Part 11, page 255
DB Cooper-2182Serials SE 164-81-878
Document date 26 November 1971
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 11 p. 255 (DB Cooper-2182), Letter, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-878 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-11/pages/255
Transcript
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November 26, 1971
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Dear Sir:
Now that most of the facts are in concerning last Wednesday's Skyjacking are in, one thing is very apparent: If this one is suc- cessful, we can expect others to follow. In any case, this was a unique method.
When I heard the hijacker requested and got parachutes, I sur- mised they might be rigged so they wouldn't open. But no, the man might make a hostage jump with him. Then I began thinking "if I were dealing with a hijacker and he requested two parachutes, what would I do? Being around an airport with all that aviation equipment......." Of course! Remembering back a while, when there was a furor about how hard it is to locate a small plane that has crashed, there was an outfit on the nightly news telling about an emergency transmitter in a little plastic case which sent continuous signals to help locate a downed craft. Why couldn't a smart guy stuff one of these into a parachute case?
A little afterthought, though it doesn't mean a damn thing, is this caper must have been pretty well planned, right? It has been spec- ulated the hijacker must have had someone waiting to pick him up. parachuting is a fast way to come down, but not too accurate. If our man jumped in cowlitz county, chances are he had a rough time of it. (I know the area) I'd be willing to bet that if he jumped in the area between Woodland and Portland, it was probably over one of the few islands in the Columbia River near the Portland Airport. a couple of them are big enough to hit and uninhabited, too. Then he could leave quietly by boat.
I really don't know why I'm writing this except I have nothing better to do at the moment. You guys probably have already thought of all these things, anyway. Oh well, this can be your daily crakpot letter for whichever day it comes on.
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164-81-[illegible] SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED......FILED...... NOV 29 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
DB Cooper-2182