Director to SAC Seattle re missing-person index card review, NORJACK
Document date 11 April 1977
Also filed at: Part 39 pp. 392–397
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-39:300-305 Document: Airtel Director to SAC Seattle re missing-person index card review, NORJACK Id: Cooper-Part-39:300-305 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-39%3A300-305 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 39 pp. 300–305 (DB Cooper-1549, DB Cooper-15486, DB Cooper-15487, DB Cooper-15488, DB Cooper-15489, DB Cooper-15491), Airtel, dated 11 Apr 1977, serial SE 164-81-74945 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-39%3A300-305
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TRANSMIT VIA: Airtel PRECEDENCE: ______ CLASSIFICATION: ______ DATE: 4/11/77 ---------------------------------------------------------------
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To: SAC, Seattle (164-81) From: Director, FBI (164-2111)
NORJACK OO: SEATTLE
ReButelcal to Seattle 3/30/77.
Enclosed for Seattle are Xerox copies of missing person index cards which generally fit the description of captioned unsub.
In connection with captioned investigation it was suggested by the Criminal Investigative Division that a manual search of the missing persons indices be conducted here at FBIHQ Identification Division. Approximately 5200 cards containing information regarding missing persons were reviewed in an effort to identify logical suspects who were reported as missing at about the time the hijacking occurred. Identification Division personnel were furnished with a composite description of Dan Cooper and as a result the below listed white males were developed as suspects. Each of the individuals were reported as missing during latter 1971 or 1972.
This search was based upon the presumption that unsub may have perished during the jump from the aircraft and that some relative somewhere may have filed a missing person report.
Enclosures - 17
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Su: GG Su: Z
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164-81-74945 SEARCHED .... INDEXED SERIALIZED .... FILED APR 14 [guess: 1977] CI - SEATTLE [box] TV
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FBI/DOJ DB Cooper-15486
Airtel to SAC, Seattle RE: NORJACK
Sixteen of the 21 persons fitting Cooper's description have fingerprint cards on file within the Identification Division and each were compared to the latents developed in captioned matter with negative results.
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1. [REDACTED] Height: 5'8" Weight: 137 [REDACTED] Florida, or Congressman J. Herbert Burke, Washington, D. C.
2. [REDACTED] Height: 6' Weight: 180 Presently Bureau fugitive, Miami Office of Origin
3. [REDACTED] Height: 5'10" [REDACTED] New York Reported as missing November, 1971
4. [REDACTED] Height: 5'11" [REDACTED] Missing since November, 1971 [REDACTED] South Carolina
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b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-15487
Airtel to SAC, Seattle RE: NORJACK
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5. [REDACTED]
Height: 5'11" Weight: 200 [REDACTED] Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Information received at FBIHQ as missing person on 3/16/72
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6. [REDACTED]
Height: 5'6" Weight: 121 Hair: Brown Missing since 1971, however, information not received at FBIHQ until 10/14/75 [REDACTED] Missouri
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7. [REDACTED]
Height: 5'9" Weight: 171 Hair: Brown Eyes: Hazel [REDACTED] Reported as missing since November, 1971 [REDACTED] Ohio
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8. [REDACTED]
Height: 5'11"
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DB Cooper-15488
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Airtel to SAC, Seattle RE: NORJACK
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Weight: 190 Hair: Brown [REDACTED] Missing since 1971, however, information not received until 6/11/73 Contact Senator Strom Thurmond, Washington, D. C.
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9. [REDACTED] Height: 5'8" Weight: 175 Hair: Brown [REDACTED] Missing since 1971, no specific date given [REDACTED] Maryland
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10. [REDACTED] Height: 6'1" Weight: 220 [REDACTED] Missing since 12/5/71 [REDACTED] Missouri [REDACTED]
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11. [REDACTED] Height: 6'3" Weight: 200 Hair: Brown [REDACTED] Date of disappearance unavailable, however, missing person information received at FBIHQ 5/22/72 Contact Congressman Charles E. Bennett, Washington, D. C., Florida Note: Although this individual fits the general description of unsub, it is felt that he may be too old to be the hijacker [REDACTED]
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4 DB Cooper-15489
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b6 b7C
Airtel to SAC, Seattle RE: NORJACK
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The following individuals reported as missing in 1971 or 1972 have since been arrested by law enforcement authorities:
12 - 15.
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[REDACTED] Height: 6'2" Weight: 162 [REDACTED] Missing since 1971, however, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] California
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[REDACTED] Height: 6'1" Weight: 190 [REDACTED] Hair: Brown [REDACTED] California Information was not received until 11/28/72, however, identification files reflect that [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] Height: 5'10" [REDACTED] Missing since 1971 [REDACTED] Massachusetts Identification files reflect that [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] [REDACTED] Pennsylvania Information received at FBIHQ on 7/28/72 Identification files reflect that [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
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5 DB Cooper-1549[0]
Airtel to SAC, Seattle RE: NORJACK
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In addition, Xerox cards of the following six individuals are being furnished to Seattle: [REDACTED — b6, b7C] There is limited information on the Xerox cards which may be beneficial to the office of origin in setting forth leads.
It is suggested that Seattle obtain photographs of the missing persons reported above, either from police departments or through contact with relatives for display to witnesses if similarities are noted. It is also suggested that the artist's conception of Cooper be displayed to the relatives of these individuals to determine if there are any similarities. Advise Bureau of results.
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DB Cooper-15491
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Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-74945