Part 119, page 108
Serials AX 164-72
Document date 6 January 1976
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 119 p. 108, Teletype, dated 6 Jan 1976, serial SE 164-81-6800 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-119/pages/108
Transcript
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PAGE THREE (AX 164-72) 1971, A LONE WHITE MALE UNDERTOOK THE HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305. HE WAS LAST SEEN BY CREW MEMBERS AT 8:05 PM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME. IT IS NOTED THAT COOPER WAS REPORTED TO BE AT WORK AS MENTIONED ABOVE AND THAT THE HIJACKING BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME AND TERMINATED [illegible: garbled/overtyped text, possibly a correction] 11:00 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME. IT IS NOTED HE WAS PICKED UP AT 3:00 AM THE NEXT DAY TO GO HUNTING.
REFERENCED RICHMOND TELETYPE INDICATES THAT COOPER HAS ADVISED [REDACTED] THAT HE LANDED IN THE SNOW AND HID FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR HOURS FROM HUNTERS WHO WERE IN THE AREA. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE HIJACKER WAS LAST SEEN AT 8:05 PM, WHICH IS DURING THE HOURS OF DARKNESS AND HENCE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO NECESSITY FOR COOPER TO HAVE HIDDEN FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR HOURS FROM HUNTERS. ADDITIONALLY, COOPER HAS OSTENSIBLY INDICATED THAT HE CARRIED A PARACHUTE ONTO THE AIRCRAFT IN AN ATTACHE CASE. ACCORDING TO A REVIEW OF THE FILES, THE HIJACKER DISPLAYED THE CONTENTS OF HIS ATTACHE CASE TO STEWARDESS [REDACTED] AND SHE DESCRIBED THEM AS A BUNDLE OF RED STICKS, A CYLINDRICAL SHAPED BATTERY AND VARIOUS WIRES INDICATING THE CONTENTS WAS ELECTRICAL IN NATURE.