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 111 p. 30 (DB Cooper-1890), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-148 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-111/pages/30
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
LV 164-68
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DESPITE INFORMED SPECULATION THAT HIJACKER DEPARTED AIRCRAFT LONG
BEFORE INTO THE STATE OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS OFFICE TODAY COMPLETED.
DETAILED SEARCH OF ENTIRE ROUTE OF TRAVEL OF HIJACKED AIRCRAFT. SEARCH
CONDUCTED FROM SMALL, LOW-FLYING, SLOW-SPEED AIRCRAFT SUPPLEMENTED
BY FOUR WHEEL DRIVE LAND VEHICLE IN ANY AREA DEEMED NOT TO HAVE BEEN
COMPLETELY COVERED BY AIRCRAFT OBSERVATION. SEARCH REVEALED NO
INDICATION OF PARAPHERNALIA WHICH OR INDIVIDUAL WHO MIGHT BE
CONNECTED WITH CAPTIONED HIJACKING.
RETEL PREVIOUSLY REPORTED RECOVERY DURING DETAILED SEARCH
OF AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY, FOLLOWING LANDING IN RENO, NEVADA,
NOVEMBER TWENTYFIVE LAST OF TWO PARACHUTES, ONE BACK PACK TYPE
AND ONE CHEST PACK TYPE. BACK PACK PARACHUTE UNDISTURBED AND
UNOPENED. CHEST PACK PARACHUTE FOUND OPEN ON FLOOR OF AIRCRAFT
AND CANOPY AND SHROUD LINES DETACHED FROM CANVAS PARACHUTE COVER.
EXAMINATION OF BACK PACK PARACHUTE BY MILITARY EXPERT TODAY
REVEALED IT WAS IN USABLE CONDITION AND COMPLETE AND OPERABLE
IN ALL DETAILS. CHEST PACK PARACHUTE OF BRIGHT PINK-ORANGE COLOR
DETERMINED BY MILITARY EXPERT TO BE IN OPERATIONAL CONDITION