Handwritten citizen letter to FBI Seattle suggesting aircraft cabin and curtain anti-hijacking modifications
Document date December 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-69:021-024 Document: Handwritten citizen letter to FBI Seattle suggesting aircraft cabin and curtain anti-hijacking modifications Id: Cooper-Part-69:021-024 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-69%3A021-024 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 69 pp. 21–24 (DB Cooper-29216, DB Cooper-29218, DB Cooper-29219), Letter, dated Dec 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-69%3A021-024
Forks, Wash. Oct 12, 1972
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Federal Bureau of Investigation Seattle; Wash
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Dear Sirs: 164-81 I [guess: would] like to get more information on "D.B. Cooper" than is avail- able in the news paper. Such as handwriting specimens, a clear picture, habits, health. I live [REDACTED] [guess: I am convinced] that many persons believe the [guess: person]- [guess: sula] to be such a secluded area it would be a likely place to get "lost" [guess: and] [guess: I would] like to be alert. Sincerely [REDACTED]
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[guess: Sinc.] [illegible] 164-81 - Sub [illegible]
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b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-29216
Dear Sir,
I am suggestively writing to you. About [illegible] airplane hyjacking. I am an imaginative person and I have ideas come to me. I recently sent one to an airline. I am sending this one to you.
I think I see a possible way of altering the [guess: hijacking] arena which could [guess: lead] to [guess: other] possible [guess: methods] of [guess: thwarting]. The way I see it [guess: it] involves a lot of [guess: a] very little labor and material according to the degree of [guess: thwarting] needed.
For [guess: planes] smaller [guess: than] [guess: the] 747, I suggest that the aisle be interrupted with one or maybe two sets of seats be set [guess: up] [guess: consecutive] [guess: per] each.
SEE DRAWING ON BACK
PRESENT ARRANGEMENT [Sketch of airline seating rows in three columns, labeled with letters A, I, S, L, E along the aisle divider. Rows depicted with wavy marks representing seat cushions/backs.]
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ALTERED [Sketch of modified airline seating arrangement, similar layout but with seats rearranged or removed. Letters A, I, S, L, E again appear along the aisle divider.]
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[guess: with] or independently the [guess: most] suggestive innovation may also help. This involves the area between the top of each seatback and on up the ceiling of [guess: plane], [guess: south] [guess: large].
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DB Cooper-29218
2) I suggest a visual block which would be effected by simply a short upward [guess: lashed] curtain.
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[diagram: front view showing a curtain rod with slats/hooks hanging down, labeled 'CURTAIN' and 'SLATS', with arrow pointing to 'CEILING' on right side] [diagram: side view showing ceiling line, curtain, and seats, labeled 'CEILING', 'CURTAIN', 'SEATS', with arrow labeled 'SIDEVIEW']
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[guess: So] you can see what I suggest cuts [guess: down] [guess: much] the [guess: hijackers] can see. Its a line of thought - [guess: suggestive] thought. I have others. Sincerely
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SEARCHED SERIALIZED JAN2 1973
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b6 b7C PUSY PLS FILE [guess: LTR] IN SUB [symbol: ribbon/routing mark] SUB [guess: J] DB Cooper-29219
Serials: SE 164-81