FD-340 receipt for photographic copy of strip map showing radar tracing of aircraft course, with sectional chart sheets

Document date 30 November 1971

Part 80pages 208–2136 pagesDB Cooper-35046–35051

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Id: Cooper-Part-80:208-213

Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-80:208-213

Document: FD-340 receipt for photographic copy of strip map showing radar tracing of aircraft course, with sectional chart sheets
Id: Cooper-Part-80:208-213
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-80%3A208-213

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 80 pp. 208–213 (DB Cooper-35046–35051), Form, dated 30 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-1A (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-80%3A208-213

FD-340 (REV. 6-24-65)

16 B

File No. 164-81-1A Date Received 11-30-71 From [REDACTED] b6 b7C [ ] Boeing Co. (ADDRESS OF CONTRIBUTOR) [guess: Seattle] [illegible] (CITY AND STATE) By Charles E. Farrell (NAME OF SPECIAL AGENT)

To Be Returned [ ] Yes Receipt given [ ] Yes [X] No [X] No

Description: Photographic copy of a strip map of RADAR tracing of Course of Aircraft.

/ / DB Cooper-35046

[Evidence tag reads:] SE 164-81- [guess: MA] (WD)

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DB Cooper-35047

[Topographic and aeronautical sectional chart showing northern California region around Mt Shasta and Redding area]

Elevation points visible include: 4088, 6470, 7403, 7698, 7194, 7201, 5275, 4530, 6283, 5327, 4930, 5602, 5845, 3570, 6113, 8003, 7704, 6993, 6458, 3843

Airway markings: CORRIDOR W-5702 Altitude limits visible near corridor markings [guess: V-494] [guess: Approach Control]

123° (Joins Mt Shasta) 30' 122°

Bottom legend text: "Detailed airport data and other useful information are printed on the back of this chart."

"Visual Flight Routes through mountain passes"

"Low Altitude Federal Airways are indicated by center line." (Revised) LF/UF [illegible] EED [illegible] VOR/VORTAC [illegible] 092 [illegible]

CONTROLLED AIRSPACE LEGEND Floor 700 feet above surface [illegible] Floors other than 700 feet or 1200 feet above surface: 2000 MSL

Floor 1200 feet above surface [illegible]

Only the controlled and reserved airspace effective below 14,500 feet MSL are shown on this chart.

Scale note (left margin): "is a section of 3 statute miles surface to but not including 1 [illegible] below as noted up to, from or as as above 1 must be on airways while at by other than the Federal [illegible] between points shall be as magnetic, that of two turbo prop so jump service on E55) SCALESET 3:7.1 to 60

refer to back of chart."

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DB Cooper-35048

[Topographic/aeronautical sectional chart of western Oregon centered on the Salem area. The map extends roughly from Corvallis/Eugene area in the south to areas north of Salem. Elevation markers and contour lines are visible throughout.]

Key readable labels and features: - Grid squares labeled NA and NQ - Salem (central-west area) - 8500 MSL (two instances, indicating altitude reference) - 6500 MSL - Multiple elevation numbers: 3423, 3056, 840, 2204, 1247, 1594, 4481, 5678, 4432, 3650, 5858, 2580, 4298, 2620, 4319, 3566, 3122, 3961, 2505, 3807, 4910, 5803, 3692, 4618, 5926, 3625, 4355, 8461, 8003, 8337, 7122, 5750, 4255, etc. - A bold black line runs north-south through the map, roughly following the Willamette Valley corridor from the Salem area southward, appearing to represent a flight path - Various town names, creek names, and geographic features - Oregon state reference visible near top center - Aeronautical notations including MSL (Mean Sea Level) altitude blocks

Bottom right corner: DB Cooper-35049

[Aeronautical sectional chart covering the region from Portland, Oregon (bottom center) northward to Tacoma, Washington (top center). A bold black flight-path line is drawn from the Portland area northward, passing west of Woodland and Kelso, curving slightly northwest near Centralia/Chehalis, then proceeding north-northeast toward Tacoma.]

Visible elevation and airspace annotations: 4500 MSL (multiple locations, left/west side) 4500 MSL (center, near Chehalis/Centralia) 6500 MSL (center-right area) 6500 MSL (right side) 7000 MSL (far right) [guess: 5000] MSL (various)

Airport identifiers visible: NC (near center-left) AERO PLAZA 3001+22 [guess: elevation] ASPLUND 2530+20 CHEHALIS CENTRALIA [airport symbol] CURTIS [airport area]

Bottom right corner notation: DB Cooper-35050

[blank page with scattered specks/artifacts, likely reverse bleed-through from adjacent page or microfiche noise]

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[Partial aeronautical/topographic map of the greater Seattle / Puget Sound area]

Visible labels (left to right, top to bottom): FAIRCHILD INTHL [guess: Port Angeles] [illegible elevation numbers] 21400 · 32200 9500 MSL [illegible] · ISWALL [illegible] · 900 451 · [illegible] [guess: BREMERTON LRCO] 8500 MSL · [illegible] · KITSAP CO

(Joins Bellingham) [guess: Saratoga] EVERETT [illegible] MARTHA LAKE 3001 [guess: Paine] [guess: REDMOND] [guess: Edmonds] [illegible] · Beach SEATTLE [guess: SANFORD RANGE] 1013 · 1000 BOEING [guess: INTCL] ALT 1118 [guess: FLG LREU] 1000 · [guess: Auburn] and

SEATTLE (header, top-right of map section) DB Cooper-35051 (bottom-right corner)

Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1A