Part 2, page 1
Document date 21 October 1972
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 2 p. 1, News clipping, dated 21 Oct 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-02/pages/1
Transcript
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[Column left, partially legible, text skewed/mirrored] ...between [illegible] and [illegible]... ...10,000 and 30,000 feet... ...the captain to [illegible]... ...could see down between [illegible] clouds... ...familiar [illegible]... ...out of Seattle [illegible]... About 30 minutes [illegible] Reno... ...was on the correct course south[bound]... ...and could see that the [illegible]... ...Meanwhile he was [illegible]...
[Column right, partially legible, text appears mirror-reversed] His logic was sound. The chutes were [illegible]... the only [guess: slip-up] was over the [illegible]... ter all, he couldn't jump with his hands free — [illegible]... money in his hands. But instead of a [illegible]... cardboard chute and tied his briefcase to [illegible]... canvas bag, a problem he was brooding [illegible]... special harness to be attached across [illegible]... He planned to put his suit [illegible] about as the plane refueled and took off [illegible]... He told the stewardess to tell the [gap] [illegible]... told to fly on the normal course to Reno... which he knew would carry him directly [illegible]... over the spot he had selected for his [illegible]... He told the captain to [illegible] keep it [illegible]... tween 10,000 and 30,000 feet, to [illegible]... [illegible] 15 degrees which would keep it [illegible]... [illegible] Cooper [illegible] demanded that it be [illegible]... [illegible] sent out in a suitcase. He had built a [illegible]... two [illegible] chest packs and [illegible]... [guess: planning] to take somebody down with [illegible]... [illegible] me, so I asked them for two complete [illegible]... [illegible] would think [illegible]... sent out in [illegible] suitcase along with the money and [illegible] at [illegible]... his pack. He planned to [illegible] his suit jacket, and some other items into the suitcase... would be [illegible] chute [illegible]... that they gave me a bogus chute, they [illegible]... warfare, for whoever went with me [illegible]... tack it to his special harness [illegible] he could... suitcase along with the money and [illegible]... [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
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[Map illustration — no running text within map body] Labels visible: - WOODLAND (lower right area) - RIDGEFIELD (right side) - [illegible river/road labels] - Circle/oval marking indicating probable landing zone (upper center of map)