 WA CODE 3:20AM 12-4-71 3:07AM 12-4-71 URGENT 12-3-71 MWM
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SUSP: ✓ ✓ " SUB BOEING [guess: TECH] Sub.P " PARACHUTES Sub.D "I
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TO DIRECTOR ALEXANDRIA (MAIL) BUTTE LOS ANGELES MINNEAPOLIS (MAIL) NEWARK NORFOLK (MAIL) PHOENIX (MAIL) RICHMOND (MAIL) SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE
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ALL OFFICES VIA WASHINGTON FROM WASHINGTON FIELD (164-169) (SEVENTEEN PAGES)
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION, OO:SE.
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RE PHOENIX AIRTEL TO SEATTLE NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE LAST; SEATTLE TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND WFO DECEMBER ONE LAST; SAN FRANCISCO TELETYPE TO SEATTLE AND WFO DECEMBER TWO LAST; LOS ANGELES NITEL TO PHOENIX, SEATTLE, AND WFO DECEMBER TWO, LAST; WFO TELEPHONE CALL TO LOS ANGELES DECEMBER THREE INSTANT; NEWARK TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND OTHERS DECEMBER THREE INSTANT. END PAGE ONE
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164-81-640 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED [illegible] DEC 04 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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no [guess: Suspects]
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RE: SUSPECT "THE HERO" REFERRED TO IN REFERENCED LOS ANGELES NITEL TO PHOENIX, SEATTLE, AND WFO, DATED DECEMBER TWO LAST:
TODAY, [REDACTED] SHERATON CARLTON HOTEL, SIXTEENTH AND K STREETS, NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, D.C. (WDC) TELEPHONE NUMBER (AREA CODE [REDACTED] [REDACTED], ADVISED SUITE [REDACTED] WHICH INCLUDES ROOMS [REDACTED]
HOTEL RECORDS DISCLOSED THAT ON NOVEMBER TWENTY SEVEN LAST, [REDACTED] END PAGE FOUR
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DB Cooper-3133
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[REDACTED] SPRINGFIELD", STATE NOT LISTED, RECIEVED CONFIRMATION OF RESERVATIONS FOR TWO NIGHTS STAY BEGINING ON SAME DATE. RECORDS FURTHER REFLECTED THAT [REDACTED] CHECKED IN HOTEL AND REGISTERED IN SUITE [REDACTED], NOVEMBER TWENTYSEVEN LAST. AT TIME OF REGISTRATION, [REDACTED] LISTED HOME ADDRESS AS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] INDIANA, AND REFLECTED HIS EMPLOYMENT AS [REDACTED] NO ADDRESS LISTED.
FURTHER REVIEW OF HOTEL RECORDS DISCLOSED THAT ON NOVEMBER TWENTY EIGHT LAST, [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] REPRESENTING [REDACTED] CHECKED IN HOTEL AT [REDACTED] AND REGISTERED IN SUITE [REDACTED] FOR TWO NIGHTS STAY. FROM HOTEL RECORDS IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE AFORMENTIONED [REDACTED] WAS ORIGINALLY REGISTERED IN ROOM [REDACTED] AND SUBSEQUENTLY MOVED TO SUITE [REDACTED] UPON [REDACTED] ARRIVAL. END PAGE FIVE
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RECORDS ALSO REVEAL (FIRST NAME UNKNOWN (FNU)) [REDACTED] JOINED [REDACTED] IN SUITE [REDACTED] ON DECEMBER TWO LAST BUT THAT [REDACTED] MOVED INTO SUITE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FROM ANOTHER ROOM WHICH HE INITIALLY OCCUPIED ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. IN THIS REGARD, HOTEL RECORDS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE BUT ARE BEING LOCATED BY [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
ACCORDING TO [REDACTED] SUITE [REDACTED] WAS ALSO OCCUPIED BY ANOTHER UNKNOWN WHITE MALE AMERICAN, DESCRIBED AS "DEAN MARTIN" TYPE, SIX FEET, ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY POUNDS, WHITE HAIR, WHO SPOKE WITH A TEXAS ACCENT AND WHO ALWAYS WORE SWEATER AND SLACKS AND PRESENTED SUAVE APPEARANCE.
