Part 119, page 107
Serials AX 164-79
Document date 6 January 1976
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 119 p. 107, Teletype, dated 6 Jan 1976, serial SE 164-81-6800 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-119/pages/107
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PAGE TWO (AX 164-79) REVEALED THAT THE UNSUB WAS UNIFORMLY DESCRIBED BY CREW MEMBERS AND PASSENGERS OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 AS BEING IN HIS MID-40'S WITH AN OLIVE OR LATIN APPEARANCE. JERRY ARTHUR COOPER AT THE TIME OF THE HIJACKING ON NOVEMBER 24, 1971, WAS 26 YEARS OF AGE. LATENT FINGERPRINT COMPARISON CONDUCTED BY THE IDENTIFICATION DIVISION REVEALED THAT COOPER'S FINGERPRINTS WERE NOT IDENTICAL WITH THOSE OF THE UNSUB INSOFAR AS A COMPARISON COULD BE MADE. CO-WORKERS AND THE PAYROLL OFFICER FOR COOPER'S EMPLOYMENT AT THE TIME OF THE HIJACKING INDICATED THAT TO THE BEST OF THEIR RECOLLECTION AND BASED ON PAYROLL RECORDS, HE WAS PRESENT AT WORK ON THE DATE OF THE HIJACKING AND THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING. INTERVIEW AT EL PASO OF ROBERT HOCKMAN, FACILITY MANAGER - CHIEF OF MAINTENANCE, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, INDICATES THAT HE PICKED UP JERRY COOPER, [REDACTED] [REDACTED], AND MET WITH OTHERS OF COOPER'S [REDACTED] 3:00 AM, THANKSGIVING DAY, 1971 AND SUBSEQUENTLY WENT HUNTING AT QUANTICO MARINE CORPS BASE, VIRGINIA. A REVIEW OF THE BASIC FACTS OF THIS HIJACKING REVEALS THAT SHORTLY AFTER 3:00 PM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, NOVEMBER 24,