Director to SAC Sacramento authorizing SR-71 photography of flight path
This copy: Part 91 p. 186Also filed at Part 14 p. 348 (primary) · Part 65 p. 33 · Part 74 p. 151
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Director to SAC Sacramento re SR-71 aerial photography of Seattle-Reno flight path
Document date 6 December 1971
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Id: Cooper-Part-91:186-186
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-91:186-186 Document: Airtel Director to SAC Sacramento re SR-71 aerial photography of Seattle-Reno flight path Id: Cooper-Part-91:186-186 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-91%3A186-186 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. 186 (DB Cooper-40559), Airtel, dated 6 Dec 1971, serial PD 164-41-278 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-91%3A186-186
Airtel
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TO: SAC, Sacramento (164-50) 12/6/71
FROM: Director, FBI
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING OO: SEATTLE
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Reference is made to Butelcall to Sacramento 12/6/71 and Sacramento teletype 12/3/71 which states that Beale Air Force Base has offered free of charge the use of an SR-71 aircraft to photograph terrain over which captioned flight progressed from Seattle to Reno.
Bureau authority is granted for the Sacramento Office to immediately complete arrangements to accept the offer of the use of this aircraft as described in referenced teletype. Sacramento should afford this phase of this investigation immediate and continuous attention and keep the Bureau and Seattle Office fully advised.
Consider subject dangerous.
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1 - SAC, Seattle (164-81) (Information) 1 - SAC, Portland (164-41) (Information) 1 - SAC, Las Vegas (164-60) (Information)
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164-41-278 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED ___ SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___ DEC 8 1971 FBI — PORTLAND
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DB Cooper-40559
Serials: LV 164-60, PD 164-41, PD 164-41-278, SC 164-50, SE 164-81