[REDACTED] PROVIDED FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION CONCERNING OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN SUITE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] BUT UNABLE TO POSITIVELY ASSOCIATE NAMES WITH DESCRIPTIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF [REDACTED]
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WFO 164-169 PAGE SEVEN
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INDIVIDUAL BELIEVED TO BE [REDACTED] - WHITE MALE AMERICAN, SIXTY YEARS OLD, FIVE FEET TEN INCHES TALL, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE POUNDS, NO FURTHER DESCRIPTION. [REDACTED] CHARACTERIZED BOTH [REDACTED] AS "NON DESCRIPT AND PLAIN LOOKING" AND BELIEVES THAT OTHER INDIVIDUALS MAY HAVE REFERRED TO [REDACTED] AS [REDACTED]
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(FNU) [REDACTED] DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE AMERICAN, FIVE FEET TEN INCHES TALL, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE POUNDS, WITH GRAY HAIR THIN AND BALDING, HAS SLIGHT BUILD.
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LAST UNKNOWN MALE DESCRIBED AS WHITE AMERICAN, SIX FEET THREE INCHES TALL, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY POUNDS, HEAVY BUILD, ROUND FACE, WEARING BUSINESS SUITE BUT AS HAVING APPEARANCE OF TRUCK DRIVER.
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HOTEL RECORDS ALSO REFLECT ALL OF ABOVE INDIVIDUALS DEPARTED HOTEL TWELVE FIFTY P.M. INSTANT FOR UNDISCLOSED END PAGE SEVEN
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WFO 164-169 PAGE EIGHT DESTINATIONS. METHOD OF TRAVEL UNKNOWN. / REVIEW OF LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE CALLS FROM SUITE [REDACTED] REVEAL TWO CALLS AS FOLLOWS: EIGHT TWENTY TWO P.M. NOVEMBER TWENTY EIGHT LAST, [REDACTED] RETURNED PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED CALL TO TELEPHONE NUMBER (AREA CODE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND CONVERSATION WAS TEN MINUTES DURATION. TELEPHONE DIRECTORY REFLECTS AREA CODE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AREA. AT TEN TEN P.M. NOVEMBER TWENTY EIGHT LAST, [REDACTED] MADE TELEPHONE CALL TO (AREA CODE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FOR TWENTY ONE MINUTES DURATION. TELEPHONE DIRECTORY REFLECTS AREA CODE [REDACTED] COVERS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. UPON CHECKING OUT OF HOTEL TODAY, [REDACTED] PAID BY CHECK IN AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX DOLLARS AND NINETY FOUR CENTS DRAWN ON [REDACTED] INDIANA. [REDACTED] PERSONALIZED CHECK REFLECTED [REDACTED] END PAGE EIGHT
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WFO 164-169 PAGE NINE
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[REDACTED] ACCOUNT NUMBER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] PAID REMAINDER OF BILL WHICH TOTALED EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY SIX DOLLARS AND SIXTY FOUR CENTS, IN CASH CONSISTING MAINLY OF FIFTY AND ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS.
[REDACTED] TOTAL BILL AMOUNTED TO TWO HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT DOLLARS AND TEN CENTS, WHICH HE PAID IN CASH WITH FIFTY AND ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS.
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REVIEW BY WFO OF CASH DRAWERS AT HOTEL CONTAINING RECENTLY RECEIVED TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS FAILED TO DISCLOSE ANY IDENTICAL TO LIST OF RANSOM BILLS PAID IN CAPTIONED MATTER. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WFO BUREAU AGENT ARRIVED AT HOTEL TWENTY MINUTES SUBSEQUENT TO DEPARTURE OF ABOVE DESCRIBED INDIVIDUALS.
