Portland to Seattle re airport witness observations of UNSUB
Document date 26 November 1971
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Id: Cooper-Part-90:090-090
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-90:090-090 Document: Teletype Portland to Seattle re airport witness observations of UNSUB Id: Cooper-Part-90:090-090 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-90%3A090-090 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 90 p. 90 (DB Cooper-40081), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial PD 164-41-18 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-90%3A090-090
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
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Date: 11/26/71
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Via TELETYPE URGENT (Priority)
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TO: SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM : PORTLAND (164-41)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION, OO SEATTLE.
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[REDACTED] NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES, PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ADVISED COULD NOT RECOGNIZE NAME DAN COOPER AS IDENTIFIABLE WITH ANY PERSON BOARDING AIRCRAFT AT PORTLAND. [REDACTED] STATED HE RECALLS LONE WHITE MALE, AGE FIFTY HEIGHT SIX FT. ONE IN. PLUS, ONE SEVENTYFIVE LBS., SLENDER BUILD, BLACK WAVY HAIR, SMARTLY DRESSED IN BLACK RAINCOAT, CARRYING BLACK ATTACHE CASE. THIS INDIVIDUAL DID NOT MIX WITH OTHER PASSENGERS AND SEEMED UNCONCERNED ABOUT BAD WEATHER. FD THREE O TWOS FOLLOW.
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TCB:DJL (1)
. 164-41 -/8
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Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge
Sent 2/6 M Per [initials] ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135
DB Cooper-40081
Serials: PD 164-41, PD 164-41-18, SE 164-81