TeletypeSAC Seattle to Director reporting hijacking of Northwest Flight 30524 November 1971page 4 of 7
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Part 10, page 305

DB Cooper-1532

Document date 24 November 1971

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

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APPEARANCE, BLACK HAIR, NORMAL HAIR STYLE, PARTED ON LEFT, AGE MIDDLE FORTIES, SIX FEET TALL, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TO SEVENTYFIVE LBS., AVERAGE BUILD, BROWN EYES, BLACK SUIT, WHITE SHIRT, NARROW BLACK TIE, BLACK RAIN-TYPE OVERCOAT, BLACK DRESS SUIT, DARK BRIEFCASE.

SUBJECT WAS NOT KNOWN TO BE ARMED HOWEVER, WHEN HE FIRST APPROACHED THE STEWARDESS, HE TOLD HER HE HAD A BOMB IN THE BRIEFCASE AND EXHIBITED THE CONTENTS OF THE BRIEFCASE. STEWARDESS [REDACTED] SAID THAT THE SUBJECT DISPLAYED THE CONTENTS OF A BLACK VINYL BRIEFCASE TO HER WHICH CONTAINED A BUNDLE OF RED COLORED STICKS, SIX TO SEVEN INCHES LONG, ABOUT ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. SUBJECT STATED THAT THE STICKS WERE DYNAMITE. SHE SAID THAT THESE STICKS WERE WRAPPED IN A BUNDLE WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE RED PLASTIC TAPE. SHE SAID THAT A RED WIRE LED FROM THE BUNDLE BUT WAS NOT ATTACHED TO ANYTHING. SHE STATED THAT THE MAN HELD THE WIRE IN HIS HAND AS THOUGH HE COULD DETONATE THE DYNAMITE BY MAKING A CONNECTION WITH THE WIRE. SHE SAID THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE IN THE BRIEFCASE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN A BATTERY, ALTHOUGH SHE DID NOT KNOW.

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