Document date 26 November 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 11 p. 319 (DB Cooper-1790), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-109 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-11/pages/319
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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8:45PM URGENT 11/26/71 JAK
TO DIRECTOR
SEATTLE
FROM SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) 1P
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UNSUB; AKA, DAN COOPER, NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO
FIVE, NOV. TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN, SEVENTYONE CAA - AIR PIRACY.
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[REDACTED] WASHINGTON, TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED
INSTANT DATE THAT HE IS [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] WASHINGTON.
APPROXIMATELY TEN DAYS AGO A HELICOPTER WAS HEARD BY HIM
[REDACTED] 7:30 P.M.
AT APPROXIMATELY SEVEN THREE ZERO P.M. ON SUCCESSIVE EVENINGS.
ON THE FIRST OCCASION TRAVELLING [REDACTED] AND RETURNING
AND ON THE SECOND EVENING TRAVELLING [REDACTED] WITH
NO RETURN. [REDACTED] ADVISED IT APPEARED TO BE EXTREMELY LOW
ALTITUDE AND HE HAS NEVER HEARD A HELICOPTER IN THAT
AREA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A YEARLY CHECK OF THE POWER
LINES WHICH IS ALWAYS ON ONE OCCASION IN THE SPRING
AND DURING DAY LIGHT HOURS. [REDACTED] STATED HELICOPTER WAS
TRAVELLING AT EXTREMELY LOW RATE OF SPEED AS THOUGH PILOT
WAS LOOKING OVER TERRAIN. [REDACTED] COULD FURNISH NO IDENTIFYING DATA
AS TO HELICOPTER.
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