Part 111, page 33

DB Cooper-1947Serials 164-2111, SE 164-81-176

Document date 27 November 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 111 p. 33 (DB Cooper-1947), Teletype, dated 27 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-176 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-111/pages/33

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MR 034 SF PLAIN 0529M URGENT 11-27-71 MS TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) LAS VEGAS SEATTLE FROM SAN FRANCISCO (164-990A) 3P

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X FLIGHT OF PLANE COURSE SUB-F

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UNSUB; AKA DAN COOPER, NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAB - HIJACKING; EXTORTION, OO: SEATTLE

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RE SACRAMENTO TEL TO BUREAU NOVEMBER TWENTYSIX LAST.

ARTHUR T. WILSON, FLOW CONTROL[LED/LER], FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINIS- TRATION, OAKLAND, AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER, FREMONT, CALIF., ADVISED INSTANT DATE OAKLAND CENTER ESTABLISHED POSITIVE RADAR, RADIO CONTACT NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE AT ZERO FIVE FOUR SIX ZULU (NINE FORTYSIX PM PST) NOVEMBER TWENTY[FOUR], LAST, WHILE AIRCRAFT OVER [guess: UQR] (V H F OMNI RANGE) SITE, FT. JONES, CALIFORNIA. AIRCRAFT PREVIOUSLY UNDER POSITIVE CONTROL OF SEATTLE CENTER. AT TIME OF CONTACT, NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE ON AIR ROUTE V-TWENTYTHREE, [ELEVEN] THOUSAND FEET INDICATING ONE SEVEN ZERO KNOTS END PAGE ONE

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9:46 P.M. V-23 11,000 FT. 170 KNOTS

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164-81-176

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NOV 28 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-1947

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Teletype routing header from San Francisco field office to FBI Director, Las Vegas, and Seattle, dated November 27, 1971, marked URGENT, 3 pages. Handwritten filing and routing annotations indicating flight-of-plane category, course sub-topic, and sub-file F classification. FBI case caption for the D.B. Cooper hijacking: unknown subject aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, November 24, 1971, classified as hijacking and extortion, office of origin Seattle. References Sacramento teletype of November 26. Arthur T. Wilson, FAA flow controller at Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center in Fremont, CA, reported that Oakland Center established positive radar and radio contact with Northwest Flight 305 at 0546 Zulu (9:46 PM PST) on November 24, while the aircraft was over a VHF Omni Range (VOR) site near Ft. Jones, California. The aircraft had previously been under Seattle Center positive control. At time of contact, Flight 305 was on Victor airway V-23 at 11,000 feet indicating 170 knots. This is page one of the teletype. Handwritten agent annotations clarifying teletype content: Zulu-to-PST time conversion (9:46 PM), airway identifier (V-23), altitude (11,000 ft), and airspeed (170 knots). Handwritten FBI file or serial number reference. FBI Seattle field office receipt stamp dated November 28, 1971. FOIA/FBI Vault Bates pagination number for the D.B. Cooper document release.

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