Seattle to Director re drop-zone terrain and weather conditions
Document date 30 November 1971
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Id: Cooper-Part-71:310-311
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-71:310-311 Document: Teletype Seattle to Director re drop-zone terrain and weather conditions Id: Cooper-Part-71:310-311 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-71%3A310-311 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 71 pp. 310–311 (DB Cooper-30588–30589), Teletype, dated 30 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-2974 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-71%3A310-311
NR917 SE PLAIN 928 PM NITEL 11/30/71 FEE TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 2P
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREEZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTY-ONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.
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CONTACTS WITH HOSPITALS, CLINICS AND DOCTORS IN CLARK, COWLITZ, LEWIS AND WAHKIAKUM COUNTIES MADE, NEGATIVE RESULTS. AIR SEARCH CONDUCTED TODAY UTILIZING ONE HELICOPTER IN AREA TWENTY BY TWENTY MILES, NOTHING SIGNIFICANT SIGHTED. GROUND SEARCH CONDUCTED, NEGATIVE. PORTLAND ADVISES FOREST SERVICE IS MAKING AVAILABLE A FIXED WING AIRCRAFT AND SEARCH MADE ALONG LINE OF FLIGHT IN MEDFORD, OREGON, AREA. SEARCH WILL EXTENDED SOUTH TO THE OREGON BORDER. IT IS NOTED THAT THE TERRAIN FROM SOUTH OF EUGENE, OREGON, TO RED BLUFF, CALIF. IS MOUNTAINOUS. ARTISTS CONCEPTIONS DISTRIBUTED AT BOEING COMPANY TODAY AND CONTACTS MADE WITH SECURITY SERVICE TO LOCATE POSSIBLE SUSPECTS.
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FOR INFORMATION OF BUREAU, TERRAIN IN SEARCH AREA VARIES FROM A RIDGE LINE WHICH AVERAGES SEVENTEEN HUNDRED FEET AND DENSE WOODS WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY UNDERGROWTH AND FEW CLEARING IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA, TO INTERMITTENT FARM LAND AND CLEARINGS WITH SOME END PAGE ONE
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Sub. O 164-81-2974
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DB Cooper-30588
PAGE TWO SE (164-81)
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STANDS OF DENSE TIMBER IN SOUTHERN PART OF THE AREA. THERE ARE MANY STREAMS AND HILLS AND MUCH OF THE TIMBERLAND IS ALMOST IMPENETRABLE.
WEATHER AT TIME, ACCORDING TO PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WEATHER SERVICES, REFLECTS WINDS AT SEVEN THOUSAND FEET FROM WEST UP TO FORTY KNOTS. CEILING FIVE THOUSAND FEET., MEDIUM TO HEAVY CLOUD COVER AT THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED FEET, OCCASIONAL SIGHTINGS OF THE GROUND AT FIFTEEN HUNDRED FEET. AT GROUND LEVEL A LIGHT MISTY RAIN WAS FALLING WITH WIND VELOCITY TEN TO FIFTEEN KNOTS. IN RESPONSE TO BUREAU INQUIRY TODAY, SEATTLE TELETYPE, NOVE. TWENTY-FOUR CONTAINED ON PAGE SIX INFORMATION CONCERNING "SCUFFLE" BETWEEN SUBJECT AND A PASSENGER. THIS HAS BEEN FURTHER DISCUSSED WITH WITNESS AND THE WORD SCUFFLE WAS INCORREDT. THE WORD SCUFFLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN "HASSLE". THIS RESULTED WHEN [REDACTED]
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CORDR: PAGE TWO LINE THREE SECOND PARA WORD THREE SHD RD THIRTY END
WJM FBI WA ACK TWO TELS
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DB Cooper-30589
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b6 b7C
Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-2974