Teletype · Urgent teletype Seattle to Denver re suspect Lester E. Mince · 8 December 1971 · 1 pageAIType, title and date: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
Document date 8 December 1971AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 102 p. 322 (DB Cooper-46321), Teletype, dated 8 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-870 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-102/pages/322
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
NR012 SE PLAIN
4:12,PM URGENT 12/8/71 VAB
TO DENVER
FROM SEATTLE (164-81)
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UNKNOWN SUBJECT, AKA DAN COOPER, NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT NO.
THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINE-
TEEN SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION, OO: SE.
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RE: LESTER E. MINCE
LESTER E. MINCE HAS BEEN NAMED AS A SUSPECT IN THIS MATTER.
INFORMATION INDICATES THAT MINCE IS A PILOT FOR FRONTIER AIRLINES
FLYING OUT OF DENVER, COLORADO AND RESIDES AT TWO SIX THREE ONE
CHAMBERS, AURORA, ILLINOIS. HE IS DESCRIBED AS FORTYTHREE OR
FORTYFOUR YEARS OF AGE, BORN JANUARY FIFTEEN, YEAR UNKNOWN, SIX
FOOT TALL, ONE EIGHT EIGHT POUNDS, MEDIUM BUILD, DARK HAIR WHICH
IS GRAYING, BLUE EYES, ALWAYS WEARS DARK GLASSES.
DENVER IS REQUESTED TO ASCERTAIN WHEREABOUTS OF MINCE AT TIME
OF CAPTIONED HIJACKING AND IF UNABLE TO ASCERTAIN WHEREABOUTS,
OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPH AND FORWARD TO SEATTLE, PORTLAND AND MINNEAPOLIS
FOR SHOWING TO WITNESSES.
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