Sacramento to Director re Beale AFB SR-71 reconnaissance offer
Document date 3 December 1971
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Id: Cooper-Part-91:032-032
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-91:032-032 Document: Teletype Sacramento to Director re Beale AFB SR-71 reconnaissance offer Id: Cooper-Part-91:032-032 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-91%3A032-032 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 91 p. 32 (DB Cooper-40389), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971, serial PD 164-41-94 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-91%3A032-032
PHOTOGRAPHIC PLANE NO PD LEADS
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NR 01 SC CODED 9:17 AM URGENT 12-3-71, LXL TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) SEATTLE (164-81) PORTLAND (164-41) LAS VEGAS (164-60) FROM SACRAMENTO (164-50) IP
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT NO. THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOV. TWENTYFOUR, LAST. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.
RE SACRAMENTO TEL TO BUREAU, DECEMBER ONE, LAST.
BEALE AFB, CALIF. HAS OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE TO BUREAU USE OF SR SEVEN ONE AIRCRAFT TO PHOTOGRAPH TERRAIN OVER WHICH CAPTIONED FLIGHT PROGRESSED SOUTH OF SEATTLE TO RENO. THIS AIRCRAFT, DESCRIBED AS EXREMELY SOPHISTICATED AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE PLANE, WILL PHOTO- GRAPH TWENTY MILE WIDE STRIP WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC RESOLUTION ABLE TO DETECT OBJECTS TWO FEET SQUARE ON GROUND. FILM STRIP WILL BE REVIEWED BY TRAINED, QUALIFIED USAF PERSONNEL.
BUREAU MAY DISCONTINUE EFFORTS TO OBTAIN RB FIVE SEVEN - F AIR- CRAFT PURSUANT TO REQUEST SET FORTH IN RETEL.
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FBI PORTLAND GEO CLR
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[partially illegible] 4-41-94 [illegible stamp text] [guess: DEC] 3 1971
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DB Cooper-40389
Serials: 164-2111, LV 164-60, PD 164-41, PD 164-41-94, SC 164-50, SE 164-81