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. 94 (DB Cooper-1997), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-192 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-11/pages/94
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
NR011 SE PLAIN
9:45 PM URGENT 11/26/71 DCA
TO DIRECTOR, FBI
FROM SEATTLE (164-81) (-P-) 2P
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UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT NUMBER THREE ZERO FIVE,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAA -
HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
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AIR SEARCH CONDUCTED IN AREA WHERE HIJACKER BELIEVED TO HAVE
LEFT PLANE, UTILIZING TWO ARMY HELICOPTERS FROM GRAY FIELD; ONE
WEYERHAUSED COMPANY HELICOPTER AND ONE BONNEVILLE POWER ADM.
HELICOPTER. FOR PURPOSE OF SEARCH, AREA WAS DIVIDED INTO SIX
SECTIONS AND DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS, ONLY THREE WERE COVERED TO-
DAY. SEARCH WAS NEGATIVE. A LIMITED GROUND SEARCH ALSO CONDUCTED
WHICH WAS NEGATIVE, EXCEPT FOR NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE SEARCH
AREA, WHERE TWO INDIVIDUALS MADE COMMENTS CONCERNING A LOW FLYING
AIRPLANE AT THE PERTINENT TIME, BUT SAW NOTHING DROPPING FROM
PLANE.
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RELATIVE TO SUSPECT [REDACTED] PHOTO DISPLAYED
WITH OTHERS, TO WITNESSES [REDACTED] SEATTLE, AND [REDACTED]
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