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[REDACTED] ADDITIONALLY ADVISED THAT ON DECEMBER ONE LAST, SUITE [REDACTED] WAS BURGLARIZED AND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS CASH STOLEN FROM AFOREMENTIONED [REDACTED]
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WFO 164-169 PAGE TEN
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A CHECK WITH METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, WDC, DISCLOSED THAT SOMETIME BETWEEN ONE OCLOCK A.M. AND EIGHT OCLCOK A.M., DECEMBER ONE LAST, SUITE [REDACTED] WAS BURGLARIZED AND THREE ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS AND TEN TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS WERE TAKEN FROM WALLET WHICH WAS THE PROPERTY OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WHITE MALE, DATE OF BIRTH [REDACTED] [REDACTED] RESIDING [REDACTED] FORT WORTH, TEXAS, TELEPHONE NUMBER (AREA CODE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] EMPLOYMENT IS LISTED ON POLICE REPORT AS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
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SEARCH OF SUITE [REDACTED] BY BUREAU AGENT REVEALED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: NUMBEROUS WDC NEWSPAPERS FROM WHICH HEADLINES AND OTHER LARGE PRINT HAVE BEEN CLIPPED, SUCH AS, FOOD ADVERTISEMENTS, ETC. FOUR EMPTY BOTTLES WHICH APPARENTLY CONTAINED VARIOUS END PAGE TEN
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WFO 164-169 PAGE ELEVEN HEALTH FOODS, INCLUDING WHEAT GERM. LOCATED IN TRASH BASKETS WERE PIECES OF NOTE ON HOTEL STATIONERY. WHEN PIECED TOGETHER BY BUREAU AGENTS, ONE SIDE OF THE NOTE READ [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] b7C THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NOTE READ [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND BORE TELEPHONE NUMBERS [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] b7C [REDACTED] ALONG WITH NOTATION [REDACTED] OR [REDACTED] NOTE WRITTEN IN GREEN FELT TIP PEN. THE ABOVE NOTE AND OTHER ITEMS WERE PRESERVED FOR POSSIBLE LATENT FINGERPRINT EXAMINATION. ABOVE MENTIONED TELEPHONE NUMBER [REDACTED] b6 DETERMINED TO BE LOCAL WDC NUMBER, SUBSCRIBER UNKNOWN AT b7C THIS TIME. TELEPHONE NUMBER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] NOT LOCAL WDC NUMBER. OTHER NUMBERS INCLUDED IN TRASH WERE: [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] WITH NOTATION b7C [REDACTED] TELEPHONE DIRECTORY REFLECTS AREA CODE [REDACTED] END PAGE ELEVEN
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WFO 164-169 PAGE TWELVE
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[REDACTED] MARYLAND AND IT IS NOTED THAT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] LOCATED IN MARYLAND. ALSO LOCATED IN TRASH WERE NUMBERS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED]
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FURTHER EXAMINATION OF TRASH YIELDED TWO AMERICAN AIRLINES BAGGAGE STUBS FOR FLIGHT THREE THREE EIGHT WITH DESTINATION BALTIMORE. A CHECK WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES RESERVATIONS, WDC, REVEALED FLIGHT THREE THREE EIGHT IS DAILY FLIGHT ORIGINATING AT TULSA, OKLAHOMA WITH STOPS IN OKLAHOMA CITY, DALLAS, BALTIMORE, AND NEWARK.
