SAC Seattle to Acting Director and SAC Norfolk re equipment carried by Cooper, Langley AFB expert lead
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SAC Seattle to Acting Director and SAC Norfolk re NORJAK background and infrared lead
Document date 1 November 1972
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 65 pp. 364–365 (DB Cooper-27667–27668), Airtel, dated 1 Nov 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-65%3A364-365
11/1/72
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AIRTEL AIRMAIL
TO: ACTING, DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) AND SAC, NORFOLK (164-41)
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK (OO:SE)
The following background information is being provided to the Norfolk Division: Unsub had with him prior to the time he jumped the following:
A. Parachute Back Pack B. Parachute Chest Pack C. Briefcase or attache case D. Dark overcoat E. A 4x12x14 paper bag F. A pair of dark slip-on shoes. G. Wrap around sunglasses with dark rims. H. 10,000 $20 bills.
Since none of the above was found when the plane was searched at Reno, Unsub must have taken them with him, or discarded some of them prior to jumping.
The above-described attache case supposedly con- tained a bomb. It is believed Unsub threw this attache case from the plane prior to his jumping, because of the numerous other items he had to carry. If he did throw it prior to jumping, it would fall almost directly in the path of the aircraft. The 727 air stairs were lowered sometime after 7:42 p.m. and Unsub jumped prior to 8:15 p.m. on November 24, 1971. The plane covered a distance of approximately 87 miles during this time.
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[guess: Sub] [guess: X] [guess: Sub] F [guess: Sub] [guess: G]
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2-Bureau 2-Norfolk [checkmark]-Seattle RNN/rmh (6) [signature]
[stamp] Serialized Indexed Filed
DB Cooper-27667
[handwritten] Sub F. 16 4-8/- 4053
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SE 164-81
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Fort Lewis, Washington, advised on August 22, 1972, that [REDACTED], Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, tele- phone [REDACTED], would be able to provide expert information concerning the feasibility of using high resolution infrared or regular photographic equipment in a low flying aircraft to locate the attache case or any other of the above-described items Unsub may have discarded prior to jumping.
The items could possibly be lodged in thickly wooded, mountainous terrain. The search area would cover a strip of land approximately 87 miles long by one-half mile wide. It has been suggested that infrared photography might possibly indicate non-living material, such as an attache case, in a darker shade than living material, thereby enabling the case to be found using infrared high resolution photography.
Since Unsub possibly discarded the attache case prior to jumping, he could not have buried or hidden it. The case would have dropped directly in the flight path of the plane and could possibly be visible from the air. The length of time Unsub would have to throw the case or any other item is limited to 33 minutes, and therefore the area covered is relatively small when compared to the entire flight path.
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Since NORJAK is the only aircraft hijacking in which the subject has not been identified and apprehended nor the ransom money recovered, the following lead is being set forth as a method of possibly obtaining new evidence that might identify Unsub or indicate his whereabouts:
LEAD
NORFOLK
AT LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, VIRGINIA. Will expeditiously contact [REDACTED] and determine from him the feasibility and cost of conducting the above-described photographic air search.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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DB Cooper-27668
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