SAC Seattle to Director and SAC Denver re suspect on United Flight 144 from Vancouver
Document date 9 July 1974
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-34:320-321 Document: Teletype SAC Seattle to Director and SAC Denver re suspect on United Flight 144 from Vancouver Id: Cooper-Part-34:320-321 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-34%3A320-321 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 34 pp. 320–321 (DB Cooper-12964–12965), Teletype, dated 9 Jul 1974, serial SE 164-81-6285 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-34%3A320-321
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 7-9-74
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TO DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) and SAC, DENVER (164-98)
FROM SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
NORJAK. OO: SEATTLE.
RE: SEATTLE TEL CALL TO DENVER, JULY 9, 1974
AT 12:15 PM, JULY 9, 1974, FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION, SEATTLE, WA. ADVISED THEY HAD RECEIVED
INFORMATION FROM [REDACTED] SEATTLE TACOMA AIRPORT
POLICE DEPARTMENT, SEATTLE, THAT HE HAD SEEN A PERSON BOARD-
ING CONTINENTAL AIRLINES FLIGHT 988 ON JULY 9, 1974 WHO,
HE THOUGHT, RESEMBLED THE COMPOSITE OF D.B. COOPER. 988 SUSPECT BOARDED CONTINENTAL FLIGHT DESTINED FOR HOUSTON,
TEXAS WITH FIRST STOP AT 3:20 PM AT DENVER, COLORADO. FLIGHT
DEPARTED 12 NOON, with 98 PASSENGERS.
SUSPECT DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, 40-45 YEARS,
6', 160-170 POUNDS, SLENDER BUILD, BLACK RECEDING HAIR,
BALDING TOWARD CENTER OF HEAD. WEARING REDDISH BROWN
BUSINESS SUIT, NO GLASSES. CARRYING AN OLIVE BROWN BRIEFCASE
APPROXIMATELY 12" LONG, 10" HIGH, 6" THICK. [REDACTED] LATER
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CEF:ldk (1)
[handwritten] cell 9-8 (AIAM)
Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge
Sent [stamp/signature]
DB Cooper-12964
☆U.S.Government Printing Office: 1972 — 455-574
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[handwritten in margin] 16 4- 81- 6285 [handwritten near flight number] 988 [handwritten near departure] with 98 PASSENGERS
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PAGE TWO
RECALLED SUSPECT HAD [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
CONTINENTAL AIRLINE REPRESENTATIVE DETERMINED THAT SUSPECT IDENTIFIED AS [REDACTED] WHO ARRIVED SEATTLE ON JULY 9, 1974 ON UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 144 FROM VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA. HE HAD ROUND TRIP TICKET VANCOUVER TO SEATTLE TO HOUSTON WITH SPACE OPEN ON RETURN.
UNITED AIRLINE AT VANCOUVER DETERMINED THAT TICKET AGENT REMEMBERED TICKET TRANSACTION BUT NOTHING OUTSTANDING ABOUT PURCHASER AND NOT A REGULAR CUSTOMER. RECALLED THAT HE USED A CANADIAN CHECK MADE IN U.S. FUNDS. HIS CONTACT WAS TELEPHONE [REDACTED] VANCOUVER, B.C.
DENVER WAS REQUESTED TO ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT SUSPECT IS OR IS NOT IDENTICAL WITH SUBJECT OF CAPTIONED CASE.
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SEATTLE WILL IDENTIFY SUBSCRIBER TO CONTACT TELEPHONE.
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DB Cooper-12965
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Approved: ___________ Sent ___________ M Per ___________ Special Agent in Charge ☆U.S.Government Printing Office: 1972 — 455-574
Serials: 164-2111, DN 164-98, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-6285