TeletypeSeattle re witness sighting of low-flying jet with flickering lights; requests crew interviews26 November 19711 page
teletypeLegibility: high

Part 11, page 90

DB Cooper-1993Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-190

Document date 26 November 1971

Open in FBI Vault (Part 11, page 90 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 11 p. 90 (DB Cooper-1993), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-190 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-11/pages/90

Transcript

The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.

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

FBI

Date: 11/26/71

Transmit the following in _______________ (Type in plaintext or code) Via TELETYPE - [REDACTED] URGENT (Priority)

---

[guess: CE] - SE[guess: H] [guess: G][illegible] Sub. C

---

TO : SAC, MINNEAPOLIS FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SE [handwritten: near [guess: Arboy], Washington] DURING SEARCH TODAY WITNESS RECALLS THAT AT APPROXIMATELY EIGHT PM, TWENTYFOURTH INSTANT, HE RECALLS A LOW FLYING JET PLANE FLYING SOUTH AT AN UNUSUALLY LOW ALTITUDE AND THAT ALL LIGHTS, INCLUDING NAVIGATION AND CABIN LIGHTS WERE GOING ON AND OFF.

INTERVIEW MEMBERS OF CREW TO DETERMINE IF THIS AIRCRAFT WAS THE HIJACKED AIRCRAFT. INTERVIEW CREW FURTHER TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY HAD ANY VISUAL SITINGS OR LANDMARKS AT THE TIME SUBJECT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE EXITED AIRPLANE, NOTING THAT A FLASHING RADIO BEACON AT KALAMA, WASHINGTON, COULD WELL HAVE BEEN VIEWED BY THEM AT ABOUT THIS TIME.

SUTEL [underlined]

---

JEM:klb (1)

164-81-190

Approved: ___________ Sent 11:40 P M Per OA Special Agent in Charge DB Cooper-1993