SAC Seattle to SAC Baltimore re NORJAK enclosing four composite sketches, with Baltimore lead
Document date 22 January 1980
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-43:114-116 Document: Airtel SAC Seattle to SAC Baltimore re NORJAK enclosing four composite sketches, with Baltimore lead Id: Cooper-Part-43:114-116 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-43%3A114-116 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. 114–116 (DB Cooper-17312–17314), Airtel, dated 22 Jan 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-43%3A114-116
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-79) FBI
TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: [ ] Teletype [ ] Immediate [ ] TOP SECRET [ ] Facsimile [ ] Priority [ ] SECRET XX Airtel [ ] Routine [ ] CONFIDENTIAL [ ] UNCLAS E F T O [ ] UNCLAS Date 1/22/80
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TO : SAC, BALTIMORE
FROM : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK CAA - HIJACK (A) OO: SEATTLE BUFILE 164-2111
Re Portland airtel to Seattle, dated October 29, 1979.
Enclosed are four (4) artist's composites, two black and white, and two color, depicting the NORJAK UNSUB with and without glasses.
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The Crime
On November 24, 1971, a lone white male boarded Northwest Orient Flight Number 305 at Portland, Oregon. At approximately 3:22 p.m., while the flight was en route to Seattle, Washington, he indicated to the stewardess that his briefcase contained a bomb which would blow up the plane unless his demands were met.
The hijacker demanded $200,000 and four (4) parachutes in exchange for the safety of the 36 passengers aboard the plane. When the aircraft landed at Seattle, Northwest Orient Airlines complied with his instructions. After he received the parachutes and money, the hijacker allowed all passengers and the two airline stewardesses to deplane.
He then ordered the remaining crew members into the first-class section of the aircraft and informed them he desired
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- 2 - Baltimore (Encl 4) ( 2)- Seattle (164-81) JKM/jcb. (4) AC.e
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[guess: Searched] ______ Serialized ______ [guess: Indexed] ______ Filed ______
16-1 - 51 - 8200 DB Cooper-17312
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b6 b7C
SE 164-81
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to fly to Mexico City. The hijacker instructed that the plane proceed in a southerly direction and fly at a low altitude and slow speed which would enable the rear door of the plane to be opened during the flight.
The hijacker apparently bailed out somewhere between Seattle, Washington, and Reno, Nevada, where the plane landed to refuel. It was determined the hijacker, two parachutes and the ransom money had disappeared when the plane was inspected at Reno, Nevada.
Artist conception drawings of the aircraft hijacker were prepared by the FBI Exhibit Section and are considered a reasonable likeness. The black and white composite was prepared initially and sometime later, the color composite was prepared to depict the hijacker's complexion and age more graphically.
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The hijacker is described as follows:
Race: White Sex: Male Age: Mid 40's Height: 5'10" to 6' Weight: 170 to 180 pounds Complexion: Olive, Latin appearance, medium smooth Hair: Dark brown or black, parted on the left, combed back Eyes: Possibly brown; during later part of flight the hijacker put on dark wrap-around sunglasses with dark rims Voice: Low, spoke intelligently, no particular accent Characteristics: Smoked Raleigh filter-type cigarettes Wearing Apparel: Black or brown suit; narrow black tie (clip on type); black dress suit; black rain-type overcoat or dark top coat; dark briefcase or attache case; carried a paper bag - 4 x 14 x 14"; brown shoes Remarks: Very polite at all times
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ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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DB Cooper-17313
SE 164-81
Seattle Division files reflect that a [REDACTED b6/b7C] has not been eliminated as possibly being identical to subject.
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LEADS:
BALTIMORE DIVISION
At Newark, Delaware
Will conduct appropriate investigation to determine if [REDACTED b6/b7C] is identical with subject.
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DB Cooper-17314
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