Part 100, page 305

DB Cooper-45264Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-419

Document date 2 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 100 p. 305 (DB Cooper-45264), Memo, dated 2 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-419 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-100/pages/305

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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 12-2-71

SA [redacted]

UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 PORTLAND TO SEATTLE 11-24-71 CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION

OO: SE

RE: UNKNOWN SUSPECT, WASHINGTON LICENSE [redacted]

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At 11:50 AM, today, I received an anonymous telephone call from a person who described himself as [redacted] but declined to give any further information concerning himself.

This caller advised that he had just seen a person who very much resembled the pictures of the hijacker which had appeared in the local newspapers. This individual was seen in a Mayfair Supermarket at 127 th and Ambaum. The caller noticed that the UNSUB seemed to be pressing a mustache on to his face. It was not know whether the mustache was artificial or whether the person may have been irritated by a sore in the vicinity of his mustache. The caller observed the UNSUB leave the supermarket and get into a creme colored VW license [redacted] and drive north on Ambaum until the caller lost the UNSUB.

The caller stated that he saw the UNSUB at approximately 11:30 AM and described the UNSUB as 6'1" with dark brown hair possibly having pock marks on the back of his neck. The called was unable to furnish any further identifying information except that the license plate holder had a name something like [redacted] Autos.

A DMV check on license [redacted] indicates that this vehicle is a 1971 VW registered to [redacted], Seattle, with the owner being the [redacted], Burien, Washington.

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164-81-4[1]9 SEARCHED SERIALIZED/[illegible] DEC 2 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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BME:ldk (2)

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DB COOPER-45264

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FBI memo header identifying the sending office as SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated December 2, 1971. Subject is the UNSUB from the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking (Portland to Seattle, 11-24-71), CAA-Hijacking and Extortion. Origin office is SE (Seattle). An anonymous caller contacted the FBI agent at 11:50 AM on December 2, 1971, reporting a sighting of an individual resembling the D.B. Cooper hijacker at a Mayfair Supermarket at 127th and Ambaum. The UNSUB was observed pressing what may have been a fake mustache onto his face, then departed in a cream-colored VW (license redacted) driving north on Ambaum. The UNSUB was described as 6'1" with dark brown hair and possible pock marks on the back of his neck. A DMV check linked the vehicle to a 1971 VW registered to an individual in Seattle, with the owner address in Burien, Washington. Administrative routing/serialization stamp from FBI Seattle office dated December 2, 1971, with serial number 164-81-419. Typist initials BME:ldk with page count notation (2). A redacted field appears at bottom center. Document control number DB COOPER-45264 appears at bottom right.

Multiple redactions (black boxes) present throughout document corresponding to b6, b7C, b7D FOIA exemptions
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