SA to SAC Seattle re weather conditions and feasibility of the jump, NORJAK
Document date 8 April 1977
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 39 pp. 330–331 (DB Cooper-15518–15519), Memo, dated 8 Apr 1977 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-39%3A330-331
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 JULY 1973 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) DATE: 4/8/77
FROM : SA [REDACTED]
SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE BUFILE 164-2111
RE: SEARCH AREA SUB E WIND AND WEATHER SUB U
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Re memo of SA [REDACTED] dated 3/14/77.
On March 29, 1977, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Washington, home telephone [REDACTED] was contacted at his home and he provided the following information:
[REDACTED] stated he was flying on Continental Flight 306 which originated in Burbank, California, with a stop over in San Jose, California, and another stop in Portland, Oregon, and then the final destination was Seattle, Washington. [REDACTED] stated he landed in Seattle at approximately 5:30 P.M. on November 24, 1971. [REDACTED] advised that it was his recollection that Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 landed at Seattle- Tacoma International Airport at approximately 5:32 P.M. on that same night. [REDACTED] advises estimated time of departure was 6:10 P.M., but he actually left Seattle at about 7:09 P.M. to fly back to Portland, Oregon.
[REDACTED] advised that when he landed at Portland the wind was from 160 degrees at 35 knots and this was approxi- mately 7:49 P.M. During the flight down to Portland, [REDACTED] noticed that his cruising altitude of about 13,000 feet that he was flying into a headwind of about 60 knots. [REDACTED] explained that on the way to Seattle from Portland his ground speed was 480 knots, but on the way back down to Portland his ground speed was only 420 knots. According to [REDACTED] the wind apparently was shifting from approximately 160 to approximately 200 degrees.
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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED ________ FILED APR 8 1977 FBI-SEATTLE
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(A) - Seattle RNN: [REDACTED] (4) [REDACTED] 5010-110
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DB Cooper-15518
SE 164-81
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[REDACTED] stated that the weather was bad and that there was lots of moisture potential even at the altitude that he was flying at. [REDACTED] stated that at lower altitudes it was raining and very cold. [REDACTED] advised that in his opinion if a person were to parachute in such weather with such high winds he would not make a successful parachute jump.
In view of the fact that the information provided by [REDACTED] does not seem to conflict with previous weather information obtained from the National Weather Bureau, no further investigation concerning this aspect of the investigation will be conducted.
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ARMED AND DANGEROUS
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DB Cooper-15519
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