SAC Seattle to SAC Alexandria re possible miscalculation of NORJAK search area
Document date 23 January 1973
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-29:378-380 Document: Airtel SAC Seattle to SAC Alexandria re possible miscalculation of NORJAK search area Id: Cooper-Part-29:378-380 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-29%3A378-380 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 29 pp. 378–380 (DB Cooper-10471–10473), Airtel, dated 23 Jan 1973, serial SE 164-81-4052 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-29%3A378-380
1/23/73
AIRTEL AIR MAIL
TO: SAC, ALEXANDRIA (164-72)
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE
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An extensive search involving numerous FBI and military personnel was conducted of the area computed to be the most probable area that UNSUB parachuted into on 11/24/71. The results of this search were negative.
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On the night of NORJAK, a jet airliner flew over the home [REDACTED] Washington at an altitude of 5,000 feet. [REDACTED] home is considerably east of the search area and if the jet airliner that flew over his home was the hijacked Boeing 727 this would indicate an error was made in the calculation of the search area.
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The search area was calculated by [REDACTED] Northwest Orient Airlines employee and by [REDACTED] McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, Washington.
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Attempts are being made to contact [REDACTED] by the Seattle Division to recalculate the search area with him.
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On 1/12/73 [REDACTED] McChord Air Force Base, advised [REDACTED] has been transferred to the Far East. [REDACTED] further advised that he is in possession of the Radar Data and calculations used by [REDACTED] to estimate UNSUB's drop area. [REDACTED] advised he could not make this information available to the FBI personnel without the prior approval of the National Military Command Center.
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2 - Alexandria 2 - Seattle RHN/rse (4) RHN
Searched ___ Serialized ___ Indexed ___ Filed ___
DB Cooper-10471 4352 164-81- [illegible]
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b6 b7C
SE 164-81
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LEADS
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ALEXANDRIA At Alexandria, Virginia
Will contact the National Military Command Center and obtain approval for [REDACTED] to make available the above described data and calculations to the Seattle Division of the FBI. It is pointed out that no Department of Defense Funds are involved.
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ARMED AND DANGEROUS
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b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-10472
1/23/73
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AIRTEL AIR MAIL
TO: SAC, ALEXANDRIA (164-72)
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE
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An extensive search involving numerous FBI and military personnel was conducted of the area computed to be the most probable area that UNSUB parachuted into on 11/24/71. The results of this search were negative.
On the night of NORJAK, a jet airliner flew over the home of [REDACTED] Washington at an b6 altitude of 5,000 feet. [REDACTED] home is considerably east b7C of the search area and if the jet airliner that flew over his home was the hijacked Boeing 727 this would indicate an error was made in the calculation of the search area.
The search area was calculated by [REDACTED] b6 Northwest Orient Airlines employee and by [REDACTED] b7C [REDACTED] McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, Washington.
Attempts are being made to contact [REDACTED] b6 by the Seattle Division to recalculate the search area with b7C him.
On 1/12/73 [REDACTED] McChord Airforce Base, advised [REDACTED] has been transferred b6 to the Far East. [REDACTED] further advised that he is in b7C possession of the Radar Data and calculations used by [REDACTED] [REDACTED] to estimate UNSUB's drop area. [REDACTED] advised he could not make this information available to the FBI personnel without the prior approval of the National Military Command Center.
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2 - Alexandria (2)- Seattle RMN/rse (4)
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DB Cooper-10473 4352 164-81-4052
Serials: AX 164-72, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-4052