Los Angeles to New Haven and Seattle re suspect eliminations and sky diving club
This copy: Part 99 pp. 214–217Also filed at Part 68 pp. 31–37 (primary) · Part 13 pp. 21–27 · Part 53 pp. 444–450 · Part 98 pp. 272–276 · Part 100 pp. 371–377
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Los Angeles to New Haven and Seattle re skydiving club suspect lead
Document date 2 December 1971
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 99 pp. 214–217 (DB Cooper-44709, DB Cooper-44711, DB Cooper-44713, DB Cooper-44715), Teletype, dated 2 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-523 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-99%3A214-217
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 ISTEL AS POSSIBLE SUSPECT THIS MATTER. END PAGE ONE
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Sub 40 164-81-523 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED /m FILED /4 DEC 02 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-44709
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LA 164-497 PAGE THREE
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COMPOSITE DRAWING OF UNSUB WAS DISPLAYED TO [redacted], WHO ADVISED [redacted] HAIR LINE AND HAIR STYLE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM UNSUB. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONING REVEALED [redacted block] AS [redacted] UNABLE TO IDENTIFY ARTIST'S CONCEPTION AS GOOD LIKENESS OF [redacted], HE IS NOT BEING CONSIDERED SUSPECT THIS MATTER.
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RE DON NELSON
ON DECEMBER TWO INSTANT, A REVIEW OF SANTA BARBARA CITY DIRECTORY FOR SEVENTY, REVEALED DON NELSON, PLUMBER, TWO FIVE ZERO ONE MESA SCHOOL LANE. NO LISTING IDENTIFIABLE WITH NELSON COULD BE FOUND IN SEVENTYONE DIRECTORY.
INSTANT DATE FILES OF CREDIT BUREAU OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA, REVEALED DONALD E. NELSON [redacted] RESIDING. [redacted]. HIS AGE SHOWN AS FORTYEIGHT AND NELSON KNOWN TO AGENCY SINCE FORTYFIVE. NO INDICATION NELSON IN SANTA BARBARA SINCE SEVENTY AND LAST ADDRESS SHOWN
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DB COOPER-44711
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LA 164-497 PAGE FIVE
RE INFO FURNISHED BY [REDACTED] TO NEW HAVEN DECEMBER ONE LAST.
ON DECEMBER TWO INSTANT, [REDACTED], [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:
ON NOVEMBER TWENTYEIGHT LAST, HE [REDACTED] SAW ARTIST'S SKETCH OF HIJACKER ON TV. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] LOOKED LIKE SKETCH ON TV. [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] STATED HAS NO REASON TO BELIEVE [REDACTED] WAS HIJACKER AND DESCRIBED HIM AS WMA, BORN [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AT [REDACTED], SIX FOOT ONE, ONE HUNDRED FIFTYFIVE POUNDS, HAIR REDDISH BROWN, EYES UNKNOWN, SLIGHT BUILD, [REDACTED], SMALL EARS NOTICABLY PROTRUDING FROM HEAD.
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DB COOPER-44713
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.
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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.
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LOS ANGELES AT [REDACTED], CALIFORNIA, WILL ASCERTAIN IF [REDACTED] KNOWN TO [REDACTED] OR IF NAME MAINTAINED IN RECORDS PARACHUTE CLUB LOS ANGELES AREA.
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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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END RECD. FOUR TELS DCA FBI SE HOLD
DB COOPER-44715
Serials: 164-77, LA 164-497, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-523