Butte to Albany, Portland, St. Louis, Seattle re Burley, Idaho source's hijacking plan

Document date 27 July 1972

Part 95pages 40–434 pagesDB Cooper-42438–42441

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-95:040-043

Document: Teletype Butte to Albany, Portland, St. Louis, Seattle re Burley, Idaho source's hijacking plan
Id: Cooper-Part-95:040-043
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-95%3A040-043

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 95 pp. 40–43 (DB Cooper-42438–42441), Teletype, dated 27 Jul 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-95%3A040-043

NR 022 3T PLAIN 5:45 PM NIEL 9-27-72 TDS TO ALBANY PORTLAND (164-41) ST LOUIS SEATTLE (164-81) FROM BUTTE (164-26) (P)

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NORJAK. OO:SEATTLE

RE SALT LAKE CITY TELETYPE TO SEATTLE, JULY TWO FIVE, LAST.

[REDACTED] (PROTECT IDENTY); DOB [REDACTED] [REDACTED], RESIDENCE BURLEY, IDAHO, ADVISED HE CONCEIVED HIJACKING IDEA IN ONE NINE SIX TWO - SIX THREE AS POSSIBLE TV SCRIPT. HE ENTERED USA, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AT SEATTLE, [REDACTED] [REDACTED], AND ASSIGNED TO [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TRAINED FOR [REDACTED] [REDACTED], FT. BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, SUBSEQUENTLY ASSIGNED TO OKINAWA [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WHERE HE FIRST MET [REDACTED] [REDACTED] HOME, [REDACTED], NEW YORK, ALSO [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND TRAINED AT FT. BRAGG. [REDACTED] HAD ARMY SERIAL 164 41-[guess: 1183] [REDACTED] END PAGE ONE

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SEARCHED ___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ JUL 2 7 1972 FBI — [guess: PORTLAND]

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DB Cooper-42438

PAGE TWO ST (164-26)

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[REDACTED] DISCUSSED HIJACK PLAN WITH [REDACTED] ABOUT FOUR TIMES AND SUGGESTED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] NO SPECIFIC DROP AREA, AIRLINE, OR CITIES MENTIONED. ACCOMPLICE ON GROUND WAS TO BE USED. [REDACTED] DUE TO HAZARD OF JUMPING FROM SIDE DOORS ON COMMERICAL JETS IN EXISTENCE AT THAT TIME, PLAN ABANDONED. [REDACTED] ONLY PERSON [REDACTED] DISCUSSED PLAN WITH. [REDACTED] LAST SAW [REDACTED] IN OKINAWA IN ONE NINE SIX SIX, AND HAS HAD NO FURTHER CONTACT SINCE. [REDACTED] DISCHARGED, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, [REDACTED], AS [REDACTED] PRESUMABLY SOME TIME THEREAFTER. [REDACTED] PRESENT WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN. [REDACTED] BELIEVES [REDACTED] HAS ABILITY AND MENTALITY TO CARRY OUT INSTANT HIJACKING BUT DOUBTS HE WOULD HAVE DONE IT UNDER ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. [REDACTED] OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN OR NEAR [REDACTED] PRIOR TO END PAGE TWO

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DB Cooper-42439

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PAGE THREE ST (164-26)

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ENTERING SERVICE. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. NO NAMES AVAILABLE TO [REDACTED]. THIS SAME GROUP ALSO [REDACTED] AND HAD [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] MAY HAVE USED ONE OF THESE BUDDIES AS ACCOMPLICE IN HIJACKING. [REDACTED] WILL PRODUCE [REDACTED] WHO IS WN, [REDACTED] [REDACTED], FIVE FEET NINE OR TEN INCHES, SLENDER BUILD, BROWN HAIR AND EYES, NO GLASSES. [REDACTED] DENIED [REDACTED] AND HAS HAD TWO AND ONE-HALF YEARS COLLEGE. INSISTS HE WANTS ANY REWARD WHICH MAY BE PAID. ALBANY, AT [REDACTED], NEW YORK, VERIFY IF [REDACTED] RESIDED ILION EARLY ONE NINE SIXTIES AND PRESENT WHEREABOUTS AS WELL AS NIGHT OF NOVEMBER TWO FOUR, ONE NINE SEVEN ONE. DETERMINE IF [REDACTED] EXISTED END PAGE THREE

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DB Cooper-42440

PAGE FOUR ST (164-26)

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EARLY ONE NINE SIXTIES. IF IT IS DEVELOPED [REDACTED] STRONG SUSPECT OF SUBJECT, WILL HAVE LOCAL BANKS CHECKED FOR RANSOM BILLS.

ST. LOUIS VERIFY [REDACTED] USA RECORD FOR DETAILS OF TRAINING, LOCATION, DATE OF DISCHARGE, AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA. WILL VERIFY TYPE OF DISCHARGE RECEIVED BY [REDACTED] AND IF HE HAS [REDACTED].

SEATTLE AND PORTLAND, DETERMINE IF [REDACTED] WAS RESIDENT IN WASHINGTON OR OREGON THROUGH MOTOR VEHICLE BUREAUS OR TAX RECORDS.

BUTTE WILL FURNISH SEATTLE WITH PHOTO OF [REDACTED] WHEN AVAIABLE. END

RVO FBI PORTLAND CLR.

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DB Cooper-42441

Serials: BT 164-26, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, ST 164-26

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