Document date 29 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. 46 (DB Cooper-2107), Teletype, dated 29 Nov 1971, serial 16-81-9NN (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-111/pages/46
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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11102 PM URGENT 11-29-71 GEJ
TO DIRECTOR 164-2111 AND SEATTLE 164-81
FROM LAS VEGAS 164-60 2P
UNSUB; HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINE FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE;
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.
RE BUREAU TELETYPE TO SEATTLE NOVEMBER TWENTYSIX LAST.
[REDACTED], FAA, RENO, NEVADA, THIS DATE
MADE AVAILABLE TAPES OF RADIO CONTACTS WITH NORTHWEST (NW) FLIGHT
THREE ZERO FIVE NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST.
TAPES INDICATE RENO DEPARTURE CONTROL (RADAR) MADE RADAR
CONTACT WITH AIRCRAFT AT TEN THIRTYTWO P.M., PST, NOVEMBER
TWENTYFOUR LAST, AT WHICH TIME AIRCRAFT FORTYTWO MILES NORTHWEST
OF RENO AND OVER FRENCHMAN'S RESERVOIR, CALIFORNIA, ALTITUDE OF
ELEVEN THOUSAND FEET.
AT TEN THIRTYFIVE P.M., AIRCRAFT MADE VOICE CONTACT WITH
RENO TOWER AND TOWER GAVE APPROACH INSTRUCTIONS. AIRCRAFT STATED
"WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE BACK NOW" (INDICATING
CONTACT WITH HIJACKER) AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET THE STEPS
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