TeletypeSAC Seattle to Director, Las Vegas and Portland describing the chest and back pack parachutes used by the hijacker25 November 1971page 1 of 4
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Part 10, page 357

DB Cooper-1585

Document date 25 November 1971

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

FBI Date: 11/25/71

Transmit the following in _______________ (Type in plaintext or code) Via TELETYPE URGENT (Priority)

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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI; SAC, LAS VEGAS; SAC, PORTLAND

FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-NEW)

UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.

RE SEATTLE NITEL TO BUREAU, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIVE, SEVENTYONE.

INVESTIGATION IN SEATTLE DISCLOSED THAT PARACHUTES WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN USED BY SUBJECT, DESIGNATED AS CHEST CHUTE NO. ONE AND BACK CHUTE NO. ONE IN REFERENCED NITEL, ARE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

NO. ONE CHEST PACK TYPE TWENTY-FOUR FOOT, WHITE NYLON CANOPY, WHITE NYLON SHROUDS, ABOUT FOURTEEN FEET LONG, MODEL T-SEVEN A. CHUTE CONTAINER WAS OLIVE DRAB GREEN WITH [illegible] INSCRIBED CONTAINERS, DIMENSIONS OF TEN INCHES BY FOURTEEN INCHES BY SIX INCHES.

NO. ONE BACK PACK TYPE CHUTE, TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT, WHITE CANOPY, FLAT CIRCULAR MILITARY TYPE. CHUTE CONTAINER IS OLIVE DRAB MILITARY. CHUTE HARNESS IS CIVILIAN LUXURY TYPE.

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Approved: ___________ Special Agent in Charge

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DB Cooper-1585

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