Los Angeles to New Haven and Seattle re suspect eliminations and sky diving club

This copy: Part 98 pp. 272–276Also filed at Part 68 pp. 31–37 (primary) · Part 13 pp. 21–27 · Part 53 pp. 444–450 · Part 99 pp. 214–217 · Part 100 pp. 371–377

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Nitel Los Angeles to New Haven and Seattle re suspect tip and East Los Angeles skydiving club inquiries

Document date 2 December 1971

Part 98pages 272–2765 pagesDB Cooper-44338, DB Cooper-44341, DB Cooper-44342, DB Cooper-44343, DB Cooper-44344

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Part of: Los Angeles to New Haven and Seattle re suspects and skydiving club leads · 2 December 1971 · Part 13 pp. 21–27

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 98 pp. 272–276 (DB Cooper-44338, DB Cooper-44341, DB Cooper-44342, DB Cooper-44343, DB Cooper-44344), Teletype, dated 2 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-523 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-98%3A272-276

NR 035 LA PLAIN 1041 PM NITEL 12-2-71 NEE TO NEW HAVEN (164-77) SEATTLE (164-81) FROM LOS ANGELES (164-497)

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UNSUB; HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST, CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION, OO SEATTLE.

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RE LOS ANGELES TELS TO SEATTLE NOVEMBER TWENTYSIX, DECEMBER ONE AND DECEMBER TWO INSTANT. NEW HAVEN TEL TO BUREAU, SEATTLE AND LOS ANGELES DECEMBER ONE LAST.

RE: [REDACTED], SET FORTH LOS ANGELES TEL NOVEMBER TWENTYSIX LAST.

ON DECEMBER ONE LAST, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ADVISED HE IS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ADVISED [REDACTED] DOES NOT MATCH PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT AND HE WOULD DEFINITELY DISCOUNT [REDACTED] AS POSSIBLE SUSPECT THIS MATTER.

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16 4-81-523 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED /M/ FILED /4/ DEC 2 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB COOPER-44338

LA 164-497 PAGE FOUR

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IN JULY SEVENTY ONE WAS [REDACTED] WITH EMPLOYMENT SHOWN AS RALPH M. PARSONS [REDACTED] (NO ADDRESS SHOWN). PRIOR EMPOLYMENT SHOWN AS [REDACTED]

RECORDS SANTA BARBARA POLICE DEPARTMENT REVEALED DONALD ERN NELSON DOB FEBRUARY TWENTYFOUR TWENTYONE, NINE TWO EIGHT SAN ANDREAS STREET, SANTA BARBARA, ARRESTED FORTYEIGHT FOR DRUNK AND PAID TEN DOLLAR FIVE.

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NO RECORD IDENTIFIABLE WITH NELSON LOCATED FILES SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

RE SUSPECT [REDACTED]

ON DECEMBER ONE LAST RECORD COMPUTER CREDIT BUREAU OF LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT, LOS ANGELES SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND REGISTRAR OF VOTERS WERE REVIEWED AND NO RECORD IDENTIFIABLE WITH [REDACTED] LOCATED.

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ON SAME DATE, RECORDS UCLA, CALIFORNIA STATE LOS ANGELES, SAN FERNANDO VALLY STATE COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXTENSION SERVICES, LOS ANGELES VALLEY COLLEGE, LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE AND LOS ANGELES TRADE AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE WERE CAUSED TO BE CHECKED WITH NEGATICE RESULTS. LOS ANGELES INDICES NEGATIVE.

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DB COOPER-44341

LA 164-497 PAGE FIVE

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RE INFO FURNISHED BY [REDACTED] TO NEW HAVEN, DECEMBER ONE LAST.

ON DECEMBER TWO INSTANT, [REDACTED],

ADVISED MATTER REPORTED TO FBI IN EVENT REWARD OFFERED. [REDACTED] STATED HAD NO PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION CAME FROM [REDACTED].

INSTANT DATE, [REDACTED] ADVISED AS FOLLOWS:

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ON NOVEMBER TWENTYEIGHT LAST, HE [REDACTED] SAW ARTIST'S SKETCH OF HIJACKER ON TV. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] LOOKED LIKE SKETCH ON TV. [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] STATED HAS NO REASON TO BELIEVE [REDACTED] WAS HIJACKER AND DESCRIBED HIM AS WMA, BORN SEPTEMBER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AT [REDACTED], SIX FOOT ONE, ONE HUNDRED FIFTYFIVE POUNDS, HAIR REDDISH BROWN, EYES UNKNOWN, SLIGHT BUILD, [REDACTED] [REDACTED], SMALL EARS NOTICABLY PROTRUDING FROM HEAD.

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DB COOPER-44342

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LA 164-497 PAGE SIX

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[REDACTED] DESCRIBED AS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TATTOOS UNKNOWN.

AFTER ABOVE INTERVIEW, ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OBSERVED BY [REDACTED], WHO ADVISED [REDACTED] DOES NOT APPEAR IDENTICAL TO SKETCH OF HIJACKER.

ARREST RECORD LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT NEGATIVE. LOS ANGELES INDICES AND NCIC NEGATIVE RE [REDACTED].

IN VIEW OF ABOVE, [REDACTED] NOT BEING CONSIDERED LOGICAL SUSPECT THIS MATTER.

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RE LATIN SKY DIVING CLUB

ON DECEMBER ONE LAST, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ADVISED HE IS [REDACTED] [REDACTED].

HE ADVISED LATIN SKY DIVING CLUB IS A GROUP THAT JUMPS FROM PERRIS AIRPORT AND ALSO AIRPOST AT ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA. [REDACTED]

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END PAGE SIX

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DB COOPER-44343

LA 164-497 PAGE SEVEN

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[REDACTED] AND THEIR TELEPHONE NUMBERS, WHO WERE MEMBERS OF CLUB. HE DESCRIBED CLUB MEMBERSHIP AS BETWEEN TEN AND TWENTY MOST FROM EAST LOS ANGELES AREA. [REDACTED] SAID DISCUSSION AMONG GROUP APPEARED TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN NORMAL INTEREST OF SKY DIVERS ABOUT CRIME WHERE HIJACKERS JUMP FROM AIRPLANE AND NONE OF CLUB MEMBERS HAD ACTED SUSPICIOUS SINCE HIJACKING. THIS CLUB DESCRIBED AS LOCAL IN NATURE AND NOT NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.

SEATTLE, AT FERNDALE, WASHINGTON, CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION THROUGH LAST ADDRESS OF DONALD ERN NELSON, BOX ONE NINE THREE, FERNDALE OR [REDACTED] COMPANY TO LOCATE AND ESTABLISH WHEREABOUTS OF NELSON DURING PERTINENT PERIOD.

LOS ANGELES AT [REDACTED], CALIFORNIA, WILL ASCERTAIN IF [REDACTED] KNOWN TO [REDACTED] [REDACTED] OR IF NAME MAINTAINED IN RECORDS PARACHUTE CLUB LOS ANGELES AREA.

AT EAST LOS ANGELES, WILL INTERVIEW [REDACTED], [REDACTED], FOR ALL INFORMATION CONCERNING MEMBERSHIP OF CLUB AND DISPLAY ARTIST CONCEPTION TO [REDACTED]

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RECD. FOUR TELS DCA FBI SE HOLD

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DB COOPER-44344

Serials: 164-77, LA 164-497, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-523

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