Nitel Butte to Seattle and Portland re NORJAK suspect, retired airline pilot in Montana

Document date 9 February 1973

Part 30pages 17–182 pagesDB Cooper-10600–10601

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-30:017-018

Document: Nitel Butte to Seattle and Portland re NORJAK suspect, retired airline pilot in Montana
Id: Cooper-Part-30:017-018
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-30%3A017-018

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 30 pp. 17–18 (DB Cooper-10600–10601), Teletype, dated 9 Feb 1973, serial SE 164-81-4408 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-30%3A017-018

NR 007 BT PLAIN 7:35 PM NITEL 2/9/73 TDS TO SEATTLE (164-81) PORTLAND (164-41) FROM BUTTE (164-26) (P)

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[REDACTED — b6, b7C]

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NORJACK OO:SE.

RE - [REDACTED — b6, b7C] RE SEATTLE NITEL TO BUTTE, 2/5/73.

ON 2/9/73, [REDACTED] MONTANA, ADVISED THAT [REDACTED] WAS AT ONE TIME A PILOT FOR UNITED AIRLINES AND WAS LAST EMPLOYED FOR AN UNKNOWN AIRLINE CARRIER IN FLORIDA. [REDACTED] RECEIVED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CONSISTING OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WHICH CAME FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA. THE NAME ON THE CARTONS WOULD VARY FROM [REDACTED] BUT HIS TELE- PHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, WOULD ALWAYS BE RIGHT.

SUSPECT APPLIED FOR A JOB WITH [REDACTED] AND HIS EMPLOYMENT QUESTIONAIRE WITH ALL OF HIS BACKGROUND SHOULD BE IN [REDACTED] OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. [REDACTED] COULD OFFER NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

END PAGE ONE

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164-81-4408 SEARCHED......SERIALIZED......FILED...... FEB 9 1973

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DB Cooper-10600

PAGE TWO

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[REDACTED] ADVISED ON 2/9/73, HE KNEW THE SUSPECT, [REDACTED] AND STATED HE WAS A RETIRED AIRLINE PILOT AND FOR A HOBBY [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND THE REASON HE WAS LEAVING [REDACTED] MONTANA, WAS BECAUSE HE AD TO TRAVEL [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

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LAST FALL WHEN SUSPECT WAS FISHING ON A MOUNTAIN STREAM NEAR [REDACTED] MONTANA, ANOTHER FISHERMAN CAME ALONG TO FISH NEAR HIM. SUSPECT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] KNEW OF NO OTHER INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO HIM.

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THE CREDIT BUREAU [REDACTED] WAS ALSO NEGATIVE. LEADS ARE BEING LEFT TO THE DISCRETION OF THE OO.

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END QSLA FBI SEATTLE CLR

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DB Cooper-10601

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b6 b7C

Serials: BT 164-26, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-4408