Seattle to Director and Minneapolis re suspect Gary E. Samdal description and background
Document date 27 November 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-98:167-168 Document: Teletype Seattle to Director and Minneapolis re suspect Gary E. Samdal description and background Id: Cooper-Part-98:167-168 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-98%3A167-168 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 98 pp. 167–168 (DB Cooper-44229–44230), Teletype, dated 27 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-99 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-98%3A167-168
NR002 SE PLAIN 1:15 AM URGENT 11/27/71 DCA TO DIRECTOR (ATTN: FBI IDENTIFICATION DIVISION) MINNEAPOLIS FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 2P
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.
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GARY E. SAMDAL, DOB JUNE TWENTYSIX, THIRTYNINE, FORMER RESI- DENT OF COWLITZ COUNTY, WASHINGTON, FINGERPRINT CLASSIFICATION TWELVE M/S ONE/ONE T/T I/O I/O SEVEN REFERENCE R/T, PRESENTLY EMPLOYED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ON NOVEMBER TWENTYTHREE, SEVENTYONE, WAS ABOARD A NORTHWEST AIRLINER SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN AND BECAUSE OF HIS OFFICIAL POSITION SPENT THE FLIGHT [redacted block] DURING THE FLIGHT HE ASKED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS INCLUDING HOW SLOW THE SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN WOULD FLY, WHAT DEGREE OF FLAPS WOULD BE NECESSARY TO SLOW IT DOWN, WHAT EFFECT LOWERING THE WHEELS WOULD HAVE ONE THE SPEED, WHETHER THE REAR LADDER COULD BE OPENED IN FLIGHT, AND ALSO QUESTIONS CONCERNING LEAVING THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT BY PARACHUTE. SAMDAL ALSO END PAGE ONE
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DB COOPER-44229 164-81- Sub.10 164-81- 99
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COMMENTED IN REPLY TO CREWS STATEMENT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT THAT HE WAS AN EXPERT SKI DIVER AND THIS TYPE OF JUMP WOULD BE EASY. THESE QUESTIONS WERE REPORTED TO NORTHWEST AIRLINES SECURITY. INVESTIGATION, [REDACTED], WASHINGTON, DATE REFLECTS SAMDAL DES- CRIBED AS SIX FOOT, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY POUNDS, BROWN HAIR, BLUE EYES, AND CONTACT WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES FAMILIAR WITH [REDACTED] AND SAMDAL HIMSELF REFLECTS THAT [REDACTED] HAD OLIVE COMPLEXIONS AS DOES GARY E. SAMDAL AND HE COULD BE TAKEN FOR A PERSON OF LATIN EXTRACTION.
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THE IDENTIFICATION DIVISION IS REQUESTED TO IMMEDIATELY CHECK FINGERPRINT CLASSIFICATION OF SAMDAL TO ASCERTAIN IF THERE IS A PHOTOGRAPH AT ANY LOCATION LATER THAN AUGUST NINETEEN FIFTYSEVEN. IF A PHOTOGRAPH IS FOUND, IT IS TO BE TELECOPIED TO THE MINNEAPOLIS AND SEATTLE DIVISIONS WHERE IT WILL BE VIEWED BY WITNESSES TO THE HIJACKING AND THE CREW MEMBERS. - P - E N D
FBI MP CMH CL.R
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DB COOPER-44230
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Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-99