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AS A RESULT OF REFERENCED WFO TELEPHONE CALL TO LOS ANGELES DECEMBER THREE INSTANT, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE FOREGOING INFORMATION SHOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH LA SOURCE PRIOR TO INITIATING ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION IN OTHER DIVISIONS. ADDITIONAL LEADS CONCERNING THIS INFORMATION ARE BEING LEFT TO THE DISCRETION OF LOS ANGELES AND SEATTLE AND WFO IS HOLDING IN ABEYANCE SUBMISSION OF ITEMS OBTAINED IN HOTEL ROOM TO FBI LAB. END PAGE TWELVE
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WFO 164-169 PAGE TWELVE-A
RE: SUSPECT [redacted]
ON DECEMBER THREE INSTANT, AT UNITED STATES COAST
GUARD HEADQUARTERS, WDC, [redacted] b6 Per USCG REVIEWED THE [redacted] RECORD CONCERNING [redacted] b7C Per USCG
[redacted] BORN [redacted]
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[redacted] WAS ISSUED A UNITED STATES [redacted]
DOCUMENT NUMBER [redacted]
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WFO 64-169 PAGE THIRTEEN
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[REDACTED] AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ENDORSED AS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] HAS HAD ONE HUNDRED THIRTY ONE RECORDED VOYAGES FROM [REDACTED]
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THE FILE CONTAINED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AS OF JANUARY FIFTH, NINETEEN FIFTY THREE: ADDRESS: [REDACTED] MONTANA; NEXT OF KIN: [REDACTED] HEIGHT: FIVE FEET ELEVEN INCHES; WEIGHT: ONE HUNDRED SIXTY; EYES: BROWN; HAIR: BLACK; SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER: [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] WAS ISSUED UNITED STATES [REDACTED] DOCUMENTS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ON [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SURRENDERED ABOVE DOCUMENT BEARING SPECIAL END PAGE THIRTEEN
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WFO 164-169 PAGE FOURTEEN VALIDATED STAMP. NEW [REDACTED] ISSUED ACCORDINGLY. LICENSED AS [REDACTED] AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA ON [REDACTED] [REDACTED] LICENSE NUMBER [REDACTED] THE FILE CONTAINED NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
ON DECEMBER ONE LAST A SEARCH WAS MADE AT THE [REDACTED] UNITED STATES COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS AND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED:
ON OCTOBER TWENTY ONE, LAST [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SEATTLE, WASHINGTON OF WHICH [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] BOUND FROM THE PORT OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ONE OR MORE PORTS IN THE FAR EAST, EITHER DIRECT OR VIA ONE OR MORE PACIFIC COAST PORTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA INCLUDING ALASKA AND SUCH OTHER PORTS AND PLACES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE MASTER MAY DIRECT, AND BACK TO A FINAL PACIFIC COAST PORT OF DISCHARGE IN THE END PAGE FOURTEEN
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WFO 164-169 PAGE FIFTEEN CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, FOR A TERM OF TIME NOT EXCEEDING NINE CALENDAR MONTHS." [REDACTED] SIGNED OFF THE [REDACTED] LAST. [REDACTED] b6 Per USCG b7C Per USCG LISTS HIS NEXT OF KIN AS [REDACTED] THE RECORDS CONTAIN NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. WFO SENDING FACSIMILE PHOTOGRAPH OF [REDACTED] TO b6 SEATTLE WITH THIS COMMUNICATION. b7C RE: SUSPECT [REDACTED] INVESTIGATION AT CENTRAL OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE (INS), WDC, DISCLOSED INS FILE b6 Per USCIS [REDACTED] CONCERNS [REDACTED] AND FILE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] . BOTH FILES ARE CURRENTLY CHARGED OUT TO INS, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. BASED ON AVAILABLE INFORMATION, NO RECORD LOCATED AT PASSPORT OFFICE, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE (USDS), END PAGE FIFTEEN
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WFO 164-169 PAGE SIXTEEN WDC, IDENTIFIABLE WITH [REDACTED] DATE OF BIRTH [REDACTED]
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LOS ANGELES AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. WILL CONTACT [REDACTED] RE INFORMATION CONCERNING SUSPECT "THE HERO."
NEWARK AT NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. WILL CONTACT INS' AND REVIEW INS FILES [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] PERTAINING TO [REDACTED] RESPECTIVELY.
SAN DIEGO, AT IMPERIAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA. WILL CONTACT [REDACTED] AND DETERMINE CURRENT WHEREABOUTS OF [REDACTED] SUSPECT [REDACTED]
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WFO 164-169 PAGE SEVENTEEN
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WFO CONTINUING INVESTIGATION.
UNSUB CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. P.
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CORRECTION: PAGE FIFTEEN LINE TWELVE FROM TOP OF PAGE WORD [REDACTED - b6, b7C] SHOULD READ [REDACTED - b6, b7C] P END
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Serials: SE 164-81-640, WF 164-169