Seattle to Minneapolis re aft air stair placard found in Cowlitz County
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Original title: Teletype Seattle to Minneapolis re Boeing 727 placard found in Cowlitz County
Document date 9 November 1978
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Id: Cooper-Part-43:018-019
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-43:018-019 Document: Teletype Seattle to Minneapolis re aft air stair placard found in Cowlitz County Id: Cooper-Part-43:018-019 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-43%3A018-019 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 43 pp. 18–19 (DB Cooper-17196–17197), Teletype, dated 9 Nov 1978, serial SD 164-91-8163 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-43%3A018-019
FD-36 (Rev. 3-24-77) FBI
TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: XX Teletype [ ] Immediate [ ] TOP SECRET [ ] Facsimile [ ] Priority [ ] SECRET [ ] ________ [X] Routine [ ] CONFIDENTIAL [ ] E F T O XX CLEAR Date 11/9/78
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NORJAK (A), OO: SEATTLE.
ON NOVEMBER 8, 1978, COWLITZ COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, KELSO, WASHINGTON, PROVIDED A PHOTOGRAPH OF A PORTION OF A DECAL FOUND BY AN INDIVIDUAL APPROXIMATELY TWELVE MILES DUE EAST OF CASTLE ROCK, WASHINGTON, IN A REMOTE AREA. THIS DECAL, WHICH WAS MADE OF WHITE PLASTIC WITH DARK RED LETTERING, WAS TORN BUT READ "...URGENCY..IT HANDLE, AFT AIR STAIR, TO OPERATE, ACCESS DOOR, PULL ON RE...,...DOE. LOCK WIRE WILL BRE..,...EGN HANDLE IS PULLED". AT THE BOTTOM WERE THE LETTERS AND NUMBERS BAC27DPA.
IN AN UNRELATED INCIDENT, APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH AGO, ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL REPORTED A PARACHUTE IN A TREE. THE AREA WHERE THE PARACHUTE WAS REPORTED WAS WITHIN TWO TO THREE MILES OF THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED DETAIL. CONTACT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL'S WIFE
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Approved: [signature] P8M/[illegible] Transmitted ________ 23502 Per [illegible] (Number) (Time) 164-91-8163
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DB Cooper-17196 FBI/DOJ
FD-36 (Rev. 3-24-77) FBI
TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☐ ____________ ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ E F T O ☐ CLEAR Date ____________
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REVEALED THE PARACHUTE HE ALLEGEDLY SAW WAS WHITE IN COLOR.
MINNEAPOLIS AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. WILL IMMEDIATELY CONTACT NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES AND DETERMINE IF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED COULD HAVE COME FROM THE TYPE OF AIRCRAFT USED BY COOPER. IF SO, WILL ASCERTAIN IF THE DECAL COULD HAVE COME FROM HIS AIRCRAFT. SUTEL RESULTS.
SEATTLE AT KELSO, WASHINGTON. WILL MAKE ATTEMPTS TO RECOVER THE PARACHUTE ALLEGEDLY SEEN AND THEREAFTER DETERMINE WHERE IT CAME FROM.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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Approved: ____________ Transmitted ____________ Per ____________ (Number) (Time) FBI/DOJ DB Cooper-17197
Serials: SD 164-91-8163, SE 164-81